Our Highest Vision

To connect every country in an energetic circle of peace, unconditional love, and gratitude.
For Peace to be Felt in hearts across the world.

Mission

To promote peace and connectivity among nations, loving kindness among individuals, gratitude in our hearts and in our consciousness - knowing that WE create our world through our thoughts, words and actions.

To, as Gandhi reminded us, "Be the change we wish to see in the world."

To promote awareness of the ancient art of felt making and the modern craft of needle felting for its qualities of being earth friendly, extremely versatile, and easy to learn!

How The Circle of Giving & Receiving Works

Participants will create a piece of art which includes at least 50% hand made felt (can be needle felted or wet felted or both). The piece may be functional or a purely decorative piece that is for the creator, a symbol of Peace or Unconditional Love.

Each participant will be connected with a Peace Felt Partner.
*We will send you the NAME, EMAIL, and MAILING ADDRESS of your PEACE FELT PARTNER.

Each participant will send their PEACE FELT to their Partner and will receive one in return.

This "Circle of Peace and Love" steps outside the bounds of traditional "exchanges" where one may often have expectations of an "equal" trade with their exchange partner; expecting that what is received matches the perceived value of what was given. Instead, this circle of giving and receiving invites participants to give freely and feel the reward of truly giving in the spirit of love and without condition.

Simultaneously, the individual has the opportunity to receive love without anything being asked of them. So many of us can benefit from removing the guilt and obligation we may associate with "receiving" a gift from another, and allow ourselves to be worthy just for being who we are, to allow ourselves to accept of gift of loving kindness, to simply say "thank you" and know that nothing is "owed".

Individuals will be matched with other individuals.
We are not registering children or groups for one-to-one exchanges.

When

The sending and receiving of your PEACE FELT will take place in the month of September as a symbolic celebration of the International Day of Peace, celebrated on September 21st. Please consider publicly displaying/exhibiting your PEACE FELT through this day, holding a workshop to create works for PEACE FELT or even creating your PEACE FELT on this day. Your PEACE FELT should be mailed to your Receiving Partner between September 01 and September 15th.

Sending out works of PEACE FELT during this month will result in these handcrafted works of art creating an energetic circle of peace and loving kindness around the planet as they travel from one heart to the next.

IMPORTANT DATES - PLEASE WRITE THESE DOWN
Peace Felt 2017

Registration Official Open Date: June 15th

Registration closes: August 15th

Partner Matches Announced: September 1st (via email)

Communicate with your Peace Felt Partner: September 1st - 15th
Mail Peace Felt Art to Partner by: September 15th

How To Register

To Register, do these 3 things:

1. Follow/like our facebook page and join our private group: Peace Felt Members.

**The only link to the "Official Registration Form" is in our group Peace Felt Members.
**Complete guidelines for registration is in our group, and any questions you may have can be answered there as well.


All registrants must be an active member of facebook with a photo of yourself as your profile pic or at least on your fb page. We need to verify everyone is an actual person who registers.

2. Make sure you join our email list.

If your information is not complete, your registration is not complete. We will only use your tel# if there is a need...such as we need to change your partner, or your partner cannot reach you via email.

3. You must make your Peace Felt and POST A PICTURE OF IT to the official Registration Form
no later than August 15th.

If a photo of your PEACE FELT gift is not posted by August 15th, your registration is not complete.

** All 3 steps must be completed by the due date in order to qualify you for partner match.

CREATING WORKS OF PEACE FELT - Things to consider

If you are a weaver, quilt maker, basket weaver, fiber artist, sculptor, mixed media artist, etc. you may wish to participate by incorporating handmade felt into your preferred medium. Your PEACE FELT is to include at least 50% hand made felt, which can be wet felted, needle felted, or both!

Your PEACE FELT does not have to be large -- just let it be a symbol of Love, Peace, Brotherhood, Sisterhood, Unity, Oneness, etc. that comes from your heart.

For individuals, we are suggesting that pieces are NOT LARGER THAN 12” x 12” in size. This includes sculptures and flat pieces.

If you choose to make a scarf or something long, there really is no restriction on the dimensions; we simply wish to support a size that is comfortable for all to both create and to ship anywhere in the world. Keep in mind the costs and logistics of shipping and mailing to your Partners in Peace.

Please consider hosting an event, teaching children or leading a group to make their works of PEACE FELT! Let us know about it, tell us about your gathering or event by emailing us with:

- Your name or name of your group
- Date(s) Event
- Name or description of event.

WHY FELT?

Felt is an amazing non-woven fabric that is created by entangling wool and other animal fibers together into a dense mat. To create felt, we first arrange the fibers so they are lying in various directions; if they are all going in the same direction, the fibers cannot intertwine as easily. Then we add pressure, heat (with hot soapy water), and agitation ... or "friction". Doing this causes the tiny barbs on the fibers to open up and allows them to entangle, intertwine and lock together. The process pushes out air, minimizing the space between the fibers and draws them closer and closer together.

Under pressure, heat and friction, the fibers bond more closely, entangling themselves into a strong durable fabric that cannot be unraveled and will not fray when cut.

Imagine if we humans turned our struggles into a means to become closer, to join together so strongly that we could not be frayed. Imagine appreciating the strength we gain from our different angles and perceptions on the world, imagine that it permits us to bond and create something greater, something stronger than we could create if we all saw things the exact same way.

Imagine this in our families, our jobs, our schools, our cities, our countries, our world.

Join with us, to celebrate the strength we gain from our differences by making sure this year, there will be PEACE FELT Around the World.

God Bless You. Namaste. Shalom.

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