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How to Make a Wet Felted Vessel With a Matching Felt Lid
Making a wet felted vessel with a fitting lid has suddenly got much easier! In this tutorial, we will utilize a Gertie play ball and a few plastic garden pots to help you achieve success every time.
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How to Make Wet Felted Pumpkins or Lights for Halloween
Learn how to make decorative wet felted pumpkins for Halloween. These cute little pumpkins are sure to captivate their audience, especially when you turn them into lights or lamps with battery-operated tea lights.
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How to Use Paverpol Textile Hardener to Stiffen a Felted Bird Pod
A transparent Paverpol fabric hardener is used in this tutorial to create a bird pod, which (when dry) is both weatherproof and hard to the touch. Paverpol is water-based. It is also non-toxic, making it a good choice for a bird pod, which will be used outdoors and in all weather.
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How to Make a Wet Felted Flex Frame Purse or Pouch (No-Sew Method)
Flex frames are cheap, flexible, and easy to install. In this no-sew tutorial, you will learn how to make a felted pouch using wet felting techniques.
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How to Make Mini Leather Boots or Shoes
Vegetable tanned leather can be molded if you wet it. This mini pair of leather boots are a great starting point for those who want to be creative on a budget.
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How to Make Wet Felted Baby Boots With Leather Soles
How to make wet felted boots with recycled wool felt and scrap veg tanned leather pieces. The end result is an adorable pair of felt boots which can be worn inside and outside the home.
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How to Make Wet Felted Dryer Balls the Easy Way
Felt dryer balls can be made very quickly with reusable children's plastic play balls, a tumble dryer, and Merino wool. Help save the environment by eliminating dryer sheets from the planet.
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How to Make Wet-Felted Booties or Slippers With Laces
Wet-felted booties and slippers can easily be made to fit perfectly with templates made using your home printer. These cute, felted slippers feature eyelets and laces and are sure to be a real hit with friends or family.
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How to Create Templates for Wet Felted Boots & Slippers
Creating templates for wet felting can be complicated, but with this modern approach, you can get fantastic results with just a scanner and printer.
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How to Make a Cozy Wet Felted Hot Water Bottle Cover
A hot water bottle helps to provide warmth, comfort, and pain relief in times of need. The natural woolen fibers of this cozy wet felted cover will add a new dimension to the degree of comfort.
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How to Wet-Felt a Double Brimmed Top Hat
Use a Moët and Chandon top hat-shaped ice bucket to shape the top hat made in this wet-felting tutorial. The end result is as good, if not better than a hat created using an expensive vintage wooden hat block.
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How to Make a Wet-Felted Pixie Hat
This step-by-step wet-felting tutorial will guide you through all the stages of making a wet-felted pixie hat. For convenience, a PDF template has been made available for download for this fun hippy festival hat.
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How to Make a Wet-Felted Sunflower Hat for a Newborn Baby
This free wet-felting tutorial explores the idea of using cling wrap to separate the layers when creating a tiny 3D sunflower hat for a newborn child. This is the perfect hat for a photoshoot.
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How to Mend a 'Broken' Heart for Valentine's Day: Wet Felted Cushion
Wet felting is not an exact science! Sometimes, things really do go wrong. Most times, there is a solution. In this tutorial, you will learn how to needle felt the problem away.
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How to Make a Wet-Felted Heart Cushion for Valentine's Day
I created these wet-felted heart cushions as love tokens for Valentine's day. Use sweet colors like pink, purple, and lilac instead of the traditional red for this project!
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How to Make a Wet Felted Bonnet for a Newborn Baby
I used a sewing pattern for this wet felting tutorial. Its purpose is to help create a bonnet that not only looks good but also fits as well as we have come to expect from a sewn garment.
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How to Make a Wet Felted Hippy Boho Dreadlock Festival Hat
This wet felting tutorial is designed for the intermediate to advanced feltmaker. The end result should be a stunning piece of felt art to wear or use as chemo hat or simply for display.
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How to Make Wet Felted Pixie Slippers
How to make easy wet felted pixie or elf slippers using merino wool roving and wet felting techniques. This tutorial comes with details for sizing and drawing the template for all sizes.
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Free Template for Quick and Easy Wet Felted Coin Purses
Money-saving and time-saving tips are combined in this wet felting tutorial. Ideal for those who have a small business or who are interested in making beautiful items fast and for profit.
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How to Use Templates to Create 3D Wet-Felted Flowers (New Method)
This new method of making 3D wet-felted flowers is the result of many hours of experimentation. The templates shown in this tutorial can be adapted to create a variety of different flowers.
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How to Make a Baby Girl's "Nuno" Felted Circle Jacket
Learn how to Nuno felt a baby girl's circle jacket using merino wool roving and pure silk fabric. This delightful baby jacket is soft and crinkly with a lightweight texture—perfect for a newborn.
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How to Make a Wet Felted Spiral Bag
This seamless wet felted spiral bag tutorial is for the more advanced felt maker. Cost is minimal as botany waste wool is used together with washed and carded Shetland wool.
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How to Wet Felt a Hat on a Multi-Way Bell Hat Shaper
By carding with a drum carder, you can produce wonderful art batts at reduced prices. The classic drum carder makes it very easy to wash and process wool at home with stunning results.
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How to Make a Wet Felted Top Hat on a Cheap Black Plastic Party Supplies Hat
A plastic party top hat is the new alternative to buying an expensive wooden hat block or plastic hat shaper. These unisex felt hats were shaped over a plastic hat purchased from Amazon.
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How to Use a Plastic 'Hat Shaper' to Make a Wet-Felted Top Hat
Learn how to adapt a classic affordable black hat shaper to create a giant wet-felted top hat which could be worn with pride at a music festival or to a Mad Hatter's tea party.
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How to Use a Resist, Ball and Tumble Dryer to Make a Wet-Felted Handbag
This free wet-felting tutorial combines three felting techniques to create a stunning handbag which can be made in a tumble dryer. It is a quick, easy way to make a bag.
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Quick and Easy Wet Felting Purses With a Tumble Dryer
Wet felting does not have to be hard work! Learn how to make multiple items quickly with a tumble dryer where very little rubbing and no rolling are required to produce quality items very quickly.
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How to Wet Felt a Poinsettia Flower for Xmas
This step-by-step tutorial takes you through the process of making a wet-felted poinsettia. This much-loved and popular flower is more associated with Christmas than any other flower in the world.
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How to Wet-Felt an Iconic French Beret
Learn how to make a beret with this easy step-by-step wet-felting tutorial. Ring the colour changes and make a unisex beret which can be worn with or without the detachable pin.
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How to Make a Wet Felted Memorial Urn with Dog Hair
We honour the life of a soon to be departed Pet with a unique Wet Felted Pet Urn which is made from the animals own fur. Prepare for this sad day by harvesting their hair when you brush them.
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How to Make Wet Felted Boots for Children
A free template, tips, and techniques are freely shared in this wet felting tutorial. Recycled Crivit Beach shoes are used in place of shoe lasts and recycled soles are attached on completion.
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Wet-Felted Boots Master Class Tutorial
The process of making felt boots has been overcomplicated. This master class serves to demystify the whole process by providing a free template and helpful resources to enable the best end result.
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How to Wet Felt A Bentwood Chair/Seamless Upholstery
Merino Wool Roving and Pencil Roving combine to create this stunning piece of art. No sewing skills are required, only a basic knowledge of wet felting, a Bentwood Chair, and some fabulous fibers.
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How to Make Wet Felted Dreadlocks for a Chemo Hat
Wet Felted Dreads are made with Pencil Roving. They are then woven into the holes of a crochet Beanie. The dreadlock chemo hat offers a fun solution for those who are undergoing cancer treatment.
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How to Make Wet Felted Fish in a Tumble Dryer
These fabulous felt fish take Wet Felting to another level. This free step by step Tutorial guides you through the steps. Creativity has never been so easy or so as much fun with a tumble dryer.
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How to Make a 4D Wet-Felted Flower
This free felting tutorial delivers on every level. Learn how to make delicate, wispy, 4D wet-felted flowers with edging made of mohair knitting yarn. It's fun and so very easy.
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How to Make Wet-Felted Soaps Using a Tumble Dryer
Gorgeous handcrafted gifts can be made by covering soap bars with merino wool fibers. Personalize them by adding a label, and turn them into profit at craft fairs or sell them in your Etsy store.
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How to Make Wet Felted Apples in a Tumble Dryer
Wet felting in the tumble dryer is quick and easy. No rubbing and rolling by hand! Make these fun, wet felted apples in record time—a project for felt makers, especially children who want quick results without all the hard work.
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How to Make a Flapper Wedding Cap
This step-by-step tutorial is designed to help you create a unique 1920s flapper-style wedding cap. I used recycled vintage tatting, lace, fabric, and ribbons.
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How to Make a Wet Felted Pencil Holder
Follow these simple Wet Felting Tutorial and create your own handcrafted wet felted pencil holder. It makes the perfect stocking filler for Christmas or for any of those special occasions.
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How to Make Wet Felted Coin Purses (14-Step Photo Tutorial)
Waste Merino wool roving, party balloons and a tumble dryer were used to create these wet felted coin purses.
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Organic Castor Oil the Home Remedy for Many Health Problems
Organic Castor Oil is not just for Hair or Skin but can also be as a Natural Home Health Remedy for many ailments including gout and arthritis. It can be used to put life back into dry damaged hair.
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Helpful Tips and Advice for the Allotment Gardener
Recycling is taken to a new level in this A - Z of recycling when gardeners share their tips and advice on growing fruit and vegetables on an Allotment. Fresh is definitely best.
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How to Make a Decorative Concrete Bird Feeder
Learn how to make bird feeders from ready-mix cement with this guide. These bird feeders were molded using acrylic cake stands and hypertufa cement mix—and then hung with upcycled men's leather and cloth trouser belts. The use of hypertufa is a growing artform which is enjoying great popularity.
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How to Use Wool Sweaters to Line Hanging Baskets
Recycled woolen jumpers are used to create liners for pots and hanging baskets. An old sweater makes an excellent base for a planter. Follow these easy steps to create a hanging garden of your own.
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How to Make a Wet-Felted Bird Pod
This simple, easy-to-follow step-by-step felting tutorial takes a modern approach to the age-old art of making felt. A tumble dryer, a balloon and a palm sander are utilized to speed up the process.
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How to Make a Wet-Felted Cat or Kitten Cave: Free Tutorial
Balloons, a tumble dryer and a palm sander are some of the unusual tools utilized to make this delightful wet-felted cat cave. This is a step-by-step, free tutorial for the more advanced felt maker.
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Teach Every Child A Love for Reading
Teach a child to enjoy the written word is perhaps the greatest gift you can give to a child. It matters not what you teach a child to read as long as you teach that child to love the written word.
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Heaven is not really that far away / A writing challenge
On Sunday, May 22, 2011, late in the afternoon a catastrophic EF5 multiple-vortex tornado strikes Joplin, Missouri. An elderly grandfather returns to the site where he and his family once lived.
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How to Make Wet-Felted Coin and Spectacle Purses for Valentine's Day
Handcraft a wet felted coin purse with a needle/wet felted spectacle case for her on Valentine's Day. Party balloons and a tumble dryer are utilized throughout this easy step-by-step felting tutorial
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Homeless, Old and Invisible on the Streets of Downtown Olympia
Behind his humble exterior lurked a man, a human being, invisible to all around him and then he spoke and the shaky words he uttered were filled with so much love and compassion.
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How to Wet Felt a Shoulder Bag on a Ball
A shoulder bag can easily be wet felted using an inflated Gertie ball. The Woolen fibres are felted inside a tumble dryer or on a hard surface. A recycled metal purse frame completes the project.
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How to Make Tiny Polka-Dot Wet-Felted Coin Purses
Learn how to felt a tiny coin purse using polystyrene balls. Needle/wet-felting techniques are used to create the purse. Finally, a tiny arched metal frame is sewn on to add the perfect touch.
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Seeing the World Wearing Glasses
I have survived wearing glasses, contact lenses, LASIK surgery and a cataract operation. I am forever grateful to modern science. technology and the amazing people who made this possible.
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How to Make Wet-Felted Booties With Knitted Tops
Wet felting, needle felting and knitting techniques are combined in this tutorial to create a very sweet pair of booties for a child. Metal shoe lasts are used as molds on which to shape the booties.
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How to Wet Felt Beads for Use in Jewelry
Use this step-by-step felting tutorial to create wet-felted beads. Add a cheap recycled charm bracelet to the mix, and the result is a gorgeous wet-felted necklace or bracelet.
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How to Wet Felt Liquorice Allsorts for Jewellery
Felt Liquorice Allsorts can be used to make a variety of fun handcrafted Christmas Gifts such as a Bangles or Necklaces. They can be sewn together with a needle threaded with elastic.
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How to Wet Felt Xmas Tree Decorations
This free and easy Wet/Needle Felting Tutorial has been designed especially for children. Place these little bugs on the Christmas tree where they should bring a smile to lots of little faces.
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The Outdoor Privy: A Convenience or an Inconvenience?
When nature calls, men love an outdoor Privy, a place to sit and contemplate the view. Over 40,000 people in Britain still have one in their garden. In the USA California USA there are 67,865 in use
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Pottery: A Fun Activity for Children
Pottery is a fun activity for children A Shimpo Aspire Pottery Wheel makes it possible for a whole family to enjoy pottery for years to come because it is so small it can be used on a tabletop.
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How to Use a Resist Shape to Make a Wet-Felted Hat
Learn how to use a resist template to make a wet-felted hat, plus some flowers to decorate it.
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I May Have Been Born a Twin but Now I Am One of a Kind
Togetherness makes sense, especially when you are a twin but sometimes this can be taken too far. The importance of treating twins as individuals cannot be emphasized enough.
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How to Sew a Simple Jazzy Bow Tie
Finding the right fabric for a conversational accessory such as these eye catching bow ties is key to the success of this sewing project. These were used by a local jazz band for a Jazz Concert.
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A Festival of Flowers With Songs of Praise
These talented floral artists have taken inspiration from much loved or well known hymns to interpret their favorite hymns by placing them between the legends of their town, Swaffham in North Norfolk.
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How to Make Wet Felted Mice Slippers
A free Wet Felting Tutorial which offers a brand new approach to Wet Felting! Aqua Shoes become Shoe Lasts and the end result is a cute pair of Merino Wool Felt Mice Slippers for a young child.
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How to Make Wet-Felted Slippers: An Easy, Free Tutorial
A step-by-step wet-felting tutorial for beginners to advanced felt makers. These simple slippers were created using aqua shoes instead of shoe lasts. No need for expensive polystyrene shoe lasts.
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How to Make a Wet Felted Tulip
Learn how to make this 3D handcrafted felt tulip using a wire frame and a little merino wool roving. This step-by-step tutorial combines nature with felting to make it very simple to follow.
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How to Make a Wet Felted Rose
This simple step by step Wet Felting Tutorial uses merino wool fibres and sushi mat to create a whimsical felt rose in just minutes. The project is suitable for both adults and children.
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How to Make Wet Felted Slippers Using Aqua Shoes
In this tutorial, you will learn how to use inexpensive and flexible Aqua Shoes to make inexpensive wet felted slippers.
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How to Make a Wet Felted Pansy
Learn how to wet felt a 3D pansy using a wire frame. This method uses beading wire and a few merino wool fibres to create a very realistic pansy.
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How to Make Wet-Felted Slippers Using Duct Tape Shoe Lasts
This tutorial is aimed at people who find it difficult to find footwear to fit them. These duct tape shoe lasts allow you to make custom-fit felted boots.
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How to Make Felted Wool Gloves With Fingers
Make wet-felted wool gloves using kitchen dishwashing gloves as molds. This step-by-step tutorial will guide you every step of the way.
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How to Make Duct Tape Shoe Lasts for Wet-Felted Boots or Slippers
Duct tape or gaffer tape can be used very effectively to create custom-made shoe lasts on which you can make felted slippers or boots. This tutorial provides a step-by-step guide on how to make them.
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My Love Affair With a Cream Aga Stove
Modern gas or electric Aga Stoves come with the motto, ‘Total Control – On when you need it; off when you don’t’. A vintage Aga does quite the opposite of this.
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How to Bake Edible Bread Frogs With Bread Mix
Wright's Premium Bread Mix is the perfect mix to teach children how to become Creative Junior Cooks. Baking has never been easier or as much fun. Who needs Plasticine when you can bake and eat bread?
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How to Wet Felt a Hat on a Ball
Play and fun are two essential ingredients for introducing children to felting. Add a ball, some wool fibers and hot soapy water, and you have found the perfect craft project for a child.
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Exploring the Back Roads of Paris and a French Market - Marché Pyrenees
Immerse yourself with the sights, sounds and aromas of the French way of life. Visit a French market such as Marché Pyrenees in Paris - France. Getting there is so very easy, catch the Metro Train.
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Les Jardins de Maizicourt, A Beautiful French Garden.
Nestled behind the walls of an 18th-century brick and stone chateau in Picardie, is Les Jardins de Maizicourt, a beautiful 10 hectares themed garden which is sure to surprise and delight you.
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The Nokia N8 Mobile with a Carl Zeiss Lens
Mobile phones have so many applications today. Knowing what you want out of a phone is ever more important. The Nokia N8 is still ranks high up on the list of the best camera phones ever made.
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The Magical World of Butterflies and Dragonflies Seen Through a Macro Lens
Butterflies and Dragonflies come under the microscope as a photographer with a macro lens reveals some of her own observations, images and thoughts about the macro world in which she loves to inhabit
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Walking in Fields of Red Poppies in Norfolk
The poppy is still a much loved flower. It is also a symbol of remembrance for the Royal British Legion who held their first Poppy Day on the 11th November 1921.
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The Car Boot Sale – That Grand Old British Institution
One man’s junk is certainly another mans treasure! Why not up-cycle or re-cycle some of your car boot treasure to create some beautiful items of art, clothing or a few decorative items for the home
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Shopping at Tesco's on a Mobility Cart
Shopping in a supermarket with a mobility cart can be stressful. Are shoppers with disabilities being short-changed by Tesco's Supermarket because they don't provide enough wheelchairs for customers?
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How to Make a Wet Felted Gilet for a Child
Learn how to make a wet felted gilet for a child using wet felting techniques. You will learn how to trace a template using a commercial sewing pattern and use this as the basis for your design.
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Wet Felting: What to Do When Things Go Wrong
Learn how to use a needle felting tool with additional fibres to rectify problems such as thin spots during wet felting. Tips, images and techniques are shared here.
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How to Make Wet Felted Baby Booties
This step-by-step tutorial describes how to wet felt an adorable pair of baby booties using merino wool fibers. A free template pattern and tips are included for those new to wet felting.
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Objet d'art in The Home or Garden!
A Garden instantly becomes an extension of our home, especially when plants and object d'art are carefully selected to enhance it's beauty. Here are some unusual ways to add interest to your garden.
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How To Use An Electric Sander To Wet Felt A 3D Flower
This short video Tutorial demonstrates how to make a 3D Felt Flower with an Electric Sander. It comes with a safety warning! Please always use a 'Ground Fault Adapter 'when working near water.
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Graffiti - Art from the Streets
This Hub explores the idea of how pupils could be taught Graffiti Art as a High School subject . It would also be used to team build and teach pupils how to paint responsibly in the environment.
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Wet Felting for Kids With Jiffy Bags
This fun creative project has been devised to teach children the basics of wet felting. Step-by-step instructions and techniques are explained and utilized to create a small felt mat for Mother's Day.
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How to Wet Felt a Mobile Phone Pouch
Learn how to make a simple mobile phone pouch. Wet felting techniques and a template guide are included in this free tutorial.
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How to Wet Felt a Bird Pod
This free wet felting tutorial makes use of a balloon, a tumble dryer, and Merino Wool Roving to produce a delightful bird Pod for display or use in your home or garden.
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How to Turn Your Photographs Into Fine Art Masterpieces.
These days it is possible to commission a photo so that it can be turned into an Original Oil Fine Art Masterpiece. You can have it hanging from the walls of your home or office in just seven days.
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Black & White Photography & Men with Beards!
An image of a man with a beard and more especially one who is photographed in black and white never fails to excite me, so what causes this excitement?
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How to Wet Felt Over a Vase
Learn how to transform a plain tall vase with these simple step-by-step wet-felting instructions. It is guaranteed to become a talking point when it changes into a stunning piece of decorative art.
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Children do say the funniest things!
Sometimes children say the most delightful things. The trick is remembering them - best to write them down before you forget them.
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The Benefits of Using Castor Oil and Flax Oil for Dry Eyes
Dry eyes can be caused by a combination of things. Left untreated, this can sometimes cause complications, such as scarring of the cornea. Castor oil and flax oil can help to reduce these symptoms.
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How to Make an Easy 3D Wet Felted Flower
The short tutorial below describes how to make a 3D wet felted flower using merino wool roving or wool tops. This large, spikey felt flower can be added to a garment or hat.
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Are Automatic Dog Washing Machines here to stay?
Is the Automated Dog Washing Machine set to become a feature of our lives and if so what will the Dogs and their Owners make of it? A tongue and cheek look at Automated Dog Washing Machines.
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Why Do People Dress Their Dogs in Clothing?
This tongue in cheek article looks at why people dress their dogs up like children. What fashion statement will your dog be making this season? Do the items they wear say more about you or your dog?
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How to Make Wet-Felted Soap
Learn how to wet-felt a bar of soap and transform it into an object of real beauty. Not only will it last longer, but it can also be used as a scrubber!
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Learn Photography From Your Local Experts
Nature, landscape, portrait, macro or product photography skills can all be learned at a local club where many experienced photographers will be willing to share their knowledge with newbies.
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How to Make a Wet Felted Flower/A Free Tutorial
Learn how to make a simple yet beautiful 3 D Wet Felted flower with Merino Wool Roving. This very easy Step by Step image tutorial makes it so easy that even a child could be taught to do make one.
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An Extract from the Diary of a Lady Piano Shifter
With every Piano - there comes a story. This one is told from the perspective of a lady piano mover who shares her often humorous experience of moving pianos from one part of the country to another.
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Make a Felt Hat Using Wet Felting, Needle Felting & Hat-on-a-Ball Techniques
Needle felted/wet felted and hat on a ball felting techniques are combined in this free step-by-step tutorial to create a delightful felt hat. A tumble dryer is used to speed up the felting process.
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Are Charity Shops Too Greedy?
Are charity shops doing enough to ensure that the people who need them most as getting a bargain? Why have escalated so much that sometimes shoppers no longer feel that this is so?
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Dealing With Loss/Death or Divorce
Can the loss suffered by a person when someone dies be compared to divorce? Will the pain and sense of loss after a death or divorce lead one to a life filled with hope and a brighter future?
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Macro Photography Tips: Study the Field Before You Shoot
Practicing macro photography? Here's what you need to know. Observing your subject is key to successful insect photography.
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E-Bay Tips for Sellers and Buyers
Become a seller on e-bay. E-bay is not just a buying and selling experience. It can be a means to self employment and a way to learn computer skills along with writing and photography skills
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Macro Magic With a Sigma 105mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM Lens
A macro lens can reveal the wonderful world of little creatures such as dragonflies and ladybugs! Here's what you need to know.
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How to Wet Felt a Bird Pod With Wool: Free Tutorial
This simple, step-by-step, free wet-felting tutorial utilizes a tumble dryer, a balloon, a bubble-wrap template and some beautiful, brightly colored merino wool roving to create this stunning bird pod.