EarthDay Giveaway!!

Just wanted to let everybody know that I have been included in an awesome Earthday "Love Your Mother" Giveaway that is being hosted on the Monster Bites blog today!!! My little Eco-Friendly Globe Needle-Felting Kit is included among a short list of amazing handmade items that are featured today in celebration of Mothers & The Great Mother Earth!!!

These are just a few of the items that are included in the Giveaway Today!!! Be sure to click & enter to win!!! And Thank You to Monster Bites for thinking of me & including my Kit in their awesome post today!!!

*Items include:

FeltedChicken - Eco-Friendly Needle Felting Kit
Odelea - Earth Gift Cards
Green Eyed Monster - Reusable Tote Bag

AND THE WINNERS ARE....

Yep, that's right!! WINNERS!!! (randomly picked by using Random.org)


GINNY from The Mom 2 Dancers Blog

AND

Nicole (or) k_towngrl823

**So GINNY & Nicole, I need you to email me at FeltedChicken@live.com -

(actually just Ginny cause my stupid computer won't allow me to open your email link from your blogger profile) with your Choice of Cupcake Color!!! I know Nicole likes the Blue one, but need both your addresses & Ginny's color choice! The sooner you email me, the sooner I can get your cupcakes in the mail!!!)


YEA!!! I decided to give away 2 Felted Cupcakes because I was so humbled and excited by how much interest there was in my little GiveAway!! Thank You to everyone that entered.... and don't worry, I will try to keep you all reading with some awesome posts I have planned for the near future!! PLUS, I think I will do another GiveAway soon!!


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Plus just wanted to share a few Featured FeltedChicken links!! This week was great for seeing all the links & posts Featuring my little Felted Creations (many thanx to you guys!)

First Etsy Storque Feature!! - Top 10 Tax Time Tips From Outright
Featuring my Felted "Burning Dollar" Plush!

Featured on Dabbled Blog - Fabulous Felted Snake
With pictures of the Black Mamba

Picture on Dude Craft Blog - DudeCraft Flickr Pool Roundup
Including the picture of Black Mamba biting my hand

In 2 Etsy Treasuries! - California Dreamz, & QUE Cute
The Treasuries include a Felted California Set & Gut-Zilla!

Thanks to all the links & views this weeks!! I promise to keep working hard! Am just now building the wooden Mechanical Parts (ran into some trouble) for the Koi & Frog, got some more Sweet Treats in the works, and a new crazy, rock'n idea that I might start today!!!

LAST DAY TO ENTER!!!

Yep, you've got less than 16 hours to Enter to win one of these Super Cute Felted Cupcakes with a Cherry on Top!!!




Thank You to everyone who has entered so far!! So many new friends!

I will be announcing the winner tomorrow morning!

Just to remind you how you can enter....

1. Follow my Blog! - Then comment on THIS post - Feb 1, 2010 - "Blog Giveaway #1"
2. Blog about this Giveaway - Then comment with the link on THIS post.
3. Tweet my Giveaway - Then link to your Twitter Account here so I can find & follow you!
4. Become a Fan on FaceBook - Then remind me on THIS post.


ENTER HERE!!!

Filming Commercials is Hard Work!!

I'm still tired after my long day of work on Thursday!! Got to work with my brother on filming a commercial for his company, and learned alot about setting up lights, cameras, and green-screens. It was a ton of fun, got to hang out with my brother for a couple hours, and got to meet Kobe Bryant! He was the star of the commercial! He's super nice & he is who I made the Felted Snake for!! his nickname is the Black Mamba & he was really excited & loved the snake!!

Here are a couple pictures of the action from Thursday....




















Here are also a few nice pictures of the Black Mamba....






DON'T FORGET.....

Tomorrow is your last day to Enter the FELTED CUPCAKE GIVEAWAY!!! I'm going to check out the links right now!! So many awesome people have taken the time to comment & so many nice comments!!!

TOMORROW NIGHT AT MIDNIGHT....
THEN ANNOUNCEMENT ON MONDAY!!!!!

Snakes & Cupcakes are No Joke

Today's post is full of in-process PICTURES!!! YEA!!! So to start it off here are a couple of pictures to prove that I am super serious about CupCakes!!! Here are a couple of working photos of the new slew of Cupcakes & Cherries that I'm finishing up!












Don't forget...
Enter to Win your very own Felted Cupcake Here!!!!
Still got plenty of time to enter, getting off to a great start!!


And also included in this Picture Post today is a series of Photos that show the Airbrush Painting process from my newest Felted Sculpture!! It's a custom piece that I did for my brother (actually it's the first "celebrity" piece I've done, and hopefully will have picts of said celebrity and the snake in a couple days!) He's a Black Mamba Snake!!! Very cool, the snake is kinda boring, but had fun doing all the shading & painting!!



















Here is the snake all plain & white needle-felted Romney Wool. 99% of all the sculpting was done before I started to paint him. So, got the airbrush out & mixed the watery acrylics & was ready to go!




















Started with a yellowish base color all over the snake. Wanted to have the under color to be warm instead of white.




















Dark brown was next. This is the start of the dark shading & super dark body color on the top. You can see how I started to shade the top scales while trying to leave the lighter space in between.




















BLACK BLACK!! Yea, He's starting to come to life!! This is the first of many, many layers of Black color for the body & even more shading.




















After many layers of black, he's almost done!! I like how his scales turned out with the lighter lines between the diamond shapes. I was trying to make him pretty realistic (well, a little general, but has all the details. I've been trying really hard to work on adding uber detail cause many of my favorite felting artists are those that make tiny super fine detailed sculptures! So Jealous!)




















So here he is!! Added a few details on his face to help make it pop. He turned out pretty cool, wish the subject was a bit more colorful, but hey, this is what the Black Mamba looks like, so whatcha gonna do?







This is his done & shaded under belly!! Like the ridges!

Don't forget about the BLOG GIVEAWAY!!!

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Blog Givaway #1

YEP, THAT'S RIGHT!!! FeltedChicken is hosting it's first ever Blog GiveAway!!!! You could win your very own FREE Super Sweet Felted CupCake, just in time for Valentine's Day!!! I'm making lots of new Felted CupCakes w/ Cherries on Top for the Pink Parlour Festival as we speak, so I have a ton of new colors!! If you are the lucky winner you get your choice of color!!


















What Do I Win?

You win 1) Super Cute Felted Cupcake! Your choice of color: Red, Orange, Yellow, Lt Green, Blue-Green, Blue, Purple, Black, or Tan!! So many to choose from!!


How Do I Enter?**

Easy!! Just do one of these easy this! You CAN enter multiple times!!

1. Follow my Blog! - Then comment on THIS post - Feb 1, 2010 - "Blog Giveaway #1"
2. Blog about this Giveaway - Then comment with the link on THIS post.
3. Tweet my Giveaway - Then link to your Twitter Account here so I can find & follow you!
4. Become a Fan on FaceBook - Then remind me on THIS post.


Who Will Win?

It's very important that you leave a comment on THIS post for ever Entry because I will number each comment & choose a random number using RANDOM.ORG. So if you want many entries, do one of the 4 things & comment for each one!!!


When Will it End?

The chance to enter the contest will end on Sunday February 7th at Midnight!! I will pick the random winner on Monday morning & post the winner!!!

















**I've always wanted to type out some "Small Print". Don't know if anyone will actually read this, but I think its funny!! Blah, Blah. There isn't anything to disqualify you from entering, I think.... You can be a friend, family, or stranger. The Felted Cupcakes are really cute! And depending on how this giveaway goes, I might do another. That's why it's titled "Blog Giveaway #1". And who knows, if I get enough traffic I might giveaway 2 Cupcakes. We'll see how it goes. If you actually read this small print, comment with "small print" and you get a Bonus Entry!
*** Just realized I'm dumb & it should really be called "Fine Print"!!!