"If we did all the things we are capable of doing we would literally astound ourselves."

- Thomas Edison

Close your mind tightly to all opposition, you are brilliant,
you are creative, and your expression is needed by us all.

We were simply awestruck by this amazing felted playhouse for children that we just had to find out more. With such elaborate detail and sturdy structure, it was difficult to imagine that the artist had just discovered needle felting.

Explore this magnificent piece, felted by
Elena Driskill of Valencia, CA

See it on the blog

LOTS More Gnome & Forest Folk Stuff Coming on the blog this week...
subscribe to see it when it posts!

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

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New Videos! :)

New Video = Wet Felting Snakes
This is a fun project to do with kids.

Free Video Tutorials
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We're Having a Give-A-Way!

Most people agree that the "new" facebook timeline is a little clunky,
and we are all still getting accustomed to it. So to help the ease the tension
and to encourage more fun interaction amongst our felting friends...

FOR THE NEXT 2 WEEKS,
we're giving away $25 & $50 Gift Certificates
to anything your creative heart desires
in the Living Felt Store!

Post a Comment = Get One Entry
Post a Photo = Get TWO Entries
Visit daily & post!

POST ON & SHOW US YOUR STUFF!

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Winner! For This Week's
Facebook Post & Win Drawing

Jan Waller of Plymouth, Michigan felted this beautiful portrait
"Just Stop Speaking". She wins a $25 Gift Certificate
good for anything on LivingFelt.com!

by Jan of Love. Make. Think

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Wet felting over a ball is fast, fun and rewarding!
Get the gertie ball

Shirley Frye made this wonderful purse by starting
with the needle felting a purse kit!

"I started with...Teak Merino Cross Batt, and finished with Merino Cross Batt Cinnamon Brown.
I put the fastener on the back instead of in front.
The strap is just long enough to hang the purse under my arm, yet easy to get into."

Basic Needle Felting Starter Kit

This is a great kit to get a friend or loved one started with simple needle felting.
Marie demonstrates the process in this short video:

Needle Felting an Image Video

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We are just LOVING seeing all of your brilliant creations online!
Visit our facebook page for more and share your comments or photos and be entered to win!

 

Mary Hirsch-Jones felted this awesome and vibrant vessel!
"This was a really fun project! I selected about five different colors and wrapped them around an inflatable ball. I loved cutting open the flower and was really pleased by the vibrancy of the orange color. While it is a bowl, I haven't quite figured out what to put in it.
Maybe it will ripen bananas faster?"

 

Chantelle Riggs of British Columbia created
this magical tree with felting and yarns.

 

Merry Goldthorpe felted this gorgeous Kestrel,
a small hawk that hunts rodents and insects.

 

 

Beata Brodka of Posnan, Poland shared this fabulous unicorn on facebook.

"my latest work, just for fun really :) I used your 'chinese turquoise' locks, which inspired the whole color theme. I'm thinking of using the 'african violet' to make a second unicorn "to match" ;) "

Once you visit her facebook profile, you might recognize
her work -- she won 1st Place in the LIVING FELT 2011
International Felting Contest - Doll Category.

 

See even more great felted creations by our felting friends on facebook!

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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS:
Send us pictures of your felting projects!


- tapestries, wall art

- forest & jungle friends

- purses, bags and carry-alls

- art dolls, traditional or wild!

- hats and scarves

- mixed media with felting

(can be pictures, wearables, sculptures, etc. include details -- see below)
Send us a picture of yours for a chance to win
a Living Felt Gift Certificate!
send to: submissions@livingfelt.com

Just follow these 5 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 - Item (hat, bear, scarf, etc.) in the Subject Line

4) TELL US SOMETHING INTERESTING about the piece:)

5) Tell us what supplies you used - be specific if possible

*Remember, every photo posted on facebook or emailed to us is entered into our Monthly Drawing for Living Felt Gift Certificates and Prizes!

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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!

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.