About Me
My name is Liz, and I’m a Texan currently living in Oklahoma. When I’m not missing Texas rain storms or being chewed on by the furry shark that calls herself a cat, I can be found stabbing helpless wool with sharp needles to make fuzzy creatures.
Tag Archives: wool
Able to Leap Small Trash Cans
Are you able to leap small trash cans in a single bound? The newest addition to Coon Capers can! Last month was the two year anniversary for my Etsy shop, and this fuzzy superhero was my celebration. I ignored my to do … Continue reading
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Tagged 2 years, arts and crafts, busy, celebrate, celebration, coon, coon capers, craft, create, creative, crime fighting, first, homemade, needle felt, needle felted, needle felting, raccoon, super hero, superhero, wool
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My wool went to Ireland…
…while I had to stay in Oklahoma. Sad day. On the bright side, I have an entirely new set of things to felt! I like new. I was asked several months ago to make the first in a series of … Continue reading
To Save the World or just the Soufflé?
To continue with my posting of projects I forgot to post about, meet the chef for the Coon Capers crew! I had a suspicion when I made the vampire raccoon that pre-felt was going to be my new best friend. … Continue reading
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Tagged arts and crafts, chef, cooking, coon, coon capers, craft, create, creative, homemade, needle felt, needle felted, needle felting, pre-felt, raccoon, tablecloth, wool
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How to Give a Hat a Haircut
Have you ever given a hat a haircut? I have! I’ve also made lots of new felted creations in the last two months, but haven’t gotten around to posting them on here. Apparently doing a million different projects at … Continue reading
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Tagged arts and crafts, create, creative, fall decorations, homemade, needle felt, needle felted, needle felting, Pilgrim, Thanksgiving, wool
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Finished my projects… now what?
Last night, I finished my latest project – a custom order remaking my raccoon with a guitar… with a vampire twist. The vampire raccoon was fun, though getting the fangs to work and to do so in a non-creepy manner … Continue reading
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Tagged arts and crafts, busy, capes, coon capers, craft, create, creative, custom, etsy, fangs, finished projects, homemade, needle felt, needle felted, needle felting, poll, raccoon, vampire, wool
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Body-less Panthers (sounded nicer than decapitated)
The last week has been fairly busy. In addition to lots of completely unrelated to felting stuff, I’ve managed to make a Pink Panther head, two hummingbirds, and another really fun project (that I can’t talk about on here yet, … Continue reading
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Tagged arts and crafts, first, Henry Mancini, homemade, learning, needle felt, needle felted, needle felting, Pink Panther, wedding, wedding game, wool
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All Dogs Go… Fishing?
I’m not sure how many dogs like to go fly fishing or how many dogs wear hats with fishing lures in them, but my new favorite black lab does. This is Abby, my first attempt at felting a dog. Her … Continue reading
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Tagged arts and crafts, black lab, creel, dogs, first, fishing line, fishing lures, fishing pole, fly fishing, hats, homemade, learning, needle felt, needle felted, needle felting, puppy, wool
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The Sad Party Hat
This is the continuation of our previous story, which was full of defiant ears and unwanted birthday presents. Our current tale, however, has a decidedly happier ending (even if it doesn’t involve flip-flops). If you recall, early last week I … Continue reading
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Tagged arts and crafts, birthday, birthday hat, birthday party, birthday present, coon, coon capers, craft, hat, homemade, needle felt, needle felted, needle felting, party, party hat, present, raccoon, unwanted, wool
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Flipflops Over Presents
Earlier this week, I made a little party hat with a matching present. It was supposed to be for the next installment of Coon Capers. So, yesterday afternoon I started watching (for the millionth time) Hunt for Red October and … Continue reading
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Tagged accident, arts and crafts, coon, coon capers, craft, flip-flops, flipflops, homemade, innertube, needle felt, needle felted, needle felting, oops, raccoon, summer, swim, swimming, wool
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In Preparation
In preparation of felting, the first step should always be to make sure your bundles of wool are out of the reach of my cat, Gadget. This was not going to be what my first felting blog post was about. … Continue reading
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Tagged arts and crafts, begin, cat, craft, homemade, nativity, needle felt, needle felting, preparation, sabotage, theft, wool
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Treble Lizard Designs 