A scruffy little ted

Meet 3.75" Wexford !

My sewing machine is still acting strange so I've had a couple of days to play with some mohair I got recently. I decided to make something small that I could hand sew. It is always inspiring to take a piece of fabric, dye it, cut, sew and create something different than my usual fur bears. It never ceases to amaze me how all these supplies shown above can transform into something with a personality.

He is need of a new home. Just click HERE to learn more.

Available Now-Poppy the 5" mink cub

Please meet Poppy. She is available directly from me here. I hope you like her , I have really fallen for this cub !

What have I been doing ? Making a bear ?

Yes these is a little mink bear almost ready to meet the world. I finished it today- finally after about 3 weeks . I hope to have it ready for adoption by Friday.

Time seems to be flying this "summer". It is summer right ?? Mother nature sure doesn't seem to know yet. We have been living with fog , cloud , cool temperatures for the past 3 weeks. Enough already !! It really feels more like Autumn. I haven't even had shorts on yet.

My house seems like a bustling hotel since school ended LOL. I've had a different kid here almost every night ,it seems, for sleepovers with my kids.

We also went to a lovely park the other day with nice waterfalls.

There are 165 stairs to the top of this hill.

...and later picked lots of strawberries.


Plus we went to our cabin for the weekend. My daughter befriended this adorable chipmunk who was brave enough to eat out of her hand.


After a heavy rainfall and thunderstorm it cleared enough for this beautiful moonlight on the lake.

Oh and I saw the saddest movie last night, with my daughter and her friend, called My Sister's Keeper. Actually I wasn't allowed to sit with them of course, but a row behind and off to the side LOL. It's so not cool to be seen with your mom at her age LOL.

Hmm...what else... my sewing machine seems to have decided it wants to cause trouble. I'll have to take it to the repair place asap. Not looking forward to that repair bill being a computerized machine :( I hope it doesn't take too long to fix. Oh well, the break will give me time to paint/redecorate our daughter's room anyway as that's what she would like for her 13th birthday. Bye bye barbie pink walls :)


Enough rambling for now LOL. Check back for bear photos soon :)

Happy Canada Day

Yipee, it's the day to celebrate this wonderful country, Canada ! Unfortunately, it is rainy and foggy again today so I expect the fireworks will be canceled. Fingers crossed that maybe the cloud will clear in time. However, we are planning to make the best of the day and pick strawberries.

Here is a little Canada day optical illusion for you.


Stare at the little black dot in the center of this odd colored Canadian flag for about 40 seconds . Then, look at something white(piece of paper, wall, etc) and see if the flag magically appears in the correct red and white colors :)

Enjoy your day, wherever you are :)

My new look

I'm not one to post a lot of photos of myself here . I don't want to frighten visitors to my blog afterall LOL. Today I am taking the plunge and showing you my new haircut. I don't spend a lot of time fussing with my hair, and tend to put off getting it cut for too long. I just never seem to like it no matter the style I choose.

This morning I couldn't stand it anymore. My hair is so flat and straight . It was feeling too heavy and sticking to me with all this humidity and wet weather this week. SO....off I went to the hairdresser.

I took a before and after photo in the mirror hence the poor quality and lighting. BUT, what do ya think ? I'm not sure what I think of it yet, but does it ever feel light and fluffy ;)

Beauty in the rain

I have to admit I am feeling a little soggy today. It has been raining , and foggy for 5 days now. This weather makes me so tired and listless. It isn't exactly what we would call Summer weather. I decided I had to grab my camera and find something beautiful in this weather. I was excited by what I found and wanted to share it here. I hope you don't mind more nature pictures....I just can't help myself LOL.

Oh, yes there is another bear cut out waiting to be brought to life soon too.

Meet Casey

This is little 5" Casey ready to venture off to a new home. To learn more on how to adopt him please visit my website here.

PLEASE NOTE: MY SERVER IS HAVING PROBLEMS SO I AM EXTENDING THE "AUCTION" DEALINE UNTIL THURSDAY, JUNE 18TH @am. (I can't change the info on my website so ignore that June17th deadline.)