Jimmy the naughty Quaker parrot

This is Jimmy my male green Quaker parrot, he's a brat when he's around me felting but normally he's on his stand next to me but sometimes he likes to have a closer look! here he is almost getting to one of my felties I'm making.


Here he is looking around as if wanting more felties to hurt!


This is Jimmy with his innocent expression, he's all what? I can't help but look and interrupt you when your not spending time with me!

Niles the greyhound finger puppet

I've been a busy bee
oh I'm totally stressing over this as I had a message over at etsy for my first sale!
a customer wanted a custom finger puppet of their dog, Niles, a greyhound who had
sadly passed away. I said I felt confident enough to try it for the customer but said it would
be whimsy, cartoonish but I'd still get the looks enough alike. I hope they will be happy!

my other half has been teasing me something senseless saying it looks more like a wolf! I told
him to go jump in a lake as he doesn't know how to wet felt or needle felt lol. I love that a custom has
been my first actual sale. My very first sale was through a friend so it doesn't really count haha

So customs are nerve wracking, I'm yet to message the customer with these photos to find out
their opinions. I used shetland wool roving as well as merino wool roving, and I wet felted the base
around my finger and then when it was dried I needle felted the head and features.

Happy Flowers and more

This is my latest fun needle felted creation! I was bored today because it was hot and we're into a few days of having hot weather here. But I've called this my Happy needle felted Flower. Happy because of its color! and the fact that it
can actually bend and move because of the pipecleaners in it. Even its leaves can bend and move. So this is the Happy needle felted flower!







Last but not least is a little guide on making a cute little peg deer! yes a bit late after Christmas
but such is life!

What you'll need
three wooden pegs
scrap red felt
scrap ribbon in festive color
red small pompom
wool roving or polly fiberfill
glitter
craft glue
small googly eyes

Take the two pegs and glue them side by side so that the ends of the pegs
are pointing downwards to look like feet. Glue together by putting a dollop of glue
in between each peg, hold together for a while so it feels like its set. Take the third peg and do the same though have the peg facing the other way so the "ends" can look like ears.

Create his face by gluing on the red pompom, and googly eyes, take a pinch of pollyfiber fill or wool roving and roll it into a fluffy ball and glue it into his rear end for his tail.

Cut out the felt into a semi circle so it resembles a saddle and glue it onto the middle of his back. Take the ribbon and cut it to desired length, and glue each ends under the felt saddle to hide the
snipped ends.

dab glue lightly onto the saddle and sprinkle glitter for sparkle!

Needle felted travel doll

This little girl took the form of a travel doll, she is needle felted, I used merino, alpaca and shetland wool roving. The clothing is needle felted, her hat and bag is wet felted. She stands at about 3 inches tall and about two inches wide. She is not a toy but can still be held in your hands.

Life around us

This little guy is baby Ele! elephants never forget supposedly but he's still very cute!


This is a flower that grows in our garden, my other half transplanted it about a month ago from his parents and its done so much better. It used to live in shade and a damp area but now it lives in full sun and is very happy! when it was at his parents it never flowered. And you can see it grow almost on a daily change. I believe its common name is Red hot poker, not sure of its Latin name but even if its a general plant or weed its still pretty to me!


This is Bert, he's our galah (Rosie breasted cockatoo) and he's a 20 year old boy
and is my baby. We recently put him out in the outdoor cage we've got and he's much happier. Even though the cage doesn't look like much he has plenty of branches to chew on and toys to keep him entertained.

letterbox findings!

This was found in my letterbox today, I had never seen one of these before and thought it was rather strange. I'm keeping it as a keepsake though... even if I don't know what it means! my fiancee's mother believes its some religion trying to convert me ^^ she's probably right though it looks certainly different to the ones I have seen but anyways I might turn it into a bookmark.

The words say your soul existed before time
...
then it is signed by the person who wrote it and dated but I cannot pronounce what the name is.

The envelope wasn't sealed, addressed but it was stamped with that green stamp

my work space

As promised I here show you my needle felting workspace! I did some housework
whilst the boys were out. Today was a long day because we first had to pick up a
huge aviary and that took about six hours getting it onto the trailer all in one bit.
And then there was the anxious drive home praying it wouldn't fall off the trailer and causing accidents or worse! we got home in one bit thank goodness. But then the boys went back because we were offered a smaller aviary and another one on top of that! people can be so kind, apart from crafts birds are my other halfs and mines dream, we have a couple of parrots and various smaller birds but he wants to get into raising birds as well as starting a bird club if all goes to plan.

But I digress... I hate the green curtains hanging up we moved in 19 or so months ago
now and still haven't done anything with them! I will have to either make some or buy some whatever comes first. But this is my workspace for needle felting that is when I'm not needle felting at the computer which I sometimes do. The computer is in our bedroom, as is my sewing desk.

As you can see it isn't as arty or as flash as I would like but it is nice having things around mewhen I need it. I also had to cover up my favorite arm chair because it is old and cracked ^^ but it is still comfy and usable. You can see some of my collection of books! apart from wool I also have a bad case of buying books addiction haha. But my other half banned me from buying clothes so I have to buy something! and then beside the chair is my wool, at the moments in bags but I will get nice storage boxes for them eventually.

So that's what my needle felting area looks like with that cabinet moved from its place. I also promise to show you the aviaries when my other half finishes setting them up this month.