TEDDY HOLIDAYS

I have just been reading the international news, and Reuters news agency have just reported that there is a company in Finland who arranges winter and summer holidays for your sad and tired and perhaps a little stressed teddy bears.  Even if you do not have a favorite teddy bear you can adopt one from the tour company and they will take it traveling around Lapland and if you bear is very lucky he/she might even get to see Santa!  If you would like to book your  bear a trip of a lifetime click on TEDDY TOURS or go to www.teddytourslapland.com  I am sure your bear will love you forever.

MIRABEL

I thought you might like to see the bear I have created over the weekend called Mirabel, she is one of my new Toy-Box Treasures.  She has been developed from a bear I made about 3 years ago called Emelia Jane.  It has been so nice to re visit a pattern and add new techniques I have learnt since the last time I used this pattern.  Mirabel is 16 inches tall and a pretty pastel blue girl bear with life like eyes.  I am so pleased with the way she has turned out I am sure I will not leave it so long to use this pattern again :-)


If you would like to find out further information about Mirabel please take a look at my website.


Mirabel has found a loving home in West Sussex.


Today I have been making a new Grog and finishing off a new wacky bear and having a great time with some brightly coloured felt I have hand dyed to give a batik effect and some wonderful rainbow effect mohair, its like Christmas!!


Darren has also finished a new Furgotten Bear today, I really do feel sorry for his bears, the ageing treatment is enough to bring tears to your eyesLOL! but the results he achieves look so genuine.  If you would like to see his bear she has just been added to my website on his Furgotten page.  He is at present up dating his own blog so in the next hour or so you will see what he has been upto while he has his feet up resting his broken toes.  Have you noticed that when someone has a bad foot no matter how hard you try to avoid knocking it etc. it seems to be always in your pathway, even our little dogs know to walk on the otherside of the room LOL!

POPSICLE & DORA

POPSICLE

It was a very dull day on yesterday so to add a bit of colour to my day I just had to create a cheerie coloured Urchin, and here she is Popsicle, with her pastel pink nose and very pretty knitted pixie style hat and jacket.  She has found a home very quickly and is off to live in Australia with a few of her Urchin pals.  She is making the journey with Dora to keep her company.

DORA

Dora is one of my favorite Urchins, she is made from a pale peach curled mohair and has dark chocolate brown cashmere paw pads.  She is wearing a new knitted creation which is a new design to be added to my Urchins expanding wardrobe, a little picot edge vest with pixie style hat threaded with a fine satin ribbon.  Dora's outfit is beige with a plum coloured ribbon to match her plum coloured embroidered nose.

Dora and Popsicle have already started their long journey, I hope they behave themselves along the way.

POOR LITTLE WILLIAM & SOULFUL GEORGE

WILLIAM

I have been having fun this last week creating two new Toy-Box Treasures, one called William, who is a new size of traditional style bear for me at 7.1/2 inches.  I must say I have really enjoyed making William and cannot wait to make a little girl bear in the same size.

William has been made from a rich chestnut brown German mohair, and has matching coloured leather paw pads.  I think he has stolen my heart! This little boy has been given the appearance of a little bear who has been over-looked in the toy box, but has all the signs of a bear who has been loved and played with in years gone by, he has even managed to keep a little bit of his worn out ribbon tied around his neck.  He is still hopeful that some day soon he will be remembered. 

If you would like to find out more about William, please take a look at my website Jac-Q-Lyn Bears and visit my traditional gallery page.

LITTLE WILLIAM HAS FOUND SOMEONE TO LOVE HIM.

GEORGE

This is George who is made from the most wonderful wavy kid German mohair, in a pale beige and a rich chestnut brown.   He is wearing around his neck a genuine 1941 Half Penny with a picture of King George VI on the reverse of the coin.

George is 13 inches tall and a One of a Kind bear with an innocent look. 

My fingers are itching to get started on a new Toy-Box Treasure, I am wondering if I am brave enough to go smaller than the 7 inches...we will have to see LOL!!!

MY iPHONE ICON

For any iPhone or iPod Touch users that visit my website www,jacqlynbears.com.  I have now got my own ICON for using on Apple iPhone and iPod Touch. Simply open Safari on your device, visit my website and press the +button at the bottom of the screen.  A pop-up menu will appear and simply press "add to home screen" button.  SIMPLE!!! 

 You will then have a smaller version of the above picture of my Urchin Georgie Shilling on your Apple device as a quick link to my website.

This is how it should look on your device.

Thank you very much if you have added my new ICON.

WILLY & WILSON

I really do not know where the days are going to at the moment, I can't believe it was Easter when I last posted.

I have managed to squeeze in a Toy-Box Treasure and a modified Urchin inbetween orders. Wilson is a real charmer who is 14 inches tall who has a proper hump and traditional amber glass eyes. He proudly wears is genuine Pipaluk 1967 badge and has been named after the British Prime Minister who was in office in 1967, Harold Wilson. To read a bit more about Wilson please take a look at his information on my website. My other creation is little Willy who has been created from my Urchin pattern, but for a change instead of the usual black glass eyes I have given him blue hand enamelled glass eyes, needle felted eyelids with a touch of white to set them off. I am really enjoying the needle felting techniques and especially the wool felt making which gives me loads of fun dyeing. I love the effect I can create when doing my usual button like noses on my wacky bears as I can now give them a marble or batik effect. I can't wait to find time to make one of my Grogs with my new batik effect wool felt nose.

Its a beautiful sunny Saturday and very quite in the skies above with the problems about the Volcano dust. I have boxes of bears hanging around East Midlands Airport at the moment waiting to get on planes, but it looks like they will be still there until Monday, never mind I hope they are all having a party together:-).

HAPPY EASTER

Its been a little while since my last post, and thought you might like to see some of the creations I have made since the last post. Surprisingly enough its been taken up by more Urchins, the picture shows 3 of the 6 I have done in the last week or so, the little guy in the background is Pedro who is wearing a poncho, he is residing in the UK now. The little girl in the lavender colour dress is Violet Elizabeth and sat next to her is Sammy Sterling both have new homes overseas. I have also been making Cheeky Monkeys, Luky Blak Kats and Pinky Winkies (Winking Pigs), its good to play around with ideas, the Kats I have made for a number of years but decided to add to them a Cheeky Monkey (Alice is in the picture) and winking pigs, they are so funny!
Well what can I say about this picture LOL! this is Clawdius a really grumpy looking wacky kat. I have had a great time creating his face. I have used my own hand dyed wool that I have needle felted his rather large nose from and also made him eyelids from the same wool. It was a real change to make a cat in faux fur than my usual hand dyed mohair, Clawdius is made from a beautiful immitation Ocelot fur. This guy looks as if he is not a moggy to be messed with :-) The next one I do using faux fur, I am really going to try hard to get a cute look instead of my usual grumpy look.

It looks as if we have a good start to the Easter weekend, the sky is blue and the sun is shining and plenty of daffodils to look at, what a lovely change from grey skies and snow. I wish you a Happy Easter and try not to eat too much chocolate :-)