Fun Earrings Project

I have been feeling so inspired by the colours and textures of the Felts that I decided to make a pair of earrings. It was not as if I needed to do any shopping as magically I seemed to have everything I needed.

First (using beading thread doubled) I tied a knot in the thread and went from top to bottom of a small ball pulling slightly to allow the know to be buried in the ball.

Then with needle coming out other side thread one large and one small bead and then go back through large bead and ball.

Thread a small bead and spacer and bead and then other small felt ball and repeat till you come out on the top of the large felt ball. I have a wonderful collection of genuine Thai silver spacers which were just perfect.

Tie a knot in the thread and then put needle back into ball to bury the know as at the start.

 Using a head pin (from beading supplies) - insert through large ball and then add bead and spacer and bead as before.

 Using small round nose pliers, turn top of pin into circle. Attach jump ring and earring wires

 And here they are! So simple!

Would you like to make your own? I have made up kits in a variety of colourways for $15 BUT just for this month I will give away a kit in a colourway of your choice with every order over $40 on the website.

New Delivery

I absolutely love it when I get a delivery. My latest batch of Felts has just arrived and I have spent a while taking photos and getting them on the website.

Each pack is absolutely unique due to the quality of the different felts so I just can't show you everything on the website so thought I would add some additional pictures here.

Chunks

These are Recycled Felted Wool Pieces in 3 useful pieces of 4.25" x 3.5". They come in Greens, Greyscale, Mono ( plain fabric) and Mixed (patterned and plain fabrics)

 
Rolls

Recycled Felted Wool Pieces in 3 useful pieces of 4.25" x 6". They are larger pieces than the Chunks but in the same 4 colourways

  

Flowers

Lovely die cut woolen felt flower shapes - 6 per pack

 

Circles

Three sizes of circles in beautiful recycled woolen felt

• Large - 2.75" - 6 pieces in pack
• Medium - 1.75" - 10 pieces  in pack
• Small - .875" - 30 pieces in pack

 

 

Also with this order came more Felt Ball Collections and they are so yummy.

My order of beading tools came today too - these are a pefect addition to the kit orders for bending wires and cutting and very inexpensive

Garland

 

I was inspired by Jennifer Jangle's blog to make my own garland

I used a mixture of the small, medium and large multimix felt balls, beading thread

 

and I found one or two beads in a variety of shapes and colours. 

So I have strung them together leaving about 10cm of beads between each ball. 

Using 50 mixed size balls I will have 5m garland.

 

If you would like to make your own - I have made up some kits which are on the website including 50 mixed size balls, 100gm mixed beads, silamide beading thread and a beading needle. Great project to do with the kids to help decorate the tree.

Gum Nuts

One of the American ideas for the little felt balls is to attach them to Acorns but I don't have acorns here but of course being in Australia we have lots of gumnuts so I made these
I just used a multimix packet of the 1cm balls. If I had larger gumnuts (which I will in a few months) I would use a larger size ball

 I cut them in half with a pair of scissors or you could use a craft knife

 Added a drop of white pva glue - any glue that dries clear would be fine

 and stuck the half ball on top and waited for them to dry

Here they are all ready in a little container for a table centrepiece or decoration. You could add a couple of drops of eucalyptus oil to make it even nicer

 You can get lots more ideas on the Project Ideas Sheets