Strawbearry Bear

Alrighty, so I drew up this new pattern, and oh boy is it going to need some work, lol :)

Here's my new little bear, a Strawbearry, if you will:

Now, I kept the arms and legs from the old pattern, because essentially I wasn't making the bear any taller... what I didn't count on was that I was making his little body a lot fatter... which means the arms just aren't long enough anymore, and the legs could stand to be a little bigger too.

The body... initially... looked silly as heck... but I modified the pattern slightly after I'd cut it out and sewn it... and now it's just the way I wanted it to be!

As for the head... well... yeah, I visualized THAT pattern all wrong... while I do like the head I ended up with... its pretty cute... it was not at ALL what I was seeing in my wee little brain...so it's back to the drawing board on that one too.

I *really* like the cute little printed cotton ear and feet bits... I'm wondering if I should add paw pads too?... I was also thinking of making one with a cotton body and mohair head and limbs... or something like that. I'm not sure... but I may just leave it at ear and paw pads.

This little bear will probably get a new ribbon too... this is just what I had in front of me, and he looked like he wanted *something* to wear.

Still plugging away...

I am diligently working away at creating new bears... but in the meantime... why don't you all take a gander at Beastlies!

Maulkie is going through a phase... He's been deliberately stamping on ants lately. This isn't really like him; it seems to be some sort of rebellious demonstration of power? In any case, it's freaking out the other Beastlies.

I love these little guys, they all have the cutest expressions... and have their own clever little descriptive bit to go along with them. I purchased this one:

Zaidan is very sensitive to caffeine. We don't normally let Beastlies have any caffeine, but he found a used English Breakfast teabag sitting by the sink last week, and proceeded to try to suck out all the moisture. He was wired for two days.

 And he is just the cutest thing. High quality clay work... and just as adorable as the picture!

Here are a few more of my favorites!

Higgins has recently tasted lemonade for the first time, and he's decided it's his favorite thing. Good luck getting him to talk about anything else.

Tiggy is very tense! We can't figure out how to get him to relax... He's just always on high alert. Or he's dead asleep. It's exhausting being wound so tightly.

Go here to check out the website too!
www.beastlies.com

They sell VERY quickly though, so I recommend following her on Facebook if you really want one. She updates it diligently as soon as she posts a new monster.

Yesterday a Bear, today... a HAMSTER!

This little guy is much like yesterday's bear, except about half the size.

Standing roughly 2.5 inches tall, he's ready for you to pick him up and take him home, lol!

Or... accidentally mistake him for a cupcake?! NOOOOO!

Hey Cavey!

Well, there are two things I want to post about today!


One is a product I've fallen in love with called Hey Cavey! by Holly at A Little Stranger.
Holly is seriously living my dream life XD

Anyhow, she makes these cute little bean shaped creatures called Cavey (if you check out her A Little Stranger blog, she links to an interview she did explaining where Cavey came from)... but the Cavey also have their own website at www.heycavey.com

You can go there and watch for updates as to when she'll next be selling some. She puts a time clock countdown on the right sidebar so everyone can tell when they'll go live in their time zone (she is in the UK).

Right now there are snowmen Cavey for sale at the Playlounge... or there is a super secret Cupcake Cavey for sale at Candypulse.... just click the picture of it below to go to the site:

Below is my Green Apple Cavey at the Biltmore House... which is the other thing I wanted to mention... if you ever have the chance to go, do! The house is amazing!!

Little Cupcake Giveaway

Sarah Dickson is having a little cupcake giveaway....

Click the picture to check it out... and while you're there, look around her blog! Her work and her illustrations are adorable!!!!!

And now for something completely different...

After yesterdays disturbing knitting... here is something cute:


Now, the blog I got this from did not credit the photo... so if this is your photo... or you know where it came from... please tell me! I prefer to credit as much as possible!!!

Three Little Bearries!

Sorry for my absence... the flu knocked me out... November was just... well... an AWFUL month when it came to the health of friends and family. Here's to a better December!

Let's begin it with new bears!!! The pink one you've seen before, but now she's joined with two little mohair friends!!!

I like this first pic... it looks like they're comforting the pink bear :)

Wiket?

Well... here's my latest work in progress... made from my first original bear pattern... he looks...

LIKE AN EWOK!

I've had him on my desk at work and several people have come in and said "Oh! Where'd you get the Ewok?!"

So, maybe he's just a bear who is a really big Star Wars fan? Maybe I was influenced by watching Fan Boys? Who knows.

He's not done yet, as you can see, his nose is only drawn on at the moment... and I'll probably do more shading and trimming... maybe. (He's awfully cute super fuzzy... I'm tempted to watch Star Wars and make him an Ewok outfit)

Needless to say, though, this little guy's name is Wiket. He has embraced his Ewok-dom.

Hi! I'm Wiket, the NOT-Ewok.
Isn't the moon beautiful tonight?


Wait a minute...

That's not a moon! It's a SPACESTATION!!!!

Cryptozoology and a giveaway

On the sloping hills of Mt. St. Helens lives a creature so hideous to behold that to merely speak its name will send local villagers running to shutter their windows and bar their doors. He is a beast of unspeakable terror (well... ok, maybe not THAT unspeakable)... ravaging the landscape in his endless search to feed his hunger!!!

He is...


BATSQUATCH!

Here is one of my newest little strange creations... a bat gone horribly wrong, Batsquatch is really quite friendly, despite the mythos of horror that surround him like a dark cloud. His face is needle felted and then hand colored with prismacolor markers.

My other creation is much more bat-like... He's a little Fruity Bat (oh yeah, fruity... or maybe I should say fruit-LOOPY)
I liked the way he looked better before I turned him, so I left him unturned... but as of yet, am not sure if I want to do a little extra embroidery around his edges or not.

He is even capable of hanging upside down!

Finally... Yesterday's Glitter is having a giveaway of cuteness! Check out my side bar, or right below, for a link to the giveaway! This is one of my favorite Blogs out there anyways... so even if you don't want to take part in the giveaway, you should check out the rest of it!

More Pumpkins!

Another random craft celebrating my love for Halloween...

I'm going to have to break down and make a Halloween bear. The mystery creature will just have to be put on hold, since all he's really been doing is giving me a brain block! Maybe he's an anti-muse.

Anyhow, until then, here are some Halloween pins I designed (all the white bits are reflections in the gloss... I'm probably too big a fan of sparkly and shiny!):