"How different our lives are when we really know what is deeply important
to us,
and keeping that picture in mind, we manage ourselves each day
to be and to do what really matters most."
~Steven R. Covey
Our
wish for you this week, is that you MAKE TIME & TAKE TIME
for what is really important to you...and that YOU and your
beautiful self-expression are included in your list :o)
Liza
Adams, bear artist and our Felting Friend in New Zealand
shows off her needle felted art bears using
Multi-Colored
Merino Tops
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
Sue
Hale of South Haven, Michigan
sent us three LOVELY photos:
two of her nuno felt scarves, and one of a artful felted vessel,
plus a nice love note that really made our week!
Hello
Marie and wonderful staff: Just finished a workshop on vessels
with Nicola Brown from Ireland. I used your Merino Cross Fast Batts
in Tundra,
plum and purple haze. SO MUCH FUN!!! The vessel turned out very well
-
I was quite proud as it was my first. I am attaching a photo.
Also, ordered your Nuno
Felt Scarf kit in the "Fairy Hollow" colorway.
Of course, I don't do things exactly as they are laid out - so dyed
the silk scarf
that came with the kit sort of a tie-dye olive and used other Living
Felt rovings,
old mesh, etc. - SOOOOO I had all of the "Fairy Hollow" wool
to work with -
so made another scarf with that - smaller, narrower than the one that
came with the kit -
but still turned out really nice. I dyed the silk on this one too. Am
attaching photos of both.
Thank you so much for providing me with such escapism and FUN -
my life would be very bland without Living Felt!!!
Sue Hale
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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!
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Deluxe Nuno Felt Scarf Kit in Fairy Hollow
We have great nuno
felt scarf kits that will teach
you the basics of nuno felting...or you can get one
of our Deluxe Kits full of fun colors, textures, yarns and locks!
"Nuno" means "new",
and nuno felting is the process of
felting onto a fabric, which permits creating a durable,
yet flowing finished work...great for scarves, wraps,
and even wall-hangings or table runners.
These are a sampling of our gorgeous
Multi-Colored Merino Tops,
traditionally used for "next to the skin felting" such as
hats, scarves, etc...and also
used by Liza Adams on her adorable bears above.
A
few essentials for wet felting!
We LOVE our olive
oil soap, imported from France and excellent for felting!
This big 10.5 oz cube will last and last!
The felting
mesh provides a wonderful protection for your work before
it reaches the "soft felt" stage, ensuring that the wool felts
to itself
and doesn't stick to you, your plastic, or bubble wrap, etc.
The bamboo
mat helps to "full" (or further shrink) your work after
you have a sturdy felt.
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.
Jimmy Paige by Deb Koch
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!
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 250+ 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
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.
Enter to Win!
and see your creation
in
Art Doll Quarterly Magazine!
2011
International
Felting Contest
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