Winter is Coming...

... although it is difficult to believe with the balmy weather we're having!

One-of-a-kind Fibre Accessories and Greeting Cards ~ original creations of Felt by Design

The latest expression of my obsession...

More adventures in felt resist techniques and bowls

Bringing Art to Work

In my day job, I work as a Cafe Manager for a specialty coffee company.  One of the perks of my job is that I have multiple opportunities to play with creativity at work:

Latte art makes my work world go 'round!

New forays into 'functional' felt pieces

Lately, I have been experimenting with felt resist techniques, in an effort to create one-of-a-kind flower vases.  Here are my most recent results:

(flowers courtesy of Kat, florist extraordinaire at blumenstudio - www.blumenstudio.ca) 

(blossoms from my backyard)

Spring Time Experiments...and works in progress!

For the last little while, I have been exploring was to create a production line of elegant felted jewelry.  I have a number of pieces (pictured below) that show promise, but this is my most successful piece to date:

This is a collaborative project with felt pieces I made and a flame-worked glass leaf pendant created by Melody Jewitt of Flo Glassblowing Studio and Boutique.

The remaining pieces pictured below are unfinished sets of earrings and pendants.  To complete them, I plan to embellish these too, both with glass and metal elements.