More Felted Jewelry Ideas

Good Evening,

It has been a couple busy days!  Working to catch up from being sick and finish three custom pieces and get them delivered before I leave on my trip on the 4th.  Still lots to do besides these things.

And when I return I need to have a couple new ideas worked out to teach at Garden Plaza Active Retirement Community.  In fact, I better have one figured out and my write up ready before I go so it can be posted while I'm gone!

I'm still working on this flower concept for the seniors.  Two prefelts each.  One has coral for center - other has a piece of dichroic glass.  These could be pins/brooches or turned into necklaces.

Another Piece of Jewelry

This is a necklace idea I am working on.  It needs to be reworked a bit because it sits too low down the front to be real attractive...but the basic idea works.  Like the bright spring feel of the colors going on here.

Havin' Fun With Pretty Posies

Evenin'

Have a cold today so I am not doing any felting...but I did have some fun editing pictures of my Valentine's Day flowers...I am wondering how I would put one of these in my pinterest account...hmmm...may have to look into that...

Goodnight all,
Janet

Shell Necklace

Hello Everyone!

I have another fun, somewhat fast piece of felt jewelry that I created over the weekend.  It has shell inset in the felt and a magnetic Swarovski crystal magnetic clasp.  Fits close - almost but not quite a choker.  Sorry the glare in picture wiped out most of shell detail...there are raised sections.

Felted Jewelry

Good Evening!

I am having a great deal of fun working with these small bits of felt art!  They are finished so quickly that I can get many of them done in one day...such a change from my 5-foot by 8-foot projects that take days just to lay out the wool and another couple days to felt!

Today I made some quick little flower petals which I roll up into a flower on a stem.  It is another idea I am working on for the senior classes.  They don't photo well...or at least not with the camera in my phone and me as the photographer.  But the pics should give you some idea.  They are wayyyyy more transparent and lacy then I was able to show.  Sorry!

I also created two new necklaces using commercial prefelts and some natural stone cabs.  Fun! Fun! Fun!  I made cords and put magnetic clasps that have Swarovski crystals in them.  The Howlite (white with gray veins) flower is made of lavender (top layer) purple (middle layer) and peach (back or bottom layer).  The Denim Lapis flower has just two layers so it felted down to a smaller size (less wool = more shrinkage).  The top layer is bright pink and the back layer is blue.  The blue came through a great deal more than on the triple layer flower.  So the pink appears blotchy in the photos.  It is mottled somewhat in real life, but has a smoother texture than you see.  Again I put a magnetic folding clasp on the cords as I felted them.  Oh! And I used a nifty tool I have had for years and never used...I used it to install eyelets in the flowers so I could attach the cords to the flowers.  Worked great!  Think I will use this tool more.  The senior ladies may be able to make these necklaces...we'll see...endurance and strength needed.

We are in the midst of a snowstorm...hardly believe it with the winter we have had so far!  It makes great weather for staying indoors and felting though!  Hope everyone has a wonderful Sunday...

Janet