Happy Family!

 

Happy Thursday everyone!

 

 

R-Chee and I are so excited to show you the new felted sweater house Melanie just made for us!

 

She made it out of felted wool and cashmere sweater pieces from the Craftsy.com class I got her for the holidays, Fab Felt Holiday Crafts!

 

It is perfect!

 

I just adore it!

 

The new abode goes perfectly with my 1/2 of the twin kokeshi dolls I made for us!

 

I also put a needle felted pug I made several years ago by her side to keep her company!

 

How FUN is that?

 

What FUN things do you have planned for tdoa?

 

Please leave us a note & Let us know!

 

We cannot wait to hear!

 

xooxox

Melissa & R-Chee

Fiber Art Show 2012!

 

Happy Wednesday everyone!

 

I have some FUN Fiber Art to show you!

 

Melanie & I got to go the our favorite annual Fiber Art Show this weekend and I found a knit pug!

 

Well, acually it might be a pug or a sheep or a smiling white fluffy creature, but whatever he is... he speaks LOVE to me so I had to have him for my collection! :)

Melanie got add a new piece of needle felted art by Heide Murray to her collection too!

Look at this fabulous gingerman friend we found to keep her Ollie birdy company!

Just amazing!

 

We had so much FUN together!

What FUN Holiday Shows do you plan on going to this year?

Please leave us a note and let us know.

 

We cannot wait to hear all about it!

 

xoxox

Melissa & R-Chee

Needle Felted Cotton Pods!

Happy Tuesday everyone!

I just finished such a FUN project!

I have had this neat green bowl that I found at Goodwill sitting empty next to my crocheted veggie tray for about a year now!

I just did not know what to put in it... so I left the space open.

Open for an idea ... open for an inspiration to come to me. :)

Finally!  I had an idea this weekend!

I was walking through a neat little shop at the mall and saw some decorative cotton pods displayed.

Of course, I went right over to them and touched them!

I turned over the price tag, and gently placed them back down. :)

They wanted like $1,000,000,000 for a string of 5 pods! :)

Tee hee!

Well, maybe it wasn't $1,000,000,000, but it was close! :)

Sticker shock quickly turned into excitement!

I thought to myself that this is what I want to make for my green bowl!

So I went to Tuesday Morning and found a $3 box of potpourri and 3 neat glass onions for $1 each. :)

I filled the bowl with some coffee to take up space, smell good and look kinda earthy. :)

Then I took out the pods and some wool roving to needle felt some "cotton fluff".

Ta Da!

That was a fast and FUN project!

I really like how it turned out!

What FUN things are you creating?

Please leave me a note and let me know!

I cannot wait to hear all about them!

xoxoxo

Melissa & Archie

Fiber Art Show 2011

Happy Wednesday everyone!

Melanie and I love this time of year because we get to go to all of our favorite craft shows together!

We just went to our most favorite one ~ The FIBER ART SHOW! :)

My favorite teacher and needle felting artist Heide Murray was there!

Melanie was so sweet and bought me the snowman while I bought the lion and then I got a felted egg and a knit monster doll.

I get a doll from this artist every year to add to my Yarn & Sewing Room!

Look how happy they are sitting in my ready to ship sweater vests!

They are all so much FUN!

What fun Holiday Shows do you like to go to in your part of the world?

Please leave me a note and tell me all about them!

I cannot wait to hear!

xoxoxo

Melissa & Archie

Needle Felting Class ~ Whimsical Veggies!

Hi everyone!

Melanie and I had so much fun making our needle felted Magical Creatures, that we signed up for another needle felting class to learn how to make Whimsical Veggies!

I made a turnip and Melanie made a family of fingerling potatoes!

Here is the wool roving before we started!

I started with white wool and made the general shape of the turnip.

After several minutes of needle felting, I had the general shape and firmness of the piece and then added a layer of purple on top allowing some of the white base to show through.

The next step was to sew on the felt leaves and then make the legs from wire wrapped in floral tape.

Here are Melanie's fingerling potato bodies!

Aren't they cute?

The faces she created are so perfect!

Ta Da!

I can here them singing a tune and giggling and snickering!

Come closer... Can you hear them too? :)

What a fun class!

Heide Murray is the most wonderful teacher!

She is so generous to share her time and talents with us!

Please check out her website and blog to see all of the magic she is constantly creating!

Melanie and I will definitely be taking her Fall and Winter classes this year too!

What fun classes are you taking this summer?

We would love to hear about all the cooking, swimming, playing and learning you and your families are enjoying together!

Thank you for always sharing your fun activities with us!

Have a super day everyone!

Archie & Melissa