where do you get the balls?

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27337301.post-72672964586165222902008-03-11T13:00:00.006-04:002008-04-13T17:33:07.223-04:00where do you get the balls?Yup, a question I get asked all the time. :) Where do I get those felt balls? My favorite little accent for so many of my projects... <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_B4cqIWkgkGw/R9a60ZByBSI/AAAAAAAAAro/z8YiMQrlw6g/s1600-h/feltballs2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_B4cqIWkgkGw/R9a60ZByBSI/AAAAAAAAAro/z8YiMQrlw6g/s400/feltballs2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5176530230943286562" border="0" /></a>Many <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1600610072?tag=betwhifelwooa-20&camp=14573&creative=327641&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=1600610072&adid=0Y4CV6WESYVGQATFRQ52&">Warm Fuzzies</a> readers have written to me asking where are the directions in my book for making felt balls. Well, there aren't any directions in the book for making them . There are several reasons for this (space is one...) but that main reason is that I <a href="http://store.ornamentea.com/merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=SFNT&Store_Code=bedizen&AFFIL=05c61m41">BUY</a> all of the felt balls I use. (And I do list <a href="http://store.ornamentea.com/merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=SFNT&Store_Code=bedizen&AFFIL=05c61m41">where to buy</a> them in the Resources on page 126. ) Lots of people make felt balls, and it is fairly easy to do. But when you use as many as I do, buying them makes sense. If you want to try your hand at making them, there are a few tutorials floating around on the internet, one of them from <a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/felt-balls">Martha</a>. There are also several etsy shops that sell felt balls and other felt goods. I thought I'd share a few of them with you. I have not personally purchased anything from these sellers, but I like to promote fellow etsians whenever I can! <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5326382&section_id=5264333">Bigfish</a> has felt beads and other felting accessories <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5179">MaryJanesAttic</a> has roving (for making your own) and other felting supplies <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5439713">FeltCraftStudio </a>has wool felt sheets - great for appliques <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5312120">BloomingFelt</a> has felt balls <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5621743">HandBEHG </a>has felt balls It appears that stock comes and goes pretty fast, but if you check back or do a "item" search on <a href="http://www.etsy.com/index.php">etsy.com</a> for "felt balls" or "felt beads" you will most likely find some! <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_B4cqIWkgkGw/R9a6z5ByBRI/AAAAAAAAArg/dgcVWnoBNWI/s1600-h/feltballs1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_B4cqIWkgkGw/R9a6z5ByBRI/AAAAAAAAArg/dgcVWnoBNWI/s400/feltballs1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5176530222353351954" border="0" /></a>By the way, if you get a crazy notion to do a little photoshoot with felt balls, watch out! They scatter all over the place if you're not careful. I wasn't careful. I bailed on my styled shot and just went for the crazy-felt-ball-explosion shot! ***P.S. Just updated <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=42819">MY etsy shop</a> yesterday with a fresh batch of <a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=10136742">cuppy's</a>!*** ***P.P.S Just added <a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=10212239">felted wool scrap bags</a> to the shop too!***Betz Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07462296992185760050noreply@blogger.com