Fabulously Frugal Dolly

I bought myself a treat of etsy a while ago, a needle felting kit, which I just adore!  It’s easier than I’d thought, after just a bit of playing I’d made a couple pieces, small ones, but still, they’re fun to do.  It just takes a puff of wool and the special needle- and ideally a mat to work on so as not to poke your table or worse- your hands- with the very sharp and barbed needle.  Supposedly the needles break easily, but it hasn’t happened to me yet.  I’ve made a couple jewelry type component pieces and 2 critters, a tiny little teddy bear and a partially unfinished goat.  The bear will probably go to my mom, as I know she’d just love stabbing wool with the specail needles too, and she’s got a soft spot for little bears.  The art of stabbing something into a cute little something else is perfect for me, I love it.  Once I’m able to do so, there’s a few other wool sellers on etsy whose shops I’ve been eyeing, wonderfully hand-dyed wads of wooly fluff awaiting stabbing into cuteness.  Some of the items that caught my eye are sampler packs of wools, different colors and whatnot, and the grab bag- my favorite way to buy something when I’m not quite sure which kind I want, if only there were grab bags of everything.  It’s the best way to try new things I think, get a good mix and often a good discount of something to see if you like it.  I remember going to the gem and mineral shows as a kid hoping to find the booth with grab bags- there were always great stones in those bags, and you got more for your money than picking out individual rocks for your collection.  Sometimes there’s be repeats if I got more than one bag, which I usually did as I saved up allowance for such occaisions.  It didn’t matter though, I loved the stones, I’d look at them all and keep what I liked and sometimes share a few extras with a friend.