Honorable Mention

Well I've said it before and I'll say it again... I really wouldn't be able to do all this with out the support of a whole lot of lovely strangers out there in blog land.

One of the lovely strangers, The Etsy addict, aka Iloveplum of etsy has blogged me and a whole bunch of others on her fab blog:

www.theetsyaddict.blogspot.com

Check out her lovely blog and lovely shop and give her a big old thankyou from me!

(i tried to put images in this blog and my computer said... blah! sorry!)

It's a Brand New Year...

...Time to get ready for next Christmas!

Feltmeup's new year's resolution is to be ready and more prepared for Christmas next year... I was really taken by surprise by the volume of orders over the festive period ( and am hoping it will continue!) and struggled to get things posted and sorted while working full time as a book slave!

The goal of course is to not have to work as a book slave next year... but I won't hold my breath!


Having done and achieved nothing since New Year (except practically move into my new boyfriend's flat and camp there!) I am really quite proud of the fact that i have managed to get 2 new easter designs out. This lovely new design bunny (sorry old design bunnies you'll just have to stay on sale!) which I think is really cute and matches the Tweet design quite well!

Also this little simple Easter Tweet... I like it's simplicity and whimsical expression... I'm a very proud mother hen indeed!

Merry Christmas!!!

Here's wishing all my customers, fans, friends, family and supporters a merry Christmas and a very happy New Year... Thanks for all your support in 2008.

I had a fantastic first year as The Felt Menagerie opened and look forward to next year... next year is the Year of the Felt and we are aiming for Global Domination... should we be able to get out of bed following a mad mad December...

xx
mel

News!!!

Well the festive season is upon us and is certainly not conducive to regular blogging. Poor little me is working hard as a bookslave while still trying to retain some semblance of sanity, have a social life and manage my newly acquired and very much surprising love life! ( I was surprised!)

Somewhere in this festive madness I managed to pass 100 sales in my etsy store... insert happy dance here! I'd like to say I'll be more prepared for the Christmas madness next year but we all know i won't be!

Also Feltmeup designs has been featured in the fabulous E-zine issue number 3 Design this/ Design That

Lovingly put together by the wonderful Ariadna who has done a great job of compiling a fabulous magazine packed with really amazing designers and toy makers. You'll find Feltmeup on page 212. Thanks Ariadna... we love you!

Oh and I even managed to do a few custom orders and start on my spring range of tweets... I'm exhausted!... excuse me I need to lie down now!

HELP!!!... It must be Christmas!

As usual yours truly is not prepared for Christmas! A manic week involving visits to the knitting and stitching show in Harrogate and a series of unexpected orders have left me in bits. Also working full time in the bookshop (Christmas newsletter anyone... who knew!) and attempting to have a social life are not conducive to regular blogging and being able to update my Etsy shop!

I have managed to make a new Christmassy banner and avatar for my Etsy store so all isn't lost. I keep telling myself I'll be more prepared next year but I said that last year! When will I ever learn?

And it's still November...eek!

Last posting dates for Christmas are:
Australia - 3rd December
United States & Canada - 8th December
Europe - 8th December
United Kingdom - 18th December

but remember if you are out of the UK customs can hold your items hostage for quite some time. Order early to avoid disappointment!

Lovely Felty Fans

I often wonder how my little creations are getting on once they leave the safety of my felty world. Today I had a lovely surprise when i logged on to my etsy to find that Stacy, who bought from me a couple of months ago had left some lovely fed back and pictures for me.

I have some very creative customers i can tell you! Stacy has used my Tweets in this beautiful mobile she has made for he new baby's nursery.

Here's hoping that the new baby likes it when she arrives... I am told that Stacy is expecting a lovely daughter. Congrats to Stacy and woot for creative mobile making!

Felt on Folksy

Hola!!!

Feltmeup Designs is Proud to announce the opening of our new Folksy shop!!! Today I listed my first item on folksy... a little Robin decoration... hopefully will be listing a fw more bits over the next few days. Folksy is like the British equivalent of Etsy I'm hoping it'll bring me to my homelands buyers and make me a little bit of Christmas profit... fingers crossed!

Watch this space!