A beautiful new set of alpaca products

We have been adding a large number of new products in the last few weeks but perhaps the nicest are these new gloves from a luxury manufacturer.


Peccary Alpaca Gloves

We are very excited to be able to offer the new Peccary Alpaca line of luxurious gloves. They are absolute luxury and are sure to please.

HELP SUPPORT THE ALPACA "RESEARCH RUG" EFFORT

We are proud to support all things alpaca and have recently published this effort to various alpaca related newsgroups...


HELP SUPPORT THE ALPACA "RESEARCH RUG" EFFORT

Are you sitting on bags and bags of alpaca fiber 3rds and don't know how to put them to good use?


PurelyAlpaca (http://www.purelyalpaca.com/), and online alpaca products boutique and alpaca advocate invites you to get involved in the effort to support ongoing alpaca research and student veterinarians at the Washington State University (WSU) College of Veterinary Medicine in Pullman, WA (http://www.vetmed.wsu.edu/depts-vth/camelids/). The Camelid Education and Research Fund had been to assist the WSU program through awareness and fundraising.
The WSU program has been a great benefit to Pacific Northwest alpaca farms and through its ongoing education and research helps alpaca owners everywhere.


To help support the College of Veterinary Medicine at WSU, PurelyAlpaca is soliciting alpaca farms everywhere to contribute their "2nds and 3rds" to the production of these excellent quality floor rugs for the home.


When an alpaca gets its annual shearing, the fiber is typically sorted into its Prime or Blanket (aka 1st) clip and its 2nds and 3rds clips, which may be put together or sorted. The Prime or Blanket clip, which comes from the main body of the alpaca is most commonly used for premium alpaca garments like sweaters. The "2nd" fiber from areas such as the neck or upper legs is typically used for hats or gloves. The "3rds", typically from the lower legs and belly and possibly chest are great for items like these rugs. The superior strength of alpaca fiber and its resitance to wear makes it an ideal rug material.


A portion of your purchase of this rug will go toward further research and veterinarian training at the WSU College of Veterinary Medicine. To learn more about the WSU program, see the link above or contact:

Lynne Haley
Veterinary Development and External Relations
P.O. Box 657010
Pullman, WA 99164-7010
(509) 335-5021

If you have an alpaca farm and would like to contribute to this good cause with your fiber, please contact http://www.purelyalpaca.com/ directly.


ABOUT THE RUGS

Made in the USA by Reinhard, an Austrian immigrant with 4-5 employees in a tiny factory on a dusty stretch of highway in the middle of the Texas plains, each rug is a work of art from this long time extraordinary rug weaver. The tiny factory sells its All American made goods to 300 outlets around the world including stores like Ethan Allen. The factory ships these soft rugs to the finer shops of Europe. One of the rugs "will probably outlast you," says Reinhard.

For more information and pictures, please see this link: http://purelyalpaca.com/product_info.php?products_id=489

-Brian
http://www.purelyalpaca.com/ - Naturally Unique Clothing and Gifts
Battle Ground, WA
1-877-PURELYA

It's Artist Season!

At this time of year we typically request the fiber artists and other skilled crafters who use alpaca fiber consider listing their alpaca hats, scarves, shawls, artwork etc. on PurelyAlpaca.com.
We like to offer these items to add to our breadth of selection and also we like to support alpaca fiber artists. It's all about being "Purely Alpaca"!

Of particular need this year are alpaca baby booties and hair scrunchies.

If you know of anyone spread the word.....

Alpaca products keep coming!

This week a flood of new and interesting alpaca products are coming into our warehouse. New alpaca scarves, alpaca jackets and coats. Even a new alpaca Christmas sweater! It's great fun to see all the new items. The alpaca garment industry, though still in its infancy is alive and well!!

Still more new items going on the site in the next week!

-Brian

INSTANT new alpaca product feed

We were thinking....

Many of our customers are hitting the New Items link on PurelyAlpaca.com but unless they hit it daily they still might miss a new product. We literally have placed items online in our online boutique only to have them sold hours later. We're getting a lot of new items this year, many "on trial" as possible lines next year, so we'll have a lot of these unique offerings this fall. We have alpaca sweaters, alpaca scarves and new alpaca hats that are all limited run "test" items from artists in the USA and South America. There will be a lot of new alpaca products, alpaca yarn and gifts posted in the next couple of months.

So we figured a lot of our website visitors are missing out. Well this just won't do. :) So what we did was create a simple RSS Feed. This lets you use a freely available RSS reader to connect to PurelyAlpaca's RSS feed. This way, whenever we add or update a product you'll know about it, instantly.

We were thinking more...

This could be fun. We can put things up and see how long they last. If enough people use the RSS Feed perhaps we'll offer "instant sales", offering great bargains on items just for our most "attached" customers. Gee, what else could this lead to?....

To see more and sign up, go to http://purelyalpaca.com/rssfeed.html

Will you let us know your thoughts on the idea?

-Brian
PurelyAlpaca
1-877-PURELYA

Busy busy boom!

Have you been busy lately? We surely have been!

We're excited to announce that PurelyAlpaca is now located in Battle Ground, WA! The new headquarters is as of October 1, 2006. We have a new facility for our store office and warehouse as well as a new farm (we also raise alpacas) and of course a new house. Still moving in on all three areas... It's also the peak time of year for us as we are checking in a flood of exciting new alpaca products for the Fall season. Some of them we hope you will really like. We have new designer clothing, new and improved fashion accessories and of course new gift items for friends and family.

Things are still arriving so be sure to check back often in October and November as we load the items online. See the enclosed New Products link to see what has recently been added or updated.

Are you slightly technical? PurelyAlpaca can send your an RSS feed which will let you know when any new products are added. Some of our designer products are so unique and of such limited runs that they go up online 1 day and are gone the next. Don't miss any of them by subscribing to the PurelyAlpaca RSS feed. See the bottom of any page on http://purelyalpaca.com to get hooked up.

-Brian

Purely Alpaca Wholesale Alpaca Products

Now is the season to shop Purely Alpaca Wholesale. We have a new reduced minimum purchase and many new products. See the link for details. You may also want to signup for our wholesale newsletter.

We are very flexible so let us know if you need anything special.

New old source of alpaca products?

Last weekend we went camping and fishing. It was a nice relaxing trip out to Southwest Washington state (not too far from where we're moving out new farm and warehouse). It was also my birthday. Lots of time to sit and think about our fall line of products, features and new offerings.

On the way home Frieda and I drove past a Sweater Store out in what most city folk would call "the middle of nowhere". This time they were open so in we went. Had to see if they had any alpaca!

Anni, a kind and relaxed woman warmly greeted us at the door. Though one customer was leaving with many smiles, Anni was still not alone. With her in this old Masons building turned clothing factory with tall white ceilings, a single heat stove and antique furniture was a mix of companions. There was a beautiful and sweet 3-legged white cat with one warm light green eye and another striking blue eye, another cat who was too busy sleeping to greet us and a mess of big and little dogs who stayed in the back room, mostly.

The store was an amazing trip back into time. A time where American merchants made and sold locally to local clientele. It was filled with clothing made "upstairs", we were told. We looked about the room for an hour. Though alpaca was not currently used in any of the products, my filtering eye saw Alpaca Sweaters, Alpaca Scarves, Alpaca Hats, Alpaca Gloves and Alpaca Shawls. The styles were classic and very well made. The artistic buttons on the cardigans are made right there at the shop.

Anni described how the company, 30 years old and in this location for the past 17 caters to a local clientelle but also sells to past customers who could now live anywhere. They get in yarn by the tons and do all the work in that one building.

Frieda and I were amazed! We have been seeking the country for companies like this. Many think the American garment industry is gone. Not true. It's just taking a new, more personal form. Anni's store, with its excellent personal service and very reasonable prices is the new American garment industry. We were very happy to see it.

-Brian

PurelyAlpaca News, Updates, Specials, Sales, History and Humor

PurelyAlpaca News, Updates, Specials, Sales, History and Humor

Picky reviewers sought for annual pre-fall cleaning game

Hlep! It's a mess around here!

It's pre-fall cleaning game time at PurelyAlpaca.com!

Each year we ask YOU, the most detailed, picky, precise, critical,
finicky, fussy, discriminating, particular, selective, anal,
careful, choosy, discerning, judicious, prudent, selective, tasteful
and wisest of individuals....

...to help us clean up and troubleshoot www.PurelyAlpaca.com!

In exchange we send nice alpaca theme items as a grateful 'thank
you'.

HOW TO PLAY

* Go to www.PurelyAlpaca.com

* Look over anything and everything on the site

* Find errors, typos, missing pages, broken this-or-that, things you
don't like, poor descriptions, missing details, unhelpful photos,
items you know should be better, etc. Anything which makes the site
less shopper friendly. We'd love to hear your creative ideas!

* Report the items or your ideas on how things can be better

Our goal is of course to have the best working store possible so we
are grateful for your discerning eye!

IN EXCHANGE

Find 5 items and we will send you a cute alpaca gift,
10+ items receives a larger one. If you decide to actually shop
(we're not going to stop you!) we'll include the largest gift item
with your order. Don't forget to include a mailing address.

That's it. We hope you play. We know we'll both win!

Our housecleaning game is good through October 31st, 2006.

Thank you for your help!

-Brian
Store Manager
www.PurelyAlpaca.com
1-877-PURELYA

PurelyAlpaca
PO BOX 1104
Vashon, WA 98070

Bloggin, not

Hmmmm! There's so much going on at PurelyAlpaca I don't know where to start! Have been too busy to blog much lately. Exciting things happening though...

The BIG news is we're about to move to our new alpaca products warehouse and farm (we raise alpacas too). The move will be Sept 1st and we are very excited about it. We will move to Battle Ground, WA, about 20 miles north of Portland, OR. Our new facility will be able to house much more product and allow us to offer a wider collection of products in this rapidly changing and growing industry.

Next, PurelyAlpaca is expanding its product selections significantly this year with many new fashions and some great finds like Zip sweaters, new scarves, outstanding throws and blankets, funky purses, new hats and many other items in this year's favorite colors and styles.

Oh, and yarn! We have many new alpaca yarns coming!

New Yarn

We will have more of our popular Classic Alpaca as well as new Joya and Paca de Seda yarn as well as others. At the high end, see our hand-spun/hand-dyed custom artist crafted yarn.

To keep abreast of all new items sign up for our free newsletter. Cancel easily at any time. Also, check the site New Items link at any time to see our newest items as they become available.

Regards,
-Brian

Alpaca Wholesale, the EASY Way

With the Purely Alpaca Party Kit you, the hostess provides a selection of quality top selling items. A Purely Alpaca Party Kit is a fun way to demonstrate the beauty and comfort of alpaca fiber products while also promoting the value of the animals!

Have fun throwing parties at home, work or anywhere. Educate others on these wonderful animals and the products produced from their exquisite fiber! It can become a significant earnings source for you.

See more information on the PurelyAlpaca Party Kit and PurelyAlpaca Trunk Kit at www.purelyalpaca.com

-PurelyAlpaca

Attend our VIRTUAL FASHION SHOW!

Get to see the latest alpaca fashions and help us choose the best ones to carry this Fall. As a thank you, each month we draw one name and send a free $25 PurelyAlpaca Gift Certicate, good for anything in our store. Take the photo survey at the link shown.


-PurelyAlpaca

Fix that damaged sweater

People really love their alpaca garments!
Some are heartbroken if their long loved sweater, shawl or wrap is damaged by accident, bad luck or a silly misstep. We have heard many stories of years old charished alpaca garments that somehow got a hole, snag or tear.

Though we are in the business to sell new quality alpaca items, we wanted to help our customers restore damaged alpaca garments so that they truly can be theirs for a lifetime. Alpaca is a STRONG fiber and properly cared for can last an amazingly long time. Just ask the museum curators in Peru who have alpaca garments dating back thousands of years!

To keep your alpaca garments in top shape we are happy to offer our new "Purely Restored" alpaca product repair service! Have your item fixed by skilled artisans but at very reasonable prices. Repairs start at only $20. See the link on our website for more information on this service then go find that damaged sweater and give us a call.

-PurelyAlpaca