Fall events at Dream Come True Farm

Hi folks, I wanted to drop a quick note with some happenings coming up on the farm for the fall. Details will be told to you as soon as everything is smoothed out.
First we will be opening most Sundays from end of September on. Only closing for family gatherings. Always opening for appointments anytime during the week.
September 25 and 26 will be National Alpaca weekend, visit our farm meet the alpacas, and learn all about alpaca fiber, enjoy spinning demos and this year we will offer a knitting circle all day. Bring your project and sit and knit with us a while. Meet knitters and share your project. Weather permitting of course. The shop will be full and we will have a list of all the alpaca farms that will be open in the area.
We will be open on Thanksgiving weekend again this year with activities just like last year. Maybe even Santa again? Hmmmmmm we'll have to check his schedule. Also end of September I will be offering beginner one on one knitting lessons Sunday mornings. This will consist of 3 Sunday lessons, you pick the Sundays and you will learn to CO cast on, knit and purl, and BO bind off. The project that you will complete will be an alpaca scarf! Details and sample scarf are being worked on.. So check back often for our upcoming events...We may even be offering one other knitting circle day... Let me know how that interest you?

We have our winners!

Six slices ready and waiting to be shipped!

Finally the names were put in a jar and pulled for our winners. Your chances were really good there were only 16 entries. Most of you e-mailed or entered through FB do to trouble with the blog comment area. For that Im sorry. So if the following ladies will e-mail me at pamsfiber@aol.com with your mailing address I will get your soap packed up and shipped to you. Thanks for reading our post and visiting our FB page and this blog. And yes, it is a toaster! We use a newer one while camping to make out toast over a low fire on a grill top. Works great. It would work great on a gas range also....

Sandra from www.plainfancymerchant, folks be sure to visit this blog, you will love it
Nancy B. FB entry
Maura M. FB entry
AND The Wool Pantry was stuck onto Maura's drawing so YOU WIN TOO! www.Thewoolpantry.blogspot.com folks visit this blog too, you will be glad you did....

A note from Montey Christo,shop open for a fall sneak preview

Hi everyone, It's me Montey Christo one of the alpacas here on Dream Come True Farm. I'm writing this blog because Pam has been very busy adding new items to the shop. So I needed to step in and help...The drawing for the goat milk soap will be this coming week, I promise even if I have to do it myself. Most responded to face book with their answers so we need to put all the names together for the drawing. I promise I will make sure its done this week.
This Sunday the 29th our shop will open for a sneak preview of some of the new items for fall. I will be there for this opening so step on over to the barnyard and say "hi" We have added a lot of new yarns, both hand spun and mill spun. New this year we have added some sock yarn, some great colors. We also have more lace weight alpaca then ever before. We are putting together our neck warmer and mobius kits that we offered last year but we will use new yarns, some great hand dyed colored yarn and of course natural as well, sheep and alpaca. We are waiting for an order of alpaca gloves that will also be new this year to the shop. Coming from a mill here in CT made from alpaca fiber we shipped them. So all in all we are ready for the fall and holiday season. Adding new yarns weekly, Mike will be doing some glass kiln work this weekend, after be brings us up the new second cut hay. I think we are ready. Our first open house will be National Alpaca weekend in September. Check back for details. I of course will be there to greet you as well as all the other critters. But lets face it, with this face who will you be gazing at??? Thanks for stopping by. Montey Christo

It's free give-a-way time!

I love this little gadget! Our free give a way this time is 2 slices of our farm made goat milk soap! All you need to do is be a follower of this blog, and tell me in the comments section what this gadget does. Your name will then be placed into a drawing pot. The drawing will be in a week or so. Just for fun, join in.....There will be 3 winners!!

News from the farm

I finally have found the time to update this blog! I was in Maine for 5 days on a art weekend. I stayed with 4 other women in a wonderful cabin on Belgrade lake. The setting was serene. Our instructor was from Fayettville, AR and boy did we paint! And paint, and painted some more. I will be posting pics of my trip in a few days. Meanwhile here is the latest project Im working on.
The scarf I have knitted is from Babydoll Southdown sheep wool and llama. The trim which is not quite finished is a sheep wool. It is from a fleece I purchased a couple years ago from a booth at the New Hampshire Sheep and Wool Festival which I had mill spun into a lace weight. So I'm finally spinning! I took a break for a while but started missing the relaxation from spinning and the feel of all the wonderful wool slipping through my fingers. I listed a few new ones in my Etsy shop. www.Pamsfiber.Etsy.com if interested. I'll try to get pics here on the blog of the new yarns, with more to come. The weather has cooled down with the sunset so I think I will take a walk out and visit with the animals. The sheep would like a few animal crackers so I think I will indulge them tonight. Have a wonderful week!

Another completed needle work

Here it is, another completed needle work piece. This one is done as a small wall hanging, which hangs on a stick, cotton batting in between the needle worked piece and a checkered back. Tea stained of course. Lots of fun to do.
Today was a beautiful summer day, little to no humidity again. Tonight Mike and I will go fishing and enjoy this gorgeous weather. Have a wonderful rest of the week.

Ahhhh, cooler temps, no air conditioner or fans and new shop items!

I'm so happy to report that the humidity is gone, the air conditioners are off, no fans and wide open windows. I even worked in the garden today without breaking into a terrible sweat! What a day. Thank you Mother Nature for the break.
However while I was tucked inside out of the heat I worked on some itty bitty X stitch items. My eyes just are not what they use to be so I only do little projects for a change of pace. So these are the itty bitty's that I have completed this summer. I'm still working on one more, or maybe two more ABC pin cushions. I use mostly scrap floss now all left over from years ago doing larger projects. I feel good about not buying new floss and using up all the left overs. So color choice comes from whatever is left. I came across a gorgeous antique quilt that I purchased many years ago so I decided to take the very worn half of the quilt and make some projects from it. So far I made the two tiny doll pillows or pin cushions.. I think next will be some ornament size Christmas stockings. Its nice to change things up a bit. Soon enough I'll be back on the spinning wheels! Heads up....soon there will be another free give-a-way on this blog! so be sure to sign on as a follower and check back often. Details will be posted soon. Happy Monday. Enjoy, Pam

Im finally getting my groove back! I have been a bit lacking in the creativity department lately, a little lazy to say the least. I have got myself together and these are the new handspun yarns I came up with. The black and white and white and black, hmm is there a difference between black and white and white and black? Anyway they are some of thickest yarn that I have ever spun. Its soft, and huge. The white is big and plump like marshmallow, with camp fire burn marks on it, exactly how I like a toasted marshmallow. The black is so soft, so big that Im going to have trouble letting it go. It is plied with a single spun novelty white. These would make the coolest hats for the winter. Or spectacular neck warmers. The shades os pink yarn is hand dyed alpaca, light worsted in weight. And well, lets face it alpaca speaks for itself. The tan and orange is hand dyed orange sheep wool spun in with tan alpaca, a blend. All will be going up on Etsy very soon, with plenty more to come. Pam's got her groove back on! Spin on.

Newest tenant! and Christmas in July?

Am I crazy? In this heat knitting holiday stockings? Some would say I am, and it's not just the stockings that makes them say so. These are the first 3 of the handspun, handknit heirloom stockings to be hung by the chimney with care. Spun and knitted from our alpaca, llama and or sheep fiber. They measure about 24 to 28 inches in length. Last year I hand dyed all the stockings, this year I will knit them all in natural colors. IM liking the all natural look to these. Kind of like old worn stockings that would have been hung long ago in much simpler times. These will all be hung out in the shop as they are completed. I hope to have many by our September and November Open House. But they are available in our shop now if you can possibly think "holidays" in this heat. Think cool and maybe you will stay cool. Have a great Monday.



Once again I came across a surprise tenant. This one is living in and and around my African Lilly of the Nile, which is on the deck in a large pot. I was checking on the plant one evening in the dark and I thought there was something on one of the leaves. I went to remove it and it moved! With much surprise I jumped back with a little gasp. The frog didn't move. So I welcomed him, misted the plant and can now find him there most nights.

Farm Day, a great success!

Open House day was a great success! A little hot, but with a fan in the shop, lemonade and great people the heat didn't matter much. Thank you to all that came. A special thanks to Todd Jackson who sent a video of farm days which you can see in the left column of the blog. Anastasia was here again to give the farm tours and educate folks on the animals and what we do here and did a wonderful job as usual. Her alpacas and llamas adore her! After our wonderful farm day we went with good friends to Jackson Cove on Lake Zoar, swam, grilled some great food, fished and floated around the lake in a blow up row boat. What a great day. Thanks to all, Pam

Open House reminder............

As a reminder: Dream Come True Farm Open House and area hobby farm tours! June 27th 12 noon to 4 pm Details on participating farms may be picked up at each farm

OPEN HOUSE Dream Come True Farm

We will have our summer open house On June 27th Sunday from 12 noon until 4pm Our shop is full of new items all made here on the farm by myself or Mike. We have both worked on projects all winter so the shop has many new items. We will have spinning demos at various times during the day and wood working demos. The alpacas, sheep and llamas are all sporting a new look, everyone has been shorn! We have new fiber for spinners, new yarns for knitters, pounds and pounds of goat milk soap, new hand knit hats from our handspun yarn, and many new hand crafted gift items. So stop on by for a farm visit. We will be one of a few farms open on this date. Join in on our hobby farm tour days. Support your local farmer! Call for directions or more info.All open houses are weather permitting, call if unsure 203-736-2630

Lucky us!

We have a new tenant here at Dream Come True Farm. In my herb garden I have a little pond with a solar powered pump which attracts many a frog. Well, for the past few days I have seen one in particular coming in and out of these boots. Today he posed for me so I could photograph him. He has moved into the boot which is filled with moss so its the perfect palace for him to live in. I hope he stays. Maybe he'll tell his friends about the one that's available next door to him? Or maybe he will take a wife, or a husband? I guess I will just have to watch. Im glad he's here.

Strawberries, strawberries, strawberries! mmmm

Today Mike is off from work so we went outside to pick strawberries which grow along side the farm shop on the hillside. We struck gold! A few had little tiny bites out of them, Im not sure if it was birds or one of the many chipmonks that live here in the stownwalls. Whoever it was we don't mind sharring as long as they leave us some. So Im going to sit and enjoy a bowl before my day begins.

New fibers!

Well, Im back to spinning. I have been a bit lazy lately. Kind of on vacation. Mike was off for a week and had a few day adventures and a camping trip! Now some of the newly shorn fibers have arrived from the mill to be spun and I can't wait to get started. i just love the natural colors of the these alpacas. I also purchased some beautiful dyed sheep roving at the CT Sheep and Wool Festival that needs spinning. So there will be more yarns added to the all ready full shop and some to be listed on Etsy. So check back for the yarn updates. Im also waiting on a new batch of almond and honey soap to cure!

More soap? and Shearing Day! Yea!

Don't you laugh~~~~~~~~~~~

Shearing day was a great success! Next I will clean and sort the flecces deciding on what blends I want to do this year. The animals are ever so happy to have their wool coats off for the warmer months..


Today I will add another new batch of goats milk soap to the shop. Yes, I have made more! This time I have decided to package 2.5 oz bars in these beautiful spring colored organza bags. I now have about a total of 200 plus bars of newly made wonderful goat milk soap. I have added many of them to my etsy shop for the summer months. My spinning seems to taken a back seat this time of year do to the farm and garden work. I'm not complaining, I love being outside this time of year and through the summer months. So for now it will be soap, soap and more soap! Of course there will be some spinning, just not as much as through the winter months. I say that now, but when all that wool is cleaned from shearing day I will not be able to keep my hands off of it. As always call to visit the farm and shop and watch my FB page and blog for listed days that we will be open.

Shop full and ready for visits!

The farm shop is full and ready to go for the warmer weather. I have worked long hours on many new items for the warmer season. Lots of goat milk soaps, glass jewelry, small quilted items and more. As always new yarns have been added and will continue to be added each week or so. OPEN to the public, just give a call and set up a visit! And remember out picnic table is available for you to enjoy a snack on while watching the animals watch you!! They love visitors. Our Open house dates for education and tours of the the farm will be posted near to fall. But until then feel free to give a call and set up a time to visit the shop.

The Blue Bird of Happiness resides at Dream Come True Farm

I have been watching these amazing blue birds from my window and deck for weeks. Today there was quite a bit of activity. I believe we have baby blue birds! Papa Blue Bird was chasing any birds that came around within 10 feet of his home. Both Mama and Papa were flying in and out of the house all morning, then Mama went inside and didn't come out. I watched for hours in amazement of their ritual. The wonders of nature is so awesome. I feel blessed that this family of blue birds have chosen Dream Come True Farm to live on. We will sure do our best to protect them. Happy Mother' Day Mama Blue Bird and to all Mom's!

More goat milk soap and scrubbies!

I was up until the wee hours of the night wrapping, tagging soaps and crocheting organic cotton body and face scrubbies. The scent of the almond honey soap is just wonderful. The batch of natural is so light with scent. Im thrilled with these 2 batches, 20 pounds of soap ready to go! I wish there was a scratch and sniff section on this blog so you could smell this soap. I think I will go and wash my hands now!

Soap, soap, and more soap! New batch of goat milk soap

Good Morning! The sun is shining, the rain has gone and Im looking forwrd to putting in my morning glory seeds!! Happy Thursday.

A week or so ago we got busy on a new batch of goat milk soap. The batch is partially cured and I can tell this is a winner! This batch has the goat milk (of course) Shae butter and an assortment of oils. Wonderful to help restore the ph balance to your skein. One batch is almond scent with honey and one batch is honey and Shea butter, natural scent. Both a favorite of mine. I not so fond of all the sweet scents that can be added. The more natural, the more I like it..These will be available in my shop here on the farm and in my Etsy shop www.Pamsfiber.etsy.com I have some small orders to fill already and may need to make another batch soon. I'm doing favors for a baby shower with my soap for June, exciting. I did a wedding 2 years ago. Oh and by the way I have started to crochet scrubbies to go along with the soap. They are made from certified organic cotton and Im offering them with the soap. A bar of soap and a couple of scrubbies make a wonderful thoughtful gift for a friend or a treat for yourself!

Flowers, flowers, flowers

It truly is a spring here on the farm. This is what I did ALL weekend long. Flowers, flowers and more flowers. Some are hooked with handspun hand dyed yarns, some are made from wool strips and some are from recycled wool sweater pieces and wool felt balls. I'm really enjoying making these. I'm adding them to the shop this week and maybe on Etsy as well. A few weeks ago I crocheted a number of brightly colored flowers and crocheted some organic cotton flower pins for the shop. So it really is a spring fling around here!DON'T FORGET OUR FREE GIVE A WAY IN THE POST BELOW! DETAILS BELOW

FREE-GIVE-WAY It's a spring fling!

This will be our new spring give-a-way! "The Heart And Hand Collection book, written by MYSELF and my good friend Beth! But there is a catch this time. You must be a follower of the blog and in the comment section under this post click on it and list your favorite things! This will give me the opportunity to learn about all of you and I may pick up some titles of some great books and movies! So it's a trade this time. The drawing will be in the weeks to come. So c'mon lets have fun with this, sign up and leave a list of your favorite things. If you have trouble doing so on the blog page and its impossible for you to sign up, facebook your favorite things to me on my wall or e-mail me! By signing up you can follow the blog and look for the next free give-a-way. This book is for everyone, not just a fiber book, a craft/cooking/gift giving and more book. Read the description below. Drop me a line if you have any questions.



****************Simplicity at it's best********************


This is a book put together by two friends. Myself and a good friend that I share a lot of common interest with Beth.Its a back to basic book filled with ideas from the heart.

We met years ago and found that we had a lot in commom such as colleting baskets, cooking, quilting, knitting, gardenting and just about anything that had to do with hand made. In 1994 we decided to share our ideas so the Heart and hand Collection was born and copyrighted. Filled with family recipes that are wonderful yet fast and spimple with mostly few ingrediants, gift giving how too's and ideas, hints such as energy and cleaning tips.

Its really a back to basics book, to simplify your life. Everything in the book comes from family members passed down, friends, or Beth and myself.

Included are a couple of authentic Amish hardy recipes from my very good Amish friends from PA.

Its a book of love from our hands to yours.

Some of the recipes included are:
Dill garlic basil vinegar
Southern Barbeque sauce
Chocolate bread
cornmeal pancakes
brown sugar syrup for pancakes
whoopie pie
herbal pork chops
chicken delight

Also are gift giving ideas from the home such as:
simple bath oils
wrapping paper
cinnamon cut outs
spicey mixed nuts
finger paints
playdough
pomander balls
simple potpourris
AND SO MUCH MORE!

Included are conversion charts, substitution charts,
simpliefied measuring charts,
Commom cause of failure in baking suggestions
meet cut charts and more

This little book filled with BIG ideas is a great book for your own home or as a gift to a special friend.

Everything included is fast easy and wonderful!

The Secret Life of Bee's Garden Shed

Happy Monday! Happy Spring!


Well, I did it! Those of you that know me well know that the book and movie "The Secret Life of Bee's" is a favorite of mine! I have said I would love the Caribbean pink house that the movie takes place in. I guess It's a kind of fantasy of mine. So I decided to paint the garden shed pink. I couldn't find the exact paint called Caribbean pink so I went with paradise pink. It does the job. Mike then trimmed out the shed, put a new door on because our ram had lived in the shed and we cut a small door in the door for him. Mike then added widows, there was only chicken wire. It was then painted pink with white trim and there it sits in the middle of the barn red barns, surrounded by paddocks. As we sat with a cup of coffee and the end of Saturday watching our lettuce grow all the animals came and looked through the fences as if to say, "now you've gone to far" I also wonder what Spankey our ram would say if he could see his old homestead? hmmmm? In any case I love my Secret Like of Bee's garden shed and plan to enjoy many a morning and evening sitting next to it enjoying life.

New for spring! Stop by for a spring visit

Today I added some new items to the shop. I have been working on my theorem painting for a couple of months now and I have finished a half dozen paintings. I know most don't really know what theorem painting is so I thought I would define it:
Theorem Painting is an early American Decorative Technique that dates back to the first half of the 19th century. The word Theorem suggests, according to Webster’s New World Dictionary, "an expression of relations in an equation or formula." WHEW!What this means is that a series of stencils are used, maybe 5 or 6 to create one painting. The stencils are layered on to one another as you go along. Oil paints are commonly used and it done on velvet. I also use the technique to paint note cards.

This technique was popular among women of all ages during the early 1800’s. Its primary attraction, then, as today, is the fact that it enabled the average non-professional artist to create acceptable art-forms for their own use.

Although Theorem Painting has had a long history on both sides of the Atlantic, it has remained some what obscure and antiquated. Except for sporadic revivals, this art form has never reached its fullest potential. This is largely due due to the scarcity of published pattern material. Thus, this technique has only flourished locally, mostly in New England ,New York , Pennsylvania where the techniques have passed from generation to generation and from teacher to student. Most of the design material lean toward the primitive side, many copying the old patterns. As a result Theorem Painting has generally been classified as a colonial period craft or art-form

I started theorem painting over 20 years ago in the basement of a 82 year old women's home. Who I adored and new the craft well. Below is a theorem on tea stained velvet and a couple on note cards. Stop by the shop and see what you think.

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Have a great week!

Harvest takes place early on the farm!

I almost forgot to tell you about my dehydrator! I'm getting to know how to dehydrate all veggies and how best to use them. When our garden is at full potential this year dehydrating along with freezing is how I'm going to go. Pictured are seasoned zucchini chips that are out of this world! Placed in a salad, or eaten as chips with a sandwich or simply rehydrate and eat along with your meal. I'm ready now for that bumper crop that will be coming in this summer!


We have taken to growing sprouts indoors right in the kitchen! We just couldn't wait for those greens in the garden to come up so that we could enjoy them on our plates. So we are finding that sprouts are the way to go while waiting. I will be growing sprouts of all kinds in my kitchen. Done correctly you can have 2-4 cups from each tray within 5 days. Pictured is a garden mix of wheat grass, radish and clover. On my counter radish and alfalfa have just started to sprout. So now I have 5 trays at once of little sprouts sprouting up on the counter. Its amazing to watch the cycle of a sprout. I received my organic seed sprout order that should last me next to a year. We are really enjoying adding them to salads, eggs, soups and veggie dishes. But my favorite is avocado and sprouts or tomatoes and sprout sandwiches! I could go on and on about these sprouts but I think you get what I'm saying! I'm so excited, greens fresh and organic all year round! Did I mention how inexpensive the seed bags are compared to what they will give you? I must go now and spray my sprouts! Happy Monday.