Carolyn's Blue Morph Butterfly

Carolyn made a butterfly for her 2nd grade teacher as an end of the year present.  She looked at pictures of the Blue Morph butterfly on the internet and recreated her interpretation of the butterfly. She needle felted the body and wet felted the wings. I then sewed a barrel clasp into the back so her teacher could wear it or even pin it to a curtain in her house.  I also sewed two seed beads for eyes and, believe it or not, a black plastic broom straw for antennae. Her teacher was so touched by the gift that she cried.  Mrs. White, her teacher, loves butterflies and her favorite color is blue so this was indeed the perfect gift.  A week into summer vacation we go to the mailbox to find a thank you card from her teacher.  Carolyn just beamed!

Carolyn's Baltimore Oriole Sculpture

The Baltimore Oriole is a small bird found in North America whose colors resemble the Coat of Arms of Lord Baltimore, hence its name. It lives in trees and shrubs, and eats insects, berries, and nectar.

This sculpture was made by Carolyn  using a process called needle felting. Needle felting is the process of poking a 3 inch barbed needle in and out thousands of times into clean, dyed, unspun wool. The wool is compacted and shaped until it resembles the vision of the bird in her head. It takes many hours to finish a needle felted wool sculpture. In fact Carolyn worked on this one for a week! I am always amazed by the dedication she has for working with wool.  Way to go honey!

The sculpture measures 5.5 inches from beak to tail, 2.25 inches tall, and 3.5 inches from wing to wing.  She has it for sale in our Etsy store. http://www.etsy.com/shop/KioMade?ref=seller_info 

The money she earns from selling her wool items goes towards taking care of her chickens, angora rabbits, and leasing a horse called Sparky.