Needle Felt Latte and Donut!

We recently went to Krispy Kreme for the first time and it was amazing. Besides the yummy donuts, I loved their cute cups and placemats and even the paper sheet thing they grab the donut with, so I had to bring them home to put with all of my other random bits paraphernalia. Oh and the cute paper hat!

When I looked at the cup, I got the idea to needle felt a cute latte with lots of whipped cream on top. Then I had to make a matching donut to go with it!

Now I could really use another donut!

Needle Felt Matryoshka Doll

These are really easy and fun to make, I want to make a bunch more!

They provide an opportunity to use up all that colorful wool in your stash :)

A Picture Perfect Sunday!

Are you ready for some felting?!

A Day on the Farm

We were very lucky to have been invited to visit the farm of a fellow needle felter recently. I met her in the Needle Felting Facebook group and when she heard we would be in the area, she invited us to come for a visit to her beautiful little farm in southern Alabama. She had a beautiful horse named Honey, donkeys, ducks, chickens, and of course, sheep. But the sheep were not wool sheep, they were hair sheep! She uses them for training her Australian Shepherds and Border Collie in herding competitions. The kids had such a fun time! They got to hold baby ducks and see the fish in the pond.

We should have brought our fishing poles!

Some snapshots of her lovely farm!

Such cute animals!

Next she showed me her crafting room which was amazing and had the best southern-facing window to let in some incredible light! Her room was full of wool, tucked here and there, and tons of really nice projects that she had felted.



Possibly my favorite part about the day was that she took pictures of Sunny, my toy poodle who had come along, and then printed them out in three different versions (normal, under-exposed and over-exposed) for me so I could see all the variations in color and where the lines were. Then she looked through all of her beautiful wool and chose colors that matched him perfectly and gave it to me to take home! Now I can needle felt a portrait of Sunny!

This smells so good!

My Sunny

A Make-Your-Own-Sunny Kit!

We had a really nice time and I think I forgot to mention, she made the best peanut butter cookies for the kids! I definitely stole a few for myself ;)

Needle Felted Santa Ornament

I love this little Santa! He is from the ornament kit that Sarafina Fiber Art sells. I already had everything I needed except the glasses so truth be told, I bought the kit just for the tiny spectacles! I know I could order them online but it was a week until Christmas and I hadn't felted anything Christmas-y yet! So since I was going to be in the area of her shop (for a date night with my hubby!), I just bought the kit so I could squeeze in one project before the holiday. Plus it's better to shop local, right? :)

He is really easy and quick to make, and super fun!

I love his round shape!

Here is a link to where I purchased the kit: Sarafina Ornament Supply Pack


Also, I wanted to share this little needle felted Christmas Tree "painting" that my 6 year old daughter made (with my assistance) for her Grammy last year. We used a cookie cutter to get the basic shape. Projects like this are easy and satisfying for kids to do, they just need a little patience and to be careful with the sharp needles.

Merry Christmas!!

Happy Turkey Day!

Hope you had a very happy Thanksgiving! Mine was great, the kids enjoyed playing with their little cousin and we all were fat and happy! Here is a little turkey I made, isn't she cute, with her little bow?

Gobble, gobble!

Needle Felted Owls Using Curly Wool for Wings!

I honestly had no idea how I was going to use these colorful curly locks so I was excited to create these! I wanted to also do a blue one so I had one in each of my three kids' favorite colors but that was the one color that I did not have in the curly wool. I guess some shopping is in order :)