The Feltanomicon Re- Openth....

I have finally got around to reopening my side project shop The Feltanomicon... I know I have been a bit rubbish with it but recently I have dropped a day in my day job which should mean I have more time to dedicate to creating a little felted chaos!

Felthathulhu's, yeti's, dead bunnies and aliens are on the way plus my brand new needlefelted bat design which I am very proud of.

In my head this little bat is a Russian spy bat... I could tell you why but then he would have to kill you!

Competition Closed.. and the winner is...

Besty!!!

Congrats Betsy you have been emailled, thanks to everyone who entered... look out for a special blog post tomorrow once my laptop has received a good kicking and is no longer playing up!

xx
mel

Sew Hip Owl Mobile Giveaway

A lot has happened this past month, my head is still spinning from it! The Menagerie passed 600 sales... and it doesn't seem that long since 500! We were featured in sew hip magazine with our mobile tutorial, Inkmeup had it's first Etsyversary, we helped orchestrate the UK Etsy silly sale... It's been a seriously busy month!

So to celebrate Feltmeupdesigns 600th sale I thought I should do it in traditional stylee with a giveaway.
The prize is the exclusive, one of a kind, never to be repeated Sew Hip Owl mobile! Plus some goodies, postcards, magnets and generally whatever I have in the felt goody box at the time!

How to enter:

To enter simply first leave a comment on my blog telling me what your favourite item in my shop is.

For extra entries follow me on Twitter and Twitter this message

Win an exclusive owl mobile from @feltmeupdesigns http://feltmeupdesigns.blogspot.com/

Follow the blog by clicking on the follow button in the right hand column of this page, leave a comment to say you follow me!

Become a fan at facebook .and the leave a comment to say you are a fan, if you are already a fan just say "I'm a fan" and you automatically get and extra entry!

.. If you do all 4 you get 4 entries... simples!

The competition closes 23rd October

Let the Silliness Ensue!!!!

Tonight at 7pm (GMT that's 7pm in the UK folks) all silliness will break free in the first coordinated UK Silly sale, 24 hours of silly prices, reductions and promoting each other like crazy.

Uk sellers have banded together to bring you a whole world of silliness by reducing their goodies, offering free shipping, standing on their heads, juggling monkeys... no wait ... I'm getting carried away again!

Just go to etsy and type in UK SILLY SALE to find all the bargains on sale and begin your Christmas shopping maybe! This is the best time to pick up a bargain so get on board! I will be offering half price on selected tweets and silly prices on selected prints at Inkmeup but remember it doesn't kick off in earnest till tonight!

Sew Hip Magazine... Feltmeup Feature

Ever wondered how to make a felty bird? Well now you can make your own woodland mobile from an exclusive feltmeup design original. This is a design that will not be appearing in my shop so if you want one you have to make it your self! Issue 22 of Sew Hip is on sale now in all good UK newsagents!
I don't know who did these lovely little thumbnail drawings but they are gorgeous! I shall certainly be keeping this copy safe!Lots of great projects and free pull out patterns inside too! I'm going to make some handy hampers for my felt!A big thankyou to Sew Hip for the opportunity to do this and for making the How-to so good looking and fab.
x
mel

My Baby is 1 year old!!!

My little inky shop has been going for 1 year... how fast time flies! So I have decided to celebrate a year of success by sharing the wealth and having a blog competiton

http://inkmeupdesigns.blogspot.com/2010/09/1-year-on-anniversary-giveaway.html

the prize is worth $50 and you get to pick it! Head on over to Inkmeup's blog to see how to enter... where did the year go?

SQUAWK!!!SQUAWK!!!

I'm always looking for new ideas for felty birds and these guys are two that have been percolating around my brain for a while now. There have been a few abortive attempts with ended up looking a bit like transvestite melodrama rather than classy parrots but I think I have finally got it right!The Blue and Yellow Macaw stands at 3.5 inches and has a long tail and distinctive facial markings and the red macaw is just under 4 inches with bright blue wingtips with yellow and red markings, he has blue and red in his tail although you can't see this from the pictures.

The Hardest part was doing the beaks as these are only3 quarters of an inch long... meaning very pricked fingers for me. They have lots of detail but often it's more about the details you leave out and of course each has the little trade mark feltmeup white dot in the eye which helps give them life and character!