****sneak peek****basket of bears in the making!****

I thought I would take a quick break from working on the bears to share some pics of their progress.All of these wee one are 5.5 inches tall and created from vintage mohair and vintage wool.Each will represent real styles of bears from the grizzly,kodiak,brown,and polar bear.The whimsical blue styles popped up from my imagination and are meant to be chilly arctic bears.I will be adding their finishing touches and hope to have them listed in my etsy shop tommorow,Friday the 3rd.I also wanted to share a pic of my special order circus dog and his little buddy pugsbie.The original request was for a pug,poodle,or spanial style dog but I thought I would throw in a special supprise of the little pug who sits in his very own circus ball pouch!I hope their new mommy will like them.I will be back with the finished pics of the gang once they are completed.~~~~~Sharie

~~Things looking brighter after the start of a bad week~~

I had the start of a very bad week that actually started on Sunday.My husband had come down with that nasty bug that has been going around and wasn't feeling very well at all.With him feeling poorly,I decided to tackle the job of cleaning out our back porch and putting all of the summer statues and baskets away for the winter by myself.I was also aware that my kitty(now my oldest)wasn't feeling too well either.He had been diagnosed with having mini strokes by our vet with no real treatment for his condition.When I was finished with my outdoor tasks and came in for the day,I was in total shock to see how bad my poor kitty was.I really thought he was not going to live through the evening and didn't think I could even bear this so soon after just losing our oldest kitty a couple of months ago.While my husband rested,me and my sons took turns staying by kitties side and comforting him the best we could.As if it was a miracle,he actually started getting more responsive and was incredibley getting better!I was so relieved but exhausted from this I dozed off immediately after I went to bed for the evening.Early the next morning I awoke to my husband standing by the end of our bed telling me he could barely breathe and needed to see the doctor.He was diagnosed with doulble pnemonia and admited into the hospital Monday morning.With everything happening so suddenly I still had to find time to get all the bears from my last etsy update packaged and shipped,get back to the hospital by my husband then back home to do housework and start supper~~~~wow it was exhausting!The good thing~~~my husband was released from the hospital today feeling much better and my kitty(Bobby)has made a full recovery,both a true blessing that I am grateful for!And even more good news,I decided to try to make some mini bears from this wonderful stash of vintage mohair and vintage wool/mohair blend pieces(5 different colors in all) so earlier today I traced and sewed a 5.5 bear up from this wonderful fabric and actually got him finished in one day!Now that is a record for me and the little bear turned out adorable and I was so pleased with him!I plan on making these little guys for my next etsy update in Dec. and will share some pics once they are in progress.~~~~~Sharie

~~*Clowns*kitty*elephant*completed~~now in my etsy shop~~~

I'm so happy to announce all of the new clowns,kitty and of course the panda elephant are now completed and listed in my new etsy shop update.I love how Willy the elly turned out and I'm pretty happy with him as my first try in making one.Little thomas kitty has also had a big transformation since his unfished stage with the dollies below(in an older post)Also done are the winter clowns Wolfey and Foxey and dear sweet little Grace in her vintage dolly dress(I am a bit smitten with her and it will be hard to let her go lol)The clowns including the elly and Grace are a larger size,just a tad under 11 inches and Jax (yellow clown)is 8" and little Thomas kitty is 7 inches tall and 5 way disk jointed.Well thank you for stopping in to meet the gang and I hope you like them.~~~~HugsxxxxSharie~~~~~quick update....all of the gang except Wolfey(last teddy pictured)has now been adopted.....thank you so much~~~sharie