THREE O'CLOCK THOUGHTS

I spy with my little eye....

....something beginning with 'C'.

We got the chickens yesterday and I think Zoe thinks if she looks pathetic and hungry enough she'll get one to eat. She is now a permanent fixture at the chicken run fence...nose stuck through the posts ...I hope one of them pecks her on the nose. That'll teach her!! Lottie and Lizzie aren't so interested but old greedy guts is positively slavering!!

The hens couldn't care less...the have settled in to their new pad well...and in a month or so we'll let them free-range round the garden. If Zoe doesn't eat them that is!!

They seem quite content though it's fun getting them into the henhouse at dusk! My sister and Steve were chasing around for ages...finally they got them in...hopefully before long they'll get the idea about bedding down for the night!

 
 
 
 

Introducing GYPSIE a Sleepy Little Moth Bear

  I am so proud of Gypsie my latest little bear...she is a 10 inch fluttery bear with hand painted wings. With all the fallen leaves piling up in the garden it inspired me to make this sleepy little moth bear who has a distinctly dusty look about her. She loves hiding in dark corners and curling up for a little snooze in the log pile where she matches the colours so she can enjoy her slumbers,  getting ready to flitter about at night when the stars come out. Well...that's what I imagine she would do anyway!

I dyed this lovely mohair myself and added some sleepy leather eyelids which I gave a hint of a gold sheen to and some lovely long fluttery eyelashes for added prettiness. She has wired arms, lovely sculpted toe-toes and paws which I have shaded to create a soft look. I gave her a tufty little coif  and finally she wanted a pretty dress so I made her a hand painted shabby chic tulle tutu and added some Swarovski crystals to her wingsfor a bit of sparkle!! GYPSIE has now been adopted...thanks so much for all the kind comments !!

  
 
 

Sweet Little Sarah

Here's a little bear I finished today....she already has a new mum...but I think she's ever so sweet. My next bear is a fairy bear...this time a fluffy brown hand dyed girl with sleepy eyes and shabby moth wings....I am working on her face tomorrow...I can hardly wait to start!!! She'll take me a few days yet though...she'll be up for adoption later this week.

A fairy bear

This is FLITTER...a sweet little fairy bear that I made with a customer in mind. She now has a new mom but I am so proud of this little bear that I just wanted to show her off! I took almost half a day just to make the hand painted wings which have Swarovski crystals strategically placed for bit of drama. She has fluttery real hair eyelashes just the job for flittering around. I dyed her alpaca fur a lovely apricot shade which just happens to be the colour of the moment for Halloween..though she's a bear for all seasons. I also made her a pretty shabby chic tu-tu in distressed and shaded tulle. I finished off this sweet bear with a tufty little hair-do!

Hen weekend.....

 
  Well...dunno if we are mad or not but we've decided to start keeping some chickens. It was when we went to Wales we saw them about the place and thought we could manage 4 or 5 birds.

With all the emphasis on recycling and a greener way of life we think the 'Good Life' is the way forward so we've bought a hen-house. Steve was going to make one but in the end we found one that's a reasonable price ready made that looks just the job.

So next we need to make a run, get all the other stuff..then get some chickens.

Eggs anyone?

Miss Shelbie and MaryEllen available

These two sweet girls are available for immediate adoption, both about 12inches tall they have the sweetest faces which I have sculpted, scissored and hand shaded to create their soulful look.

Miss Shelbie is made from gold swirly mohair with a chocolate brown tip. She is wearing a sweet vintage shabby chic crean dress trimmed with blue piping and I finished her look with a blue spotty bow. Miss Shelbie has now been adopted , thanks so much!

 

MaryEllen is made from gorgeous feather finish gold mohair. She has a lovely soft expression and I popped her in a sweet cream flecked wool cardigan trimmed with a vintage bobble button. MaryEllen has now been adopted. Thanks

 

Two new bears this week...

I am working on three bears at the moment..one was finished today..and another who will be finished tomorrow. I am hoping to release both these bears for adoption tomorrow and hopefully the third before the weekend. I am really pleased with the first one who is a very pretty girl .

I'll be posting the bears on here sometime tomorrow...probably in the evening..UK time.

Watch this space!!!

Number one all over...

Poor Lizzie...she's just had her hairdo. Steve is actually quite good at the clipping but he doesn't do any fancy stuff. She just has it short all over...but the way she plays and skips about afterwards I think she likes it..she's not so keen on the bath though!!

Watch out world...

My gorgeous grand son Eric has learned to crawl.....so now it's a case of,  'batten down the hatches...whatever it is I want to play with it!!'

Our dogs are looking a bit worried....

They grow up so quickly don't they!!?