In the past, I’ve written about the work of my friend Laura Malek, who took the photographs for 1, 2, 3 Sew.
You can see some of the book photos here and also on her website, but I wanted to show some of her other photography. As I was thinking about my personal favorites, I realized that I am drawn to the abstract quality found in many of her images. You can almost always discern the subject, but the image itself is more about color and texture, evoking a quiet, ethereal mood. Here are a few of my favorites that reflect that abstraction and remind me of the changing seasons.
And there’s a giveaway! In addition to being a talented photographer, Laura also makes small felt works of art for her Etsy shop, felt jar. Today she has offered the beautiful needle felted bird below, perfect for fall. As someone who has tried needle felting, I can tell you that Laura’s work is truly outstanding. She pokes each one of these little creatures thousands of times with a needle until the felt transforms from a puffy ball into a surprisingly dense object. Her wet felted acorns and rocks are beautiful too. You can see the influence of nature in both her felt and her photography.
To enter to win the little birdie above, please visit Laura’s Etsy shop or her website and then come back here to leave a comment about what you like. Please comment by midnight (eastern) Saturday night and I’ll choose a winner at random. This giveaway is open to residents of North America only. Thanks!
I’m so torn between various owls, bunnies and pumpkins, ack!!! The bunnies are so unasuming. We’ll definitely add her shop to “favorites.”
I LOVE, love, love the owls and birds in their nests!!!
Her work is gorgeous and I realized when I visited her shop that I already had her felted stones into my favorites from last spring!
I am taken with the acorns. Lovely work!
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I am really fond of the birds/owls and birdnests and the little mushroom pincushion! thanks for the chance to win!
The needle felted owls are way too cute!
Love the Needle Felted Owl. So adorable.
The felted stones are my favourite!
I especially love the acorns : ) : )
The owls are too cute! Love their little faces. What adorable things. Thanks for the giveaway opportunity.
I can’t believe it — I’ve been planning to purchase one of Laura’s birds as a holiday gift for a dear friend. How lovely to have an opportunity to win one for myself! I love the owls almost as much as the bird in the nest! Thanks so much!
You are so right, those acorns are really something. I also like the orange pumpkin. Thanks for sharing some of her work with one of us.
I am drooling over the acorns – so pretty and so fallish.
Love the bunnies!
I love everything here! The acorns are wonderful, but the owls….oh, love!
Oh, the rabbit. So dreamy, soft, and innocent. I love it.
Lovely work. The simple felted stones always attracted my attention!
The orange felted acorns really caught my eye on this wet and dreary September day!
The acorns are too cute! Especially the ones with the royal blue bottoms – heart!!
I love the dark brown rabbit and the ladybug.
Laura’s photography is beautiful–crisp, fresh and very artful.
My fave item in her shop is the needle felted bird and stones.Thanks for the giveaway!
What a talented lady! Love the photography, acorns, and realistic rocks.
Love those colorful acorns! Thanks for a chance to win the little birdie.
Wow, that’s tough! But I think I like the owls the best! Thanks for the opportunity to win the bird.
felted stones…. love!
all are so beautiful, acorns my fav
The owls are so sweet! I felt wool by running sweaters through the washer, and admire those with the skill to felt with roving. Kudos!
The lady bug is perfectly cute! My favorite!
Love the cute little mushroom pincushion, however, I love each one of her pieces! The bird in nest would look perfect in my bookcase or end table.
I love both the fall-colored acorns and bird in the nest. Fall is my favorite season, and with a Thanksgiving themed wedding coming up these decorations are inspiring!
Oh my – - those needle felted owls are So cute! I love owls…..
love the mushroom pincusion
I love all the birds, but I think the toadstool pincushion is my favorite-so cute! Thanks for the giveaway.
I LOVE the felted Owls, especially the green one but ALL her stuff is absolutely adorable and how she puts so much detail into her work is beyond me! Thanks for the opportunity to own one if these little cuties!
I like the needle felted owl in the green and blue best – very cute!
What beautiful pictures!
I think that the bunnies are the sweetest things. I do like the stones and the acorns, but the bunnies topped them.
The owls are super cute!
I love birds of all kinds, and the owls are adorable!
Laura’s work is so lovely, all of it. That last photo of the ball of crochet thread – wow! My favorite item in her Etsy shop would have to be a felted stone paperweight as I think it’s such a nice idea to combine practicality with the softness of wool.
I love her photograhpy ~ thanks for sharing! the owls are so so cute ~ and they would definitely need some adorable acorns to tag along. love it all!
I love the photos you shared, especially the red balloon in the tree. It should be sad, but it’s not. Like a bit of cheer up there. We’re on a bit of an owl kick around here, so I’d have to say it’s her owls. So cute. So, so cute!