What's in a name?

The word noofies (pronounced "noof" like a dog goes "woof"), is my beautiful mums word. Growing up, we had a little poodle and whenever it was being cute and cuddly, mum would say it was being noofie. So everything that was cute and cuddly became "noofie". For something as unique as these figurines I had to use my mum's word.                                              

In the beginning

        

Noofies began in 1994 (under the name "Off with the Fairies") with a single figurine. I enjoyed making it so much that I made another. Before too long I had so many figurines that I attended a market in Adelaide, South Australia, where I lived at the time and promptly sold out. I continued doing markets until 2006.            

My husband Matt and I then opened a gift shop in Bright which we sold in 2012. We then spent the next three years travelling around Australia and overseas doing pop-up shops, looking for the perfect home for noofies. We came full circle and ended up back in beautiful Bright, our home since 1998.

2016-2022

          

In 2016 we opened the retail outlet of noofies in Bright. It was wonderfully successful, so much so that I didn’t have enough time to make stock for a website as well as the shop. 
In 2020 we were shut for the bushfires, then the covid19 pandemic, which gave me enough time to build up my stock levels so that I could finally sell on the website as well.

 

What the future holds

 With the shop lease expiring in early 2022, I have now decided to take a long overdue break from making Noofies and as of March 2024, I have opened a fairy shop called The Emerald Forest in Bright. Matt and I will however, continue to expand the collection of kits that will be available.

Make and Bake Kits

In 2015, Matt sat down with a box of textas and designed the first Noofie kit, as a way for anyone to make their very own Noofie.

Now in 2024, he has purchased the equipment to make instruction manuals and cardboard boxes in house.

He will be regularly adding new designs to the collection, so keep an eye out for your favourite Noofie!