"It is not because things are difficult
that we do not dare,
it is because we do not dare that they are difficult."
-Seneca
Dena Wilton of
Toronto Ontario Canada felted this
serene one-of-a-kind doll she calls her "Anam Cara Doll".
Dena
is a clay cloth doll artist, and this is her first time needle felting!
To complete the felted portion of the doll, she used fibers from our
Natural
Wonder Specialty Designer Pack along
with Living
Felt felting Needles and our Earth
Harmony Foam
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
LIVING FELT 2nd Annual International
Felting Contest!
The
contest is open to all, and full details + entries
forms are here
We have some wonderful guest judges participating this year,
many of our winners from last year will join the judges panel
and help us choose this year's winners.
We are down to the final weeks!!
Go for it, have fun and participate!!!
Read below for more info - entries due by September
1, 2011
Luxurious Sun-dyed Mohair locks! We have new colors in stock, like
Passion
Fruit and Chinese
Turquoise! Oh and there is so much more
to choose from ...
see all of our mohair locks.
Orange
Blossom
is another great, new Specialty Designer Pack
Try one of
these packs for a felted scarf, surface design on a purse, postcard
or even a book cover!
You will love the variety of textures and fibers to create a wonderfully
interesting surface design.
See All of our Specialty Designer Packs
Pure
Imported French Olive Oil Soap
The worlds finest imported French Olive Oil soap
for superb Wet Felting Success. Large 10.5 ounce cube bar.
(and Marie's favorite!!!)
Wet
Felting Mesh Fabric
(Includes 1 piece) 30" wide x 60" long
Use this as a covering to your fibers in the wet felting process
as a barrier between your hands and the wool.
This will keep your fibers in place while allowing you to wet,
soap and agitate your fibers for felting.
RECEIVE THIS KIT FREE
with purchase of $99 or more.
Use CODE: freebird99.
Cannot be combined with other codes.
Free Bird Kit or Free Flower Kit
Needle
Felting and Felting a Hat Workshop
SATURDAY, September 17th, 2011
9am - 4pm
All Materials included, beginners welcome!
**Limited spaces available! This will be a great, small group environment.
Register | General Information
Watch the workshops
page for upcoming classes! We will have a needle felted hat class
in September,
nuno felting in October and more needle felting classes cropping up
in between. Is there a particular workshop you are interested in?
Email marie@livingfelt.com
We love this needle felted
bear by Kiersten Marie…this is her very first bear
and was made with the Living
Felt Needle Felting a Bear Kit.
Now that she has some basic skills learned….we can only wait to
see what she will felt up next!
“Hi! I wanted
to send in my photo of the bear I made with the “Needle Felting
Bear with String Joints” kit.
I was very pleased with him as my first attempt at needle felting. I
have since made a few more of my own creations.
Thanks so much for helping me to begin my needle felting hobby!”
Sincerely, Kiersten Marie
...visit
facebook
to see even more great pics of our space and 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
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.
Puffeena by Lyn Cooper
See
last year's amazing entrants here
Download
Entry Form and Complete Guidelines
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!
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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