Poetry: Beautiful Felt Art

As some of you may have seen, I won a 40 word flash contest hosted by Alison Wells (@alisonwells) that she held for her 40th Birthday. It was a fun contest with many great entries. You can see all the winners at Alison’s blog – THE FORTY WORD – Winners.

Celebrating Alison’s birthday and having fun writing were enough of a good time, but Alison took it further by offering a prize to the winner.  It was a beautiful handcrafted wool felt journal cover (with journal included) made by her sister, Sharon Wells, who is an artist.  I was blown away by the beautiful work of art I received in the mail all the way from Ireland.

I have take some photos to share with you.  You can see how detailed, textured and pretty it is. My photo doesn’t begin to capture the vibrant colors and sparkling details woven together, or the sumptuous softness and texture.

Thank you so much – Alison and Sharon! I greatly appreciate this journal and keep it in a safe place away from kids and pets. Each time I pull it out I smile and remember your kindness, and I enjoy the beautiful art you have so graciously sent to me.

I highly recommend Sharon’s beautiful artistry and hope you will consider supporting her work. Her journal covers make great gifts for writers! Please visit her website and see her beautiful scarves and bags, too. She can design something just for you. You can find more of Sharon’s creations at:

Website – Feltcreative (there is also a link on Alison’s blogroll so you can access it anytime-just go to her sidebar to Feltcreative) Sharon’s work is sold on Etsy, including the journals.

To contact Sharon directly with any questions, comments or requests at:

sharonwells@eircom.net

And, congratulations to Sharon on the birth of her son, Robert, last week!


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6 responses to “Poetry: Beautiful Felt Art”

  1. Congratulations Anne! You have just been on fire lately. Thanks so much for posting the photos of the journal. I’m sure you know I absolutely love it and will definitely be visiting Sharon’s site – I would hint to the hubby that I need a gift, but it’s easier to just buy it myself. 🙂
    FYI – I posted a blog on TLoaWWM about artists living with chronic illness, and included a link to your site: http://writingwonder.wordpress.com/2010/03/18/artists-living-with-chronic-illness/

    I’m sorry I’m so far behind in keeping in touch with everyone. Working on that novel is taking so much time and energy. I hope it doesn’t do me in! I hope you’re doing well and feeling good too!

  2. Congrats on the win, Anne. What a beautiful prize.

  3. Hi everyone, and thank you all, especially Anne for your lovely comments about my Journal cover. I really enjoyed making it and tried to create something extra special. I have a website as Anne said called http://www.feltcreative.ie which shows samples of lots of scarves, bags and other bits and pieces I have made over the years. But my blog is more up to date and has a direct link to an etsy page (http://www.etsy.com/shop/feltcreative) if anyone wants to order a similar journal cover. Also, if anyone is interested in different crafts keep an eye on the site as we have a craft group which does a different craft every month and I will be posting photos and instructions. http://www.sharonwells.wordpress.com

    Thanks again for the lovely comments,
    Sharon

  4. Thank you Anne for your wonderful words on the journal. There is certainly a lot of work and love put into it and having received a similar cover for a christmas present, I know you will get lots of pleasure from it.

  5. Wow – beautiful! Very talented lady indeed.

  6. Wow! What an awesome journal cover. Thanks so much for sharing, I’ll have to get myself over there and have a look. Congrats on winning BTW. 🙂

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