Absolutely beautiful - the shape, the painting, everything! How long did it take you? This has really inspired me to do some paper mache with my students - even though they're only 6 and 7.

Wow, that is lovely ! I love working with wire too, here's a dragonfly I do with my students. http://ninimakes.typepad.com/nini_makes/2007/08/dragonfly-tutor.html Do you ever do tutorials?

Here's a little tutorial for gorgeous bracelets that can be made by children of almost any age.



They are great fun to do in groups too!
http://ninimakes.typepad.com/nini_makes/2007/08/bracelet-tutori.html

This tutorial shows you how to make a monogrammed gift that is perfect for mums, teachers, aunts, friends - anyone you need a quality gift for. They are easy to make and the tutorial gives excellent instruction for appliqueing monograms for any sewn item. This is also an excellent tute for using up favourite fabric scraps.

http://ninimakes.typepad.com/nini_makes/2007/06/quick_monogramm.html

Those are gorgeous - and so tiddly!

I buy beautiful hand dyed wool felt online at
http://www.myriadonline.co.uk/dummy-cfelt.html

It is very difficult to find wool felt, most of the shops just sell nasty acrylic stuff. I use only wool or felt old wool blankets to make softies by washing them on your machines hottest cycle.

I have a felt tutorial with suggested stitches and a downloadable pattern at http://ninimakes.typepad.com/nini_makes/2007/08/if-your-childre.html

That tutorial will also give you a link to a stitch dictionary where you can learn any stitch out there. Hope this helps!