tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464723086371484072024-02-19T01:51:34.936-08:00Dances With Teddy BearsTeddy Bear Secrets .. Teddy Bear TalesLaura~Pretty Pixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894363011912081544noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-746472308637148407.post-5462080091132599442013-07-24T17:29:00.001-07:002013-07-24T17:29:58.098-07:00Short Hiatus<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hi All</div>
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I'm on hiatus from bearmaking</div>
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no doubt will be returning soon</div>
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If you'd like to see</div>
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what I've been up to</div>
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click on Tobias ...</div>
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He'll take you to </div>
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my photo blog</div>
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<a href="http://prettypixbylaura.blogspot.com/">Pretty Pix</a></div>
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Hope you're having </div>
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a wonderful summer!</div>
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Laura</div>
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<br />Laura~Pretty Pixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894363011912081544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-746472308637148407.post-70567751297123966762012-09-12T00:44:00.001-07:002012-09-12T15:13:39.312-07:00Tidbits of This and That<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hello!</div>
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Yes, I'm still making bears</div>
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they're just not making it to my blog.</div>
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I thought I'd show you Tidbit</div>
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a prototype for a smaller bear</div>
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with a slightly different head shape.</div>
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Not radically different</div>
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just enough to keep my creativity sparked.</div>
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I've been immensely enjoying photography</div>
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and post daily on my<a href="http://prettypixbylaura.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #741b47;"> Pretty Pix</span></a> blog.</div>
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Days I seek out photo ops</div>
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evenings I sew bears..</div>
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not a bad mix</div>
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actually a wonderful mix !</div>
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I'll try to get a teddy for sale</div>
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on here</div>
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before it's </div>
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<br />Laura~Pretty Pixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894363011912081544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-746472308637148407.post-22798874769372164792012-04-18T22:58:00.000-07:002012-04-18T22:58:00.748-07:00Pickles<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRLyLyfZI6vo0Ojb-dQ3-kqkfFyVd4wldRnhKjYgpLkKJg3hZ-ksUJt9R4S1ejv5H-GMvG9uqhDQmEXiM4TUxThTBXOWtqwfDuFCYHbKe-UBgYAQEU9MjD6jiSkd4llHfOi53AoWX83edl/s1600/Pickles+6164.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRLyLyfZI6vo0Ojb-dQ3-kqkfFyVd4wldRnhKjYgpLkKJg3hZ-ksUJt9R4S1ejv5H-GMvG9uqhDQmEXiM4TUxThTBXOWtqwfDuFCYHbKe-UBgYAQEU9MjD6jiSkd4llHfOi53AoWX83edl/s640/Pickles+6164.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hello .. I'm still making bears ! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Kindly meet Pickles, my latest creation.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pickles is 8 inches tall (on his tippy toes)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">is jointed, has black glass eyes and an embroidered nose.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He's made from a vintage faux fur coat</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and has soft leather foot pads.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I crocheted him his little collar and although he says he hates pink </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">he'll wear it for me. What a sweetie !</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He's off to romp with the hug, which is all still here, happy and playful as ever.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He has several new brothers and sisters, but they all seem to be a bit camera shy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love making bears</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> far too much to ever stop !</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hugs</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Laura~Pretty Pixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894363011912081544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-746472308637148407.post-57235053009819329662011-10-01T16:20:00.000-07:002011-10-01T16:21:48.405-07:00Beauregard<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-lEfoeLPBJ7l_eeMaNKwAvxIvsBd1_FwDy4DY8XPNLeTK69-Yz48wDcsTJwydLyczEtHy0z6AlM5qSP9z4oTmuPJJpi1rMjO_J1WytO_5l84yCBh93oACkS3sVOdVdK8jWmzqVss44EnN/s1600/Beauregard+6700.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-lEfoeLPBJ7l_eeMaNKwAvxIvsBd1_FwDy4DY8XPNLeTK69-Yz48wDcsTJwydLyczEtHy0z6AlM5qSP9z4oTmuPJJpi1rMjO_J1WytO_5l84yCBh93oACkS3sVOdVdK8jWmzqVss44EnN/s400/Beauregard+6700.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Kindly meet sweet little Beauregard, my latest creation.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Beauregard is 7 inches tall and made from a vintage faux fur coat.</div><div style="text-align: center;">His pale pink, soft leather foot pads, were made from a vintage jacket.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Large glass eyes and an embroidered nose give him his wide-eyed wonderment. </div><div style="text-align: center;">And a vintage scarf, which dons a vintage broach, is charmingly worn as neck attire.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Beauregard is off to play with his new-found hug, off to get his clean white fur happily dirty.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hugs,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Laura <span style="color: #cc0000;">♥</span></div>Laura~Pretty Pixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894363011912081544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-746472308637148407.post-32733663772168384902011-07-15T02:29:00.000-07:002011-10-05T19:34:12.467-07:00Buttons<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj4zyTep_2ZbNr2IGRLr8oqVyEGoo7rM7wGPF5Nykja93aLQAz0YBmD1Ym3r_3f1AtSUGT31P9pI3sGVGoSmmq6fia0x-SudCgaHVd_Ub6RGFNYSna3yfLmUYlnbjGsw-ywiSXk2I88eMi/s1600/Buttons+6+0103.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj4zyTep_2ZbNr2IGRLr8oqVyEGoo7rM7wGPF5Nykja93aLQAz0YBmD1Ym3r_3f1AtSUGT31P9pI3sGVGoSmmq6fia0x-SudCgaHVd_Ub6RGFNYSna3yfLmUYlnbjGsw-ywiSXk2I88eMi/s400/Buttons+6+0103.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'd like you to meet Buttons</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">my newest little creation.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Little Buttons got into my button jar.. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the buttons were then</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">no longer in my button jar</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but everywhere else.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After picking out a few for his hat..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">he picked out over 50 </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but had to settle on 5..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">he so sweetly helped me</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">round them all up </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and pack them back</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">into my button jar.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Oh, and Buttons says his button hat </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">gives him super powers! <span style="color: #cc0000;">♥</span></div>Laura~Pretty Pixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894363011912081544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-746472308637148407.post-32635496934948239202011-06-29T00:52:00.000-07:002011-10-05T19:35:38.857-07:00Bubblegum<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqSdzD0wgGMObI88Iu6HtnLK1i5ar5ff0ElCiFQFiz8ymoDyVoWmYKKhTpgMliNFvgr_zWtS0WbyqPgFyH8JvkrmqyyHP5FrpjziEGcKhhtUC_CK9ow8mrwYfJUHbIthZFGushESD694rO/s1600/bbg+a10459a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqSdzD0wgGMObI88Iu6HtnLK1i5ar5ff0ElCiFQFiz8ymoDyVoWmYKKhTpgMliNFvgr_zWtS0WbyqPgFyH8JvkrmqyyHP5FrpjziEGcKhhtUC_CK9ow8mrwYfJUHbIthZFGushESD694rO/s400/bbg+a10459a.jpg" width="327" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I’d like to intoduce Bubblegum, my newest little creation. </div>Bubblegum is a happy lad, very outgoing and very friendly. He’s 7 inches tall and has the softest fur. He has leather foot pads, black glass eyes, and a little embroidered nose. Bubblegum is fully jointed enabling him to freely play with our ever growing hug, who have welcomed him with open arms.<br />
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Bubblegum was a joy to make. Watching his little face emerge from this somewhat unruly fur was a true delight. I love making my bears and will continue creating them.. until my fingers all fall off.<br />
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Hugs,<br />
Laura <span style="color: #cc0000;">♥</span>Laura~Pretty Pixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894363011912081544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-746472308637148407.post-30743405498840452632011-06-01T02:25:00.000-07:002011-10-05T16:49:56.941-07:00Miss Poppy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-SWC4rShjG9CGzkYkdJi7Pj0iPk_kcLxCC2dTkJ2lYFaFncUTlnMkhSq_ZJ2C3tNfEw5YmhFcMFOvBViuiKKehYr61_cym3dECnPyVrDQ3-ua8_vnq6UB_fx2du7-usjf_Gjot3SiHqZA/s1600/Poppy+1+7204.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-SWC4rShjG9CGzkYkdJi7Pj0iPk_kcLxCC2dTkJ2lYFaFncUTlnMkhSq_ZJ2C3tNfEw5YmhFcMFOvBViuiKKehYr61_cym3dECnPyVrDQ3-ua8_vnq6UB_fx2du7-usjf_Gjot3SiHqZA/s400/Poppy+1+7204.jpg" width="387" /></a></div>Kindly meet Miss Poppy, newest member of our hug. Miss Poppy is a panda wanna-be, kinda sorta. She measures 7 inches in height and was made from vintage faux fur coats. She's fully jointed, has black glass eyes and an embroidered nose. Her foot pads are black leather, from a vintage jacket. She is cuddly soft and as sweet as can be. It’s two in the morning, so she’s fast asleep, snuggling with the hug. <br />
Hugs,<br />
Laura <span style="color: #cc0000;">♥</span>Laura~Pretty Pixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894363011912081544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-746472308637148407.post-88611381395763879812011-04-12T00:46:00.000-07:002011-10-05T16:55:52.342-07:00Tobias Tenderheart<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiuWqjdfHbfO0RE74hvKMa0kHol3fqMMEozVTbG5dvUgBsolvdoqFxBfBV1vaBrJiPPLlbY08FgzdI3uieNRE2U2Xu6ltbg15hKbHxRoDrvX_OH1M8K6GakEJyKx3iDncTEPWU-I5SfL89/s1600/Tobias+1+2936.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiuWqjdfHbfO0RE74hvKMa0kHol3fqMMEozVTbG5dvUgBsolvdoqFxBfBV1vaBrJiPPLlbY08FgzdI3uieNRE2U2Xu6ltbg15hKbHxRoDrvX_OH1M8K6GakEJyKx3iDncTEPWU-I5SfL89/s400/Tobias+1+2936.jpg" width="318" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I’d like you to meet Tobias Tenderheart, my newest little teddy.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Tobias is 7 inches tall and made from a wonderful sparse fur of some sort. </div><div style="text-align: center;">He sees the world through vintage shoe button eyes and enjoys the sweet scent of flowers with his little embroidered nose. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Tobias is a gentle lad, rather on the shy side. He loves poetry and daydreaming. And with his wispy smile and vibrant fur, Tobias is turning a head or two. One secret admirer left a Love pendant on his pillow, which he’s shyly but proudly decided to wear. Love is in the air! </div><br />
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I’ve found a peace, a quiet still place, inside myself. I know I won’t always be able to find it, as it can be elusive, but I’ll henceforth always try. <br />
Hugs,<br />
Laura <span style="color: #cc0000;">♥</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="border: currentColor; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border: currentColor; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Laura~Pretty Pixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894363011912081544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-746472308637148407.post-26660639903970596802011-03-15T23:43:00.000-07:002011-03-15T23:47:20.200-07:00Sebastian Secondstealer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUABVAdELmjkwgRCDA5DC5_DiEF98ghUDWP4weBtag8MQ0_8DBKY1Vkvq2iCbLXa4jsf2DMpEuMHBPHa68A7u01BMRbM8G4oa9A1lAwDmm9u7oMq_hx1ADzLE5x1fHe3otLpfnIO6xEH3p/s1600/Sebastian+1+3095.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUABVAdELmjkwgRCDA5DC5_DiEF98ghUDWP4weBtag8MQ0_8DBKY1Vkvq2iCbLXa4jsf2DMpEuMHBPHa68A7u01BMRbM8G4oa9A1lAwDmm9u7oMq_hx1ADzLE5x1fHe3otLpfnIO6xEH3p/s400/Sebastian+1+3095.jpg" width="347" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">Meet Sebastian, newest member to the mob, I mean hug.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Little Sebastian was made from, well I’m not really sure. It’s a funny fuzzy thinnish fur I found at a garage sale. I wasn’t sure about it, but to my happy surprise it worked out well. Sebastian thinks so, too.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Sebastian has a center head seam, one of my older patterns I tweaked just a bit. He’s 7 inches tall, has vintage shoe button eyes and an embroidered nose. Oh and he’s fully jointed, to swing that bat and catch that ball. They started a baseball team. There go the windows.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTo4Iw4MYSJo8xraGtkEe_Xe0f5dJSP7wMaWGGtgjyao6IdXcGCFq9zJZvfisDp-ajtGx9fg0F_7QbA8Ekj8wXJA3-vGJVlTtOnkk0mwqb44fmye9goZ_oYkc5evUuMQWemuuLUNVmf6_a/s1600/Sebastian+2+3064.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTo4Iw4MYSJo8xraGtkEe_Xe0f5dJSP7wMaWGGtgjyao6IdXcGCFq9zJZvfisDp-ajtGx9fg0F_7QbA8Ekj8wXJA3-vGJVlTtOnkk0mwqb44fmye9goZ_oYkc5evUuMQWemuuLUNVmf6_a/s400/Sebastian+2+3064.jpg" width="317" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I gave Sebastian a frou-frou feathery thing to wear around his neck. It was black, so I thought perhaps maybe... But he protested loudly, so I replaced it with a key, which he finds very cool.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I’ve started another teddy, well two actually. One with longish fur and one with sparse fur. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I think I’m on a roll! </div><div style="text-align: center;">But right now I’d best go play referee. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I hope your week is going well. <br />
Has Spring sprung in your corner of the world? <br />
Ours is very slow to show, but I’m sure it’s just around the corner. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Optimism!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hugs,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Laura <span style="color: #cc0000;">♥</span></div>Laura~Pretty Pixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894363011912081544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-746472308637148407.post-90043056568495757592011-03-09T01:29:00.000-08:002011-10-05T19:38:05.384-07:00Miss Pattycake<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuSMaftrUvSyT3-s8h53ojwD9GUR-kpKBOpz77RwI8SneXPmNmVFv7DxVtWIPSMTv1LMiM7zPVGUgXMFNoEg8Q1twZ-XGpOEEJn7txMinEoMjkvR1zRtd_VZx5tGBYRXJ96W8LaoLhvhuo/s1600/Pattycake+2+2993.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="331" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuSMaftrUvSyT3-s8h53ojwD9GUR-kpKBOpz77RwI8SneXPmNmVFv7DxVtWIPSMTv1LMiM7zPVGUgXMFNoEg8Q1twZ-XGpOEEJn7txMinEoMjkvR1zRtd_VZx5tGBYRXJ96W8LaoLhvhuo/s400/Pattycake+2+2993.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="border: currentColor; text-align: center;"></div><div style="border: currentColor; text-align: center;">Please meet Pattycake, my newest little ball of fuzz.</div><div style="border: currentColor;">Pattycake is about 7 inches in height and made from a super soft faux sheepskin kinda fur. She is five-way cotter pin jointed, has leather suede foot pads, black glass eyes and an embroidered nose, slightly waxed. </div>Pattycake has joined the hug and is at present teaching everyone, well.. how to play pattycake.<br />
I’ve finished another little fellow, who goes by the name Sebastian. He isn't fuzzy, but he is a bit shy and runs when he sees the camera, so he's yet to have his photo shoot. Maybe tomorrow. I'll need to bribe him!<br />
Hugs,<br />
<div style="text-align: left;">Laura <span style="color: #cc0000;">♥</span></div>Laura~Pretty Pixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894363011912081544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-746472308637148407.post-6849479293599662762011-02-03T00:14:00.000-08:002011-10-05T19:39:44.190-07:00Skeeter Skywhisperer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCRkzYZ20o4t0UG6uCJDWzOaPVW3sspCK9Q1PN4urhCj9RHL80Goma4x7BOq8Or8igWJ0YA-A_xxcvVz2JxHhCrbvI0DhOR45sOBsCRf_9XALKWDzpkbSQe4Glq_glm3kJ7NOegaHaRXS1/s1600/Skeeter+6+2457+gd.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="355" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCRkzYZ20o4t0UG6uCJDWzOaPVW3sspCK9Q1PN4urhCj9RHL80Goma4x7BOq8Or8igWJ0YA-A_xxcvVz2JxHhCrbvI0DhOR45sOBsCRf_9XALKWDzpkbSQe4Glq_glm3kJ7NOegaHaRXS1/s400/Skeeter+6+2457+gd.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Meet Skeeter Skywhisperer, my latest little creation. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Skeeter is 8 inches tall, fully jointed with black glass eyes and a pearl cotton embroidered nose and mouth. He’s made from my center (head) seam pattern, after tweaking it a bit. He has a rounder belly, with shorter arms and legs.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I crocheted his little helmet hat. I envisioned a different sort of hat, but this is what emerged. Kinda, well let's just say, different. Skeeter seems to like it, I guess that’s all that matters. <br />
He also sports a beaded necklace, with a matching bead on his hat. <br />
(He doesn't seem to mind pink, I think.)</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg59gdeojhG69xJfoEIleSbgV55QPMOcilpVgnWwAoAviEdtphU33sSTnEneC62c2XTwZK_2k7J_O0lxGTca1eMNygjVNhZBtPqumzGa9zQ__q3clVW1SEa4uqdnwiryPyaQH1l8NnNj7uX/s1600/Skeeter+2+2446.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="366" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg59gdeojhG69xJfoEIleSbgV55QPMOcilpVgnWwAoAviEdtphU33sSTnEneC62c2XTwZK_2k7J_O0lxGTca1eMNygjVNhZBtPqumzGa9zQ__q3clVW1SEa4uqdnwiryPyaQH1l8NnNj7uX/s400/Skeeter+2+2446.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">His name? </div><div style="text-align: center;">Well, Skeeter loves to talk to the sky. </div><div style="text-align: center;">And I believe he's received at least one reply.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hugs,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Laura <span style="color: #cc0000;">♥</span></div>Laura~Pretty Pixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894363011912081544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-746472308637148407.post-51711938404404546902011-01-21T00:37:00.000-08:002011-10-05T19:29:23.330-07:00Miss Cotton Candy<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6JIp88EUa2cPNbuxab05HFIvzhrQjG6AM4cpbonu-acET1QbdkKrraQg77qa91eHee7YctuyMUiQLXZFuJO-jCU0GyrGtTwwx6UT0AW7HrA3lLSoJerBrEWumLHMOpsZtLUapYsl19jgg/s1600/1+Cotton+Candy+1657.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6JIp88EUa2cPNbuxab05HFIvzhrQjG6AM4cpbonu-acET1QbdkKrraQg77qa91eHee7YctuyMUiQLXZFuJO-jCU0GyrGtTwwx6UT0AW7HrA3lLSoJerBrEWumLHMOpsZtLUapYsl19jgg/s400/1+Cotton+Candy+1657.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
Kindly meet Cotton Candy, pretty in pink!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Cotton Candy is 8 inches tall, sees through vintage shoe button eyes, and has a cute little fuzzy wool nose, embroidered and gently waxed. She’s wearing a strand of pearls and a little beanie hat I crocheted just for her, with a vintage button she picked out. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Little Cotton Candy is now living and playing with our ever growing hug, and is so happy to finally be a complete and real teddy bear. She's been very patient with me. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I have another teddy in the works. It’s wonderful to be creating again. I lost my spark, my mojo, for a while. I’m happy to have found it again. As is the hug. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> Have a happy weekend!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hugs,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Laura <span style="color: #cc0000;">♥</span></div>Laura~Pretty Pixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894363011912081544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-746472308637148407.post-77980771249778316882010-12-12T00:36:00.000-08:002011-10-05T17:06:47.983-07:00Sammy Snowflake<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNyllvM1a8P0cZbHuDUqK0GD9BCxGWYvWluR_pBf4GOjBLPc_aFUDf_e5-pPa_OybIFcY0XKIdQHQ6XpoP14X77n0myZuWMOXeOyrLJjVtUJi2g_CyScUdnIFkSbRlib5IYwGhLbLTg_AQ/s1600/Sammy+Snowflake+1008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="356" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNyllvM1a8P0cZbHuDUqK0GD9BCxGWYvWluR_pBf4GOjBLPc_aFUDf_e5-pPa_OybIFcY0XKIdQHQ6XpoP14X77n0myZuWMOXeOyrLJjVtUJi2g_CyScUdnIFkSbRlib5IYwGhLbLTg_AQ/s400/Sammy+Snowflake+1008.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I’d like to introduce Sammy Snowflake, a very soft and cuddly little fellow.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Sammy was made from a vintage fur coat and looks to be wearing one, with his little face peeking out.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Sammy is 8 inches tall, has leather suede foot pads, shoe button eyes and a pearl cotton embroidered nose and mouth. I crocheted him a little red scarf.</div><div style="text-align: center;">He’s a very special little guy, as I finished him the day before my dad passed away. I think my dad would have liked him.</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">Thank you for your warmth and kindness. It helped more than words can say.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hugs,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Laura <span style="color: #cc0000;">♥</span></div>Laura~Pretty Pixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894363011912081544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-746472308637148407.post-50861095136318753542010-12-03T00:16:00.000-08:002011-10-05T17:09:46.329-07:00Poindexter Puddlejumper<span lang="EN"> </span><br />
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</div><div align="center"></div>Kindly meet my newest little creation, Poindexter Puddlejumper.<br />
Poindexter was made from a vintage honey brown faux fur coat and has a traditional center seam head. He stands 7 inches tall and has a cute little tummy. He has vintage shoe button eyes, a pearl cotton embroidered nose and mouth, and is fully jointed. Poindexter was really fun to make. <br />
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I’m working on a longer fur teddy, trying something a bit different. I put his eyes in today and he’s really making me smile. He just needs a slight nose waxing, a bit more trimming, and he’ll be ready for the name game. <br />
Another week just flew by, so fast I could hardly keep up with it. That‘s okay, the weekend’s almost here, and I love weekends.<br />
Hope yours will be filled with fun and good times! <br />
Happy Hugs,<br />
Laura <span style="color: #cc0000;">♥</span><br />
</span>Laura~Pretty Pixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894363011912081544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-746472308637148407.post-15762958981151305652010-11-17T00:04:00.000-08:002011-10-05T17:12:47.338-07:00Piccadilly and Tuck<div style="text-align: center;">I’d like to introduce my two latest creations.. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">and Tuck </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Tuck is about 6 inches in height and his big brother, Piccadilly, is about 8 inches. Both have premium black glass eyes, embroidered pearl cotton noses, and are fully jointed. They were made from vintage faux fur coats, their foot pads from leather coats. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I really like these two-tone, wanna-be pandas. I think I’m hooked.</div><br />
Speaking of hooked.. I’ve been crocheting lots of whackadoodle teddy bear hats, none quite ready for prime time. One of these days I’ll crochet what my mind’s eye sees, I hope. I’m getting closer, I think. It’s fun to experiment, and yarn thankfully, is cheap. And crocheting is sooo relaxing.<br />
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Hugs,<br />
Laura <span style="color: #cc0000;">♥</span>Laura~Pretty Pixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894363011912081544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-746472308637148407.post-23428521651613571922010-10-06T00:04:00.000-07:002011-10-05T19:47:26.368-07:00Little Clover<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>This is little Clover, my not-the-model bear. I’ll elaborate.<br />
I made Clover to model my crochet hats-in-progress, so not to make them too small or too big, which is the direction they seem to go. <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiofyqomTEaUTgiI4sceQ9CUEYoJ15ZIStCtzMAyNrCbtnMFoznPQAhWTRyPBKhvEV7xXG_yRDzSu8-S4FG0_xnDnomf3njHjI498wBk364IRQfubZFAHZnrlor0Rll42EUOitSg1l3vkuk/s1600/Clover+1+3253.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiofyqomTEaUTgiI4sceQ9CUEYoJ15ZIStCtzMAyNrCbtnMFoznPQAhWTRyPBKhvEV7xXG_yRDzSu8-S4FG0_xnDnomf3njHjI498wBk364IRQfubZFAHZnrlor0Rll42EUOitSg1l3vkuk/s400/Clover+1+3253.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Exhibit A</div><br />
But poor little Clover just isn’t a hat teddy bear. They flop down over his eyes, no matter how large or how small, and he didn’t much like that. So I gave him a ribbon with a big bow instead, which he says he totally hates. When the pretty beaded necklace went on he declared this fru-fruing must stop, forthwith. O-kayee.<br />
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Clover did, however, like this lovely old bowl I found at a garage sale over the weekend. He does have good taste. <br />
It’s an old porcelain chamber pot, roughly 100 years old, and in amazing condition, darn near perfect. The gal paid $65 for it at an antique store, I paid $3. Happy dance! <br />
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I just love it! I can think of several uses for it, like holding spools of thread, or some yarn and crochet hooks, or maybe some lace, or some teddy bear jewelry, or or… <br />
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I hope you're having a wonderful week!<br />
Hugs,<br />
<div style="text-align: left;">Laura <span style="color: #cc0000;">♥</span></div>Laura~Pretty Pixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894363011912081544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-746472308637148407.post-72576613364004531882010-09-07T13:40:00.000-07:002011-10-07T12:54:38.613-07:00Pandora Pumpernickel<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAsOPZtXSYCyUiGHiqMvP42UTJQvdh6fzEG-IkmsIVCRcAhLBa1exsuli_1qrDtq98KoK0PLuH8yozQJze1cNWIg_W13YcJAUFri9-uY3eQpMmrpzKwXvXEX1JPEG9Tvek62cp-Agg_4o6/s1600/Pandora+1+3005+GD.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="343" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAsOPZtXSYCyUiGHiqMvP42UTJQvdh6fzEG-IkmsIVCRcAhLBa1exsuli_1qrDtq98KoK0PLuH8yozQJze1cNWIg_W13YcJAUFri9-uY3eQpMmrpzKwXvXEX1JPEG9Tvek62cp-Agg_4o6/s400/Pandora+1+3005+GD.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Kindly meet my newest creation, Pandora Pumpernickel, my first wanna-be panda.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Pandora is made from two vintage coats. She has a center seam head and is fully jointed. Her eyes are premium black glass and her nose was embroidered with pearl cotton. Pandora stands 7 inches tall, dons a vintage lace head bow and a vintage earring around her neck.</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">I think I’m in love!<br />
I don’t know why I haven’t made a wanna-be panda before. <br />
Now I know what to do with all my too dark fur.</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">It’s nice having other mediums to go back and forth to. I’ve started crocheting hats for some of my teddys. Crocheting has been amazingly enjoyable. Who knew!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I hope your week is off to a good start. It’s a drizzly ol' day here.. my kind of day!</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Hugs,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Laura <span style="color: red;">♥</span></div>Laura~Pretty Pixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894363011912081544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-746472308637148407.post-53570977345083533542010-08-17T00:31:00.000-07:002011-10-07T12:56:23.272-07:00Tattie Tumwater<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I’m delighted to introduce Tattie Tumwater. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tattie is a shabby-chic bear. My first in this style, which I’m calling my Tatty Teddies. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love this scruffied-up look!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tattie is made from a recycled faux mink coat. Wispy and a bit sparse, it was the perfect fur for that careworn look. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She’s 7 inches, from head to tippy toes, fully jointed, and peers out through shoe button eyes. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Tattie was really fun to make.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> I know I’ll be making more Tatty Teddies.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I hope your week is off to a good start. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Summer is nearly over, can you believe that! Time is just flying by.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Hugs,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Laura <span style="color: red;">♥</span></div>Laura~Pretty Pixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894363011912081544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-746472308637148407.post-84797985814203028482010-08-11T00:31:00.000-07:002011-10-05T17:21:41.895-07:00Joey Whippoorwill<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="border: currentColor; text-align: center;">I’m very pleased to introduce Joey Whippoorwill. </div><div style="border: currentColor; text-align: center;">Joey is my first center-seam, no gusset, teddy. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I’ve been playing around with this pattern for a while now. My mind’s eye design wasn’t transferring to paper, or fur, with stealth speed. More like tortoise speed. But after much trial and error I finally came up with a pattern I like. Not to say I won’t be tweaking it a little, now and again. </div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Joey is 8 inches tall when standing. He has a cute little pearl cotton nose, old shoe button eyes, and is 5-way cotter-pin jointed . He’s made from a very soft faux fur and has leather suede foot pads. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Joey is organizing a softball game, at present. They’re choosing up teams. It sounds a bit girls team, boys team. Not sure how that’ll work out. But the girls are sounding very confident, so we’ll see.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Someone just discovered my wooden spoons make great bats.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I wonder where they’re planning on playing. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Maybe I should go find out. </div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">I hope you’re having a great week </div><div style="text-align: center;">and a wonderful summer! </div><div style="text-align: center;"> Hugs,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Laura <span style="color: red;">♥</span></div>Laura~Pretty Pixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894363011912081544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-746472308637148407.post-10156469068322954602010-07-17T18:25:00.000-07:002011-10-05T19:23:58.905-07:00Prudence Weebundle<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4IubkqMJs_VQ_UBBpuk3YIDKUGDxL8kPSAcGw-KWL90VEOAUlC_dtKaLVPnGUDDXReAXIzvmKf4H3oE1PzsdH-7pxyAaGObjd_ESgMR5ZFvOOXuT3k7aZNi9YrldWuJ1K3R3uMIf2a0yq/s1600/Prudence+2+2309.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="347" hw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4IubkqMJs_VQ_UBBpuk3YIDKUGDxL8kPSAcGw-KWL90VEOAUlC_dtKaLVPnGUDDXReAXIzvmKf4H3oE1PzsdH-7pxyAaGObjd_ESgMR5ZFvOOXuT3k7aZNi9YrldWuJ1K3R3uMIf2a0yq/s400/Prudence+2+2309.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
Kindly meet Miss Prudence, all 6 inches of her.<br />
Her loveliness was made from, well I really don’t know what. It was a piece of fabric found in a bundle I bought at a garage sale. It’s heavy-ish and has a soft fuzzy texture. Upholstery fabric? Dunno. <br />
She was fun to make, and she's fun to look at. And quite the character..<br />
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Please meet Nibblet, my newest Weebundle. Nibblet is 7 inches tall, standing (which he can), was made from a wonderfully soft faux fur, and sports a military insignia patch thingy.<br />
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Nibblet’s photo shoot was a challenge, to say the least. I never did get a good shot, I finally had to settle for so-so. <br />
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Nibblet was sitting pretty on the folding blue lounger, pictured above, all ready for his photo shoot. Clever me decided to straddle it for a better angle. As soon as I did, the legs collapsed and the thing folded up on me, from both sides, like a sandwich. And poor Nibblet was catapulted through the air. <br />
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The bad news is that I was trapped in that contraption for far too long before I managed to wiggle my way out. Yes, I looked pretty silly.<br />
The good news is I actually caught Nibblet in mid-flight!<br />
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When we both finally regained our composure I discovered it was too dark to get a descent picture. We were outside, it was mid-day, and my camera was telling me to use the flash. It’s been drippy dreary gray here for weeks.<br />
I took a few pics anyway, then it started to rain. We called it a day and ran inside. <br />
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And it’s the summer solstice! Though this is pretty typical weather for June in the Pacific Northwest, some sunshine would surely be nice. Nibblet thinks so, too!<br />
Happy Hugs,<br />
Laura <span style="color: red;">♥ </span>Laura~Pretty Pixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894363011912081544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-746472308637148407.post-8589315629878283312010-05-26T01:43:00.000-07:002011-10-05T19:13:13.143-07:00Willow Weebundle<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSJcdj-5f6iAScg_pjBmuUyAhZcoCp6YH2uP_EPPboD5lM-TxoipfO4l8kIMvOitGYmAZDxhz8AFF1VMWdhUAJsjZLe3SeDG-DSzLJEEyeWsmA5Xxw_T4oNAu8TBSgMmX7B5wtlTMaMDl2/s1600/Willow+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSJcdj-5f6iAScg_pjBmuUyAhZcoCp6YH2uP_EPPboD5lM-TxoipfO4l8kIMvOitGYmAZDxhz8AFF1VMWdhUAJsjZLe3SeDG-DSzLJEEyeWsmA5Xxw_T4oNAu8TBSgMmX7B5wtlTMaMDl2/s640/Willow+3.jpg" width="532" /></a></div><br />
Kindly meet Willow, my newset little Weebundle.<br />
Willow is 7 inches big, on her tippy-toes, and made from a recycled faux fur coat. <br />
I love recycling, repurposing, vintage faux fur coats. Many have a bit of sheen to them, little sparkly sparkles, making my Weebundles come alive. <br />
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Willow enjoyed her photo shoot. She got to play in the red wagon, which all the Weebundles love. They’re all piled in it right now, looking for a volunteer to pull them around. This should be interesting.<br />
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I’m working on a black Weebundle. I usually stay away from black, but the fur is from a coat and has a bit of that sparkle, so I’m hoping. <br />
I’m also working on a wool (coat) Weebundle. I washed the coat in hot water and dried on high heat, then tea dyed it. Shrank it all up and turned it a lovely light brown (it was beige). <br />
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I hope your week is going well!<br />
Hugs,<br />
Laura <span style="color: red;">♥</span>Laura~Pretty Pixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894363011912081544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-746472308637148407.post-4120833326944759332010-03-16T16:18:00.000-07:002011-10-05T17:34:35.467-07:00Matty McWeebundle<div align="center">Kindly meet Matty McWeebundle.</div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449379959032258658" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTeth67pkd6VJ4I9P3a0DcllHJ0siMWVhDQEYPPAqxDfoAD2zxW4-5fd3Ug07WwbFmeXO7ElVvELNwiZ3jKg_A71kvazk7Ctb_OZqsb7Ixyb_AL2xJHUJwoJx_lskdS2TKkiGrsYw8BETh/s400/Matty+McWeebundle+2.jpg" style="display: block; height: 404px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 441px;" /><br />
Wesley Weebundle is his cousin, Wee Whisper Winkle is a second cousin, once removed, and Madame Lily Petal is his great auntie.<br />
Matty is a wee bit over 7 inches tall. He has black glass eyes, embroidered nose and mouth, and is fully jointed. He’s made from a luxuriously plush faux fur coat, which mats easily, hence his name.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"> Hugs,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Laura <span style="color: #cc0000;">♥</span></div>Laura~Pretty Pixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894363011912081544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-746472308637148407.post-3161465639049736012010-02-23T17:44:00.000-08:002011-10-05T17:36:10.633-07:00Wesley Weebundle<div align="center"><br />
<span style="font-size: 130%;">Kindly meet Wesley Weebundle.</span></div>Wesley is my latest teddy designed from the same pattern as Wee Whisper Winkle and Madame Lily Petal. It’s amazing how many different ideas can come out of a single little pattern.<br />
Wesley was made from a piece of fur I found at an estate sale last year. Sure wish I had more of it, it was really super to work with. And only cost a dollar. I love estate sales!<br />
Wesley is 7 inches tall, fully jointed, has black glass eyes and a pearl cotton embroidered nose.<br />
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<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441621442323101074" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOHgiuN4sDeY9U18zxQS_ZjUPXzP7Nx4eQoGa0dm_Ea3c_LUQS9Szp_WxOVIw9r_hmStC6x7Kku8aKcun_Dw5u4c0lPm3rv1F_YAn45XMwOKSVN0wHOv6_Kf2HMWZjb3iTXEtl4Xe8pSEc/s400/Wesley+Weebundle+2gd.jpg" style="display: block; height: 453px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 358px;" /><br />
He has joined the living room gang, I mean hug, and has settled in nicely with his many brothers and sisters.<br />
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<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441621210965247122" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr_CInATnryQBei5VSSQDYSAikXaI6-zbUVr6Z9_UK6DzEKKEPdh1_SfKOpjFwAAejqmA6MOwlZPHoGuz7sPxFWE7pHUKaaA68sOkPSny1hwlnRTg-J_7iL_7g-z74RIZZGX_M893-CE3i/s400/Wesley+Weebundle+7gd.jpg" style="display: block; height: 455px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 351px;" /><br />
I’m working on a new teddy. I’m using the same pattern, but this time around I’m using a much longer fur. The fur is from a vintage coat and is multi-colored in browns and whites. I’m curious to see the outcome, and if it works or not. The bear may get lost in long fur.<br />
Hugs,<br />
Laura <span style="color: #cc0000;">♥</span>Laura~Pretty Pixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894363011912081544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-746472308637148407.post-7566249323278967152010-02-15T01:35:00.000-08:002011-10-06T02:36:08.523-07:00Madame Lily Petal .. Fortune Teller<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdDuZ-llkq9knKduGpU8jzv2HKTe44ORSw6wVusCVFBlvHIwTU1mgl3diqzrELfHijLAyX9ZonBZCyPgiBHYRIf4Sq2siit_Ymy7wb-MmpYGq28fSJR8ky8RnkXuirSyV64R-ABGIKciq9/s1600/Madame+Lily+Petal+4gd+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdDuZ-llkq9knKduGpU8jzv2HKTe44ORSw6wVusCVFBlvHIwTU1mgl3diqzrELfHijLAyX9ZonBZCyPgiBHYRIf4Sq2siit_Ymy7wb-MmpYGq28fSJR8ky8RnkXuirSyV64R-ABGIKciq9/s400/Madame+Lily+Petal+4gd+2.jpg" width="386" /></a></div><div style="border: currentColor;"></div><div style="border: currentColor; text-align: center;">For one wooden nickel Madame Lily will </div><div style="text-align: center;">read your palm, gaze into her crystal ball </div><div style="text-align: center;">and foretell your future. </div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">She is 8 inches of pure silliness </div><div style="text-align: center;">but I love her...</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Hugs,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Laura <span style="color: #cc0000;">♥</span></div>Laura~Pretty Pixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894363011912081544noreply@blogger.com