BIG BOLD FELTED BROOCHES

I thought it would be a good time to feature some of my DIMENSIONAL BROOCHES.  I'm in love with them because they're BIG, BOLD, COLORFUL, TEXTURED, EMBROIDERED, PAINTED, LAYERED, SCULPTED AND LARGE - 3" to 4".


I've posted a few of them before, but the last two are new.

THE CENTER IS A NEEDLEFELTED PIECE I DID LAST YEAR.  I WET FELTED A PIECE OF PURPLE AND RED TO GO WITH IT AND ATTACHED IT ALL AND EMBELLISHED - BUT, OF COURSE!

THE BOTTOM PIECE OF THIS ONE IS FROM A WET FELTED BOWL I MADE TWO YEARS AGO - DIDN'T ACTUALLY COME OUT THAT GOOD, BUT I LOVED THE COLORS, SO I CUT IT UP AND USED IT FOR A NICE BOTTOM.  THEN I WET FELTED A SMALL PIECE OF PURPLE.  I HAD THE PURPLE CENTER FROM LAST YEAR AND WAS GOING TO USE IT TO MAKE A HAIR PIN.  THE CORD/STRING/THREAD IS FROM NEPAL AND I ADORE IT - IT'S ALL WOUND IN GORGEOUS COLORS.  I ATTACHED IT AROUND THE SECOND LAYER.  YOU CAN SEE SOME OF IT ON THE TOP RIGHT.

What's NEW?

What an exciting time - much has been happening here!


Boy,  you thought Halloween was SPOOKY what about BLACK FRIDAY AND CYBER MONDAY!!  


On Etsy, we're all atwitter (twitter, literally) promoting, tagging items, listing items and I'm No Different!


Here's what's new...


1. ******* COUPON CODE:  Sensory101648 - YOU GET 15% OFF OF ANY ITEM IN MY SHOP NOW THROUGH NOVEMBER 30TH.  You just plug that coupon code in.


This is a new feature on Etsy and most of us think it's just great.  I'll see.


2.  I've been featured on this blog, which I love - the title is great - reminds me of "The Housewives of...".

http://baltimorehousewife.blogspot.com/2010/11/sensory-felteds.html

I had no idea that felt had a smell, but according to Sensory Felteds smell is just one of the reasons why Connie Berlin--the mastermind behind Sensory Felteds--enjoys creating using a felt medium.

A life-long artist, Connie creates her pieces using wet felting and needle felting techniques, and even embriodery and considers each piece she creates to be a work of art.

One of Connie's favorite pieces she's created for Sensory Felteds is pictured above and is titled "Charlotte's Dahlia". As Connie puts it,

"This is one of my felted mini art quilts - a gorgeous closeup of a Dahlia flower. I took quite alot of time to make this. I was looking at blogs (at random) and found one that had this gorgeous flower. This was in the summer. I thought it would be perfect for one of my quilts. I contacted her and she sent me more pictures of her Dahlias on her front steps. Soooo, I named my art quilt after her, Charlotte's Dahlia."

Stunning!

Shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/SensoryFelteds

Blog: http://sensoryfelteds.blogspot.com

Flicker: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sensoryfelteds

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/SensoryFelteds

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ISN'T THIS GREAT?




3.  I've listed a three new brooches and one pendant

 The one above is one of my coils.  I added my favorite stitches - one of course being the french knot .  I painted, yes painted with fabric paint the tree inthe middle and a few areas around it..

 Nicely beaded - they sort of cascade down

 This is one of my favorites because it is so sculpted!

Here's a glitz glittery coil brooch - the light areas are sparkly in white and light purple


4.  New Christmas Cards made from photos of my Felted Art Collectibles

They come four to a pack with envelopes!  I have so much fun making these!  There are others also, I mix them up!

LABOR DAY FUNNY/BUSINESS

I'm in the midst of cleaning the house for my daughter and fiance who will arrive this evening..comin' from Kentucky-hope they have Moonshine!  Have you ever tried it?  Phew, it sure does smell and packs a wallup (does that mean UP the WALL?).  Anyway, I can't wait to see her and we really like her man.  I have a feeling she may go home with a dress - at least, that is our intention.  I'm so excited!

Saw surgeon today and he likes my face - well, it's his handywork - well, it's my face!  Had pictures taken before and aft (no, not my aft section).  Seems I'll be in his "look book" that he gives out to patients.  Maybe I'll be on his website.  That's fine with me, I certainly don't mind telling anyone I've had a facelift.  It's such an ineresting process and I think many women are curious about it.

I've listed six Felted Floral Mini Art Quilts on Etsy.  I am running my SALE on brooches until the end of this weekend.  Then, up they go in price (yet to be determined).  I also will be adding Fall brooches and hairpins.

Here's a few of the brooches...These three are needlefelted, wet felted and sculpted.

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OK, SO I'VE TOOTED MY OWN HORN

NOW, TOOT YOURS AND LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING THIS WEEKEND AND/IF CREATING (could be hamburgers or veggie burgers)