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Cat's Cradle The Cat's Cradle Country Shoppe is a unique combination of country/farmhouse decor, repurposed fur We also love decorating for the seasons and the holidays.

This page is to share info about our shoppe as well as share so many great ideas on country/farmhouse/primitive decorating and repurposing projects. We have been in business for over 30 years and live, love, and work our dream. We hope to inspire others to also follow their dreams whether it be taking on a project, decorating their homes, or even starting their own business. In our workshops, we are always coming with something new... displays, furniture, signs and lots of one of a kind pieces. This is a way we can keep our shoppe very unique and affordable. We are open 10 months of the year, being closed Jan and Feb. We love what we do and we love the friends we have made along the way.

Good chilly Sunday morning! Lots of frost on the pumpkins for sure! Posting a tad later this AM, as I have already be...
10/18/2026

Good chilly Sunday morning! Lots of frost on the pumpkins for sure!
Posting a tad later this AM, as I have already been in my workshop! I was going to quickly unpack some new supplies, but then I got to painting some new little snowmen!

We had a very productive day in the shoppe yesterday, first getting the back porch rearranged a bit before opening, and then i continued to add new holiday items throughout the day! i will do the same today....once the woodstove gets the shoppe toasty warm! We welcomed everyone in with a "Hi and welcome!" and a hot warm and spicy drink, perfect for a cold Fall day.
Same for today....Brrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!

More holiday treasures are making their way into the shoppe every day. New timer pillar candles, Santas, snowmen, vintage inspired ornaments, sparkly and glittery decor [of course as i am the Queen of Glitter!}, so many new florals and garlands, large wreaths that look so real, and more....time to take over another section this coming week!

Today we will take turns being in the shoppe. I hope to finish up some of the new snowmen in my workshop, and start other projects and i know Wayne will be doing the same. So many ideas!!

The really cold weather over night means the garden is finally coming to a close for another year. the only think I have left to do is plant my garlic patch this week. Wayne will also be harvesting the last of the winter crops, and we should be good for the winter. I will help with a little cleanup in my raised beds, pulling out the last of the zinnia patch that gave us beautiful bouquets all summer long. Our garden was so good to us this past season, one of the best in the last few years. The weather seemed more balanced with heat and rain which in turn, is giving us a spectacular Fall!

I am off to get ready for the day....workshop first and then back into the shoppe to do more unpacking
Have a great day....we open at 11 AM and we will be ready to welcome you in!

welcome weekend!! A cooler day today means the first day of the season that the wood stove will be going in the shoppe....
10/17/2026

welcome weekend!! A cooler day today means the first day of the season that the wood stove will be going in the shoppe....it sure will be toasty in there!

Wayne was in the shoppe all day yesterday and he enjoyed a very steady day! I stayed in my workshop, getting it ready for a new season and actually finished some product that will be in the shoppe today.

A couple of orders also arrived after closing yesterday, so some of that is already priced and out.....I am running out of room so that means more of the shoppe will transition to winter and Christmas this next week!

New pillar candles have arrived and I will get those unpacked soon....I am anxious to see the new designs!

We will be working on our back porch today, getting a couple of new displays in place, and then time to add holiday out there! Perfect timing! Maybe some of the new porduct that arrived will find a temporary spot!

Time for me to start getting the back porch ready, at least started, then back to the workshop to bring up some cute snowmen and Santas!

Have a nice weekend....we hope you get a chance to stop by, enjoy a warm and spicy hot drink, staying nice and cozy as you check out what is new! See you later!

Good Friday morning! We enjoyed such gorgeous weather this week! That is changing today, but it was great while it las...
10/16/2026

Good Friday morning! We enjoyed such gorgeous weather this week! That is changing today, but it was great while it lasted!

This has been another work week for us, no days off as we continue to get the shoppe ready for another season
workshops are also in transition, and new creations will be making their way into the shoppe as well

As more orders arrived while we were closed I took the front corner of the shoppe next, and it getting set up with more Christmas and Winter. Fall is still in the front window, mantel, and a little section when you walk in and everything else is set up in our outside displays

Wayne finished a tall piece with several shelves and perfect timing to tuck it into that corner, now filled with the prettiest candle rings, timer candles, and other holiday decor. This piece needed a lot of work to stablize it, cutting it down a bit and adding a top and bottom piece. Painted Thistle and leaving the shelves in their original greenish color, it is perfect!

Dozens of new candle rings have arrived and many are perfect size for the timer candles, like the birch pillars, pine cone candles and tree candles. The florals are the finishing touch!
I am reordering the pine cone candles and the tree candles just about every week as they sell quickly. My 4th order in 4 weeks arrived just in time to fill in lots of empty spaces. All of our candles include batteries so it is quite the production to unpack each little box, add the batteries before setting them on the shelves throughout the shoppe! Stop by soon if you are interested in these pretty timers as they will start to sell out for the season {the large natural pine cone candle is already on backorder! so those are sold out at the moment!} All others are in stock, small natural pine cones, large and small ivory pinecones, large and medium trees in green or ivory.

Today Wayne will take over as shoppe keeper as I spend my day in the workshop. I am finishing the last of the large gourd Santas, hopefully have them up this weekend! snowmen are also being basecoated and ready to decorate. I brought the first ones up last week and they sold out quickly! Christmas and winter stencils will replace all the fall stencils, and I have lots of new signs to design! There are long stockings to coffee stain as well as tons of little candy canes, getting everything ready to create new decor! Phew!

we did take a little time yesterday to take a quick ride to pick up the last of our winter storage veggies....potatoes and onions are now tucked away in storage. We were just in awe of how beautiful this fall is! The colors are spectacular! The rain and winds that are on their way may cause lots of leaves to drop, so we both enjoyed our little ride! Wayne is harvesting the butternut squash and soon will check to see how the sweet potatoes did, and we have fingers crossed for a good harvest of those as well. A lot of hard work for Wayne but he loves it, but we should eat well all winter!

I am off to my workshop now, and that is where I will be pretty much all day! We open at 10 AM and Wayne will be the official greeter for the day!
Have a great day.....ciao for now!

Just restocked these primitive garlands, already a popular Christmas accent! These can go anywhere for that rustic look...
10/12/2026

Just restocked these primitive garlands, already a popular Christmas accent! These can go anywhere for that rustic look. Perfect going across a kitchen window, or hanging across a peg rack....
14.50 each {more on the way, I hope!}

We are open today, Columbus Day Monday, from 10 AM ~ 2 PM!! ☺️Nice day to do a little leaf peeping and stop by here for...
10/12/2026

We are open today, Columbus Day Monday, from 10 AM ~ 2 PM!! ☺️
Nice day to do a little leaf peeping and stop by here for a little feel of both Fall and even a little Christmas!

good Sunday morning! After another gorgeous Fall day yesterday, today loos to be a gray and wet day ahead....but the sh...
10/11/2026

good Sunday morning! After another gorgeous Fall day yesterday, today loos to be a gray and wet day ahead....but the shoppe will be warm and cozy...and hot c***r will be served!

Thank you for another amazing day in the shoppe yesterday....so many out and about, enjoying the day. I know I will be in the shoppe early today, tweaking and filling empty spaces. Our Fall and Halloween is still selling well, but Christmas is making its way to the counter as well.

Wayne brought up the last of our large gourds, many ready to hang, as well as the last few bunches of freshly harvested sweet annie. I think there are also a couple of cornstalk bunches left, one tall and one shorter bunch.

Wayne came up to help me in the shoppe a few times, but he is very close to finishing a new display piece. That should be ready to head into the shoppe this next week. We will be tackling the front corner of the shoppe so we have the perfect spot for it. We need to unbury a great primitive bench and get it displayed outside. At the moment it is displaying lots of fall, but remains hidden! More shifting to do and soon that area will also transition to Christmas, as some large orders will be arriving!

I will be heading to my workshop in a few, basecoating the last of the large Santa gourds that we have....all gourds dried from last year will be done! Then onto basecoating more paper mache snowmen. The switch to a new season has begun in the workshops!

Have a great day ahead....we hope you get a chance to get out and about....and we look forward to seeing many of you!
We open at 11 AM today, and just a reminder we are also open tomorrow, Columbus Day Monday, 10 AM ~ 2 PM
see you later!!

Good Saturday morning! what a gorgeous day out there yesterday! Hope today is a repeat!We had a very busy day in the s...
10/10/2026

Good Saturday morning! what a gorgeous day out there yesterday! Hope today is a repeat!

We had a very busy day in the shoppe....even stayed open a little longer, welcoming folks in after 4.
Getting a couple of areas set up for a new season this past week was perfect timing....so much sold yesterday and reorders already placed! Snowmen, Santas, timer trees and pinecone candles, ornies, and greenery....oh my!

We will keep moving Fall outside, little by little, keeping our outdoor displays filled to the brim. Inside, the front of the shoppe is still dressed in Autumn colors. Our candle racks have some great warm Fall scents, whether you love spiced apple scents, spicey scents, baking scents....we have them! I am now onto ordering the holiday scents....but any of the scents are great year round!

I am waiting on an order arriving soon to restock light sets. As the days grow shorter and darkness comes so much earlier, we love the looks of tiny lights sparkling throughout our homes! It won't be long before we add lighted trees throughout our homes as well.

Today should be a good day to have a nice hot drink to offer in the shoppe. The instant c***r mixes are perfect, whether you do a large pot, or just one cup at a time, these are instant! My favorite is using cranapple juice with the orange spice mix, but I may do the apple with the original spice mix!

I will be heading into the shoppe, time to put batteries into more timer candles! The newest primitive timer candles just arrived in holiday colors, rustic red or green. These candles are very popular since we brought them in earlier this year, with a little nub of a flame on top, they look so real! I also have a little backstock on a few ivory pine cone candles, esp the larger ones....time to fill in so many empty spaces left from yesterday!

Hope you get a chance to get out and enjoy a wonderful Fall day! We will also be open on Columbus day Monday from 10-2! Lots of tag sales throughout the town for the next 3 days as well.
Have a great day!! See you later!!!
PS....stop by soon if you are interested in these timer candles...they sell out quickly. I just place my third large order in 3 weeks!

Good Friday morning! Just a little chill in the air this morning, but what beautiful weather we have has this week! Le...
10/09/2026

Good Friday morning! Just a little chill in the air this morning, but what beautiful weather we have has this week! Let's hope it extends into this Columbus Day weekend, a long weekend for many!

We are keeping ourselves pretty busy when the shoppe is closed, getting things buttoned up for winter, harvesting winter crops {this year we added a small experimental raised bed of potatoes and it was a success!} and getting a lot done in our own workshops.

while Wayne spent most of yesterday doing most of that, I was in the shoppe all day off and on, transitioning another area for winter/Christmas! What a mess I was in for a while! It is so hard for me to think that we heading towards the last 3 months of the year, but here we are!

By the end of my day, the shoppe looked pretty good! This morning, I will be working a lot of the Fall displays, inside and out, as this is usually a busy Fall weekend for us. We added more large hanging gourds, sweet annie, and I am redoing floral displays, cupboards, the large shed and out door room, as well as the inside of the shoppe. Fall is still our main focus! The leaves are just starting to change around here, so a good time in the next few days to take the ride to the country and enjoy!

We were very busy last weekend, and there is a lot to tweak today. We should be looking good by opening today!

Yesterday I also spent a lot of time unpacking 4 boxes of timer pinecone and tree candles....so many sold over last weekend. So far my reorders are coming in quickly so we are restocked on most of them. We are sold out of the large natural pinecone candles and they are on backorder so fingers crossed we can restock those soon. But we have the large pinecone candles in a cream color and those are so pretty as the whole candles lights up! If interested in these ever popular timers, for yourself or for gifts, stop by soon while they are available.

We took off for a little ride to VT this week, a nice quick get away. We came home with a few treasures for the shoppe and Wayne is already tackling a tall and narrow piece, with lots of shelves, and it will make a perfect display for the holidays! He is already getting it painted after doing some work on it. Hope to have it in the shoppe next week....maybe....

I am off first to my workshop, to finish a few snowmen and get them into the shoppe this morning. Then off to redo Fall displays, making them nice and fresh for the next few days

This is a pretty big weekend for our town as there is always lots of tag sales during Columbus Day weekend. And it is a busy weekend for us as well.
We are open today and tomorrow, 10-4, Sunday 11-4 and Columbus Day Monday 10-2.
Have a great day and enjoy just a tiny peek of the upcoming holiday season

Pete and Polly are our greeters today! One of a kind Chainsaw creations by Wayne are now done and for salePolly 160.00...
10/04/2026

Pete and Polly are our greeters today! One of a kind Chainsaw creations by Wayne are now done and for sale
Polly 160.00
Pete 180.00

Good Sunday morning! A little nip in the air...Fall is here!What a gorgeous day out there yesterday and so many were out...
10/04/2026

Good Sunday morning! A little nip in the air...Fall is here!

What a gorgeous day out there yesterday and so many were out and about, enjoying the start of leaf peeping....the colors on the trees seem to have changed over night! We won't be peak for a while, but already it looks to be a wonderful Fall season here in New England.

I was in the shoppe most of the day, and Wayne stayed pretty focused in his workshop. He spent some time gathering up more large gourds that have been drying up in the barn, and some make it into the shoppe....some hang and some will sit to be added to your Fall decor. A very simple door piece is a large hanging gourd with a pretty and airy fall garland wrapped around it! He is also gathering more large kettle gourds for me to make my Santas. These will be limited to what we have, but there should be about a dozen or so for me to work on. The gourds he is harvesting now won't be dry for this season but will make perfect birdhouses in the Spring!

We are both in design and create mode for the holiday season! So many ideas! From primitive ornies for trees, to making some cute smaller feather trees, to asst Snowmen and Santas and of course, lots of signs! I have some very large boards and I am anxious to make some one of a kind signs! It may be early October, but for us it is the start of a new season as far as our workshops! The glitter is now out and being used in my workshop!

In the shoppe, Fall is still the main focus, with lots of Halloween, as well as Fall. Florals are tucked everywhere! I was so happy to see so much sell yesterday!

Before I ended my day, I had to place another order for those wonderful pine cone timer candles! This will be our third order so far. We unpacked an order this past week, filled the shelves, and quite a few sold these last couple of days. This next order will also include some of the very pretty white, glittery off white pine cone candles as well!

This morning i will head out early with my bestie and head up the street from us to enjoy Barn Fest, put on by our friend, Greg, at the Barn Out Back It runs from 9 AM-4 PM and always a wonderful event with vendors, food, music, and a great way to welcome Fall. I will be back around 10ish, and Wayne will already have the shoppe open, a little earlier than usual on a Sunday. So a great day for you to take a little ride to the country and check out both the Barn Fest and his shoppe as well as stopping by here!

Time for me to get a few things done in my workshop before I get ready to head out.
Have a wonderful day ahead.....see you later!

Address

265 Hadley Street {Rte 47}
South Hadley, MA
01075

Opening Hours

Friday 10am - 4pm
Saturday 10am - 4pm
Sunday 11am - 4pm

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+14135324943

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