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Spooky Needle Felted Projects

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Etsy shop TheKrankyCrow designs one-of-a-kind felted pieces for one-of-a-kind-people. Recent spooky creations sold from this shop have been brought to life with glass eyes from handmadeglasseyes.com - I just had to share these fun Halloween projects with you!First of all, meet Edgar:This toothy needle felted mummy is a bit unraveled but "on a roll"! He's been brought to life with these gray, sparkling glass eyes.Secondly, meet Esmerelda:Esmerelda is a needle felted witch ready to conjure. I'm obsessed with all of her details, and love that she squints with a single visible brown glass eye to peer out at onlookers.I know I'll...

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3D Felting Pet Tributes with Glass Animal Eyes

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Needle felting artists are loving using glass eyes from handmadeglasseyes.com to create 3D pet tributes. Cindy Bucci from British Columbia,Canada crafted a 3D felting pet portrait of her daughter's pup, Timber with these medium brown glass dog eyes in size 25mm. Cindy told us, this was her first attempt at doing 3D felting, and that "the eyes brought him to life!! Great quality of eyes!!" Another felting artist to use our glass eyes on wire pin posts to add to her 3D felted pet portraits is Kareen from Beaverton OR. Kareen told us, I am very pleased with the eyes. They really create the...

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Needle Felted Cat and Mouse with Glass Eyes

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Here is another sweet felted cat by Paula Markey from Kennington, Australia. This striped feline is accompanied by a little mouse of equal character. To add additional depth and character to her sweet felted creations, Paula adds glass eyes with wire pin posts form handmadeglasseyes.com. This cat uses these realistic green and brown cat style eyes, in particular. The eye on wire pin posts are perfectly suited for needle felted creations. To add them to your creatures, simply place a dab of glue at the end of the posts and insert it into the fibers of your sculpture at their...

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Felted Rabbit Made with Brown Glass Eyes

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Dianne from Andrews, NC created this stunning felted rabbit sculpture, and brought it to life with these brown glass eyes. The glass eyes added to this light brown hare are form our wire pin post collection. These eyes are specifically designed for felted creatures. To add the eyes, simply add a dab of glue to the end of the wire post, and insert into the felted sculpture. The glue will grab onto the felt fibers as it is inserted, and after the glue dries the eyes will be securely held in place. Click here to shop all glass eyes on...

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Needle Felted Doll with Mint Blue Eyes

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You all know how much I LOVE seeing the amazing and creative projects that my glass eye designs get to be a part of. And when Carolyn Hibbard of Roseburg, Oregon included this picture of one of her sweet needle felted dolls in her review of my mint blue glass doll eyes, I knew I had to share it with you guys. It's amazing to me that my designs get to be included in such lovely, handcrafted pieces. ♥- MeganP.S. You can shop all eyes on wire pin posts for needle felted sculptures right here.

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