Between Felties

Some rusty star garland for Mut, gourd garland for me and a much needed new coat rack.

A couple new fun things were made this weekend. None of which involved wool or felting. Ah it's good to step back a little for a minute, take a break and come back with fresh eyes. Mut and I went to Lancaster (Pa) on Friday to do some shopping, some driving country side and some new inspiration. As you can see by the above photos I was certainly inspired - homespun fabric, rusty stars and rusty wire, vintage buttons and gourds! I love gourds!

And the winner is....

Mikey! Yeah! Mikey (Michael, Michael motorcycle turn the key and......) is my brother and I'm real happy to send this pup down south to live with him. You see, my brother is a real life Tom Bombadil when it comes to animals (and it sounds like plants too now that he's got his garden growing). Yay!

I'll be sending him off to you when we get back from a short trip across state to Pittsburgh, we're going there to visit Carnegie Mellon for the day to see if it's our next move. Should be interesting.

Above was the highlight of the weekend - a little family gathering for Courtney's 30th on Saturday - an absolutely glorious day for such a thing, it was perfect.

OH!!!! Wellington Dreams won an award at that little film festival I was telling ya'll about - Best in Animation. Fun huh!!!

The Picture Show 2

Super last minute here folks. But Positive Space is hosting in Philly is having their annual film festival and guess who's got top billing. That's right Wellington the Woolie Elephant in Wellington Dreams will be one of the films being featured. So if your in the area and looking for something different to do on Friday stop on by and say hi. I'm so happy it's so local because all the other festivals are so for away like Denmark. Jeez, I wish..... Well hope to see you there.

Dog Needs a Home

This little doggy here needs a good home. Where he'll be well fed and loved. He's completely made from recycled fabrics and has posable arms. He's like wearing his snuggly scarf and wool vest but both can be removed. Leave a comment here or on Facebook. This one closes on Friday also (or.. ah.. I mean around Friday-ish)

Happy Sunday everyone!

The sun is shining. It's a good lazy day here. And we have a winner of the "Peaches and Cream" skirt. I know, I know I was supposed to do this on Friday. Oh well - The Winner is - Kat! She's a fellow follower of Inside Sqrl & Bee Studio. Yay Kat!

Free, free, free!

Ok so this is my first give away here on the blog. I've seen a bunch of other bloggers do this and it seemed successful so I'm giving it a try. I've been cleaning out. New season, time to clean house. I've come across a bunch of different things I've made over the years. Mostly leftovers from shows in the beginning of all of this back when Felties were only one of the many things I was selling. When the very first people were freaking out about Felties (of course before they were even called "Felties"). Before I realized that they were what I should be focusing on. Lot's of skirts, shirts, stuffies and a few bags are left. And I have to get them out of here. Our home is SO small this stuff is taking up very valuable real estate.

So I'm starting off with this skirt above. It makes me think of Peaches and Cream. The material is an absolutely beautiful peach colored vintage cotton with the palest white daisies with little hits of pale yellow and springy green. In between this is small panels of cream color organic cotton flannel. And the sash is made of the same fabric.
It's practically a one size fits it's most, since it is a wrap skirt. Wear it on your hips or waist, it's super comfy since you can easily adjust it to your size. I believe it's about 23" long to just below your knee (if your short like me). I have a bunch of these myself and wear them all spring and summer.

Please just leave me a comment here on the blog or if your one of my Facebook readers then just leave me a comment there and I will throw all the names in a hat or use one of those nifty random number generators and pick a winner on Friday. I'll contact you for all your info then.

Yeah! Can't wait. Oh and hey there more to give so if this one skirt doesn't suit your fancy there's more to come.

This past week

Was a super busy week that I manage to get almost no work done. How is that possible? The one highlight of the week (which was certainly worth not getting any work done) besides Monday's meeting with two brilliant ladies was a much needed day of total girlfriend-ness.

Color Lines

Well I've decided to pick some color lines for Felties. Soon my shop will be off the Felties site and (I think) I'll use my Esty shop for seconds and experiments. I want there to a one stop shop for finding Felties. Nice and easy.
So in saying that it got to be super overwhelming with all the random colors I'm always making these creatures out of. So I'm narrowing if down a little, to the best color combos and the best colors that represent each character. As you can see it's a learning process 'round here. I'm kind of winging it. But I must be doing something right 'cause we're moving right along. I think I can blame that mostly on them though. But shhh... Don't tell them that, they already have a complex after doing the BMAC.

PS
I had an awesome day yesterday with two wonderful and creative ladies - Lisa ~ Milkshake Crafts and Linda ~ Little Flower Designs. We had a beautiful day and a delicious lunch. Talking about life, business and family. We also got to take a peek at where all the magic happens in Linda's cozy home studio. It was real fun and can't wait to meet up again.