Needle felted life. Needle felted animal brooches and toys, handmade souvenirs and gifts
It’s all started in my early childhood when i began to show my interest in handcrafting. At first it was knitting, than crouching, after that sewing. Year after year i was trying new handcrafting technologies till i first time got in touch with wool felting technique.
After few year of experimenting with various wool felting techniques I finally fell in love with needle felting. That day was the day when my first felted bunny rabbit brooch was born. It wasn't perfect at all and it was far away from what you can see now on VoDi shop. However it was so cute that I started to consummate it.
One after another they started to look better, sweeter, wormer. I always took one of my bunny’s (from my felted rabbit "farm" :) ) every time I went out. I started to notice that people (friends and strangers) started to smile at my little friend. I knew then, that I must spread those smile all over.
I started to expand my felted "Zoo". I added a new habitant (a bear) to my felted bunny rabbits company. After that came fox, horse, bugs, monkeys, dogs, cats and so on. With such a big company of felted animals I was ready to share them with the world.
I began to participate in various design tradeshow, festivals and street markets. I was fulfilled with worm feelings as almost everyone who sees my felted zoo puts a smile on their faces. Even a toughest men smiles then he sees these cute little creatures on your scarf, hat, coat, sweater, T-shirt or other.
The smile that you receive by wearing one of my felted brooch was the main reason to come up here and present it to the Etsy community. It's the best evaluation of my work if you smiled then you saw VoDi felted zoo, even if you didn't purchase it :)
I want you to know, that it is not about the money, it is all about the smile you receive.
Best wishes to you all and let's keep on smiling :)
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