My New Project!

For the past year I've been itching to try my hand at teddy bear making.  This month I am finally giving it a go.  I purchased some mohair and some supplies online and they all trickled in over the last few weeks.   I made my first bear yesterday...sadly I can not share a picture of it with you.  "Why?" You ask!!?  Because, I am too embarrassed to show just how ugly it turned out, LOL!  I had to go back to the drawing board and revise my first design.  And I must say the second one is turning out pretty darn cute if I do say so myself.;)  I ran out of time tonight to continue working on the rest of her but   here is a picture of her little face so far!

I can see how addicting teddy bear making can be!  I can't wait to start making a whole menagerie of cute animals!  Practice makes perfect! ;)

New pink and blue bunnies!

I have been wanting to create some pastel animals other than chicks for a while now.  I would try to find matching shades of colors in roving, wool, and felt without much success as each manufacturer has its own dye colors and so I could never get them to match up.  I finally gave hand dyeing wool a try!  And I'm in love!  Why didn't I try this sooner?!!! I really love how the the colors turned out.  Much softer muted shades that are reminiscent of vintage goods.  Here are a few pictures of my pink and blue Easter bunnies I recently finished!  I can't wait to dye some more!

Introducing... Peony the Baby Mouse!

Look what I just made! LOL! :)  This is Peony the baby mouse.  Peonies are my favorite flowers and so I created this little mouse sitting inside a peony blossom.  I've been inspired, so I'm off to Micheals Craft Store to pick up more supplies!

Busy catching up!

I'm busy, busy, busy! But thought I'd take a quick break to show you the one I just finished! I LOVE it. You know that feeling you get when you finish something and you just know its perfectly executed? That's how I felt about this one. :) Now time to go back to the garage to work on some more!

Finished for tonight!

It's been rather a lonely day with everyone gone! Quiet too. Although, I did have kitty to keep me company. He's rather sweet and he always makes me smile when he plays in the garage. (It's really the neighbors cat but he is always coming over to visit.) Ian pretty much kept to himself most of the day in his room playing on his computer online.

I was able to finish my other project tonight after all as you can see. :) It's another little bunny! This time, sitting in a pink top hat!