New Giveaway at Craft Gossip Felt Blog

Check out the latest Giveaway over at Craft Gossip's Felt Blog

My good friend, Linda, the editor over at Craft Gossip's Felt Blog, asked me to pass along the link for this amazing giveaway contest over there. Don't miss out on the opportunity to win a unique & beautiful felt brooch of your choice from Designed by Jane's Etsy shop. Head on over to Craft Gossip's post for all the details on how to enter and win! Seriously, who wouldn't want one of Jane's adorable felt brooches to dress up your bright summer dresses? C'mon!

Click here to visit Craft Gossip's Felt Blog for contest details!

Thanks to Craft Gossip and Felt Planet!

Perhaps you are the kind of person that is just a natural winner.  I, on the other hand, don't remember winning anything in my life... until recently!  I just wanted to give a big thanks to the Felting Blog at Craft Gossip and Felt Planet for their recent giveaway contest.  I was actually a winner and am ecstatic about it.  I won these lovely, thick wool felt shamrocks.  Finally I have a great excuse to do something fun and crafty just for myself.  I'm looking forward to incorporating these little beauties into a project.

If you'd like to try your hand at winning, head on over to Craft Gossip to enter their latest giveaway contest for a gorgeous wool beret and felted rose brooch.  It is really stunning!

Want to Win My Hand Dyed Silks and Colorful Wool Roving for Your Handmade Nuno Felting? Giveway Contest Going on Right Now at Craft Gossip!

Everyone loves a freebie... Right?  Well, I know that I do!  That's why I offered up a package of my hand dyed silk in 9 different colors and a package of wool roving in 12 different colors to the super sweet felting editor, Linda, at Craft Gossip.  There is a contest going on right now, and you could win it all!  It makes a great basic starter kit for anyone wanting to try nuno felting.  It is also a nice combination of silk fabric and wool roving materials for the fiber lover or textile designer.  You just need to click here and head on over to Linda's post for complete directions on how to enter the contest.

My last contest hosted by Craft Gossip received over 130 entries!  Thanks so much to all who entered last time for the needle felting kits giveaway and congratulations to the lucky winners.  I hope you are enjoying your new adventures in needle felting.

(p.s. Although, I appreciate your comments here, you can't enter the giveaway contest at this post.  Sorry about that!  It is an easy click over to the contest though for a chance to win.....)

And, a big thanks to Linda for hosting the giveaway!

Rubber Stamp Shop was Featured on Craft Gossip!

I just wanted to say "Thanks!" to the stamping blog editor, Heather, at Craft Gossip for featuring my new rubber stamp shop last week.  I sold two of the featured stamp that day!  Yay!

Odds and Ends on this Friday - A Contest, Business Tips, and New Discoveries Too!

It seems like some weeks I can not think of a thing to blog about, and then other weeks, I have more things than I can find the time to post about. This is one of the latter weeks so I decided to do an odds and ends post this Friday with a bunch of interesting things that I came across this week. Below you'll find a random listing of things that I found to be worth looking at for whatever reason. I hope that you enjoy my ramblings and that you have a fabulous weekend!

A contest to win some great fiber art goodies
I was contacted by Linda, the editor at Craft Gossip's Felting Blog, about a contest that they are sponsoring. It is for a Grandma's Snowmen Needle Felting Kit by The Felted Ewe, and it is cute as cute can be! Go visit the post about it for more details and to enter the contest, and maybe you'll be the lucky winner.

A super terrific biz tip for your Etsy shop
Once again Timothy Adam Designs has come up with some wonderful business tips! This time it is all about increasing views to your Etsy shop items. It is well written and well worth your time for a good read. I highly recommend that you visit the Timothy Adam Designs Blog article on "3 fixes for the low views on Etsy" - it is spot on and so very helpful!

A little bit of inspiration and eye candy
While reading through the Fiber Friday post in the Etsy forum, I came across this link from the seller crostinivs. It is about a fiber artist named Emily Barletta who makes magnificent felt and crochet sculptural pieces. It is certainly worth a look to get inspired by her creations!

And, in honor of my post title, I did a search
on Etsy for "odds and ends" which came up with the lovely array of items you can see at the top of my post. You should try searching Etsy for phrases and peculiar words to see what you get. I find it rather fascinating and sometimes surprising to see the random items that look so very pretty all together.

Finally . . . have a Happy Halloween!!
I hope that you and your little trick or treaters are safe and sound and enjoy the evening.

Here's a chance for some fabulous fiber art freebies from Craft Gossip's Felting Blog!

Linda Lanese, Craft Gossip's felting blog editor, emailed me today. She asked me to pass along the following great info to all my readers about her blog giveaway. Here's what she's got to say about it:

"You get everything to make a Noni purse, the pattern, yarn and purse frame. Take a look see they are darling a quickies to knit up. Tell all your friends too! This will be our self-involved giveaway. Just leave a comment and tell why you must have this pattern and yarn and with what outfit you would carry one of these three bags and why you want it just for Me-Me-Me!"

You can find much more information about this giveaway special in her original blog post so please go visit and read up on how to have a chance at this great giveaway!

**The image is screen shot from CraftGossip.com's felting blog. I am in no way affiliated with Craft Gossip or this special giveaway offer. I just think it is nifty!

If you love all things felt and felted, then check out CraftGossip.com's Felting Blog with Editor Linda Lanese!

So do you crave all things felt? If you'd like to know the latest and greatest about traditional felting, woven felts, and even basic cut-and-sew craft felt, then you have to go explore Craft Gossip's Felting Blog. The editor, Linda Lanese, covers every topic related to felt imaginable from books & supplies to the best new and seasoned feltmakers and fiber artists. It is a great read and very inspiring. She's even been so kind to feature me twice which I'm honored and thankful for.

And, if you have a passion for other crafty topics such and jewelry making, bath and body, scrapbooking, etc., etc., etc., you can find a category blog for it on Craft Gossip. It is a very diverse and interesting site all-around. Go check it out! I'm sure that you'll want to bookmark it and visit often!


**The image is a screen shot from Craft Gossip's Felting Blog main page.