If you’ve been reading along, you know I was asked to do a crafty workshop at a womens event last weekend. At first, I was all enthusiastic. Yeah! I’d love to do it! And then it hit me, what was I going to talk about? And since a Make & Take project was involved, I needed something that everyone could do, regardless of skill level, in a very short amount of time. Like my talking time and the crafting time was 40 minutes total. So I decided to focus on felt, since it was versatile and easy to work with. We discussed some different kinds of felt, I presented a lot of ideas (too many ideas probably!) for kids projects, accessories, and home decor and then finished up with a felt rose pin project for Valentine’s Day. It went over pretty well. Here are some of my favorites:

Coffee Sleeve/Cozy. Clearly the easiest project I’ve ever done. Ha!

I just felted a 100% wool sweater, cut off the sleeve cuff and slid it on a disposable coffee cup. Since the sweater was already felted, you don’t have to worry about finishing the cut edge. And the buttons were already there, so I didn’t even need to embellish. I also did a similar cozy out of a red felted sweater. A His and Hers coffee date set.

And using the same felted sweater, here’s a little nest pin from a pattern by Betz White.

I love birds, and this was another super easy project. Just cut and glue. I was under a time crunch and didn’t have the opportunity to felt my own little eggs, so I just had to use cheapo tiny plastic eggs from Hobby Lobby. I think this would make a cute spring package topper, or napkin ring. Or maybe have a little nest sitting at each place setting on your Easter table.

Same idea, just bigger. This wreath is for my mom.

Just wrapped a silk/mohair blend yarn around a foam wreath base and added the felted wool nest. Very easy!

And another really easy project, that would make a great Mom’s Day present (or for Grandma!), a custom silhouette.

The hardest part of the project was getting Daphne to stand still for a profile shot, then I just used that picture as a pattern to cut out my wool blend felt. And this pic really sucks, the reflection in the center makes the felt look like it’s faded. It’s not. I was too lazy to Photoshop it out.

And you might have noticed Daphne’s headband in the last post.

That was just a simple child’s size Goody headband with a scrap of ribbon glued to the top. I used Yoonie At Home’s Peony tutorial for the flower, and vintage enameled flower pieces and a pearl for the center.

And I needed something to wear in my hair, so here’s my headband.

The flower is from Heather Bailey’s Le Fleur Debris pattern. The center is one of my mom’s vintage clip on earrings. Black Headband- $0.75 at Forever 21. Gotta love Forever 21 for cheap headbands.

And last, but certainly not least (since I had to cut out 50 of these babies), the felt rose Make & Take project.

I’ll be glad to scan in and upload this pattern if there’s any interest. I had to draw about a million scalloped felt spirals to get a flower shape I was happy with. This is a really easy project, just roll and glue.

I did a bunch of other projects, but that’s all I can bear to look at right now. I’m on felt overload. Taking a crafty break until February, when I start sewing for Daphne.

So, my crafty friends… what are you working on?