New Listings on Bearpile..

Well, after days and days of rain, the sun finally came out today..... of course though we have been so lucky compared to the poor people in Queensland, not to mention northern NSW and even parts of Victoria... hard to fathom that usually at this time of year, bushfires are on our mind!

I took some time today to list a couple more little ones on Bearpile, a tiny mini- and a slightly larger miniature. I hope you like them!

I also wanted to share the photo of a lovely sunset we had here recently.... I guess that must have been our last sunset before the deluge! Love the colours.....

Happy New Year!

Well here it is already, another New Year... where on earth did 2010 go? I've started off the year by getting back onto Bearpile. The two little ones above are listed along with a few others, please feel free to stop by and take a peek!

Again this year I am hoping to head over to Hugglets in London next September and hopefully another show in Germany. September seems so far away now but I guess 2011 will fly by as fast as 2010 did so it will be here before I know it! I also plan on attending shows in Sydney and Queensland, and a trip to fabulous New Zealand to teach at the lovely Annetta's studio just outside Auckland. I had so much fun last time I was there, I can't wait!

To everyone, I hope 2011 brings you just about everything you wish for!

A few Photos...

I've spent a lot of time in the last few days taking photos of various bears I have on hand at the moment, and the evenings spent cropping and resizing in Photoshop... phew, computer work can be tiring!

I thought I'd share a couple of the photos with you....

Well here it is December already, where did the year go?? After the last Online show, and my last class, I was feeling like I could sort of relax.... but then I realised that it's not really ALL that long until the first show of the year..... and I have a special project I wanted to work on *last* Christmas/New Years that I didn't get to start, except plan in my head... Well, fingers crossed I get a chance to start it this year.

Also have a special project to work on for a workshop next year... this will be a high stress project because she has been designed on paper with input from a wonderful student, and people have seen the sketch.... so people other than me have a visual of what she is supposed to look like! I usually don't worry too much if something doesn't turn out looking like the idea I had in my head or in my sketchbook, because nobody else knows what it was *supposed* to look like!:)

So hopefully come February I will have some new designs, my special long term project and special class project done, or at least started:)

I'm also planning to list some new bears on Bearpile soon... the two girls above will most likely be listed very soon..... hmmmm, sounds like I better get this posted and get to work! :)

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas....

... except for the Chinese hackers! My apologies to anyone who was spammed inadvertently by me this week- Someone in China hacked into my gmail account and sent out spam to absolutely everyone in my address book... soooo embarassing! I am always so careful but I guess they are just such sneaky so-and-so's! Google even kindly showed me a log of the IPs of who had logged into my account!

So instead of finalising my Teddies Worldwide show page today, I spent most of the day making sure my laptop was virus/trojan free and changing passwords. Not fun!

Don't forget everyone, that the Teddies Worldwide Holiday Bear show starts tonight at 1am Sydney (Australia) time- which also happens to be 9am Saturday New York time, or 2pm London time.... if you're not in any of those places, I will leave it to you to figure the rest out:) I hope you stop by and take a peek at the bears, 75 wonderful artists are contributing, so there's sure to be something to catch your fancy... http://www.teddiesworldwide.com or follow the link on the top right hand side...

I'll leave you with a full view of little Daisy who is also attending the show dressed in her "Australian Summer Christmas Day best":) ... I hope you stop by my page and visit the other 5 bears I have for sale.

I've outdone myself this time!

Hmm maybe I *shouldn't* draw attention to how long it's been since my last blog post.... hehe.... I've had lots of shows to get ready for but I really didn't think it had been so long since I last wrote.

June saw a trip to the wonderful show run by Kympatti on the Gold Coast, July was a trip to Sydney, August was preparing for Hugglets in London and Euro Teddy in Essen, Germany.. and finally, the show closest to home for the whole year, Woodend, on the other side of Melbourne.

Now just one show left to go, a new online show run by Daphne of Backroad Events in the US... of course being an online show everyone can attend! My page is all ready to go on Saturday morning, New York time. Mind you, I am not sure *I* will be so ready to go at 9am New York time- as that is 1am Sunday, eastern Australian Summer time.... will be interesting!:)

Since I am not sure I am clever enough to put the banner in here, I will add the link to the show in the column to the right....... -->

The little gal in the photo is a preview of my show bears... little "Daisy"... I do hope you pop by and check out the show. It looks like it will be a wonderful event, with 75 artists from all over the world.

Bye for now,

New Bears on Bearpile

Well, Autumn seems to be upon us here at last... some cooler days and chilly nights.... soon no doubt we will be wishing Spring was here!:) But this is a good time for Bearmaking... which is just as well because there is lots of work ahead for all those shows!

I've just spent some time this afternoon uploading some new faces onto my Bearpile page, if you'd like to take a look the link is just over on the right there--->

Hope you enjoy taking a look!