Hinchingbrooke House bear and craft fair

I will be attending this fair on August 1st and am hoping to take about 14 bears.I have uploaded some photos for you to have a look at.Hinchingbrooke House is a lovely venue and is situated in Cambrideshire.The fair is run by Bears to collect and they have a website as do Hinchingbrooke House so you can take a look.My bears will range from 4.5 inches to 12 inches.Must go bears to finish!

New bears

I have neglected my blog yet again but I am always so busy and there are never enough hours in a day. Enough of my complaining I thought I would post some of my latest bears for you to enjoy.

The two bears together are called Trimble and Buster and are both just over 11 inches in height.The other 3 are around 5.5 inches and are called Spruce,Scrappy and Truffle.Hope you like them :0)

They are for sale in my local bear shop http://www.bearshops.co.uk

Happy Halloween

It has been nearly two months since my last post.... how time flies.

I had a great day at Hugglets with lots of interest in my bears and was very happy with the sales I made too.

It is half term this week for the schools so we have taken the opportunity to go out on some lovely walks as the weather has been so lovely.The photos were taken at Blickling park and it is a beautiful place with a lovely hall and some wonderful grounds to walk in.The changing shades of Autumn were a delight to see and I really enjoyed the walk.You can just spot one of my dogs running around in the photo...he doesn't keep still long enough to get a photo of him!!I am off to do some sewing now as I have a bear commission and I won't get finished if I sit on the computer all night.

Bears for Hugglets

I have just three bears to finish for Hugglets which is on Sunday 13th September in Kensington London.They have a website if you would like to find more details www.hugglets.co.uk

I thought that I would show you three of the 21 bears that I plan to take with me.I do love to make these old tatty looking bears and these are always the hardest to part with...I think that they just tug at your heartstrings.I was hoping to be all finished by now but summertime and children called so we have been out on our bikes a lot this holiday and I have really enjoyed it.The bear making does tend to take a back seat this time of the year but I would rather be out and about enjoying the light evenings and nice weather.There is plenty of time for bearmaking in the winter when there is not a lot to do when it is dark at 4pm.Well back to the bear making otherwise I will never be ready and half the bears are unnamed yet too.I always leave that until last unless on the odd occasion a name just comes straight to me as I am making the bear.It is so much easier that way!

Hols down south

I have been a bit lazy with my blog recently but here are a few photos of my holiday down south to the New Forest and the Isle of Wight.We went camping this time and lucky for us the weather was pretty good which makes all

the difference when you are out in all the elements.The photos are of the New Forest ponies which are everywhere and lovely to see.There is a photo of Corfe Castle which was a lovely place to visit and also of the Needles on the Isle Of Wight.It was the first time that I have been down that way and it was lovely.The colour of the sea is a beautiful shade of blue and I could just sit there watching it all day.We had a lovely week and it was just nice to chill out and spend all day doing what you want to.I would love to go back there again next year but for now I am back to sewing as I am trying to get enough bears together for the Hugglets show in Kensington London on Sunday September 13th.I will try and post a show preview nearer the time.

Out and about around Norwich

The weather was lovely last weekend so we decided to take a stroll around the centre of Norwich.I love the city as I grew up very close to the centre of Norwich and could walk to the city within 20 minutes.We walked around the cathedral which I always find so serenly peaceful and we also walked past Pulls Ferry which is an old building in Norwich that is still lived in today and finally over the bridge and back to the car.It is so refreshing to have a lovely walk when the weather is so nice.

I am constantly sewing bears but never seem to have anything to show for it.I am just finishing off a swap bear with a lovely lady in the USA and I am now starting on 7 bears for a local shop so that will keep me busy for a while.I have submitted photos of my bears to the Teddy Bear Times and Collect It magazine as they both have Hugglets previews.This show is in Kensington London on September 13th and is the only show I am attending for the rest of this year.I have a few bears put away for the show but by the time I finish the shop order time will soon be ticking on to get the rest of the bears finished for the show.Why does the summer fly by so fast yet winter seems to drag on.Today is the longest day and the nights will slowly pull in and it seems too early as at this time of the year we are still waiting for summer to properly arrive.

A day at the beach

It was such a lovely day Sunday that we decided to go to the beach.The sky was a lovely shade of blue with no clouds in sight.The boys had fun playing on the beach and paddling in the sea...lucky I took a spare set of clothes for them all as they needed them.

I am slacking a bit on my blog at the moment as you don't realise how long it is since you last posted as time flies by so quickly.I am busy with my bears at the moment as I am trying to get ahead of myself with my stock so I can then have a bit of fun trying out the new things that I keep wanting to do and never seem to have the time for.At least I won't feel so guilty about spending time on new things if I have some bears already made.It always seems that if I slacken off a bit that is when I make sales and then have to work hard trying to catch myself up.I took 4 of my minis to a local seaside bear shop last month and thought that they would keep them going for a little while but the shop owner rang me up 4 days later and told me she only had one bear left and by the time I took a few more in the last mini had gone.It gives you the boost to keep making the bears knowing that you have sales although I like to have a happy medium of not having loads of bears in stock but not running out either.I am only making minis at the moment and I love it.

My siamese was being his usual helpful self this afternoon and was continually trying to take my pins and ears of my bears.He was even trying to bite my cotton reels and my scissors!!If that didn't grab my attention he kept trying to bite my arm and play.He knows I am easily distracted and can't resist his charms.Well back to work as I have a bear to stuff.