Blog Giveaway Winner!

Thank you all so much for your kind comments and encouragement and for joining me in this celebration. You have made blogging a joy and have touched me with your warmth and friendship. I appreciate each and every comment and am greatly inspired by all of your lovely artwork and creative blogs.

The winner of this blog giveaway is: Ginny Ciszek.
Congratulations, Ginny!!

100th Post Give-Away Celebration !

Time to celebrate!

It's my 100th Post on MudBay Musings! Thank you all for your support during the past year-plus... it's been an amazing journey!

In celebration, I've gathered up some of my favorite goodies for a 100th Post Giveaway:

• brass wings in two different styles
• brass nest charms
• little brass hummingbird with a removable wing
• brass frames
• brass kingfisher and flycatcher
• large handpainted metal nest
• 1" badge buttons with one of my favorite antique images
• vintage honey mother-of-pearl buttons
• brass crowns and Victorian lady ornament
• vintage W.German (1950s) glass pink oval stones
• vintage Italian (1960s) chartreuse beaded knots
• a tin containing three vintage pearl "eggs" in a Cotswold curly-locks nest
• birdcage gift tags
• piece of printed egg fabric

To enter / have a chance of winning my 100th Post Give-Away, all you need to do is leave a comment to this post between now and midnight Wednesday, November 25th (midnight Pacific Time in the USA)! On November 26th, a name will be randomly chosen and I'll announce the winner! Bloggers outside the USA are welcome!

Thanks for stopping by my blog and for joining with me in my celebration!

Needlefelt - MiniBags

...And, even MORE fun with needlefelting! Mom created these two cute bags for our Mixed-Media Market last week. This has become one of our very favorite things to do - there is something quite magical about seeing the transformation of fabrics and fibers as they are meshed together.

More Fun With Needlefelt

More fun with needlefelting, preparing for the Mixed-Media Market on Saturday!

Needlefelt - Seaform Studies

My mother and I have a wonderful partnership - I provide her with coordinating stacks of fabric and fiber, and she makes magic happen with her embellisher (needlefelting machine). The felted pieces then return to me for beading. Boy, do we have fun!

Shades of Autumn

Although a departure from the maples' brilliant red and orange Autumn hues, these capital pear leaves are just as intriguing. I love this time of year, never tiring of the childhood pastime of collecting leaves.

We are so fortunate now to have access to technology that enables us to digitally preserve these treasures of nature. These beauties will be finding their way into a fabric collage soon...

ATCs

The fairy image in these two ATCs is from one of my favorite antique cabinet cards; the teal wings are available for download here. Backgrounds for these two cards are reduced collages.

The scarab image is from my collection of personally handcarved stamps.

Good Fortunes

Two of my favorite fortune cookie fortunes!

ATCs Gone Bad

Sometimes, you just have to be a little silly! Cow Pi was my very first ATC years ago; I'll always have a soft spot in my heart for Elsie. Poor Marnie and Collette were the result of a late-night crafting session for a "What Not to Wear" swap. You have to admire them; if you're going to dress unusually, do it boldly!

Purple Palette

Although the felted piece was created before seeing these beautiful cabbage bouquets at Pike Place Market in Seattle, it's remarkable to me how similar the colors are.

My mother whipped up this felted piece using bits of cotton batik, wool roving, velvet, silk, dyed ribbon and various fibers. She first machine needle-felted the fabric pieces onto a felt base, then machine stitched over all of the fabrics to permanently tack them down. Lastly, various fibers were added using decorative threads.