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...
by Teresa Perleberg | Jul 18, 2017 |
Aviation Curriculum My youngest son is 14 and starting to consider his future and what he might want to do. He has varied interests that we are exploring together to help him figure out which one is a good fit. I was not aware that he had an interest in aviation...
by Teresa Perleberg | Jul 17, 2017 |
Today I want to introduce you to the faith-based movie Trust Fund from Mapelle Films. Finding good quality family movies for families with older children isn’t easy especially one that pleases all the members of our family. My daughter who is 19 and I watched...
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 28, 2017 |
Language Arts We have never quite settled on a favorite homeschool language arts curriculum. My kids love reading but writing is not there favorite so I was excited for the opportunity to review Gr 8 Lightning Lit Set from Hewitt Homeschooling. Lightning Lit from...
by Teresa Perleberg | Jun 22, 2017 |
Homeschool Math All of my children have had different homeschool math curriculums that suit them. I haven’t been able to find the perfect fit for my youngest, until now. My son is finally enjoying and advancing his skills in math with UnLock Pre-Algebra from...
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 | May 3, 2017 |
I was introduced to Lamplighter Publishing about 10 years ago at a homeschool convention. Mark Hamby the founder and President of Lamplighter Publishing was the main speaker that year. He is an amazing speaker and kept us all spellbound as he talked about all the...
by Teresa Perleberg | Apr 26, 2017 |
Do Felting Needles Wear Out? My first felting needles were given to me by a friend and I used them for almost a year. Eventually I either broke or I lost them and had to go and purchase new needles because I was very much hooked on needle felting. I remember using...
