New Rabbit in town

This is 'Flopsy'. If you would like to see her in full

go to my 'bear' blog here.

WOYWW

This gorgeous girl is a work in progress. She is turning out better than I thought. Have you figured out what animal she is???? Not hard right. I made the head and asked Miss Ashley what I should make and she said "Rabbit" - so rabbit it is. Wait until you see her face in full glory. I love how she is going and hope you do too. Thanks for stopping by.

New bear Jazz

You can find Jazz on my bear blog here.

Tickly

New bear I created.

Go here to look at him properly.

New bear blog

Thanks everyone for voting on my poll.

It was kind of unanimous -

If you go down to the woods.

http://ifugodowntothewoods.blogspot.com/

Please follow my new blog so I don't look like such a loser. LOL.

Meet Patty

Meet the new addition to our teddy family. Boy it is starting to look a bit like a farm lol. Our 'mouse' edition to the family is named 'Patty'. My son Lachi named her. My other son Tyler thinks she looks like a koala lol. Anyway. It was not my intention for her to look like a mouse but she turned out really well.

Needle felted face and feet. Copic markers to shade on all the felting. Faux fur (that I got from Spotlight) and white suede for the inner ears. The eyes are clear glass that I air brushed BV25 on to the back to make them purple.

I did notice one thing when uploading these photos. That is that she has a bit of a lazy eye. Doh...!!! Will have to fix that up lol.

The last photo is Patty before the felted feet and her ears. I must say that I am not used to making bears. I can't even manage to do a proper ladder stitch yet but hoping that I can make it down to Bear Essence this afternoon to 'learn' from the lovely ladies there. We will see.

What do you all think...????

If you were to purchase a handmade bear what would pay for it...??? Would love to know your thoughts......!!!

Annie

Meet my new baby girl named Annie (my little missy named her). She is made from synthetic faux fur with the Tooti pattern I purchased from JennylovesBenny minus the rabbit ears. Her face is needle felted. I was going to use the black nose on Henry (my other bear) but thought it was too dark for his face. I didn't do much shading on her face as I am yet to master that. Hoping to be able to have a fun afternoon at Bear Essence in Tooradin this Saturday and learn some new things - like how to ladder stitch properly.

Unfortunately her left arm fell off. I think I used the wrong sized disc to attach her arm and for some reason it ripped right through the fabric. Goes to show that these bears are definately only for show and not for children to play with. I had to reattach her arm with dental floss so now it doesn't move how it should - I nearly cried. LOL.

What do you think...???

My completed bear

Phew...!!!! Do you know how relieved I am that I have completed this bear...?? I must say I put a lot of work in to this bear. Ahhhh so glad I am finished. I have no idea how other bear makers felt when they first started out making their gorgeous creations but as happy as I am that I have completed this bear and he is cute to boot I am not happy with the overall finish. I think his body is too big for his head. I was going to go for a smaller body but thought that would look funny but not impressed. Oh well. Practice practice like any craft. The head pattern was from Jennylovesbenny and the body was from a pattern by Karen Alderson. So many talented people out there.

Here is my dear bears face. I cut the stitched nose off and needle

felted another. I like this one much better.

The head is attached with a wobble joint.

What do you all think...???

Needle Felted Bear Face

Afternoon everyone. What a wonderful Spring day it was here in Melbourne. My gosh it was so nice. I had a girlfriend come over and hang out and gossip with me. It is always so nice when you have one of those days.

I have something to show you. Most people who make bears use the usual mohair fur to make them including the face. I personally love the look of the needle felted faces. They bring a whole new character to a bear so I thought I would give it a shot. I must admit for my first attempt I did a pretty good job of it. Now on to making the body and sit it somewhere where I can admire it. Here is the progress in photos.

The face pretty much bare with a bit of wool felted on it but

completely flat.

Sculpted cheeks, nose and mouth.

Wasn't happy with the nose (made it look like a

monkey) so I changed it by adding more wool.

Altered nose, eyelids and copic markers used.

Nose done, ears sewn on.

What do you think....???

I seriously need to work on the nose but thought

he looked pretty good.

Mini bear completed

I completed my needle felted bear. Can you tell my little girl Ashley loves it....???!!!! LOL. It is very small as you can see. Love it. Love how it turned out. Now back to some card making and then we will be right.

My new bear friends

Phew I tell ya it has been a while since I did some cardmaking and I am sorry but this is the reason why. I bought a kit for the Kringles bear at the bear shop called Bear Essence which can be found in Tooradin (if you are in Melbourne). My 6yr DS wants it coz he thinks it is cool and my DD wants it coz she is the one who chose it for me. LOL. The Tooti rabbit was a pattern I got from Jennylovebenny. They aren't that good but better than I expected them to turn out. At the very bottom is my mini needle felted bear in progress. OMG I am addicted. You can see how small it will be - hence why I took the photo on the cutting board.

Meet Kringles

Meet Tooti

This cutie is going to my next door neighbors

DD who turns 11yrs old today.

Friends

Mini bear

This mini bear will be joined together with

dental floss. Yep you read it right - dental floss.

Will have pictures for you tomorrow when I finish it.

Will be with you shortly

Gosh I have been a bit distracted. Sorry I haven't posted most of the week but have been busy making a bunny rabbit for my next door neighbor's DD who turns 11 tomorrow. I did complete my other bear and will show you as soon as I have made his overalls for him. LOL. My DD 3yrs thinks that he should be her's as she picked him out. Bless her. The kids seem to love the teddies I have been 'trying' to create. So I will be back in the next couple of days with photos of my teddies and hopefully at least one card.

This mini creation is by Fiver and gosh I don't

know how she does it but her creations are

amazingly small. Check them out at her

blog here.

Little Bears

I have been searching blogland and here are some little bears I love that I have found along the way. Aren't they just the cutest.

Widdle bear comes from here.

The rabbits come from here.