Tea party .....

Hi again..... look 3 posts in a couple of days :)

The Teddy Bears tea Party at www.teddiesworldwide.com  has been going really well with lots of bears from lots of artists finding new homes. It still has another 15 or so hours to run and there are still some cute ones left :)
I still have a few available  too, including Peppermint

Orange Pekoe

and Matilda



Don't forget that there is a booklet of everybodies  favourite Tea Time Treats to download after the show has ended.

I put my receipe for Creamy Peppermints in, which I remember Mum making. Whenever I have taken them anywhere, there are never any left to bring home :)

Open Now ....

It's On Now

The Teddy Bears Tea Party is open now and there are a huge amount of bears to choose from.  Just click on my side bar link or any of the links in previous posts and you will be able to have a look :)

Some of my bears included are  Rosehip

Earl Grey

Peppermint

and Honey Lemon

There are 6 others of mine as well as the other 89 artists lovely assortments of bears.

Also, a lot of the artists have provided a receipe for their favourite tea time treat ~ they are visible now at the bottom of each artists page and will also be available for FREE download as a recipe book after the show is over so don't forget to check back and download your copy :)

Hope to see you at the show !!

Teddies Worldwide Tea Party...

Well, for us here in Australia there is only one more sleep until the Teddies World wide Tea Party opens and all the bears are able to be seen.

I'm really looking forward to seeing all the bears and seeing the other artists interpretations of the tea party theme.
My show page is all done, with ten bears waiting for the opening :) 

Click here to attend the Tea Party  

The show starts at 7am Saturday morning NSW  time.

On a sad note, this week we had to have our lovely mastiff X "Crash"  (named after the Crash bandicoot game) put to sleep. He was a totally gorgeous, very happy  big lump of a dog and we all miss him.

Tea Party Preview On Now ....

The Teddy Bears tea Party Preview is now live.

This is a sneak peak of some of the bears that will be available on the weekend of the 23rd - 25th of March. There are lots of bears from lots of talented artists to choose from.

Click here to be taken to the preview page

To vote just click on the name of the artist whos bear you fancy and then confirm on the pop up. One vote in the Minature section, one vote in the full size section.

My entry is Rosehip.

She is made of a long mohair with felted face and toes and a felted/sealed nose. She has leather lids and eyelashes. She is wearing a garland of roses and a handmade tulle tutu in white and rose. She also has her box of Rosehip Tea.

The Tea Party itself starts on the Friday 23rd March at 4pm (US time - I think it is about 8am Saturday for those of us in Australia) and goes for the whole weekend :)

I'm going back to sewing now as I have another 5 bears to finish :)

Back again ..... again

I'm back again.... again :) 

Sorry, it has been a while but I have been busy sewing for the Teddy Bears Tea Party. The preview bear is all finished now. I just have to take her photo and post it at the site.

The preview opens  for voting on the ninth of March (US time) and can be accessed by clicking the link on the sidebar. 

I am really happy with how she turned out and I can't wait to see everybody elses' bears :)

This is my table at the Lawnton show a couple of weekends ago.It is mainly a doll show with a few bears mixed in.

 I had a nice time and while it was not the busiest trading day I have ever had, it was still a fun day.  Mum came too and gave me the opportunity to sneak away for a few moments to snap a couple of photos.

      

 This is the view across from my table this year.

The lovely ladies from Nic Nak Bears.  They had the most gorgeous old fashioned blocks. I especially liked some Beatrix Potter style small blocks - next time they are coming home with me as I have been kicking myself for not grabbing some !!

Michelle from Billy T Bears with her lovely bears.

I was also lucky enough to win Bear of Show with my entry so that also made my day :)  I will post a photo of her next time.

Back soon :)

I'm Back .....

Sorry, it's been a bit of a long gap between posts :)  

 I have been sewing for the Lawnton Doll and Bear Show which is on tomorrow in Lawnton, Brisbane and also for the Teddy Bears Tea Party which is getting closer by the day.

I have a trading table there so I thought I would fill it lol....

This girl is coming with me - she is made from a lovely Kurl mohair in "Sunshine" yellow, she has a felted face and paws and hand painted blue eyes. She is wearing a gorgeous vintage cotton and lace Christening dress from around 1890.

This is Griz again from a previous post ..... now he has a knitted hat - made from a gorgeous thick and thin wool from a corriedale sheep.  I'm still not all that great at knitting but I am really enjoying making little things for the bears.  It's nice to knit something I don't need a pattern for :)

This is a pj girl made from hand dyed mohair from a previous post ( I have to figure out how to do those little links that take you right to the previous post)  As soon as I finish this post I am going to make her a hot water bottle to take to bed ;)



  
Last preview for this post is this little hand dyed orange alpaca girl - she had been finished and photographed before but I just wasn't happy with her. So, this morning a got her out again and reshaded her and made her a new flower wreath and now I like her so much better  !!!

I also sent a bear up for the competition... I got a call on Wednesday from the lovely lady organising the competition to tell me that my poor bear has had four claws broken off in the mail .... AAARRGH. 
 I suspected there might be trouble when the Aust Post guy tossed my parcel into the tray - I'm going back to posting at my local PO from now on.
  I guess I will be resewing a full set of claws when I get her home as I don't have any more matching ones :(

Mum is coming to the show to help me tomorrow, so I'll be able to get away from the table and take some photos of all the tables and bears. Fingers crossed I'll be back tomorrow night to upload them all :)

Grizzly Progress and still more rain ...

I couldn't resist adding a few more rain photos from last week.  I love this photo - normally this is just a little hill and fence post boundary, with all the rainwater it looks like an exotic waterfall you have to walk through a National Park to see :)  Of course, it was gone as soon as the rain stopped !

This is Angus knee boarding on the front lawn, not as sunny as the beach but no sand getting up your shorts either :)

On my work bench this week (also known as the bed.... I have to sit crosslegged on the bed to do most of my sewing) is Grizz who will be coming with me to the Lawnton Show - AKA the Northside Doll and Bear Show on the 19th of February.
He is coming along - his eyes are not set yet and his back seams still need closing but at least he is looking like a bear now not a pile of disarticulated limbs *grins*

For some reason this photo keeps loading sideways ....grrrr , it has a mind of it's own. I will have to work that out and try again later. 

I had a marathon cutting out session last night and this morning at 3am I worked out my theme for the Teddys Tea Party .... I am dying to tell someone and show my bears that I have in various stages of assembly.  

I've only just started blogging and now I want to show everybody everything !! 

As a final thing, and because I desperately want to post another photo that isn't sideways :) here is another bear coming to Lawnton with me.....