CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED. The winners will be announced tomorrow morning. Please check back. My girls loves these flowers… they won’t leave them alone. Gammy always makes them a special felt flower for their dance recital every year and they have already put in their color requests for June. Fairy wants a baby blue and Pixie wants …
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Spring Bouquet Tutorial
If you would like to give someone special a bouquet of flowers this Spring that will last forever, considering making a bunch of these flowers in a array of beautiful colors. Whether you make a single flower or 2 dozen, they are sure to please. But remember… make some for yourself… we all deserve to give ourselves …
Introducing Our Spring Bouquet
It seems like in the Spring there are so many occasions when a lovely bouquet of flowers is the perfect gift. Whether it’s Easter, Passover, Mother’s Day, Graduation or a Dance Recital, the perfect gift is often flowers. The only problem with flowers is that their beauty is fleeting. This year, consider spending the time, making …
Felt Poppies
Whether you want a fistful of poppies to bring a bit of sunshine indoors or to hand out for Memorial Day and Remembrance Day, these sweet little flowers are easy to make and delightful when done 🙂 Note: The original post, Poppies A Plenty, can be found HERE. Materials: wool or wool blend felt green woven …
Spring Cleaning in the Gnome Home
So, if you know me at all… if you’ve read my blogs for at least a year… you know I don’t “do” Spring Cleaning. If you are so inclined, and haven’t done so already, you can read my sage words on the topic HERE. Having said THAT… I do help Britta spring clean the gnome …
Poppies A Penty!
If you can believe it, I’m still sick. I’ve been watching this flu/cold change directions so many times I’m dizzy. Seems this week I’ve settled in to a nice case of laryngitis! Can’t complain, though, I am feeling lots better than I did last week at this time! Having said all that, it has put me behind …
Waldorf Style Babydolls Revisited
Are you or your child new to sewing and want to make something simple? Do you have a friend expecting a baby? Do you just have a couple of free hours this afternoon and want to do something productive? These little sweethearts are fast and easy to make. They are wonderful projects for children that can now use a sewing …
Moss Covered Felted Stones
“A rolling stone gathers no moss.” Quite true. Also true… stones in the Michigan forests don’t do much rolling 🙂  They also get enough shade and dampness to cover most of the stones with moss. For a long time I’ve been wanting to make some Felted Stones for my house and the gnome’s home. When I finally set …
Sarah’s Silks Giveaway Winner
First off, we’d like to thank everyone that entered Sarah’s Silks Giveaway sponsored here at Wee Folk Art. The prize includes: Silk Lined Basket Hand Dyed Rainbow Wings Mini Rainbow Streamer Lavender Playsilk And, Reversible Blue/Rainbow Crown Next, remember to watch for Sarah’s Silks new blog that will go live shortly. Sarah will announce her go-live …
Uh… What’s This?
You can just imagine what the Little Lady’s thinking… What the heck’s going on in there??? Well, this is what’s going on in there! Fortunately, she’s having a pretty easy go with her teething. Just give her something to chew on and she’s a pretty happy camper. One of her favorite things to chew on is the knots …
Pixie’s Rainbow Coiled Rag Bowl Revised
I absolutely feel in love with this Coiled Rag Bowl last summer. I made this bowl to hold all the other rainbow gifts I made for Pixie’s birthday. I’ve meant to return to this project and make other containers using this technique, but alas, I have yet to. Hmmm… The roping can be coiled around something as …
Awesome Giveaway From Sarah’s Silks!
Edit: This giveaway is now closed. Thanks to everyone that participated! WHERE Michelle and I chose to buy toys for the wee ones is every bit as important to us as WHAT we buy the children. We seek out shops and products that carry the finest materials and ones that are mindful of the environment. …