“When work, commitment, and pleasure all become
one and you reach that deep well
where passion lives, nothing is impossible.”
— Nancy Coey
Do
you lose track of time when you felt?
Do
you forget to eat and forget your big plans
for doing loads and loads of laundry?
Do
you forget that the floor needs to
be swept and that you had calls to make?
Do you forget to feed the dogs on time,
and decide the trash can really isn't that
full and the weeds in the garden aren't so bad after all?
Yes?
Oh good -- I thought it was just me :o)
For ALL of our Mothers, we wish you
a joy-filled, inspired and
fun MOTHER'S DAY!
As
always, we wish you happy felting,
and let us know if you have any questions
or need any support by emailing us at
customer service@livingfelt.com
With
Love,
Marie
Victoria Peard Karamanski of Indianapolis, Indiana
shared these amazing fairy Easter eggs on facebook.
I hope they inspire you as much as they thrilled us! The attention to
detail
while still keep them very close to the earth and fair-esque is just
brilliant!
Victoria Wins a $25 Gift Certificate from Living Felt!
Cindy Lee of Folsom, CA
shared her 2nd in a series of Jazz Cats on the Felting Friends
Blog.
These cats are so lively and fun! She used the Spanish Fiesta pack
to get those bright and brilliant colors.
Cindy Wins a $25 Gift Certificate from Living Felt!
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facebook
to see even more great pics by our mutual felting friends,
and send us your pics to be featured on our blog,
in our newsletters,
and the Living Felt Website. Your pic might even make the home page!
How to Submit Your Photos
,
we need clear, crisp photos
-- Please send the best photos you can! :)
More Felting Friends Pics on the Blog!
Living Felt Friends on Facebook
This fun kit is easy and enjoyable, great for beginners
and a wonderful way to introduce someone to needle felting.
This could be great for teaching a class or craft camp, and can produce
a variety of expressions depending on the artist!
This is part of our new Garden Friends
series, watch for our Funny Green Bug,
and the Happy Little Bee, coming soon!
Enjoy
Great Needle Felting Fun with our Needle Felting a Flower Kit!
You'll love how easy these little flowers are to make, and this would
be a great introduction into needle felting for a friend.
This kit comes in a variety of colors and includes everything you
need to make several needle felted flowers.
Check out our GORGEOUS new
additions to our Merino Top Line, and
a few new additions to our Merino Silk Blends as well! If you haven't
found a reason
to wet felt yet...you now have 40 new, fabulous reasons to start!
Here is just a glimpse at some of our new colors:
Browse all colors: Merino Top | Merino-Silk Blends
The Pen Tool, for needle felting
appliques AND 3-D
Oh we LOVE this tool, and you will too!
CW-1™ Core Wool Fiber for Needle Felting
You will love how easily and how quickly this
fiber felts! Perfect for your 3-d needle felting projects.
The Studio Builder Pack
What a fast and fabulous way to add tons of color
to your studio stash. These 6 packs have a nice
samplings of color from the full spectrum of the color wheel,
and our Merino Cross Batts are a favorite whether you
are wet felting or needle felting.
Difficulty Choosing Fiber For Your Project?
Watch this brief tutorial
for help and information on the different
types of wool we sell and how they work best.
Wool
Video Tutorial
Oh
So Soon! We'll have a bundle of new colors in our Merino Cross
line...
AND...these will all be our Brand New MC-1™
Felting Batts.
You are going to LOVE how they needle felt...
and they will make a nice wet felting wool as well!
Clear off your studio shelves
and make some space ....because
you're going to need it! :O)
ANNOUNCING:
The
LIVING FELT
2nd Annual International Felting Contest!
The
LIVING FELT International Felting Contest promotes
quality in craftsmanship, creativity and the uniqueness
of self-expression within a particular theme.
There are two categories you may enter.
Download
Entry Form and Complete Guidelines
Felted Doll Category:
Create an Art Doll of Your Design
Wet felt or needle felt a doll of your own design.
The doll
can be human or fantasy, and must have at least head,
and hands made from hand-made felt.
Merman by Kim Cowley of the UK
See last year's amazing entrants here
Theme
Category: Seuss~pirations!
(Inspired by Dr. Seuss)
Oh! The things
you'll felt! Within
the theme you may create 2D or a 3D creation,
it can be a sculpture, a doll, a functional item, a purely decorative
item,
a wearable...you name it!
For our Seusspirations category this year, we encourage you
to make up your own unique beings inspired by the Good Doctor.
Awards & Prizes:
1st
Place Winner in each Category:
* $250 Gift Certificate
for Living Felt *
* promoted on Living Felt website & publications *
* featured in Art Doll Quarterly Magazine *
* Certificate and Ribbon *
2nd
Place Winner in each Category:
* $100 Gift Certificate
for Living Felt *
* promoted on Living Felt website & publications *
* appear in Art Doll Quarterly Magazine *
* Certificate and Ribbon *
3rd
Place Winner in each Category:
* $50 Gift Certificate
for Living Felt *
* promoted on Living Felt website & publications *
* Certificate and Ribbon *
Download Entry Form and Complete Guidelines
Some of the most outstanding creations will
be
showcased in ART DOLL Quarterly!
SEE
THE ARTICLE
FEATURING 2010 CONTEST WINNERS
To share this contest
with your online groups and felting friends,
simply point
them to this page, or tell them to go to our website
and click on Win! at the top of the page!
MISSION
#1:
OPERATION BUNNY DROP
This is the last week to mail off your bunnies :O)
Thanks to everyone who has joined us in crafting simple
but sturdy soft bunnies
for the children in Japan who are recovering
from the recent natural disasters.
We are working with a group
in Japan who will distribute simple, hand-crafted
bunnies to the children. Liz Minnick, one of our Peace Felt 2010 participants,
is in Japan now and will be taking the bunnies where they are most needed.
Bunnies must be mailed by May 13th, but CAN BE MAILED NOW!
Even
one bunny can help bring a smile
and touch a child's heart.
free pattern by Hillary Lang
The bunnies
should be a maximum of 10" tall, sturdy but soft,
and with no small parts such as buttons, beads or yarns that could become
a choking hazard. You can felt or sew your bunny, free patterns
are on the facebook page.
Please
refer friends to our
CRAFTS WITH PURPOSE web page
and share your pictures and comments on
our CRAFTS
WITH PURPOSE facebook page.
694
bunnies pledged so far!!
Please
REGISTER here,
and the shipping address will be emailed to you.
Pat Rabenold Cole of NY made these darlings,
aren't they brilliant bundles of love?
Peace Felt 2011 Registration is
Now Open!
How would you like to receive
a beautiful, hand-crafted
gift that symbolizes Peace, Love and Unity from
another part of the country...or even the world?
Last year we had over 500
participants exchanging
just such gifts, together we created a
Circle of Peace Felt Around the World.
This year we already
have 160+ participating
from 15 countries around the world!
You can join us this year. There is no cost to participate.
Full details on our
website:
More on Peace Felt
See last year's exchanges
on our Peace
Felt facebook page
If you participated
last year, or are ready to sign up,
Register
for PEACE FELT 2011 Here
Marie Spaulding
Join us on facebook, and become a
friend
of LIVING FELT where you can upload your felted creations for
all to enjoy!
Sending My Blessings,
Marie Spaulding
www.LivingFelt.com
~ Act on Your Inspired Ideas!
P. S.
On behalf of all of us here at Living Felt, I thank you for
your letters, emails, pictures, and facebook posts. We truly love hearing
from you, receiving your echoes of joy at tapping into your Inner Creativity,
feeling the wonder and exhilaration of expressing from your heart. All
of us here read your notes, and we all give thanks that we can be of service
in lighting up that brilliant, brilliant light within you, and reminding
you that it was with you all along.
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create a circle of Peace Felt around the world.
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