Hello,

We are a small family living as slowly, simply and kindly as we can, handcrafting jewellery & gifts from the beautiful wood we collect on our life’s journey.

Over the last 11 years we have lived/travelled together as a family by narrowboat, campervan and caravan throughout the UK and Europe… stayed in houses, cabins and cottages – house-sitting or whilst volunteering on farms – and for two and a half years we had our own smallholding in the Alentejo region of Portugal.

No matter where we are, always our passion is to spend as much time together as a family and out in nature as we can as in this hugely distracting world we think this is the best way to stay connected to life. Since selling up and leaving our steady jobs in the UK back in 2008 we have tried to live in ways that allows this to happen so we’re all about downsizing, being frugal and enjoying the simple pleasures in life.

Hand-crafting from natural, sustainable materials goes hand-in-hand with this ethos and all sales directly support our journey towards self-reliance.

As well as here, you will find us at local fairs wherever we are.

Thanks so much for stopping by and do please say hello over on our Facebook page!

Little Loquat Family ♥ 🌿

Note: the name Little Loquat came from the discovery of a loquat tree in an orchard we were reviving in Portugal. The Loquat has different names in different languages, but in several it simply means: New World.

We like to think that as a family we are creating our own ‘little new world’ (self-reliant, simplified, compassionate) whilst sending positive ripples out to the greater world.