Yay! I'm featured in Interweave Felt 2008! My Orbiting Moons Fiber Art Pendant made it into the publication!

Every year, Interweave Knits presents a special edition magazine called Interweave Felt. It is full of tutorials, felting tips, and felted eye candy. This year, one of the co-editors found me through my flickr photo gallery and requested to use a needle felted fiber art pendant to feature in their Inspiration Gallery on page 96. I, of course, was ecstatic and grateful, and immediately responded with a big "YES!" My Orbiting Moons Fiber Art Pendant is in good company along with eight other featured felt artists on that page.

If you are an avid felter or a fan of felting, I highly recommend that you go pick up a copy of Interweave Felt. It only comes around once a year and is really a treat! It has content on all kinds of feltmaking from traditional wet felting, to needle felting, to knitted and fulled items as well. And, it is an excellent resource guide for felt related supplies, blogs, web sites, and more.

I also wanted to give a shout out to those that I share the Inspiration Gallery with because it is an excellent mix of all kinds of feltmaking talent. Please take a peak at the following sites to see their felt works . . .
The Birds and Bees
Crafty Alien
Fox Glove Studios
Tanis Alexis
Laura Mabbutt
Violet Pie
Knit Knit
Intimate Forest

Thanks so much to the editor at Interweave who found me! I am truly honored!

**The image is courtesy of Interweave Felt 2008, page 96.

The Funky Felter is sponsoring a giveaway contest at PoshMama.com! It is your chance to win a set of felted hearts (ring, pendant, and hairpins)!

Capitolagirl on Etsy contacted me last week to be a giveaway sponsor for a site that she moderates and writes for called PoshMama. I thought it would be a great way to introduce myself to the PoshMama community so I was happy to fulfill her request. The giveaway item is a felted heart set. It is a complete jewelry set of turquoise needle felted hearts. You can see them in the photo above. If you are interested in participating in the contest, click here and follow the instructions at the end of the "Friday Finds" article. Please don't leave your comments here to enter, you need to visit the PoshMama site to do that. Also, if you don't already have an account with PoshMama, there is a simple signup process to go through, but I think that a chance at winning my felted heart set is worth the signup time!

Adventures in Needle Felting; yet more experiments with Fiber Art Pendants

Well, I'm stuck on making Fiber Art pendants for now. They are like tiny little works of art to me, and I can't seem to put my needle felting needle down! I just keep whipping out new ones - some better than others. I thought that I'd share a few more photos of my latest little jewelry creations. I haven't listed them yet for sale in my Etsy shop, and I may not list all of them. I might just keep a couple for myself to wear this time. You can see more photos of these in my flickr photos.

Dabbling in Fiber Art Pendants - my little needle felted works of art

My latest felting craze has been the creation of one-of-a-kind fiber art pendants through the process of needle felting. Some of my pendants are mixed media including lovely handmade glass cabochons by CombustionBeads on Etsy . Although these pendants are relatively small (anywhere from 1 inch to 2.5 inches in height), I feel as though they are really little miniature pieces of artwork. I design each abstract piece with much thought put into their colors and the layout of shapes involved. Perhaps some day, I will concentrate these artistic efforts on some wall hangings and sculptural pieces.


You can find several of my hand felted fiber art pendants for sale in my Etsy shop .

Okay, so have it your way . . . new custom color needle felted rings, pendants, and hair pins!

Now you can have it your way . . . I'm offering some of my most popular designs of rings, pendants, and hair pins in 20 different customizable colors. You can pick your favorite color, or pick out a color for a friend, coworker, child, sister, mother, girlfriend, wife, etc., etc., etc.



There are hearts, ladybugs, smiley faces, flowers, bubbles, and butterflies that can now be personalized with whatever colors that you choose. Each one is individually needle felted to your color request. There are 15 custom color listings available with a price range of only $10.00 - $15.00 so you can afford to buy a few for yourself and your friends too.


You can also contact me via Etsy conversations or my website to request larger quantities. If you'd like to pass out the felted goodness for upcoming birthday gifts or favors, work parties, or holiday presents, contact me about a custom listing or bulk order just for you.

Please check out the new "You Pick the Color" section of my Etsy shop for further details on these items. You may also check my Mintd shop for some custom color listings too.

Yay! I made Etsy's front page!!

I just realized that my little needle felted butterfly pendant made it to the front page of Etsy tonight. Of course, I had to share it with everyone! I've only been on their front page one other time so it is a rare and special occasion worth celebrating.