CHRISTMAS!!!

I know that Halloween JUST ended, but I LOVE the Christmas season and started preparing!! I have needle felted a couple decorations for around your house. Like, the traditional Gingerbread Man...only this time it looks like someone got hold of him and took a tasty bite!

Also, I have needle felted mistletoe's which are just beautiful and elegant. Perfect for scoring those Christmas kisses.


Come to MY ETSY SHOP or MY ARTFIRE SHOP to see what's available!!
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I know I have a few followers here at 'i heart arts', but I feel like keeping up with 2 blogs is a little much. So, I think I will stop posting here after the holidays. Please come to my other blog where there's much more then JUST crafts.
http://www.heatherbays.blogspot.com/
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Etch A Sketch

I needle felted a mini Etch A Sketch. It's so cute. It could be a necklace, keychain, cell phone charm, or a brooch. I also love that it's the perfect size for my Blythe doll. So if you are in to Blythe or Barbies (or any other doll about the same size) it makes a great prop too.

Come check out my store to see what is available!
www.heatherbays.etsy.com
I also do custom projects. So if you have an idea that you want crafted...just take a look at what I do by snooping around on this blog or coming to my FACEBOOK FAN PAGE and I can probably help you out!! Just email me.
heatherbays@gmail.com

Cutest Wedding Cake Topper!

I just made this adorable wedding cake topper for a couple on Etsy who are getting married next winter. A crab with a fargo hat holding a heart sign on a wooden stick sitting on a turtle wearing a touque with a pom-pom! I am so in love with it. The little touques are too much, they make me melt, and the little heart sign, man oh man. This will be one great wedding cake. You can feel the love!!




If you would like me (Heather Bays) to make you a custom cake topper, please email me at heatherbays@gmail.com OR come to etsy and see my custom cake topper listing for weddings, birthdays, anniversaries, showers, or a cake for any old day!

Delicious Red Apples in a Fruit Salad.

Apples are a popular needle felted item! People use them for jewelry, phone charms, keychains, brooches and to add to projects of their very own!

In fact, fruit in general is pretty popular! If you look through my "sold" items in my shop, you'll see I've sold many fruit related items such as, watermelon earrings, banana necklaces, pear keychains, and apples. Check out my shop at www.heatherbays.etsy.com for other fruit related items or contact me (Heather Bays) and I can make you your favourite fruit for whatever you want!

Who's Going Bananas!!

There is this band called 'Pigeon Horse Sex Tennis' from Amsterdam and Rick from the band wears a needle felted banana necklace on stage! I (Heather Bays) have made 3 for him in the last 6 months.



Here is a song by them:
'Bottle of Wine - Pigeon Horse Sex Tennis'
They also have a fan page on facebook!

If you want a felted fruit of your very own as a necklace, brooch, keychain or phone charm, I can make you any fruit! Like say a Raspeberry?

Winnipeg Craft Sale!!

The World Artisans Village Inc. is a local not for profit organization showcasing artists and crafters – they’re looking to raise funds to run a more permanent venue for new Canadian, aboriginal and local artisans and crafters to showcase and sell their work. On Saturday, June 26^th and June 27^th, 2010 from 11:00 a.m till 7:30 p.m they will be hosting an artisan and craft show in the Chief Pequis Pavillion at Kildonan Park in Winnipeg. Here is a MAP of the park! It's at the Pavillion with a parking lot in the front!

Heather Bays will be there with her needle felted goodies like wedding cake toppers, severed head cat toys, soft sculptures, baby mobiles, eco-friendly baby rattles, aprons, hair pieces, photographs, photo pendants and other jewelry!! So come down, bring a picnic because Kildonan Park is a great place for a picnic!!

If you can't make it, I do have my online store too:
www.heatherbays.etsy.com

And please become a fan on Facebook for the latest info and new items!!

Necklaces.

Needle felted necklaces are made with 100% wool by Heather Bays. I can also construct them into keychains for your keys or cell phones if you prefer.

Cherry necklace.

Cupcake friendship necklaces.

Available in my store: www.heatherbays.etsy.com

Custom Made Cake Toppers.

People have contacted me on numerous occasions to make them a cake topper so their wedding cakes, birthday cakes or anniversary cakes are more personalized. They make beautiful display art too so you can keep them forever! The photo below has some examples of ones that I have done. They are needle felted all by hand with 100% wool.

Needle felting is when you take loose roving wool and stab it repetitively hundreds if not thousands of time with a barbed needle so it gets denser and denser to sculpt it. You can literally make ANYTHING with wool.
Check out my online store to see what's available.
www.heatherbays.etsy.com

Please contact me, Heather Bays at heatherbays@gmail.com if you would like a custom made cake topper, you can have anything your heart desires.

Blythe and Her Pet Bread and Butterfly.

Needle felted Bread and Butterfly (from Alice in Wonderland) in a vintage style birdcage, made with 100% wool by Heather Bays.


It would look beautiful in a childs bedroom, or any room for that matter. You could also add it to a project of your very own. This adorable ornament is also the perfect size for Blythe dolls and Barbies!!


The Bread and Butterfly in the vintage birdcage is available in my etsy store along with prints of the Blythe doll pictures.
www.heatherbays.etsy.com

Green Owls In Love.

These vintage style green owls are needle felted by Heather Bays with 100% wool. I was inspired to make these because I have a thing for salt and pepper shakers and a friend of mine bought be a set of green owls that are obviously in love, so I recreated them with wool. ADORABLE!

Perfect for the top of a wedding cake or anniversary cake or a birthday cake for a couple and you can keep it forever and put on display at your home because they're so cute. Infact, you don't necessarily have to use them for a cake topper at all! Great for a Christmas ornament, pin cushions, display art, or to add to a project of your very own!

They are available in my Etsy shop,
www.heatherbays.etsy.com

Bows & Bow Ties

These bows needle felted by Heather Bays. They have 2 inch french clips on the back. You can wear them at any age, they really complete any outfit! Perfect for a casual day or something as big as a wedding day!

I can also put a pin on the back instead of a french clip (just like the black and white bow below) so you can pin it on a shirt as a bow tie, or pin it on a bag, or nylon headband. If you want a keychain, I can add that instead of the pin or clip, the options are endless!

Available at my online shop!
www.heatherbays.etsy.com

Retro Television - no signal

Needle felted retro television is made with 100% wool by Heather Bays. This little tv is perfect for Blythe dolls or Barbie dolls!

Available in my store: www.heatherbays.etsy.com

Elephant.

So, I am back to work and I have reopened my store!
www.heatherbays.etsy.com
My first project is an elephant, how appropriate!




Thanks to those of you who followed my travels through India at www.heatherbays.blogspot.com. I will start working on the 12,000 photos soon and will post photos as often as I can.

Retro Toaster and Toast with Heart-Shaped Jam.

Needle felted retro toaster and two pieces of toast with heart-shaped jam is made with 100% wool by Heather Bays. This little set is perfect for Blythe dolls or Barbie dolls! I can also construct it into a toaster necklace with dangling toast earrings, or a hanging ornament to display anywhere!


Available in my store: www.heatherbays.etsy.com

Severed Heads.

Help your house cat feel like a cat again!



Needle felted severed heads are made with 100% wool, by Heather Bays.

Their centers are filled with lots of catnip which has also been worked into the wool so as your cat plays with it, the catnip gets stronger.
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=35694383

And Another CRAFT SALE!!!

This one is being held on Saturday, November 14, 2009 from 10:00am to 4:00pm at Bord-Aire Community Club, 471 Hampton Street. Hopefully we'll see you there!!


If you can't make it, you can always find us online too at our individual Etsy stores:
Heather Bays - www.heatherbays.etsy.com
Meghan Flett - www.iheartarts.etsy.com
Lisa King - www.lisakingcraftswoman.etsy.com

Cake Toppers!

The sculpture of doves are in a copper wire nest together on a bed of grey wool and one of the doves has it's wing around the other. Very sweet and a perfect symbolization for a wedding cake. They are 4" wide and just under 4.5" long. They are needle felted with 100% wool, by Heather Bays.




These adorable owls are needle felted with 100% wool, by Heather Bays and stand on there copper wire legs. The grey owl is 4" tall and the white owl is just over 3.5" tall. The bride has a veil with a pink rose and the groom is wearing a tie with a pink rose.




These are custom made orders, but do want one of your own? Just email me:
heatherbays@gmail.com
Check out my online shop at Etsy,
http://www.heatherbays.etsy.com!