I haven't written a post in a while. It seems I always start my blog with the same line lately, life has been so busy! It's good busy though, I think I have been quite productive lately and trying to get back to doing more creative things. I still need to work in evenings or weekends, but I make sure to take one day fully off and do fun stuff to de-stress.
Talking about creative things, I recently started needle felting and I'm SO hooked! This is how it started - I have always dreamed to have a little Etsy store with my designs and printed out two products - a bag and a mug - with the bee design (which I gifted to my favorite people). I was looking for some fluffy bumblebees to hang from the bag and thought why not I try making them by myself? So, I ordered a starter kit two weeks ago and since then I can't stop making cute wooly creatures! I also started my Etsy store, NushStudio to give myself a push to create more and share my love with others - https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/NushStudio
Here are some of the things I have made so far - Henry the hedgehog, bees, mushrooms, Pacman and ghosts.
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| Henry |
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| Pacman and ghosts |
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| Bumblebees |
If you never heard of needle felting before (I didn't when I started), it's like making scultures with wool. There are special needles for felting that have barbs. All you have to do is keep poking the wool with needles and it starts attaching the fibers to give the wool ball a shape. There are many cool tutorials and books on needle felting. I think it started in Japan, like most cute things do, and most popular books are by Japanese authors. I bought the book Cute Needle Felted Animals by Sachiko Susa.
I do recommend starting with simpler objects like mushroom before going into animals or more complex structures. I have only started to learn making animals (Henry is the first one) and got so many projects on my list! I will keep posting more of my creations as I make them. I do recommend giving it a go if you're looking for a fun hobby :)
