mousetales

Nettie Wren and Penelope Echo

Miss Nettie Wren  &  Miss Penelope "Peanut" Edme Echo

Aledia & Beeja

winter roses

Cedric William Baffin

It may be almost winter but...

someone seems to be wishing for Easter.  Maybe a compromise could be reached and chocolate eggs will appear under the Christmas tree!  What do you think, bunny?

my helper

Well, I don't really know how much work she really does but she certainly likes to be in the studio everyday.  Zoe (also known as Flea because she zips around like a little bug!) is her absolute happiest when she is on the job.  Of course her version of work involves stealing swatches of mohair and lining her biscuits all in a row under the desk chair rather than painting, sewing or office work.  Can you spy the piece of fabric she has somehow managed to hide away into her bed?  Not even sure how she reached it  - but then again fleas can jump quite far!  And look at that hair... apparently she prefers a tossled look.

new bear Clare

As is the way with silly bears, this little one decided her name was not Claudette at all.  Clare is the name she's chosen for herself after peering into the mirror for quite sme time! 

She'll be in the Etsy shop in just a few minutes.  Please stop by and say hello if you have a chance!

busy

Can you tell it's been a busy, busy day in the bear studio?  Is it just me or do Claudette and Marigold look confused?

if you knit or just like yarns...

I've just reopened my knitting shop on Etsy aaaaaaaaand am celebrating with a 25% OFF Sale!  Just use coupon code -   december2011   - at checkout and your discount will be automatically calculated.  I've got a lot of other items to add to the shop so check back now and again.  Or... if there's something you're looking for please send me an email.  I just might have what you need!

 

30 days of ideas

Well, I made it through PiBoldMo and it was great!  So many ideas seemed to come forth simply because so many others were working along on the same project.  Of course, all the encouragement and fun from other participants helped too!  If I can I'm going to try to maintain the momentum and keep on documenting all the ideas regardless of how silly they may sometimes seem.

My best idea popped up in the last hour of the last day so it was worth every second just to get to the final brainstorming session.  This little lady may just have had somethiing to do with it.  You just know she loves books!

I wonder what she's reading now?

Marmee and Astor

New bears and a new/old print now in the Etsy shop!

Please excuse my extreme brevity with this post... I've just come in from outside and my fingers are too cold to adequately manuveur a keyboard...  need some heat!