{"product_id":"joyces-alpaca-nesting-heart","title":"Joyce's Alpaca-Wool Nesting Heart","description":"\u003cstyle\u003e\n  .prod-wrapper {\n    max-width: 800px;\n    margin: 0 auto;\n    padding: 20px;\n    font-family: 'Georgia', 'Times New Roman', serif;\n    color: #333;\n    line-height: 1.8;\n  }\n\n  \/* HERO *\/\n  .prod-hero {\n    background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f4f0e8 0%, #ece4d4 100%);\n    border-radius: 12px;\n    padding: 30px;\n    margin-bottom: 30px;\n    text-align: center;\n  }\n  .prod-hero-icon { font-size: 48px; margin-bottom: 15px; }\n  .prod-hero-title { font-size: 22px; font-weight: 700; color: #222; margin-bottom: 10px; }\n  .prod-hero-subtitle { font-size: 16px; color: #666; font-style: italic; }\n\n  \/* STORY QUOTE *\/\n  .prod-story {\n    background: #fff;\n    border-left: 4px solid #7a6042;\n    padding: 20px 25px;\n    margin: 30px 0;\n    font-size: 16px;\n    font-style: italic;\n  }\n  .prod-story-author {\n    font-size: 14px;\n    color: #888;\n    margin-top: 12px;\n    font-style: normal;\n  }\n\n  \/* SECTIONS *\/\n  .prod-section { margin: 35px 0; }\n  .prod-section-title {\n    font-size: 18px;\n    font-weight: 700;\n    color: #7a6042;\n    margin-bottom: 18px;\n    padding-bottom: 8px;\n    border-bottom: 2px solid #ece4d4;\n  }\n\n  \/* FEATURES GRID *\/\n  .prod-features {\n    display: grid;\n    grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr);\n    gap: 15px;\n    margin: 25px 0;\n  }\n  @media (max-width: 600px) {\n    .prod-features { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }\n  }\n  .prod-feature {\n    display: flex;\n    align-items: flex-start;\n    gap: 12px;\n    padding: 15px;\n    background: #faf8f4;\n    border-radius: 8px;\n  }\n  .prod-feature-icon { font-size: 20px; flex-shrink: 0; }\n  .prod-feature-text { font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5; }\n  .prod-feature-text strong { display: block; color: #222; margin-bottom: 3px; }\n\n  \/* FOUNDER BOX *\/\n  .prod-founder {\n    background: #fff;\n    border: 1px solid #e0d8cc;\n    border-radius: 12px;\n    padding: 25px;\n    margin: 30px 0;\n    display: flex;\n    gap: 20px;\n    align-items: center;\n  }\n  @media (max-width: 500px) {\n    .prod-founder { flex-direction: column; text-align: center; }\n  }\n  .prod-founder-avatar {\n    width: 80px;\n    height: 80px;\n    border-radius: 50%;\n    background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ece4d4, #d4c9b4);\n    display: flex;\n    align-items: center;\n    justify-content: center;\n    font-size: 36px;\n    flex-shrink: 0;\n    border: 3px solid #7a6042;\n  }\n  .prod-founder-info h4 { font-size: 18px; margin: 0 0 5px 0; color: #222; }\n  .prod-founder-info p { font-size: 14px; color: #666; margin: 0; line-height: 1.6; }\n\n  \/* EXPERT BOX *\/\n  .prod-expert {\n    background: #f4f8f4;\n    border: 1px solid #c8ddc8;\n    border-radius: 12px;\n    padding: 25px;\n    margin: 30px 0;\n  }\n  .prod-expert-label {\n    font-size: 11px;\n    font-weight: 700;\n    letter-spacing: 1.5px;\n    text-transform: uppercase;\n    color: #5a8a5a;\n    margin-bottom: 14px;\n  }\n  .prod-expert-quote {\n    font-size: 15px;\n    font-style: italic;\n    line-height: 1.7;\n    color: #333;\n    border-left: 3px solid #5a8a5a;\n    padding-left: 16px;\n    margin: 0 0 14px 0;\n  }\n  .prod-expert-author {\n    display: flex;\n    align-items: center;\n    gap: 10px;\n    font-size: 13px;\n    color: #666;\n  }\n  .prod-expert-author-icon { font-size: 22px; }\n  .prod-expert-author strong { color: #333; }\n\n  \/* PERFECT FOR TAGS *\/\n  .prod-perfect-for { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 10px; margin: 20px 0; }\n  .prod-perfect-tag {\n    background: #ece4d4;\n    color: #5a4a32;\n    padding: 8px 16px;\n    border-radius: 20px;\n    font-size: 14px;\n  }\n\n  \/* CHECKLIST *\/\n  .prod-list { list-style: none; padding: 0; margin: 0; }\n  .prod-list li {\n    padding: 12px 0;\n    padding-left: 28px;\n    position: relative;\n    border-bottom: 1px solid #ece4d4;\n    font-size: 15px;\n  }\n  .prod-list li:last-child { border-bottom: none; }\n  .prod-list li:before {\n    content: \"\\2713\";\n    position: absolute;\n    left: 0;\n    color: #5a8a5a;\n    font-weight: bold;\n    font-size: 16px;\n  }\n\n  \/* SCARCITY NOTE *\/\n  .prod-scarcity {\n    background: #fff8f0;\n    border: 1px solid #e0c8a8;\n    border-radius: 10px;\n    padding: 22px 25px;\n    margin: 30px 0;\n    display: flex;\n    align-items: flex-start;\n    gap: 15px;\n  }\n  .prod-scarcity-icon { font-size: 28px; flex-shrink: 0; }\n  .prod-scarcity-text { font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.7; }\n  .prod-scarcity-text strong { display: block; font-size: 16px; color: #7a4a1e; margin-bottom: 5px; }\n\n  \/* SPECS *\/\n  .prod-specs { margin: 25px 0; }\n  .prod-specs-row {\n    display: flex;\n    padding: 12px 0;\n    border-bottom: 1px solid #ece4d4;\n    font-size: 14px;\n  }\n  .prod-specs-row:last-child { border-bottom: none; }\n  .prod-specs-label { width: 40%; color: #888; }\n  .prod-specs-value { width: 60%; color: #333; font-weight: 500; }\n\u003c\/style\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"prod-wrapper\"\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- HERO --\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"prod-hero\"\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"prod-hero-icon\"\u003e🐦❤️\u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"prod-hero-title\"\u003eHandmade in the Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia\u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"prod-hero-subtitle\"\u003eBy Joyce Pettigrew, 69 — 33 years a rural mail carrier, eleven alpacas, the last 212 hearts\u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- STORY QUOTE --\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"prod-story\"\u003e\n    “In June 2017 I found a young oriole caught by one leg in orange baling twine on a mailbox post. I cut him loose with my mail scissors. A year later a chipping sparrow spent a whole morning pulling alpaca wool off my fence. That afternoon I bent the first heart out of chicken wire and hung it on my own old mailbox. It’s still there.”\n    \u003cdiv class=\"prod-story-author\"\u003e— Joyce Pettigrew, retired rural mail carrier, Canning, Nova Scotia\u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- FEATURES --\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"prod-section\"\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"prod-section-title\"\u003eWhat eight springs taught Joyce\u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"prod-features\"\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"prod-feature\"\u003e\n        \u003cdiv class=\"prod-feature-icon\"\u003e✂️\u003c\/div\u003e\n        \u003cdiv class=\"prod-feature-text\"\u003e\n          \u003cstrong\u003eThe Short-Staple Rule\u003c\/strong\u003e\n          Every tuft is pulled short by hand. No long strands — nothing a bird could wrap around a leg or a wing.\n        \u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"prod-feature\"\u003e\n        \u003cdiv class=\"prod-feature-icon\"\u003e🦙\u003c\/div\u003e\n        \u003cdiv class=\"prod-feature-text\"\u003e\n          \u003cstrong\u003eFour-Colour Undyed Fibre\u003c\/strong\u003e\n          Raw alpaca wool in dark brown, cream, caramel and grey. Never dyed, never treated. Nothing goes into the nest that didn’t grow on an alpaca.\n        \u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"prod-feature\"\u003e\n        \u003cdiv class=\"prod-feature-icon\"\u003e⬢\u003c\/div\u003e\n        \u003cdiv class=\"prod-feature-text\"\u003e\n          \u003cstrong\u003eThe Hex-Mesh Pull Gauge\u003c\/strong\u003e\n          The six-sided wire mesh lets a bird pull out one small tuft at a time. The rest stays put in wind and rain.\n        \u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"prod-feature\"\u003e\n        \u003cdiv class=\"prod-feature-icon\"\u003e📮\u003c\/div\u003e\n        \u003cdiv class=\"prod-feature-text\"\u003e\n          \u003cstrong\u003eThe Mailbox-Post Hang\u003c\/strong\u003e\n          A short chain with a ring. Hang it from a post, a branch or a fence at eye level — right where you can watch from the window.\n        \u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"prod-feature\"\u003e\n        \u003cdiv class=\"prod-feature-icon\"\u003e♻️\u003c\/div\u003e\n        \u003cdiv class=\"prod-feature-text\"\u003e\n          \u003cstrong\u003eRefill Every Spring\u003c\/strong\u003e\n          When the birds have emptied it, tuck fresh wool back into the mesh. One heart, many springs.\n        \u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"prod-feature\"\u003e\n        \u003cdiv class=\"prod-feature-icon\"\u003e🐦\u003c\/div\u003e\n        \u003cdiv class=\"prod-feature-text\"\u003e\n          \u003cstrong\u003eMade for Canadian Backyards\u003c\/strong\u003e\n          Chipping sparrows line their nests with hair, chickadees with soft fur. Hang it in March, before they start building.\n        \u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- EXPERT --\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"prod-expert\"\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"prod-expert-label\"\u003e🌿 Expert Opinion\u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"prod-expert-quote\"\u003e\n      “Many small songbirds line their nests with hair or fur, and in a tidy backyard there is often very little of it left. What they find instead is string, twine and fishing line — material that doesn’t pull apart. Short tufts of natural wool are a much safer choice. I tell people to keep every strand shorter than a finger, and that is exactly how these hearts are filled.”\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"prod-expert-author\"\u003e\n      \u003cspan class=\"prod-expert-author-icon\"\u003e🎓\u003c\/span\u003e\n      \u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDr. Leanne Corbett\u003c\/strong\u003e — Avian Ecologist, Blomidon Shore Bird Rehabilitation, Kentville, Nova Scotia\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- PERFECT FOR --\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"prod-section\"\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"prod-section-title\"\u003ePerfect for\u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"prod-perfect-for\"\u003e\n      \u003cspan class=\"prod-perfect-tag\"\u003e🐦 Backyard birders\u003c\/span\u003e\n      \u003cspan class=\"prod-perfect-tag\"\u003e🎄 Christmas gift for gardeners\u003c\/span\u003e\n      \u003cspan class=\"prod-perfect-tag\"\u003e🌸 Spring gardens\u003c\/span\u003e\n      \u003cspan class=\"prod-perfect-tag\"\u003e🌿 Nature lovers\u003c\/span\u003e\n      \u003cspan class=\"prod-perfect-tag\"\u003e🏡 Fence post \u0026amp; porch\u003c\/span\u003e\n      \u003cspan class=\"prod-perfect-tag\"\u003e👵 For mom \u0026amp; grandma\u003c\/span\u003e\n      \u003cspan class=\"prod-perfect-tag\"\u003e📸 Bird watching from the window\u003c\/span\u003e\n      \u003cspan class=\"prod-perfect-tag\"\u003e💚 Chemical-free garden\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- QUALITY LIST --\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"prod-section\"\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"prod-section-title\"\u003eWhat you’re getting\u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003cul class=\"prod-list\"\u003e\n      \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRaw, undyed alpaca wool\u003c\/strong\u003e — no synthetics, no plastic, no dyes\u003c\/li\u003e\n      \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eShort tufts only\u003c\/strong\u003e — pulled apart by hand so no strand can tangle a bird\u003c\/li\u003e\n      \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIron wire mesh heart\u003c\/strong\u003e — weather-resistant, made to hang outdoors all year\u003c\/li\u003e\n      \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRefillable for years\u003c\/strong\u003e — just add fresh wool each spring\u003c\/li\u003e\n      \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePacked by Joyce herself\u003c\/strong\u003e — at the long table in her old apple-packing barn\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003c\/ul\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- SCARCITY --\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"prod-scarcity\"\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"prod-scarcity-icon\"\u003e🌾\u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"prod-scarcity-text\"\u003e\n      \u003cstrong\u003eThe last 212 hearts.\u003c\/strong\u003e\n      After 33 years of gripping mail bundles, Joyce has arthritis in both thumbs — and pulling wool apart is all thumb work. The alpacas stay, but from next year their wool goes to a spinning mill. These hearts are made from the June 2026 shearing. When they’re gone, there won’t be more.\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- SPECS --\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"prod-section\"\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"prod-section-title\"\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"prod-specs\"\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"prod-specs-row\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-specs-label\"\u003eSize\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-specs-value\"\u003eApprox. 30 × 28 cm (12 × 11 in)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"prod-specs-row\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-specs-label\"\u003eFrame\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-specs-value\"\u003eIron wire mesh, heart-shaped, with hanging chain\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"prod-specs-row\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-specs-label\"\u003eFill\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-specs-value\"\u003eRaw alpaca wool, undyed, four natural colours\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"prod-specs-row\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-specs-label\"\u003eRefillable\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-specs-value\"\u003eYes — add fresh wool each spring\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"prod-specs-row\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-specs-label\"\u003eWhen to hang\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-specs-value\"\u003eMarch to early April in most of Canada\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"prod-specs-row\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-specs-label\"\u003eEspecially loved by\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-specs-value\"\u003eChipping sparrows, black-capped chickadees, orioles\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"prod-specs-row\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-specs-label\"\u003eMade by\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-specs-value\"\u003eJoyce Pettigrew, Canning, Nova Scotia\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"prod-specs-row\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-specs-label\"\u003eSold so far\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-specs-value\"\u003eOver 1,400 hearts given away and sold since 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n","brand":"Handmade by Joyce Pettigrew","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53501881680139,"sku":"CEDAR-ANH-CA-01","price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0916\/4272\/4619\/files\/901780d8-8024-43b0-8dd2-131a36000041.png?v=1793637996","url":"https:\/\/cedarandtinco.com\/products\/joyces-alpaca-nesting-heart","provider":"CedarAndTin Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}