New record!!

WOW.......2 posts in one week :o)

I've just listed another bear for sale but this time on ebay. He's called Crispin and he's a lovely little 10" mohair bear with the loveliest hand painted glass eyes. I hope you can pop by to pay him a little visit :o)

Hugs
Janice

Benjamin on Bid4Bears

I've just listed a lovely little 4.5" bear called Benjamin on Bid4Bears. If you would like to pop in and pay him a visit just click on the Bid4Bears logo on the right hand side :o)

I've also signed up for the Holly Jolly Holiday campaign on Bid4Bears which looks to be quite exciting!! It runs from 20th November to 20th December and artists from all over the world are participating. What makes it extra exciting is santa will be popping buy every so often to give random shoppers and browsers gifts.......you don't even need to buy anything :o)

There's some very exciting bear artists signed up for the event so I hope you can pop by and pay the bears a visit.......you never know, you might even win a prize!!!

Just click on the link on the right hand side if you fancy taking a look :o)

Take care all and speak to you all soon.

Hugs
Janice

New Jigpaws LolliShop coming soon!!

I'm sooo excited to be part of a brand new shopping site coming soon. It's called LolliShops and is a juried site where artists sell their hand crafted creations. I'm really looking forward to this site being up and running as there's some fantastically talented artists on it. It's due to open to the public at the end of November and I'm sure it's going to be fab!!!



On another exciting note I've been invited to attend 2 bear events next year. The first event I'll be attending is the Teddy Bear Artist Event in June which is organised by Samantha Potter of Mary Myrtle Miniatures. It's only the second year this event has been run but last year it had rave reviews by so many people so I'm really looking forward to attending.


The second event I'll be attending is the Hugglets festival in September. I'm sure this event needs no introduction to all you bear collectors out there but to those of you who don't collect bears it is the biggest teddy bear fair in the UK which is attended by around 150 bear artists, so it's very exciting (and quite daunting) to be invited to attend.





Hopefully I'll get the chance to meet one or two of you at one of these events :o)

Hugs
Janice

New bear on ebay!!!

Hi all,

I've just added a new bear to ebay. He's a 14" halloween bear made from the most deliciously soft deluxe faux fur :o)

He'd love it if you popped along for a visit :o)

Don't you just love halloween :o) It's not as big a thing here in the UK as it is in other parts of the world. Our kids go out 'guising' (trick or treating) but they just don't go all out like they do in the US for example. I suppose it doesn't help that it's usually raining here and sooooo cold...kind of puts a bit of a dampener on things!!!

Anyway.....hope you like Spookie :o)

Hugs
Janice

The best laid plans

Well.......so much for listing a couple of new bears on ebay soon after my last posting!!! Two days after my last post I was admitted to hospital and had to have emergency surgery to have my gall bladder removed so, needless to say I didn't get round to finishing my bears!!!

I finally got round to listing 2 of them today and I'll hopefully get the other one put on tomorrow. The first one is called Willow and he's a 10" panda made from the most scrumptious new deluxe faux fur.........incredibly soft and fluffy!!

The second one is a new design I've been trying out and is an 8 way jointed polar bear called Flake. He's quite a big boy (for me anyway) at 14" tall when standing and quite heavy. He's made from a lovely white straight pile mohair. He's got such a lovely feel about him, I could just sit and hug him all day :o)

I've also finished off a very cute little miniature bear who stands just 4" tall. I just need to finish off a couple of little things before I post him on ebay!!

I'm really enjoying playing about with new designs and fabrics just now.....hence the 3 different styles of bear being listed on ebay!!! I think that's one of the things I really enjoy about bear making......there's so many new things to try and so many wonderful fabrics to choose from that I can't imagine ever getting bored of creating new bears :o)

Speak to you again soon!!!

Oh dear......yet another 2 months!!!!!!!

Well......what can I say????? I've no reasonable excuse for leaving it yet another 2 months to update my blog, so I'm not even going to try......lol :o)

I'd like to say a very warm welcome to all my visitors :o) I've been having a look at my little Feedjit thingy at the bottom of my blog page and am amazed at the people who have visited :o) It's very nice to see visitors coming from all over the world.........thank you :o)

Well, that's my holiday well and truly over for this year and I must say what a fantastic (but exhausting!!!!) holiday it was. I LOVED America and most definitely want to go back there!!! I won't bore you with all my holiday photos (WAY too many!!!!) but I thought I'd share a couple with you :o)

You can't go to Disney without taking a photo of Cinderella's castle........so here it is!!!

One of the floats at the Disney night time parade

The FANTASTIC Shamu at Seaworld....what a show!!!!

My son enjoying the cool water mist coming off the water under the Universal globe.

The African Queen boat from the movie starring
Humphrey Bogart and Katherine Hepburn which was outside our hotel at the Florida Keys.

WOW........bush sculpture in Busch Gardens!!!!

And, for me, the highlight of our holiday.................

.........my son and I swimming with the dolphins at the Florida Keys
FANTASTIC!!!!!

Well holiday pics posted......now lets talk bears :o) I've got a couple of bears almost finished (hopefully I'll get them finished over the weekend) which I'll hopefully get put onto Bearpile and possibly ebay over the next few days. I've just bought a stash of GORGEOUS deluxe faux fur which I'm looking forward to making some bears from. I've almost finished a panda I'm making from this stash and it's sooooo soft. I've also got a little miniature bear, an open mouthed polar bear and a golden mohair bear in the process of being made so fingers crossed I should be finished them soon :o)

Speak to all again soon(ish!!!!)

Hugs
Janice

Where does the time go???

Oh my goodness..............has it really been almost 2 months since I last updated my blog!!!!! Where does the time go??????

I've been busy, busy, busy making bears for a craft fair I attended on Saturday. The weather was fantastic (for a change!!!) and I was stuck indoors!!! It was VERY quiet at the fair as the hall used is near a local beach and everyone (very wisely) was spending their time at the beach in the glorious weather we had. Anyhoo.....since it was so quiet I didn't sell many bears so I'll be listing quite a few on ebay over the next couple of weeks.

I've got 2 bears on just now which are finishing tomorrow night. There's a pink and white deluxe fur panda called Candyfloss and a mint and chocolate mohair panda called Mintola.










It's only 2 weeks now until I go to Florida and I'm REALLY looking forward to it!!! I'm not looking forward to the flight.........9 hrs!!!.......but it'll be worth it when we get there. If anyone has any useful tips to share about holidaying in Florida I'd love to hear them :o) We're planning to do a park every other day and sightsee in between. We're also going on a trip halfway through to the Florida Keys and Miami which I'm very excited about!!! We're doing an airboat ride at the Everglades and swimming with the dolphins at the Keys...................something I've wanted to do for years!!!