Karen Tessandore

  • From fluff to square

    I was pretty happy with how this little "gift box" came out.   I wasn’t sure it would be possible to make corners out of wool roving, but it worked!  Expect to see a lot more of these – hopefully posted on my poor, neglected shop very soon.  After the holiday break, it feels good to

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  • eek -a mouse!

    He came out looking more like a Rat – which was ok since we just watched & loved Ratatouille!

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  • Snowpeople

    This was my second needle felting project.  I thought about giving them faces, hats, arms…but I decided that I like them kind of basic like this.  They’re about 4" tall. 

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  • Taking a stab at a tree…

    I may have been drawn into Needle Felting as much by the beautiful raw materials as I was by the oh-so-cute finished products.  The wool roving, or "fluff" as I like to call it, comes in every luscious color you can imagine.  Aside from the Fluff, all you need is a few specially barbed needles

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  • Here we go!

    The first of many…*drum roll please*…Needle Felted things!  After weeks of having to keep it a secret I can start to debut all the fun projects I’ve been squirreling away.  Needle felting rocks!  I’ll have to catch up on my photography tomorrow so I can show the materials and steps.  But trust me, you’ll want to

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  • Warm and Merry Christmas Eve!

    I'm not quite back yet officially, but wanted to share this little story by John Henry Falk.  You can read the story on this page, but it's so much better to hit the "listen now" button and enjoy! Ok, as long as I'm here I might as well show you the felted stocking I made:

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  • Unexcused Absence

    Sorry about the drop out!  I should have realized that as Christmas gets closer, it would be harder to keep up with the posting every day.  Partially, as I mentioned earlier, because some of the things I’m working on will be presents and I don’t want to ruin the surprise.  So – I’m officially now

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  • Bears! Oh My!

    Ok, it’s just one bear and it’s a cookie.

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  • Butter & Sugar

    The basics of any good cookie!  I’m only making the dough tonight.  Tomorrow, I bake up a huge batch of sugar cookies to decorate with friends. I also wanted to share this great resource: The Switchboards is a non-profit organization founded in March 2004 to support and publicize creative women in business through the use

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  • The lesser-known December holiday

    No, it’s not "Festivus".  Today is my friend’s birthday!  Although she would prefer nobody know that.  So I won’t name names. But I didn’t want to let the day slip by without notice. 

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