““Please watch out
for each other and love
and forgive everybody. It's a good life, enjoy it.”
-Jim
Henson
Our wish for you is that you is that you love and forgive
yourself this week.
Know that the beauty, magic and brilliance you appreciate in others
is your very self being reflected back to you. Soak it in.
We appreciate you. Thank you for sharing your inspired ideas with us all.
Sharyn Erickson from Ham Lake, MN has been wowing us with her
needle felts for a while,
like with this classic witch and her little imp made from Living
Felt Merino Cross Batts.
Now she is adventuring
into wet felting and having a great time, so we look forward to her
seeing more of her wonderful creations in wool!
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
Celebrating Fall in Felt!
We have been receiving lots and lots of photos this week from
our felting friends
around the world, what a joy to share a little of your passions and
brilliant creative expressions.
Below are a few of the wonderful gifts being given through Peace Felt
this year. A wonderful
article was written by Fiona Duthie (also a Peace Felt participant)
and posted on the
Living Crafts blog on 09/21, The International Day of Peace. Read
the Article
My peace felt partner is from Michigan so I made her
this necklace.
I made it of merino wool in woodland colors since I think of woods when
I think of Michigan,
and I love the peacefulness of all the trees growing when you walk through
the woods.
In between the felt beads are little stones of Kambaba jasper which
is supposed to soothe nerves
and ease the wearer's mental state. It is believed to bring balance
and relaxation,
and like all jaspers, it is a stone of protection and grounding.
It was made with love – so when it is worn it should feel like
a hug from the universe.
-Helen Hoelck, Wallingford, CT
Peacie was expertly and lovingly created by Carol Messick of Millsboro,
DE
for her Peace Felt partner also in the USA.
" I hope my partner enjoys it. Fall is her favorite season
and she and I understand the memories her peace sign brings .
By the way..her name is Peacie . I really had fun doing this as I thought
of her farm and beautiful Apple trees ."
- Carol Messick
See
More Peace Felt Projects on the Peace Felt Facebook Page
We
have a ton of fabulous entries in the 2nd Annual
Living Felt International Felting Contest. If you haven't stopped by
already,
you will have so much fun viewing them! Below are a couple of entries,
we are withholding artist's names until all judges scores are received
DOLL ENTRY: Woodland Girl
SEUSSPIRATION ENTRY: Giesel
View all Doll Entries | View all Seusspiration Entries
Send
us pictures of your halloween
and fall or Christmas felting projects!
Just follow these 4 simple steps:
1) Take a nice clear photo with a complimentary background
2) Re-size to a maximum of
1000 pixels wide.
If you can’t do it with your own software, try
this free tool: http://www.picresize.com/
3) Send your photo to submissions@livingfelt.com
with Photo Entry in the Subject Line
4) In your email, please tell us a bit about your project
and tell us what supplies, wool/colors, or kits you used from the Living
Felt website.
Needle Felting a Hat is a fun and rewarding project!
Try our kit and choose your own custom colors.
STANDARD KIT
INCLUDES:
- Needle Felting Hat Form with Tall Extension Size = Medium
- 4 oz of wool, Your choice of colors in minimum quantities of 1 oz
(hat will require 3-4oz)
- Complete Instructions
*DELUXE KIT INLUDES:
Wooden 4-needle felting tool with four 38 star felting needles (a 10%
savings!)
One of the items most coveted by our
felting friends is our Specialty Designer Packs.
New this year is Autumn
Leaves...with lovely oranges, browns, greens,
golds and even purples to give you those warm and cozy feelings of Fall.
Our friends
tell us that what they like most is the great assortment of
fun colors and textures that have put together for them -- some they
never would have thought of, and others that would take a lot of energy
to gather.
LIVING FELT Brand Super Premium CW-1™ Core Wool Fiber for needle felting.
You will absolutely love
how quickly and easily this merino-cross core wool needle felts!
The fiber has the perfect crimp and provide a wonderful base for your
needle felting projects.
Many people use this core wool to create base shapes and then overlay
dyed
or bright white wool on top because it is so affordable. This wool DOES
contain vegetable matter
and does have a natural wooly scent. It is not meant as a clean top
surface wool.
We have specially sourced
this fiber for its wonderful quality and supreme needle feltability!
We know you are going to love it as much as we do!
Made in the
U.S.A. from happy sheep raised on U.S. Farms. Farm-Fresh!
Color - Off White / Aged White / Undyed / Unbleached / Natural.
Nuno
Felt Scarf Workshop
SATURDAY, October 15th, 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! Is there a particular workshop you are
interested in?
Email marie@livingfelt.com
The LIVING
FELT
2nd Annual International Felting Contest!
UPDATE:
We are processing all of the entries!
We will get them online as soon as we can later this month :)
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.
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.
View all Doll Entries | View all Seusspiration Entries
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 *
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.
Contest
is Underway!
Judging is in progress
2011
International
Felting Contest
Previous Newsletters
LAST WEEK: The beginnings of fall
Felted
Baby Boo! Pumpkins
and August Gift Certificate Winner
Felting Autumn Leaves Tutorial
Froggie & Children Felting
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