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 | 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 | 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...
by Teresa Perleberg | Jul 5, 2017 |
This is the 4th post in my blog series; “How I started needle felting and making money with wool from my sheep.” I started out sharing how growing up on a farm influenced my artistic side and developed my eye for detail. In the second post I share how homeschooling...
by Teresa Perleberg | Jun 20, 2017 |
What wool should I choose for felting? Have you wondered if you should use Shetland wool? If you have done any needle felting at all, or you are looking to start you will be wondering what breed of wool to use. I was lucky when I was just beginning I had a flock of...
by Teresa Perleberg | Jun 13, 2017 |
This is the third post in my blog series; “How I started needle felting and making money with wool from my sheep.” I started out sharing how growing up on a farm influenced my artistic side and developed my eye for detail. In the second post I share how...
by Teresa Perleberg | Jun 6, 2017 |
An Interesting Background to my Needle Felting Journey Before Bear Creek Felting I was kept busy homeschooling my 4 children. In our homeschool I helped my children learn Math, Science, Grammar, History and more, but above all encouraged them to follow their...
by Teresa Perleberg | May 30, 2017 |
Have you always been an artist? I get this question quite often and I don’t really know how to reply. I have hastily and without much thought replied with, “I used to like to color when I was little.” This usually brings some laughter but it is the...
by Teresa Perleberg | May 23, 2017
I want to give you a small glimpse into what life is like here at Bear Creek in the spring. We have 42 healthy lambs running around and lambing is officially over for the year. We are yet in the midst of calving with new arrivals everyday. Before we even began...
by Teresa Perleberg | Apr 10, 2017
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