New Guinea Pig - Merlin

With Mark home today, and Chelsea in a good mood, I managed to get the fantasty rainbow guinea pig completed. And he is crazy!!!


I've called him 'Merlin' - seemed appropriate! And he is currently listed on bearpile. Soon to be listed on etsy... if i can do so quickly before Chels comes crawling back from the bathroom where she's 'helping' daddy run a bath!

New Bear - Pepijn

This little sweetie is Pepijn. He's so new i haven't even listed him on bearpile yet! I managed to salvage some red embroidery thread and matching red lace from the destructive clutches of Chelsea to sew his little nose and collar. I think it looks brilliant. Bright, but brilliant. And Chels was quite taken to him as well. She kept pointing at his nose and wanting to scratch it. :P

I had some fun last night after Chelsea and Mark had gone to bed cutting out new ideas for bears and guinea pigs.

I've got two jumbo fantasy guinea pigs in the works. One is a rainbow and silver sparkly one. And the other is made in a gorgeous 'big cat' like fur. Am so curious to see how they work out.

New Guinea Pig Family - Tabitha and babies

So the latest guinea pig family is complete! Tabitha, Bambi and Biscuit. So so cute! I think these little guys have to be my favourite thing to make at the moment!

Messy afternoon of cooking

Was halfway through making another guinea pig (gorgeous three colour, long haired one), when i remembered that if i didn't cook up another batch of baby food, there would be nothing for Chels to eat tonight.





So this was the reality of my afternoon. Not quite how i wanted to spend it. But productive nonetheless.

My collection

I received my copy of the latest Australian Bear Creations magazine today, and in it they have asked for photos of people's bear collections. So I thought what a good opportunity to actually take some photos of my collection in its entirety!







These are most of my bears. I have others scattered about.

Four new postcards

Germany



USA



Russia












and Poland





The latest postcards to arrive in my letterbox thanks to postcrossing.com ...

My mohair arrived!!!

I LOVE ordering new mohair. And i haven't done it in soooooo long. I'd managed to get my stock levels down to an all time low - so figured it was time for some new materials to work with.

Jim at bearycheap.com was amazing to work with, and chose some lovely 'guinea pig appropriate' pieces for me too. Along with some more vibrant and fun pieces. (I'm loving that blue/green one - it was called 'Jade').

So stay tuned for some new creations in some new colours! :D

Oh, and the rest of the day i spent creating a new outfit for Chelsea in this amazing rainbow butterfly cotton fabric on a black background. It was only a 1/2m piece (cause it was stupidly expensive), and i managed to make this little outfit out of it. With no pattern!




There wasn't much left of the fabric at the end either! :P