#WHY I FELT 2014

TODAY, 1st Saturday of October, is the International Day of Felt!

 

And...we won a 1-yr subscription for FIBER ART NOW magazine

with our followings  #WHYIFELT2014 stories! Happy Dance!

 

 

#WHYIFELT2014 ?! I want to "Felt It. Love It. Treasure It."

I want to handmade fiber art to show how versatile & durable that wool fiber can be!

I want to make something me & my daughter will treasure forever!

(Felted birthday crown by FELTasticFashion from 2012 (3YR) to 2014 (5YR), so on & so forth)

 

#WHYIFELT2014 ? Felting allows one to create without boundaries.

Handmade fiber art result is always unique, just like fingerprint!

(Chinese Opera by FELTasticFashion 2014)

 

 

#WHYIFELT2014 ? If something didn't end up what I expected,

I can just pull the wool fibers apart, reuse & restart. So Eco-friendly!

Family Felting Fun! Always!

 

Great family bonding time! Always!

 

 

FELTING ANYTIME!

Love that I can felt & create anytime I want!

 

Today, I spent a good hour making little hearts with Clover Rose Applique Mold

 while watching the rest of my family members playing tennis at the court!

EUROPE TOUR 2014

It's our 10th Wedding Anniversary! We travelled to Europe & enjoy some good times together!

Sending over some chocolate 3D sheep & Duck from Belgium! Love Handmade!

 

 

Love this Accessories & DIY chain in Benelux @Veritas

 

Selfie with handmade Wool Felt necklace

at Parlement Européen, The EU European Institutions

 

Little lamb from UNESCO Strasbourg Petite France

 

Beautiful day in France. Modeling with my fave wet felt necklace!

Strasbourg Train Station

 

Easy clip on mixed-media flower brooch to accessorize the unique leather basket bag

 

Dressing up with wool felted accessories is really fun!

 

Especially those are handmade one-of-a-kind too!



 

 

 

FELTASTICFASHION X METAL X GLASS

For the very first time, I spent 5 days & 4 hours each days (20 hours in total)

learning a brand new craft while my children are in the other art-related programs!

 

 

I enjoyed every single moment to discover new media.

 

FELTASTICFASHION X METAL X GLASS

 

 

First off, my lovely children also enjoyed every day creative activities at the Fine Art Camp!

 

I've learnt using different type of glass & metal materials.

 

This one is using float glass & copper before firing.

 

Also using 90 coe glass & copper; as well as 90 coe glass & Kiln paper.

 

 



 



The results are very interesting after firing!

 

I also learned to use float glass with the mixed colored glass pieces & copper & gold.

 

At last I also learned to design the metal frame & how to cut the metal too!

 

 

I am happy to spend a whole week in the metal & glass studio

that allow me to create non-stop with new media!

 

 

 

FELT-A-TOTE SAMPLE

Working on a sample for the FELT-A-TOTE 2D Appliqué felting workshop.

 

Design as per requested from my 5YR.

 

Always enjoy our bonding creative time!

 

 

Really love this cotton shopping tote that comes with zipper!

 

Recycle & reuse & decorate with 2D needle felting is just perfect!

ETSY CRAFT PARTY JUNE 2014

We are so excited to join our first ETSY Craft Party this year in South Carolina.

With the theme: RECAPTURE, we spent 2-hr Wool Painting time recapturing NS memory.

We are glad to meet up fellow South Carolina ETSY Team members & many other crafters!

 The picture of the Peggy's Cove Lighthouse in Nova Scotia was taken in July 2013.

My 8YR son was also working on his 2D Applique Felting during the party too!

It was a great family & friend bonding activity!  

It was our first visiting the Taylors Mill, currently the home of 18 working studios.

Open Studio 2014 every first Friday of the month, 6-9pm! Looking to re-visit soon!

 

 

FELT & PIN THE NOSE ON OLAF

 Preparing "Pin Olaf's Nose" game for upcoming birthday party! 

Mixed media with wool fiber & Eco-felt & paper!

 Adding wool fibers on Olaf's little carrot nose & black buttons

Let's see who will win "Pin the nose on Olaf" this weekend birthday party! 

Kids will love it lots!!

Update: Action a week later...

 

DEMO @NSDCC SUMMER SHOW 2013

FELTasticFashion was one of the Summer 2013 NSDCC Designer Craft Show demonstrators.

We are glad to promote the ancient felting handicraft as well as a family bonding activity.

Our 4YR & 7.5YR are excited to design & create their own felted creations in front of the public!

Our Felting DIY Kits are now available from 30 museum/gallery/gift/craft shops.

If our children enjoy the creation, so can you!

We are glad to share what we love to more people!

CHRISTMAS IN THE AIR

Totally feeling Christmas is approaching !!

We had a wonderful mom+daughter (+cousin) girls trip to Halifax

 to enjoy French bakery, craft show & Christmas parade!

We started off at The Hydrostone Market (circa 1918)

with yummy treats at Julien's Bakery;

then found a beautiful steel dummy display at Lady Luck Boutique & Hydrostone Gallery

just perfect to hang all my wool charms;

after visited Bogside Gallery a few doors away to have a preview of many great art works;

and of course dropped by LK Yarns too!

Some history about Hydrostone click here

Later we spend a good walk from The Loop Craft Cafe 

after dropping off additional FELTasticFun DIY kits (SOCK MONKEY!!!), 

then Halifax Waterfront, Seaport, & later arrived Pier 23 

to check out many amazing artworks done by NSDCC members.

My 3.5YR princess was so excited to see a painter in action as well as many other DEMO!

The Christmas Parade was 1.5-hr long

but thanks to Canada Post taking letters to Santa!

Colorful Fall leaves are all over the ground.
It's a special season to celebrate Harvest & Thanksgiving!

PARENTAL INFLUENCE?!

My son has been bagging me to teach him needle felting for months.

I was a little bit nervous as it's his first time to handle the sharp needle.

I told him to wait until he's at least 7 years old.

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So, the past Labour Day long weekend, as promised,

we were felting together for the very first time.

It did't take very long & he picked up felting very quick.

He was so proud with his first felted creation! 

He's already looking forward to work on a second one!

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I can't believe & actually this is a great example of "Parental Influence"

My 3YR daughter was so cute & she knew that she cannot needle felt.

What she did? 

She used her color marker & pretend felting like we did!

She called it {pen} felting!