This is the only thing I have to show for a weekend that swept by way too quickly. Yesterday I felted while my husband took the kids and visited his parents. Today I stayed with the kids and my husband worked. Will there ever be a time when marrying the person you love actually results in spending time with that person?

I've taken two photos of the felting I did. This should help illustrate my point about the work not photographing well. The color is never right. The picture I did is actually a nice combination of the two you will see. Here's one with the flash:

Here's one without the flash:

I very rarely get time to do the things I love to do. Needle felting is one of my all time favorite crafts. I love to watch fluffy, fine, or course, sheep's wool become fantastical creatures, earthy puppets, or humble abodes for forest folk. I know women who are making a good living off of their craft. Myself, I don't have time to perfect my art. For example, I once made a tree stump with a fairy family for a friend's child. I ran out of wool when trying to thicken the stump so it wasn't half as sturdy as I had imagined it when I began. If I had time I wouldn't make those kinds of mistakes. I would know around how much wool I would need when I began. It's very frustrating to really love needle felting and never be able to do it. I rarely keep the things I make as my inspiration usually stems from the thought of the person I'm creating for. Even more interestingly, the work takes its own form as you create. Pictures never do needle felting any justice. The colors look washed out and I find that it often looks simple and cartoonish.

This mushroom house is something I made a couple years back as a Christmas gift for two awesome little boys!

Here is the family of gnomes I made to reside here:

They aren't needle felted. They have wire frames with embroidery floss wrapped bodies. I hand paint their faces with non-toxic paint and then a layer of varnish to preserve them. I love these fairies created from Sally Mavor's Wee Felt Folk. Here is a photo of another family I've made to illustrate that they all turn out different.