Saturday, June 21, 2014

The Show has BEGUN!


The Teddies Worldwide Online Show has officially started - and these are our 10 brand new, never-before-seen critters created just for this weekend!

We have 'Archimedes Owl' - a brand new design for Emma's Bears (you can download his ePattern here). He is made from a fun mix of faux fur and long-pile mohair and has a jointed head so he can do that creepy thing Owls do when they turn to look at you without moving their body!

He is 14" tall, very chunky and weighty and available for adoption on our show page along with all of the other critters.




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This little cutie is 'Azariel', made in our imported 'Surf's Up' mohair. He's a perfect 12" tall, fully jointed and heavily weighted. And he comes with his gorgeous little seahorse friend.




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This petite little lady is 'Bellatrix Bunny', and she is made in a piece of our hand-dyed short pile mohair using our 'Little Bunny' pattern. This mohair feels like velvet to the touch, and she's actually a bit closer to her full-body photo in colouring then her close up. More of a blue-based purple tone then pink.



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And this little cutie is one of my favourites! He is made in a piece of our Limited Edition long-pile tipped mohair, and our cute little 6" 'Trini' pattern.

We posed him with a funky Kombi Van ornament and gave him a little shell necklace to complete his beach-themed look.



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And this big girl is Freya the pink and white panda, made in our 'Perky Pink' and 'Fluffy Cloud' faux fur fabrics. We used the large 'Alivea' pattern to create her, but altered it slightly to create her panda-eye patches and chest insert.




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Here we have our profile bear for the show - little Island Sunset, made from the faux fur of the same name. We kept her accessories pretty simple and just gave her a string of pink franjipani flower pendants and a little pink bow in her hair.




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This little lady has to be the brightest of the bunch (I was going to say the craziest... but you haven't seen who's coming up next yet! :P)

We've made her from another piece of our rainbow hand-dyed mohair, and our elephant pattern.




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And THEN we have this little dude. Mr 'Overworked Odin'. He's quirky... I'll give you that!

He's actually Mark's favourite (and he told me that if he doesn't sell in the show, he'll keep him for himself!). Odin is made from yet another piece of our hand-dyed mohair (this piece was a patchy bright orange with blue/green splotches) and he looks out through a pair of handmade Russian glass eyes I was keeping for a special creation.

Odin is fully wobble-jointed and very heavy, so he's delightful to hold. He's had lots of aging and shading and is just not something you will see in every bear collection!



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This little lady is 'Vanya'. She is made from a mix of our super-long pile white mohair and one of the last pieces of our gold curly kid mohair - so two very deluxe fur fabrics. We gave her choc-gold hand painted glass eyes with sculpted lids and pulled/shaded toes.

She looks very casual sitting by the water with her oversized sunnies too.




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And last, but by no means least - we have 'Baby Katie'. She is another in my 'reborn' style baby-bear range. We hand-dyed her mohair a gorgeous soft buttery-yellow colour (the raw white mohair can be purchased here), and gave her big black german glass eyes. She has low-set ears and the sweetest chubby cheeks.

Baby Katie wears a pink-velour ruffle dress over a white onesie and newborn nappy and comes with her little rattle as well. She too can be found for adoption on our show page with all the other critters!





Monday, June 16, 2014

Miriam


This is our latest little lady to emerge from the Emma's Bears studio. I documented her arrival through our new 'Instagram' account (well, it's not really a 'new' account - I started it about 2yrs ago but never did anything with it. But I've recently discovered what an incredible little online world it is. Just search for #emmasbears to find some of our work-in-progress photos, or you can also pop straight over to our profile).








And then earlier this afternoon our gorgeous 'Miriam' was finished. I had actually intended that she'd be wearing a big fluffy plush pink fur jacket - but when I put it on her it just didn't look right. So I thought I'd see how the red dress looked... and it is like it was made for her.

Miriam is currently available for adoption. We used our 'Kanoa' pattern to make her (available for instant download in our etsy store), but her mohair was a piece from our personal collection - before we started importing in bulk for our FurAddiction.com supply store - so sadly I can't link you to a listing to buy it yourself. It is very lovely though! I do wish I had a bit more!




Sunday, June 15, 2014

Custom Premmie Baby Bear


This little guy is Baby Oscar. I was contacted by his mum a few weeks ago asking if I could make a bear 41cm long and 3lbs 1oz in weight. I was a little surprised by how specific the sizing/weighting needed to be for her custom bear, but then she explained why and I totally understood.

Back in February when I was also pregnant with my surrogate bubba, her little guy was born sleeping at 33wks. He was born weighing 3lbs, 1oz and 41cm long. And his name was Oscar.


So I made some adjustments to my newborn-sized baby bear design to bring the proportions back down to a smaller 'premmie' size, and to make sure the bear would be 41cm long when assembled.



His mum chose from our available mohair, and decided that our 'Oscar' tipped mohair was meant to be. I hadn't made a baby bear from this fur before, but I must say I'm really impressed with how well it makes up in a larger sized bear.


She asked that he be dressed in a little knitted jacket, and have the white body/sleeve 'onesie' look like some of my other baby bears have had (we used our 'Noah' mohair for this - it's seriously soft and perfect for the task).



And so 'Baby Oscar' the bear was completed this morning. His little knitted cream hoodie jacket arrived in the post late friday (and was a perfect fit), and he had his photoshoot earlier today. The photos have been sent to his new mum and I'm so relieved to say she likes him!



I must say that this has been a very touching custom order, and one I was so honoured to be asked to do.



Thursday, June 12, 2014

Baby Dragon



This week I've been working on finishing the bears for the Teddies Worldwide Show (which I have! Hurray!), and working on some custom bears, elephants and guinea pig plushies, AND working on a few 'available for sale' critters as well. 

This little cutie was the first to be finished. I didn't plan to complete her yet. I actually have another Dragon in blue/silver sparkle faux fur cut up and ready to sew as well, and meant to finish the pair of them together... but this green girl was begging me to bring her to life. 


Slowly but surely over the last few days she took form. Until earlier this afternoon I actually had a gorgeous little face looking back at me...



... and 'Natsuki' was born. 



Her name means 'Moon' and 'Green' - kind of appropriate for both her funky mohair (of which we have a very limited last few pieces left) and her stunning gold-tone/faux crystal moon shaped forehead talisman.



I didn't want to make her quite as expensive and fragile as my original two baby dragons, so experimented with giving her soft black leather claws instead of clay ones. It actually worked quite well and looks pretty effective.






We also decided to try making our own wings for Natsuki. I made them a little smaller, and in the same fabric as her spikes/belly/ paw pads - coating in golden sparkles and with a sparking clear glass crystal drop on the end of each wing.



Natsuki is a one of a kind, very special little soft sculpture dragon. She is currently available in our etsy store

Sunday, June 8, 2014

Teddies Worldwide Online Bear show PREVIEW



The Teddies Worldwide online bear show is nearly here!!! (I still have two more bears to finish for it too! Somebody needs to slow down time already!).

The preview bears for all 75 artists were unveiled over the weekend. I think I spent a good 15mins just going through each listing and making all sorts of 'oohhh' and 'ahhh' noises! There are some spectacular entries.

The little bear above is our preview bear for the 'Vacation' themed show. We've called her 'Island Sunset' (and she's made from our faux fur on the same name).

If you want to check out the preview bears and vote for your favourite you can find the preview on the Teddies Worldwide Website.

[You might notice our little Fur Addiction ad on the top right hand side too!] 

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Settled (mostly)


Well, THAT was a weekend to remember! We're all moved and settled now though. I have a nice little nook for my sewing machine, the bears and fabric have their display shelf, the fabric rolls are stacked nicely and the kids rooms are all set up with new beds and their favourite toys (the rest of the toys have been boxed and placed in storage. It'll be like Christmas when we move to our final location and they get to unpack them all again!).

The brilliant part about our current temporary location is that we have the business downstairs and the 'house' upstairs, so we will be able to have customers come and touch/see the fabric in person now if they are local. (All the contact details can be found on our 'About Us' page on the FurAddiction website).


I set about working on a lanky bear in some of our hand-dyed mohair this morning. The light isn't great in my little nook, but we'll grab a bigger lamp next time we're out and about to remedy that.

But, despite the light-issue, we still managed to get this vibrant little lady finished. She's an homage to Summer now that we've just clicked over into Winter down here in Australia. She has a sweet summer-dress with dolphin print, franjipani beaded necklace and a little headband. We asked our Facebook likers to help us name her, and they came up with 'Marigold' which suits her nicely.


Marigold is made using a piece of our hand-painted mohair, and our 'Kanoa' pattern.