"I am always doing that which I cannot
do, in order that I may learn how to do it. "
- Pablo Picasso
May you step into new territories this week....there you will discover more of your true magnificence!
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Mary Denmead of Stehekin, Washington felted this lovely nuno felt
scarf
from our Apple
Orchard Specialty Designer Pack! You might have seen her
Fairy Hollow Nuno Felt Scarf also on our blog or testimonials page...just
beautiful!
You can get just the designer
pack, or a full
nuno felt scarf kit with instructions.
"Hi Marie and everybody at Living
Felt- Here's my most recent nuno scarf made with your incredible Apple
Orchard Specialty designer goody pack
and a silk scarf. Your designer packs are all so incredible...I can't
wait to pick another one! Thank you for the sweet emails I've received
from you and for posting my first scarf on your site and blog! My goodness,
I am so flattered. You sure know how to make a gal's day :). "
Blessings!
Mary Denmead
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.
Still plenty of time to enter!!
Read below for more info - entries due by September
1, 2011
Needle Felting a hat is both fun AND easy! These hats were needle felted
over our
Earth
Harmony Foam forms and then wet felted for a smooth finish.
Modeled by our lovely crew: Suzanna - Production Assistant,
Lynette - Production Manager
Our hats above were both made with Living Felt Brand
MC-1™
wool.
You will LOVE how this wool holds its shape once felted.
It
is creates a very firm felt and very easy to needle felt and wet felt!
Get the Needle Felting a Hat Kit in your choice of colors!
Check
out these amazing new Specialty Designer Packs created by our Production
Manager, Lynette!!
We are in love with them, and all had fun contributing to
the names:
Emerald
Forest, Autumn
Leaves, and Starry
Night
Try one of
these packs for a felted scarf, 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
Making a hat
or a vessel is great fun,
and fast felting! You'll enjoy this method and the interesting results!
Our selection
of sun-dyed mohair locks and other exotic fibers
are dreamy additions to your studio stash! Check out the
variety of colors you can choose from!
If you needle
felt and you don't have a multi-needle tool,
you're missing out! You will find that you have different
"favorites" depending on your project. Marie loves
this 4-needle
tool for needle felting a hat or a purse over foam.
Wet Felting a Purse Workshop with Marie!
August 27, 2011 - Saturday, 9am - 4pm
If
you will be in or around Austin, we'd love to have you join us for a
full day of felting with friends.
In this wet felting workshop, we will use Scandinavian style felt-making
to craft a gorgeous,
one-of-a-kind purse.
All Materials included, beginners welcome!
**Limited spaces available! This will be a great, small group environment
Wet Felting a Purse Workshop SAT Aug 27
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
Ruth Gallagher shared this
wonderful felted scene
on the Living Felt Facebook page. We love the detail
and the rich, broad color palette!! Well done!
...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.
Avatar by Patricia Bierer.
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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Last week - Gift Certificate Winner + horse hand puppet
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Let
Your Inside Colors Out!
Over
250 people have registered from 15 countries to
create a circle of Peace Felt around the world...there is still time
to participate!
www.peacefelt.org
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