In Dinah's Room

Hi all

I do believe I already told you I was working on some fab new ideas. Here is the first of them. I have been doing little room boxes, I have a number of boxes that are just awaiting their perfect beary counterparts.

Dinah turned out perfectly for this roombox. She is the perfect size, the colours work well and she has the sweetest little face.

Her room is fully wallpapered, it has a window and mirror and carpet. She has a lovely bed with hand stitched counterpane and pillows to match. Her handmade toy box is filled with lovely bits and pieces, from her boxed Barbie to her pipecleaner bear. She also has a dolls house and a book of paper dolls.

Just look at that face!

She is a little messy, her paper dolls and books are on the floor.

Dinah loves to show her guest around her room. Thank you so much for popping by to meet her, you are welcome back any time!

Happy Easter!

Hi all!

Happy Easter to everyone! I hope you have a lovely time with family and friends. We intend to relax and do as little as possible. It's been a long few months since the last long weekend and my husband and I have not seen much of each other. It will be nice to catch up again and spend time with the kiddles.

Of course there is all the chocolate too, let us not forget that! Mmmmmmmmm As if I could! :o)

Speaking of Easter, here is my latest bunny. Her name is Tinka and she is felted in a gorgeous hand dye of rainbow colours. I decided to pick out the yellow for her accenting. Really pleased with her!



Next we have HeartLove. This little bear didn't photograph very well. Must have been the time of day. She is actually a candyfloss pink and a nice mauvey purple. She is named HeartLove as that is what my babies have always called love hearts, so cute. She has white pearl hearts on her belly and feet.

Toots is a wee fellow felted in Toffee and Butterscotch wools. He's just a little guy, short and sweet! lol

Perry is one of my new favs. I wanted to make something really nice and for once it worked out. Perry is felted in the gorgeous Ashfords Merino and Silk sliver. A lovely grape shade and I stitched his nose etc in a thread which faded from purple to white and back. :o) He has a gem in his belly button too!

And lastly, pop the kettle on and join me for a cuppa! hehe I had been wanting to have a play at felting cups and bowls. Here is my first attempt, in more of the merino/silk fibre. I'm quite pleased with it, they are rather robust even tho they remain soft and flexible.

Hope you enjoyed visiting. Eat lots of chockie and I will catch you all again soon.

Bunny huggles

Liza

Gorgeous new Bears!!

Hellooooo again, finally!

Gosh I haven't written since before christmas! Hope you are all having a wonderful start to the new year! Things have been so up and down over here, but I am proud to show you some of my latest work! These bears are truly some of my best work and I do hope you will enjoy meeting them!

This little darling is The Toffee Fairy, felted from a gorgeous butter toffee merino wool, this sweet fairy is also smothered in beads of complimentary colours. Her wings are just wonderful too!

Maggie is felted from a wonderful hand blended and dyed wool in pinks, mauves and magentas. She has the sweetest little face with deep burgandy embroidered detailing. She has a lovely felted and embroidered ball as well.

Frankie is felted using some new ideas and tips from Barbara Allens new book through Ashfords. I highly recommend her book if you want to try some new techniques with your felting, lots of flat work in this book and great information.

Did someone order a Magician?? Here is Cadabra, felted from a wonderful merino blend, he has gem buttons, a wonderful purple cape and check out the wand!

Last but certainly not least is Arthur, this fine fellow is lovely and big, he is about 4 inches tall and so chunky. A gorgeous hand dyed turquoise wool and just a simple bear can be so effective!

Hope you enjoyed stopping by!

Who is available for adoption??

Hi all, because I have still not been able to update my website I thought it time to show you a few of my furry friends who are still looking for homes. Below you will find photos of some of my bears and their price in NZ dollars (please visit http://www.xe.com/ for exchange rates). There are many more bears but these are some of my best.
Let me know if you want more photos of any or more info. Payment is through paypal for those outside New Zealand.
YOU CAN CLICK ON ANY OF THE PHOTOS TO SEE THE LARGER IMAGE WHICH IS A GOOD IDEA SO YOU CAN REALLY SEE WHAT THESE WEE BEARS LOOK LIKE!!

Ping Panda and his porcelain egg - felted in blue and white $55nzd
Ugly Duckling - felted in natural grey with black and his brown and green 'grass' $65nzd

Peaches and her goose egg box - felted in hand mixed shades to compliment her apricot egg with a vintage lace 'tutu' $70nzd

Glitter - felted in black berry wools wtih pink sparkly embroidered accents and bling in his belly! $45nzd

The White Rabbit - a large sculpt approx 6 inches tall. Complete with red waistcoat and blue blazer with a yellow bow tie! (Postage will be more for this size) $85nzd

Princess Jewely - felted in a deep plum with big stitched nose and gorgeous jewels $55nzd

Tamarillo - felted in blood red merino blends with gorgeous multi coloured embroidered accents $50nzd

Handbag bears - felted in merino and silk these bears are all available currently and come with their little matching bags. $55nzd each

Tang - felted in gorgeous orangey merino and silk, he is a lovely wee bear $55nzd

Oliver - a larger bear, approx 4 inches long. Very sculpted in chocolate wool with his blue and white knitted hat and scarf. $60nzd

More up for adoption!

Lurple - felted in lime green and purple $55nzd
Tibbs - felted in plum with a baby blue crochet suit and optional wire pram $40nzd bear or $60 incl pram

Katie and Kitty - felted in multi pastel wool and wearing a soft green crochet suit, comes with wee felted kitty curled up on wire wicker chair $65nzd

Hannah - deep blue and rose anime bear with pretty 'sapphire' necklace $60nzd

Fruit Salad - comes with his cake, he is felted in greens and sits holding onto a strawberry, he is removeable $65nzd

Filbert - sculpted in 2 shades of plum with fine features, he's a real stunner $70nzd

Floaties - comes with his air clay 'pool' and felted on arm floaties. He has sunblock on his nose and is just so sweet! $65nzd

Dress Ups - all dressed up in Mums pretty skirt and pearls, felted in soft pastels $45nzd

Blossom Bunny - felted in lavender and pink pastels with a pretty pink quartz star $45nzd

Alpie - felted in pure NZ Alpaca fibre and winner of a blue ribbon at his first show! $65nzd

Please mail me for more photos or information about any of these bears!

There are many more available and no time to show them all! :o)

Meet Daisy!

Hello again, I wanted to show off my latest creation. Daisy was made to order and I had so much fun with her. She is felted from Ashfords new Butterscotch coloured corriedale and is just under 3 inches tall. The bumble bee looks better in real life as the photos enlarge it somewhat, it's actually only about half a centimetre long!

Daisy has a patch on her belly with a daisy on it!
I have been inspired to create a line of bears with embellished pockets on their bellies! Lots of ideas to work with on that one!

Off to the South Island

Hi all! It's been a busy month, I have had a big order to do and christmas decorations to make for my shops too! As well as night classes to teach, doing extra days at work and hubby working overtime. I'm knackered!! :o)

I wanted to show you some of the new bears tho, so here is a selection for you, I have more to show but my computer doesn't like me uploading photos and keeps dropping the connection, so annoying!! So I will post these and try to do another one after or I might loose them all.



The bears for this order all needed to be felted from Ashford corriedale wools, this one is in the new mint green colour with apricot detailing. Scotty now sports a tartan bow!

Magnus is one of my favourites, felted in the new Cupcake colouring he also has magenta accenting and has the sweetest curled up toes! I just love his big nose!

Blue is always a favourite with me, just love this new Ice colour from Ashford, it's really great that they have come out with pastel shades in corriedale.

Gerald is felted in apricot with bean sprout accenting. He is such a sweet faced bear, and I do have a soft spot for the big noses, even tho they take me ages to get just right!

Bertram is a little different. He is felted in the new skin colour with chocolate accenting. I felted his nose and kept his detailing simple. I think it's quite effective!


Well I hope you like the new additions. I will show you some more soon and then it's time for christmas decorations!!

Happy crafting

Liza