Featured in a Valentine's Day Photoshoot

Photo credit: The Frosted Petticoat (www.thefrostedpetticoat.com)

Photo credit: The Frosted Petticoat (www.thefrostedpetticoat.com)

Photo credit: The Frosted Petticoat (www.thefrostedpetticoat.com)

Valentine's Day always sneaks up on me. Even the month-and-a-half between the end of the holiday season and February 14th is not enough. I seem to spend January scrambling to replenish my regular stock, and somewhere around February 2nd, I suddenly remember that I should make some heart-themed items.

But thankfully, Sam of The Frosted Petticoat and The Frosted Petticoat Blog did not forget. Back in late autumn she contacted me about being a part of this Valentine's Day-themed feature. She curated a selection of the work of 27 Etsy artists, and put them together into a beautiful collaborative photoshoot.

Well, the photos have been published, and it's wonderful! They've already made their way onto several other blogs and websites, including Occasions, Swan So Sweet, and Confetti Daydreams, as well as here on The Frosted Petticoat's own blog in Part I and Part II.

It's so fun seeing my little acorns making their way around the world and around the internet! I really like seeing what people do with them after they arrive at their destination.

New in the shop: Heart Garlands

Just in time for Valentine's Day! Heart garlands! They're 6 feet long and perfect for your Valentine's parties (or anti-Valentine's!), children's rooms, or just natural decor.

They're fresh in the shop now, and if you order before the end of the week (domestic orders only), they will still arrive before the 14th! They will arrive in the packaging pictured above: compostable/biodegradable cellophane! You can find them HERE.

A Valentine Giveaway!

Happy Monday, friends! With Valentine's Day a month away, I have a little Facebook giveaway for you!

To enter to win a set of 5 felted hearts, all you have to do is "like" House of Moss AND "share" this post.

You have until Monday, February 4th, when I'll draw the lucky winner!

Hipstamatic tutorial: How to make needle-felted hearts, a Valentine's Day project

What you need: a felting needle (I use a 36-gauge triangle), a felting pad, a little puff of wool, and, if you want, a multi-needle tool.

Using the single felting needle or the multi-needle tool, punch the wool into a sort of flattened rounded-triangle shape.

Fold in one of the sides of your wool shape just a bit to form a flat side, and tack it down using the single felting needle. Fold in an adjacent side at about a right angle, and poke it until your new shape begins to felt together. This will be the tip at the bottom of the heart.

At the top of the heart, poke the space between the remaining original corners of your flattened wool puff, to make the dip at the top. Shape the rounded parts, too, by poking any place that seems to be sticking out too far, until your heart shape looks the way you want it to.

And there you go! A sweet little heart you can give to your dear ones as a reminder that they are loved.