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Needle Felted Santa Project

 

     I took my second felting class last night from my friend, Ronnie Bringle.  We made a felted Santa pin.  Well, mine is more like a 'Santa Ornament'...it's a little large to be worn as a pin!  I wasn't too sure about this class.  I'm very linear with my paper crafting and this needle felting stuff takes me WAY out of my comfort zone!!  The above picture is my finished product and I'm very happy with how it turned out.  My husband wants me to needle felt one of his World of Warcraft characters next...we'll see how that one goes. 

              Felted Santa Slideshow

     Check out this Flickr slideshow of my felted Santa.  It shows him step-by-step and it's pretty cool to see the transformation.  For awhile there, I didn't know how I was going to turn my work into a cute little Santa.  Check it out! 

 

 

It's a Boy/Girl Party

     My husband's birthday is coming up and I'm throwing him a party. (obviously not a surprise party)  We're inviting some close friends to come and play Rock Band and Wii.  It'll be a lot of fun!

     We've been watching the show 'The Big Bang Theory', a sitcom about a bunch of geeks. One of the shows was about the geeks being invited to a party.  They wanted to know if was a 'boy/girl party' and that is where my husband got the idea for his birthday invitation.  I found this set of acrylic stamps at a local scrapbook store...the stamp couldn't be more perfect!! 

 

Souptoknits = A+ Roving

    

     As you know, I just learned how to needle felt.  I searched and searched the web for a great place to purchase more roving.  I stumbled upon Souptoknits, a fabulous Etsy shop owned by Eileen, that sells hand dyed yarns, handcrafted buttons, painted birch needles, gorgeous roving for spinning and needle felting, and cute hand-knitted children's sweaters!  I recieved my roving yesterday and I'm so glad it's the weekend beacause I'm ready to start a project!!  Eileen was great to work with and I'm sure I'll be visiting her shop again soon.  :)  Here are some great items from her shop:  (each picture will take you to the item in Eileen's shop)

   

      

Fun Nugget Box Project

Check out this fun nugget box project over at my TAC blog!

   

Needle Felting

    I'm taking a needle felting class from my friend, Ronnie Bringle.  She is an amazing artist and I just love that she is willing to share her knowledge with others!  Our class consists of three, 4 hour classes.  Each project gets a little more challenging.  We started with a one-dimensional star button and then proceeded to a three-dimensional heart today.  Needle Felting is so much fun!!  It's also a very affordable craft...that makes my husband very happy!  :)  To learn more about needle felting, check out this article at Wizpick.com.  Ronnie came to my local quilt guild and demonstrated needle felting back in August.  She makes it look so easy!!  Be sure to check out some of Ronnie's other felted items here. 

Here are some step-by-step pictures of my heart pin cushion and then one picture of my star button. 

 You start with wool.

  You used a barbed needle to form your wool.  Careful...it's  very sharp!!

  The more you work with it, the smaller it gets.

 Ta-da!!  A heart!

  Star button

Stationery Set Winner!!!

It's time to announce the winner of my stationery set giveaway!  A big thank you to everyone that stopped by to leave nice comments and enter for a chance to win.  :) The winner is Janet!!  Here's what she said -
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Thursday, October 02, 2008, 6:09:22 AM | janet

beautiful design and gorgeous colours make this a real winner. thanks for the chance to win
artbyjan(at)googlemail(dot)com

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Congratulations, Janet!  Again, thank you to everyone who participated.  Please check back with me in November, as I'll be giving away a gift certificate to my Etsy shop, www.ladygil.etsy.com!!!

Promo Magnets

     I've been looking for an item that I can put my logo on and hand out at my craft booths or include with my Etsy orders.  I came across an Etsy shop called Tags and Buttons and she had just what I needed.   I sent her my logo and placed an order...I just received them in the mail!  I love them!!  What do you think? 

The above image is a little fuzzy,
but if you click the image below,
you can get a better view.

 

     This image is my newest avatar. Emily is the designer of my avatars and blog banners.  She does amazing work - thanks Emily!!

Etsy Shopping...and a Sewing Kick!

      I did a little shopping on Etsy yesterday.  I bought this cute bag PDF pattern from Keyka Lou.  I made my purchase and then the PDF pattern arrived in my inbox within a couple of hours!  I thought that was so cool!!

                     

     I'm on a little sewing kick.  I took a class from my friend Nancy on Monday night.  She owns a quilt shop nearby and offers a '5th Monday' sewing project.  We show up with our supplies and get to make the project for free.  She's there to supply us the instructions and gives us help as we need it.  We made a cute little Grab Bag at her class.  You can read about it at the end of this post over at our Itchin' for Stitchin' guild blog.

     We had a guild meeting last night and several of us showed off our Grab Bags.  Don't you just love all these fun fabrics?! 

                

I also bought some magnetic snaps from CottonTouch.  I've had closures like this for purses I've bought and they are fantastic!  I thought they would be great for the purse I'm making. 

                     

     Don't forget to sign-up for my giveaway.  Click HERE to check it out!

Stationery Set Giveaway!! Ends 10/13

                

I thought it would fun to offer a givaway...are you interested?? 

                  

     This giveaway includes: an embellished notepad, embellished magnetic clip, and two notecards. 

To be entered for a chance to win this stationery set, please follow these steps:

1. please leave a comment for this post - and earn three extra entries by posting about this contest on your blog!  (Let me know that you did this, and I'll add your extra entries.)

2. leave me a safe way to contact you...a link to your blog, your Etsy shop name, maybe your email address.
 
     
     This contest will end on October 13th and I'll randomly draw from the names to find a winner!!