I've set up an Art Fire studio

I decided to give Art Fire a try before they ended their $7/month promotion. My "studio" is called "Glass Dragon Bears Plus" and here is the link. If they can generate enough traffic it could work out. I'll just have to see.

I have a couple of bears to put in the studio later today... have to get pictures taken first! I've finished a really small bear ( small for me). I had steered away from this size bear because my hands were giving me problems; but this one worked out ok! A nice surprise.

Another egg

At the St. Louis show I was showing customers how to make eggs like this one. I had wet felted wool roving over a 4" by 2" plastic egg... it hadn't dried yet. Now it's dry and I cut it open with a zig zag line, removed the plastic egg and filled it with Easter grass and polymer resin ( Sculpey) jelly beans.
The egg and its jelly beans have been paired up with Bennie Bunny!

Slide show from the Bright Star St. Louis show

"Oops" and "Hatched"

I have been having loads of fun wet felting these eggs. Then I needle felted the egg and the chick! The white egg is 4" long by 2" wide , the brown is 2.5" long.

Dressing up for St. Louis

Kris has been given a" wet" felted purple wool sweater and hat decorated with bumble bee buttons! I found the sweater at one of the local thrift stores and promptly put it in the washing machine with the hottest water, a little soap and one of my grandson's hard rubber balls.... Then I let the machine do its magic... when it was done, the wool was firmly felted! I finished the raw edges with blanket stitching.
Kris is looking forward to a road trip Sunday...when we are off bright and early for the Bright Star Show and sale.

playing with wool roving!

I have been playing with my wool roving and needles again.. this time it's Easter eggs. They are each 2.5" long and are felted over Styrofoam. These eggs won't crack nor spoil... I remember one Easter as a child when one egg wasn't found. Weeks later an odor wafted forth and the hunt was on! Finally the hunt was successful and the egg REMOVED!
These eggs are on etsy. Though they may go to St. Louis if not sold by Sunday!

Valerie Rogers of Bright Star just sent me this link
One of my bears is in the on-line St. Louis paper!

St. Louis here we come...

The Bright Star St. Louis show is this Sunday, March 22nd. It will be held at the Embassy Suites Airport Hotel.... I70 at Exit 235S in St. Louis, MO. The hours are 10.30 to 4 pm. I have a $1 off coupon on the "show coupons" page of my website.

If you come...do stop by and say "hello"!


If you'd like to participate in the Early Bird part of the sale, contact Bright Star either by phone ( 502-423-STAR) or online by Wednesday 3/18. It starts at 9.30 and includes refreshments!