Thursday, August 14, 2008
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Pretty graphics
It's been a while but in my defence I've been really Really REALLY busy! Apart from a few custom orders on Etsy, the recent Agricultural Show, the summer hols and the usual humdrum of life I've spent the last few days learning more about Paint.Net. I downloaded a shed load of plug-ins and the latest update and boy is this fun!! Here's some examples of what I've made. The 'Carlos Tevez' skin is a work in progress for Katie's Bebo. Enjoy!
Friday, July 11, 2008
ETSY Treasury
I made my first Trasury on ETSY this morning. These are some of my favourite felt finds on Etsy at the moment.. 
xx Bernie
Wednesday, July 02, 2008
Custom Needle Felted Dodo
This pretty little Needle Felted Dodo is a custom order for a lady on Etsy whose hubby is bonkers about Dodo's!
I started with a rough sketch of what I imagined a dodo would look like. I focused on the large butt, small wings, short legs and humongous beak! This photo mosaic shows the process from start to finish, including a sneaky peek at the sketch, the initial core of fiberfill and building up the layers:
I started with a rough sketch of what I imagined a dodo would look like. I focused on the large butt, small wings, short legs and humongous beak! This photo mosaic shows the process from start to finish, including a sneaky peek at the sketch, the initial core of fiberfill and building up the layers:
As part of this custom order, I made a smaller dodo which is intended to be used as a keychain. However, when I made it in similar colours to the 'mummy' bird, it didn't look right. So I decided to make him looking like a baby birdie:
And finally, the two of them together. Awww...
Honestly I could have spent hours and hours posing the two of them and taken 100's of photos. There's a few more pics on my Flickr if you want to check them out.
If you like needle felted sculptures, then check out more works on Flickr under the following tags: NFEST (Etsy Needle Felters Street Team), FFFriends (Felting Forum Friends).
Thanks for looking. x Bernie x
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Needle Felted Skulls
Over the past few months I've continued to sculpt various pieces with needle felting. I really like this medium and it's possible to achieve great results and effects without much mess (unless you consider being knee deep in wool a mess)...Here are a few basic skull beads that I made a while back. They were needled quite firmly to the point that they feel like high density polystyrene. They weigh practically nothing and are great fun to embellish with embroidery if you fancy a 'dia de los muertos' look.
I'm still waiting on the perfect project to add these to and an excuse to make even more. But for now, enjoy this sneaky peek at my geekery!
Monday, June 23, 2008
Cluster Necklace for Craftster swap
I signed up at the last minute last week for a swap taking part over on Craftster for 'friends of craftster'.It should be interesting as the items are posted on the Gallery first. Then, one by one the names are drawn from a hat, a prize is drawn from a hat and the two are paired up.
Here is my contribution, a cluster of red beads which includes a mix of glass, plastic, ceramic and seed beads.
One of the participants in the swap said the beads reminded them of pomegranite seeds! And I think they're right.
The beads have a lovely golden hue to them. Just wish I could remember where I bought them now! Lol.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Mi logo es loco!
Playing around on the computer today as my back needed a rest from felting, I had a bit of fun creating a new logo for my shop tags. The inspiration comes from my most favourite felted item. I used a photo of my latest toadstool pincushion (which is presently listed in my Etsy shop, wink wink)....
I then 'traced' over the photo using some photo editing software....
and coloured it in using Paint. Et voila! A new original piece of artwork to use as I see fit.
I thought that I could use it to decorate sales labels and stickers for my felted goods and other wares.
What do you think? Is it too frivilous? I wanted something that represents what I'm making and selling right now. I had been using the fairy avatar as my identifying feature, but as I'm not selling fairies she didn't seem to have a 'relationship' with my stuff.
OK, so maybe it's a work in proress, but it's a start. Feedback would be great. Let me have it, but play nice - I'm a delicate soul! Lol.
Monday, June 16, 2008
Three Scarves Fulled & the Six Foot Tall Lightbox
I love these two pictures. They were both taken in our porch which we hardly ever use (apart from storing junk in!).
The light in there is perfect, kind of like a 6 foot tall lightbox! Amazing... where oh where have I been to miss this one!
Just listed the wrap at the front and the scarf at the back in my Etsy shop. The middle one will be listed later on this week.
The light in there is perfect, kind of like a 6 foot tall lightbox! Amazing... where oh where have I been to miss this one!
Just listed the wrap at the front and the scarf at the back in my Etsy shop. The middle one will be listed later on this week.
I'm just finishing off some felted pouches for Nintendo DS lite games, cameras etc.. and will hopefully be able to add them tomorrow.
Thanks everyone for your feedback on the felted scarf. It's really appreciated!
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Felting: Wet felted WIPs
I just have time to share some of the current felting projects that are in the pipeline, (see, I really have been a busy little felter!)
1. Wet felted embedded square, 2. Nuno felt cushion panel, 3. Wet felting with resist, 4. Wet felted DS case, 5. Wet felted plush (penelope pig v.2), 6. Felted bookmark, mixed media,7. Wet felted runner or scarf, 8. Wet felted runner or scarf, 9. Wet felted runner & scarves, 10. Wet felted flower 2, 11. Wet felted flower 1, 12. Wet felted embedded square, 13. Wet Felted sheet, 14. Felt Bowl or Vessel no10, 15. Felt Bowl or Vessel no10
For a more detailed description of these items and the plans I have for each one, follow the link to my Flickr page by clicking on the photos, and check out the descriptions. Some of these items will be appearing in my Etsy shop in the coming weeks. So, if you like the look of something you can either let me know or just keep watching the shop. Thanks for all your support and encouragement!
PS: Have you seen the 3rd party Flickr Applications there are available now? This mosaic was created using the 'Mosaic Maker' over on bighugelabs.com. If you want to get more from your Flickr photos, then check out the servicespage on Flickr and follow the links.
Thanks for looking! x
For a more detailed description of these items and the plans I have for each one, follow the link to my Flickr page by clicking on the photos, and check out the descriptions. Some of these items will be appearing in my Etsy shop in the coming weeks. So, if you like the look of something you can either let me know or just keep watching the shop. Thanks for all your support and encouragement!
PS: Have you seen the 3rd party Flickr Applications there are available now? This mosaic was created using the 'Mosaic Maker' over on bighugelabs.com. If you want to get more from your Flickr photos, then check out the servicespage on Flickr and follow the links.
Thanks for looking! x
Monday, June 09, 2008
Thursday, June 05, 2008
Etsy shop update, Toadstool Pincushion listed
I've just listed this needle felted toadstool pincushion in my Etsy shop.
It's a simplified design of the original pincushion which was a gift for a friend during a pincushion swap last year. There isn't as much detail as the original as I wanted an affordable version which took less than a day to make. I hope I haven't oversimplified it... we'll see how it goes.
Thanks for looking.
Things are on the up, up, up!
After the recent disaster with our car, the bathroom, various illnesses and unexpected hospitalisations, things look like they're on the up! I've just received an email from the editor of Lets Knit saying that I've won a Hobby Craft Knitting Basket from the giveaways. I never usually win these things so this is a real treat. Can't wait to get my hands on the woolly loveliness!!
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