by Teresa Perleberg | Jun 22, 2018 |
Summer is finally here! It’s time for swimming pools, beach trips . . . and unexpected rainstorms. Sometimes a rainstorm can be nice to cool things down or cut the humidity. But, as anyone with children knows, rainy days can lead to a whole lot of BOREDOM! Now, it’s...
by Teresa Perleberg | Jun 18, 2018 |
We’ve talked a lot in recent weeks about the MANY benefits of needle felting. We’ve discussed how it can help Alzheimer’s patients, relieve depression, and build social connections. With all of those benefits, don’t you want to share the art of needle felting with...
by Teresa Perleberg | Jun 1, 2018 |
How Needle Felting Can Help Prevent (And Treat) Alzheimer’s By the year 2050, it is estimated that 16 million Americans will have Alzheimer’s disease. That’s a scary statistic. Luckily, a study by the Mayo Clinic suggests that getting involved in a craft – like...
by Teresa Perleberg | May 25, 2018 |
I recently came across an article on ceramics and how it can help those battling depression. In it, they discussed the work of art psychotherapist Joshua K. M. Nan. Nan studied the effect that ceramic art therapy can have in those struggling with depressive disorders,...
by Teresa Perleberg | May 18, 2018 |
It’s been a long day. Maybe your boss yelled at you. Maybe you bombed that big test. Maybe you hit every red light and spilled your coffee, and the kids are fighting, and it just feels like you can’t do anything right. Sound familiar? We all have days like that...
by Teresa Perleberg | May 11, 2018 |
Have you ever come home at the end of a long day and wanted to just stab something? Look, I’m not saying I have, and I’m not saying I haven’t. What I can tell you is that one of the best (and most legal) ways to channel that frustration is needle felting. Here are 5...
by Teresa Perleberg | Apr 6, 2018 |
If you are just starting out you may be struggling to figure out where to find the best wool for needle felting and what exactly it is you should be looking for when purchasing wool. When I first began needle felting I had the advantage of having an entire flock of...
by Teresa Perleberg | Mar 1, 2018 |
Needle Felting a Camel – the needle felting process I am currently working on the animals for a nativity scene and just finished my very first camel. I share the entire needle felting process in a short video below. The video shows the process from the start,...
by Teresa Perleberg | Mar 1, 2018 |
If you are looking for a Homeschool Video Curriculum for American History, Bible History, or Ancient History you are going to want to check out Drive Thru History Adventures. I enjoyed using Drive Thru History videos with my older children in the past as a fun...
by Teresa Perleberg | Jan 20, 2018 |
I ordered my first Spinning Box and it arrived in the mail today. I heard about the Spinning Box a few months ago from a friend of mine. She was spinning some of the fiber she received at our last get together and it peaked my interest. The Spinning Box is a fiber...
by Teresa Perleberg | Oct 26, 2017 |
I want to guide my son to help him make the right choices regarding sex, and I was relieved to be able to have some help in this area. I can tell you up front discussing purity with your teens is a lot easier with Abby Ludvigson‘s program, Sex by Design. Not...
by Teresa Perleberg | Oct 14, 2017 |
Preparing Wool For Felting The soft fluffy wool you pulled out of your Bear Creek Felting Kit went through many steps to get there. I will share the steps we take with our wool before it is added to one of my needle felting kits. If you are interested in the...
by Teresa Perleberg | Sep 24, 2017 |
The Felting Needle If you are just learning about needle felting you may be wondering what a felting needle is and how it works. Maybe you have been using a felting needle for awhile and wonder why they have the shape they have and what else they are used for. There...
by Teresa Perleberg | Aug 19, 2017 |
This is the 5th post in my blog series; “How I started needle felting and making money with wool from my sheep.” If you haven’t already you may want to read the previous articles in this series before this one. These articles will help to explain how I got...
