Little Pip on Bear Pile

Here is a new Bearykin, available to adopt on Bear Pile, his name is Pip, after my little dog Pippin. Somebody told me that my bears look a lot like my dogs little face, I suppose I'm not the only artist with a furkid to be inspired by their little bundle of fluff :) Funnily enough, years ago, our only family dogs were Jack Russells and until I adopted my little boy Papillon 2 years ago, I used to make bears with much longer muzzles and smaller eyes. I have often wondered over the last year why I changed my style from bears that look older in age, to much younger baby cute bears.....now I realise my little Pippin pooch is to blame :) I love making wee babe bearykins though and really think the change did my creative spirit good, thank you Pippin :)

Playing around with slideshows.....

and having lots of fun :) I hope I've left enough space inbetween slideshows, I must say, I got a teensy bit woozy watching them side by side lol.

HO HO HO!!

I hope you enjoy the glittery season as much as I do!!

A little Pupcake :)

New to Bear Pile, little Sprinkles! http://www.bearpile.com/detail.cgi?id=1314&item=34382

A Bearykin and a Bearie

I just wanted to share a couple of my recently adopted bears, my little Sugar Plum Bearie, a celebration of Christmas straight from my favourite ballet and composer The Nutcracker! Shes made from Japanese silk plush, a special gift from my buddy Karen, I was so worried about using it but it sewed up so beautifully and is so very soft and luxurious! I hand made her wings as I usually do and made her little tutu and studded it with Swarovski crystals. She was featured in the Christmas issue of Teddy Bear Review.

And here is Tilly, my first little mousie :) I have had such fun making her I'm going to make more mice very soon, I am really enjoying making wee animal folk :)

It's that sparkly time of year again :)

Christmas is almost here, my favourite time of year, I decorate our house as soon as December the 1st hits, this year I couldn't help setting up a week early ;) I love this time of year for that magical feeling in the air, plus all that glittery sparkle and tinsel, if I could tinsel my house all year round I would hehe, here are some snaps I just took today starting with our dear angel, she has been the first thing we bring out always, she plays silent night and must be at least 30 yrs old now!

Tinsel, so pretty, so sparkly and shiny :P

Glittery star

one of our seven dwarves

ooooooh, glittery!! Is there anything better than glitter!

Good enough to eat...maybe not ;)

Happy Halloween

We don't really celebrate Halloween here in Australia, I think it stinks, but after a Canadian friend of mine sent me a little "care package" and gave me a taste of how much fun it is, I couldn't help going out to the few stores we have here with Halloween supplies and spending up big. I felt I needed the cheering up this October anyway, (thats my excuse ;) So, our living room had a big spook job (as well as this amateur aussie can do anyway hehe). I ended up scaring myself with the fake spiders more than once which was quite funny, the fake web is so sticky, how was I to know it was attached to my foot with a plastic spider and a real one wasn't actually chasing me ;)

Anyway, going all out in the baking department too, I tried a famous USA Pumpkin Pie recipe, I wasn't sure about it at first taste, but it grew on me and I ended up eating nearly the whole thing on my own lol. Spooky cookies and cupcakes were another treat. yum!

My little bear Esme found a loving home in England, but poor Jasper is still waiting for the right person to take him home. I may place him on Ebay shortly.

So, until next time, I hope you had a fun Halloween, I envy all you trick or treaters out there ;)