Santa will be at Dream Come True Farm

Yes, its true Santa and his number 1 elf are arriving at Dream Come True farm on November 29th around 12:30 pm! We were as surprised as you may be when we got the call. He heard about the open house, he chimney fire, the shop being open and most of all he is considering having an alpaca lead the sleigh this year! Well, that was just hear say I didn't get that straight from the horses mouth. You never know. So the alpaca boys will be on their best behavior, the goats, well there is no best behavior for them. The sheep are a bit indifferent BUT the llamas are saying they could lead a sleigh much better then the alpacas! So be sure to fit us in, come join the holiday fun and get into the spirit. You can see by the look on the alpacas that they are saying "Who is coming, when and why?" Hmmmmmmmmmmmm?

The exact dates and times for the Holiday open house will be November 28th and 29th 11 am to 4 pm. Farm tours, demos, and holiday shopping with lots of new items that I have added for the holidays! Be sure to stop by.
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone, I hope to see some, or all of you over the holidays! We will continue to be open on Sundays through December and starting in January most likely by appointment only. Or you may catch us open on a sunny Sunday here and there. But always call if you would like to stop by.

New Alpaca yarns are here!

The first shipment of the alpaca yarn has arrived from the mill! Very pleased with it I began (of course) right away to knit a mobius. I'm very happy with the way it came out, the hand of the yarn, the halo it produced and the two gorgeous colors, of a bark brown and a wonderful oatmeal. We also had great alpaca socks made to sell in the shop for the holidays and guess what? I had to place another order for more socks because I love them so much and want a few pairs for myself and Mike! So more socks from the mill soon!!

Alpaca Gold Jackpot!

I was honored by the owners of Alpaca Connection where I got my alpaca boys from this past week. I was offered approx. 1,000 pounds of wonderful Alpaca fleeces from their herd! Guess what my answer was when the call came in? YES are you kidding me? I immediately made arrangements with Mike to take the day off from work so that we could make the trip and pick it up. We quickly realized the amount of fiber that we would be getting was more then our pick up truck could take, so a call went out to Marti and Ray, from Simple Gifts farm. Off went the 2 pick up truck and the 4 crazy alpaca fiber people! It was a chore but a wonderful chore. My appreciation to Jonnie and Ruthann cannot be expressed.

Once we got it all home we sorted through the fleeces, divided it up to share with our spinning friends. Then Marti and I went through each and every bag from our share and bagged all the different colors together getting it ready for the next step. We are deciding how to proceed with this amount of fiber but you can be sure we will come up with a solution! Some great mill spun yarns will be a definite in our plan and most likely some roving to spin ourselves. Over the weekend the girls came and went through the rest of the stash, bagged it and went on their merry, happy wat with a load of fleece for themselves! I hope all will enjoy these beautiful fleeces whch came in every color of the alpaca rainbow.. We hit the Alpaca gold jack pot! Thank you Joannie and Ruthanne!

I had such fun knitting these. I'm going to offer them in a few other colors as well. They work so well as cell phone/license/credit card case. I knit them and then felted them in the washing machine so that they felt nicely making them thick. They came out great! I then used the buttons that Mike has been making from fallen branches as a closure. They measure 5" wide 3 1/2" tall.

Reminder

The farm is having an Open House weekend Thanksgiving weekend. This will the last for this year. Visit the animals, watch a few fiber related demo's and be sure to check out ALL the new itmes in the shop. We are ready for holiday shopping! So stop on by! 11 am to 4 pm Thanksgiving weekend!

Fall foliage

How wonderful it looks on the farm when the fall settles in. I look at the animals on the hill and the back drop and carpet of fall leaves is gorgeous. I thought this was wonderful pics of the llamas and had to share. Angel is being so patriotic at the moment and Dahli is of course looking around guarding his turf! He is to much. The shop was open and folks were coming up the driveway and had to see who it was and decide if he would welcome them! They are always making me smile if not out right laugh!

Sunday afternnon

After one busy week and an afternoon of leaf blowing we decided to treat ourselves to some smoked ribs that Mike did perfectly in the smoker. So when the shop closed I made a wonderful tomato salad and homemade bread. We just sat, ate slow and enjoyed Karen's company (who joined us for some ribs) We even rented a movie and watched it after we ate. Settled in for a lazy Sunday afternoon! Hmmm, we must do this more often.

Rhinebeck Sheep and Wool Festival Inspiration

Rhinebeck Sheep and Wool Festival was this past weekend. We went on Saturday and spent the day in and out of all the barns chatting with all the vendors and admiring all the wonderful fiber arts. We met up with some from our group and all walked around together. It made it less painful for the husbands. They are really patient with us girls, I must say. Of course as usual we had a lot of laughs with one another! We ended the day all eating at our favorite place, then headed home. I was inspired to return home and get into needle felting. Our"girls day gathering" started it, and Rhinebeck just finished it for me! I returned home that night and started needle felting ( a little OCD) I was up until 1:30 in the am and then I dreamed of needle felting! What can I say? So Saturday night and Sunday which was a very rainy cold day I spent the day needle felting. The outcome was two wool stuffed pillows, pumpkins and sheep! I'm doing one of each of my sheep in their own wool. I will have my flock for ever! All it takes for me is an afternoon with the girls and a day at a sheep and wool fest. to light my fire! So, for now Im the "Needle Felting Queen".

Girls Day at Dream Come True Farm

On Monday October 12th Columbus Day, 7 of us girls got together and had a fiber arts day. Some knitted some needle felted. It was a wonderful gathering of friends. Lots was shared including friendships. We also had a Birthday celebration. Happy Birthday Karen. I made red velvet woopie pies and Marti made the filling, mmmm so good. We decorated the little cakes with umbrellas and candles, I lit the candles and walked away for a moment before bringing it in to Karen and PUFF one of the paper umbrellas caught fire and burnt up! Of course, only here. Oh well, we all had a good laugh. I can't wait for our next gathering we always have at least one good hilarious moment!

Alpaca Hobby Farm and National Alpaca Days, A success!

Thank you to all who came to our Open House weekend! You all made it a success. Saturday was a beautiful cool fall day with loads of families visiting. The Alpacas were very intrigued with all the visitors and enoyed all the carrots they got to have. Many thanks to Anastasia for giving such informative tours! Sunday was rainy but you all still came by. Unfortunately the boys tucked themselves away and were not to interested in their visitors. The shop will be open most Sundays, call to be sure. As usual due to family obligations we may be closed (203-736-2630) Our next Hobby Farm Open House date will be Thanksgiving weekend 11 am to 4pm. The farm will be open with the critters welcoming you. Our picnic table is always available to you when you visit, so bring a snack along and enjoy the fall leaves, the farm and do some holiday shopping. Fall is my favorite time of year here on the farm. I'm always adding new items this time of the year so that we have a wonderful selection for the holidays. We are located at 82 Freeman Road in Oxford. Hope to see you. Happy fall!

Local hobby farms open farms to the public

As a reminder we are opening with a farm an educational tour and demos on Sept 26 and 27 11 am to 4 pm. We will be one of 6 farms participating in this event. Stop on by and pick up your brochure for the other 5 farms. All within driving distance of one another. A great way to spend a day and its all free! Hope to see some of you. Call if you have any questions. 203-736-2630

September 26th and 27th Join us for National Alpaca Days

Dream Come True Farm Open House Oxford, CT
The farm will be open September 26 & 27th from 11am-4pm and will welcome guests to join in activities including meeting the Alpacas, demos on spinning, felting and fiber preparation. Dont forget shopping for unique wool products and gifts made here for the family in our farm shop. Farm-grown yarn & roving is also available for handspinners, knitters and weavers. Admission is free
For more info contact the farm at 203-736-2630

Don't forget we are open most Sundays unless a family obligation arises. Call to be sure we are here.

Farm shop open!

Another dream come true! our farm shop has been opened and how we have expanded! The new shop has plenty of room, with a small work table in the center for lessons or to take a seat and share some yarn talk! We even have a rocker out front so if your hubby comes along he can sit a spell while you shop and listen to some good old fashion swing music. The shop is full of yarn and more being added daily as I spin up this years harvest. New potpourri mixtures, turned wood bowls, kiln fired glass jewelry, hand knits, woven items goat milk soap, jams, maple syrup, bread mixes and so much more! We will be open most weekends 11 am to 4 pm from now until thanksgiving. On occasion we may not be open on a weekend day due to family obligations so give a call to make sure we are here. I hope you'll on by and see the shop and take a peek at the critters. We have a big Farm Open House for National Alpaca weekend on the last weekend in September! Be sure come on by and learn all about the alpacas and all of our fiber animals. See you all soon. Call anytime if you need a week day visit.

Dream Come True's Li'l Red Barn Shop is up and running!

Loads of handspun hand dyed yarns, bulky warm hand knit hats and a great selection of woven shawls!

Kiln fired glass jewelry, goat milk soap, potpourri, hand knits and wooden tureasures by Mike

Yarns, natural and dyed, alpaca and sheep! Oil paintings of sheep by local artist!

Farm Tour Day Saturday June 27th

Farm Tour Day on Saturday was a great success. We had a steady amount of visitors who enjoyed the farm and shop. I must say they were some the nicest folks! Below is just a few pics of some of our wonderful guests. After the rain we have had in June the sun was welcomed by all, the visitors, the animals and Mike and I! We had a great day that ended with good food, good wine and GOOD friends! What a way to end an already wonderful day. Thanks to all who attended and all who were here to help!

We had the best people come to our farm!

More visitors on "Farm Tour Day" And meet Anastashia (blue T shirt) who will work a couple mornings on our farm! Lucky us, what a gal!

Dream Come True Farm website has been updated.

www.DreamComeTrueYarn.com

A girls gotta do what a girls gotta do!

With Mike and his hip replacememnt when a leak sprung on the barn roof my niece Kelly and I decided a girls gotta do what a girls gotta do. We tood care of the problem and now the critters will stay nice and dry until Mike can re-roof this end.

These boots have seen a lot of work lately! Whew! Im putting my feet up!

Hanging around enjoying farm life!

Could it get any greener?

The herb garden is doing fantastic! lots of great sachets for this year.

These tomatoe plants loved the rain! At least something did! They are 6 ft tall!

Oxford farm tours, join in the fun!

Homestead Hobby Farm Tour
June 27 and 28, 2009
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
There will be a tour of local Homestead Hobby Farms in Oxford. You will be able to tour peoples small farms and talk to them about how they are Getting "Back to Basics" and how they go about it in their daily lives. So come and support your small local farmers...

Coon Hollow Farm- 156 Punkup Rd, Oxford 881-1986 -- Tim & Dawn Sotir
http://www.coonhollowfarmct.com/ or CoonHollowFarm@aol.com

Featured items: Alpaca & Sheep items, Handspun fibers and wool, Roving for spinners, Maple Syrup, Honey, Herbal Vineagers, Goats Milk Soap
Activities: Spinning Demos, Drop Spindle demos, see a Bee Observation Hive and meet a "Queen", refreshments, and more...

Dream Come True Farm- 82 Freeman Rd, Oxford 736-2630 -- Mike & Pam Blasko
www.pamsfiber.blogspot.com or Dctfyarns@aol.com

Featured items: Items such as handspun yarn, hand knit garment, wool for spinning and goat milk soap. In addition to these products our farm offers, herbal items from our herb garden, hand cut kiln fired glass jewelry, and wood working. Spinning wool into yarn is just one of the classes we offer here. Contact us http://www.pamsfiber.blogspot.com/ or call 203- 736-2630 Open anytime by appointment or open on most weekends. Call for more info.

Secret Whisper Farm- 236 Park Rd, Oxford 881-9196 -- Dave & Helen Caitlin
http://secretwhisperfarm.blogspot.com/

Featured items: Eggs and Chickens, Ducks, Alpacas, etc.

Moose Hill Farm- 44 Moose Hill Rd, Oxford 881-1354 -- Becky Laughlin

Featured items: Eggs, Honey, Herbs, Perennial plants, etc.


Join us for some farm fun!!!