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November 12, 2006
gocco pinecone ornaments
My ornaments for a number of swaps I signed up for: one on Swap-bot, ornamental, and Holiday Ornament Swap. The first one has a deadline of November 13 for some unknown reason, so now I'm nice and early for the other ones. They're gocco on felt, much like my yeti ornament from last year. This time I did 2 layers of wool blend felt plus a fabric backing, all fused together. I wanted the tags to look like specimen labels, with the scientific name of the tree on one side and my URL on the other in this cool typewriter font called Ghostwriter. I am very pleased with them. My yeti swap last year yielded all sorts of cool ornaments, so I have high hopes that I'll get some good ones this year too.
Posted under Gocco at November 12, 2006 07:36 PM
Comments
This is so great! I love how the stamp looks and I'll cross my fingers that I'm on your list -- I've got a 1 in 400 chance, haven't I? ;)
Posted by: laurie at November 12, 2006 11:03 PM
great job! that came out beautiful.
Posted by: alison at November 13, 2006 12:13 AM
so clever.. love this!
Posted by: joleen at November 13, 2006 12:17 AM
OY!!! I adore it!
Posted by: joy at November 13, 2006 03:07 AM
These are fab! I can see some on t-shirts too.
Posted by: texcilla at November 13, 2006 08:18 AM
Great design all the way around. The tag is a perfect finish.
Posted by: kathy at November 13, 2006 09:25 AM
This is so great! Really love it.
Posted by: Kathleen at November 13, 2006 10:31 AM
oh wow-they turned out soooooooo good. and I can't wait to bust out my yeti from last year! making extras?? ;)
Posted by: amy k. at November 13, 2006 03:53 PM
oooh! that is genius.
Posted by: Nancy at November 13, 2006 04:49 PM
ah! It turned out great! I love my yeti too! Though my son thinks it is specifically the snow monster from star wars ;)
Posted by: moki at November 14, 2006 10:49 AM
IN LOVE with your pincone.... so good!!
Posted by: lisa s at November 14, 2006 05:44 PM
I got mine today! Thanks! I was not expecting to get an ornament so soon. It made my day. So cool. I love it. I'm a lucky girl.
Posted by: joybucket at November 15, 2006 11:03 PM
great design! your a busy bee aren't you!
Posted by: nicole at November 16, 2006 11:23 AM
l o v e!
Posted by: laura r. at November 16, 2006 02:08 PM
Wow! Thanks so much. I love the ornament. It'll find a special spot on my tree this year.
Posted by: Shelley at November 16, 2006 06:00 PM
this one's great!
Posted by: joyce at November 17, 2006 11:48 AM
Hey...I love it! I got mine yesterday and posted a picture of it on my blog. It looks so amazing outdoors in a natural setting...and it will look equally as perfect on my Christmas tree!
Posted by: rebekka at November 21, 2006 10:12 AM
So great! I haven't tried printing onto felt with gocco yet - looks like it works just fine. Do you use a sharpie for your masters or did you photocopy the design. I am looking to find a pen that contains carbon - do know of any that will work?
I love your quilted coasters too!
Posted by: Anonymous at November 21, 2006 10:52 AM
Thanks for the great ornament, I received it in the mail last week! :)
Posted by: michelle at November 23, 2006 01:44 PM
Thanks for the nice comments! Anonymous: I have had bad luck trying to burn screens off tracing paper, so I scanned my drawing and printed it out on an ink jet printer (most of them have carbon ink). My favorite carbon pens are Sakura Pigma. I got them at an art store. Also, a pointer for printing on felt: it will stick to the screen. Just let it, and then pull the felt off the screen in a quick motion. Once you get the hang of it, there's very little blurring.
Posted by: Maitreya at November 26, 2006 04:14 PM
Thanks for the helpful tips!
Posted by: Shael at November 27, 2006 11:20 AM
ooh, I love this!
Posted by: mary at November 29, 2006 10:33 AM
hi--accidentally stumbled onto your site, great stuff! i love this ornament. i'm looking to use my gocco on felt also , which i haven't done before. i was going to wait until i got my hands on a gocco stamp kit for cloth, but it sounds like you were able to use the ink-for-paper on your felt. is this true? does it work?
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