Love, Mrs Plop: May 2013

Monday, 27 May 2013

Some useful needle felting tutorial links

A collection of links to tutorials that will help you to create needle felted animals. Enjoy :) Love, Mrs Plop x

Bears
Needle felting tutorials by Beth Stone A series of great video tutorials - needle felting a bear.

Bees
Needle Felted Bees - A great beginners tutorial by Dionne Nickel

Penguin

How to make a needle felted penguin by Martha Stewart

Felt Textures
Eyes Of Time Blog Practicing Fuzzy Texture Surfaces on Needle Felt Animals

Dogs
Needle Felted Dogs Tutorial by Edwina Sutherland
How to make a cartoon felted dog by The Etsy Russian Team

Chicks
Needle felted chick in a bunny bonnet by Living Felt

Misc
Online Feltmaking Courses by Birgitte Krag Hansen
*The courses are in English

Friday, 24 May 2013

Gladys Mouse Has A Blue Rinse

"Ooh me hair" said Gladys Mouse. "I can't do a bloomin thing with it"
So I took her to the hairdresser.
"What are we doing for you today Gladys?" Said the hairdresser.
"I'd like a blue rinse and a perm please"
Shhhhh don't tell Gladys but I think the hairdresser overdid the blue a bit!

When I was 14, I had pink hair. My nan was appalled and embarrassed by my hair and told all her friends she didn't know who I was. Strange coming from a woman who had a purple rinse!

Monday, 20 May 2013

A History in Love Letters #1

This post is a bit off-topic, but I went to the local car boot sale yesterday and found this gorgeous embroidered post card from a man to his wife.

It's so beautifully made, intricate and so much work has gone into it. It's dated December 13th 1916, obviously from a soldier to his wife.

The writing is hard to read but it says this: My dear wife, Just a few lines hoping you are still mine. With love, Will.
How lovely is that?! I really hope she was still his!

Although I've never been much of a collector, I'm going to be collecting these vintage love postcards and letters from different eras and I will post them here x