Another countdown!

I've been reminded this evening that I haven't written a blog post in quite a while.. So here we go!:) Another show is looming- this time nice and close to home.. The Melbourne Teddybear Fair, May 1st in Berwick.
Of course, it's a mad rush to get new pieces done for the big day- if I ever said it wasn't a mad rush who would believe me? Everyone knows me better than that!
I've been working on new 4-piece head designs, which I'm finding lots of fun. While they are simpler to sew without a head gusset, they require a bit of extra care in stuffing to get the just-right look to the little nose. I'm enjoying the new shape and having fun experimenting with them.
In the photo is two of my newer designs, Zinnia the Zebra, and Geranium the Giraffe. They will be coming along to the fair.. I hope you will be too! See you there....

Counting down.....

Don't forget, the Blooming Bears show hosted by Teddies Worldwide starts soon. 8am US eastern time... Which happens to be midnight here in my part of Australia, so it may be a late night for me!
75 fabulous artists are contributing their work, I do hope by and take a look... Maybe you will even find a creation you just cant live without..
Just click on the Blooming Bears show banner on this page and you'll be taken straight to it... See you there!


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Working Away!

Well, I've managed yet again to end up in a frantic rush, getting things finished for the first show of the year, the Sydney Teddy Bear Fair on the 6th of March. Yes... it's very close! Not to mention designing 4 new patterns for Gerrys- yep thats them up above. The four new pieces are an elephant, a panda baby, a swan and a standing bear. It took forever to stuff that big round head of the Panda Baby! Reminded me why I really prefer to make smaller bears hehe.

Back to the grindstone again.... lots of noses to embroider, then airbrushing, hats, trimming..... etc etc etc......

A sigh of relief.....

Well, I had a small panic yesterday.. I was working on my laptop, booking a plane ticket for the Sydney show. Mind you I SHOULD have done this weeks ago! So here I am, going from window to window, tab to tab, comparing prices and times etc etc, being that it's Sydney-Melbourne there was so many choices! Then, all of a sudden.... the dreaded blue screen.... then the incomprehensible words flashing across something about boot something something unable to find something something, hard drive something something.... press this press that- I am sure you all know the story! hehe... Well it looked bad, it refused to restart again- twice- so I thought my poor baby had bitten the dust.

Fortunately my trusty Computer Technician (also known as Mum lol) was able to take a look at it yesterday afternoon, and of course it started perfectly for her, and there was no sign of anything wrong....... I think the worst thing (aside from thinking of spending the money on a new laptop lol) was worrying about all the photos I might have lost if the hard drive was gone... so now, my laptop is backed up on an external hard drive and I am crossing my fingers it was just a glitch.....

Yes, I am also doing some work, frantically trying to finish new bears for the Sydney Teddy Bear Fair on March 6th, as well as a couple of new patterns. These will mostly be critters other than bears, which was very exciting. More to come on that soon!

Photo- just a few little girlies on hand... for some reason I don't think a post is complete without a photo... maybe thats just me, who likes looking at pretty pictures hehe...

Bye for now!

Exciting start to today...

I made time again this year to have another try at entering the Teddy Bear and Friends magazine TOBY awards, after giving last year a miss. I was thrilled this morning to wake up and see my little "BonBon" got an Industry's Choice award in the Miniature category. What a nice start to the day! Of course, it's forever until the People's choice is announced, but I'm just happy to have her get this far!

So now I have to decide if I will enter the Golden Teddies and the Bear Creations competition, and whether I enter the same pieces? Ahhh, I am so bad with decisions!:)

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!