Think Vintage!

It's time to try something new, which is kind of ironic as it's actually something rather old! I wanted to make some vintage style bears. It seems that most collectors have a bigger interest in this style, moreso than my usual rather 'out there' bears! So, in an attempt to please everyone, as usual, here are my latest efforts!

Bruin is felted in a lovely natural romney wool, it has neat flecks and and random hairs in it!

Bruin wears a felt shirt with vintage trims and black ribbon. Both bears have shading added.

Tomsk is a sweet little fellow wearing his little felt overalls and hat

Heather is not done in the same style, I had finished her before the 'vintage' struck me, but she still needed something extra, so I added the lovely lacy trims
Her nose was a lot of fun! And the lace is devine!

I hope you enjoyed visiting my latest work! I intend to make rather a few more vintage style bears as the next show isn't too far away! In May we have the Doll and Bear show and I only take my best work to that one! Plus there are comps to enter!!

Happy crafting!

Liza

Arts Circle, Hamilton, NZ 2010

Hi all, just wanted to show how how my table looked for the recent show/festival! I had quite a lot of stock but thought they looked pretty good, not too crowded! So here are some shots of my table and then some of the street performers who were running about Alice in Wonderland style!

Remember you can click on the pics for bigger images

Alice and playing cards

Queen of Hearts

The Duchess and the March Hare

And the White Rabbit

We're coming up Trunks!! :o)

Hi all! There has been some fun creations appearing in my cabinets and I just had to share this one with you!

Elle is a lovely lady elephant, she is felted in a rather unique smokey mauve coloured romney, 5 way jointed and has the most elegant trunk!

She is wearing clothing completely of my own design and hand stitched and embroidered by myself!

Click on the pics to enlarge them, she has the sweetest embroided hem!

I had so much fun creating Elle, I hope she finds a wonderful new home!

This fellow has been made to order!

Some new brooches! The flower has removable leaves depending on how you want to wear them!

The Arts Circle is just a few days away so I hope to have new show photos for you, it should be a very inspiring day out!

Happy crafting all!

xx

It's Hippo time!!

Hi all! Hey, is anyone else getting loads of Anonymous comments on their blog? They are driving me MAD, keep thinking I'm getting a nice comment from someone and it's just a spammer! Know how to stop it?? I would love to find out!!

On a far nicer note, we have some new additions in the Little Handfuls Den. Please welcome Henrietta, she is my first ever Hippo and I am so pleased with how she has turned out. I wasn't sure what accessories she needed when she was made, she sat 'naked' on my desk for a few days and then it struck me! She is a perfect little Ballerina and I do hope you all like her!!

Then we have Lacey, she was created for the up coming Doll and Bear show as they have a Lavender and Lace theme this year! I made her little hat and coat from a pattern which was supposed to be enlarged for a much bigger bear! :o) Worked out really well.

So I hope you enjoy checking them out and I always look forward to hearing from you!

Kindest regards

Liza

Henrietta is felted from a gorgeous hand dyed Merino

She is so nicely sculpted!

Lacey is felted from a Merino/silk blend with lavender embroidery

New Little Handfuls!

Hello Everyone! Hope the new year is treating you all well!
We have had an inspiring and refreshing start to 2010 with our first ever family holiday and some new year resolutions which are going well thus far!

Prudence is a lovely, traditional little girl bear. She wears vintage lemon coloured lace, soft and feminine. She is felted in a gorgeous hand dyed wool of rust and lemon.

Beach Bears! These fine fellows were created while we were away on holiday! I promise I DID get out in the sun and surf some of the time too!! :o)

Felted in Ashford Cookie colour corriedale this little lady bear was made for an order and now sits with her 'hubby' bear making a beary lovely couple!

Gruffy is a stern looking fellow with a sweet sence of humor! Boo!!

Catnip is my first ever cat! When I realised that I hadn't done one I had to amend the situation immediately! Isn't he sweet!!?

Hope you enjoyed these latest additions to the Little Handfuls Den! It's coming into show season here in New Zealand, so I am sure there will be a lot more to see very soon!!

Thanks for dropping by!!

Liza

xx

P.S. You can find me on facebook if you are interested, just look for Liza Adams and I have a Little Handfuls fan page too! :o)

New Baby Panda

Please welcome our latest addition to the Little Handfuls Den!!

Penny Panda

Penny is felted in gorgeous merino/alpaca. It is lovely to work with and gives a very good finish.

She is wearing her little diaper and bonnet, has a heart belly button and her little pacifier is tied around her wee wrist!

She has the most expressive eyes and is one of my bigger creations at 4 inches tall.

Penny is just adorable and will probably stay in the den a long time! lol

Hope you enjoyed visiting her!

Happy New Year to all!!

Arts Festival

Well, the festival may have been a flop but I thought I would share the pikkies with you as we initially had a rather fun day! Sadly, because they changed us to Sunday instead of Saturday due to the threat of rain, no one came down. Even worse, Saturday turned out to be a lovely sunny day with only 1 shower! :o(

That would be me standing at my table!

Me acting the goat at my table!

Here are some piks of the work I had on offer.

I just love Billy and Buddy in their vintage tin trucks!

Unfortunately one of my gorgeous terracotta hand bowls got broken before we even set up!

So all in all, not my best show, considering we didn't sell even one thing!! But no one else did very well either, with the bulk of our visitors being the other stall holders! lol We are always the best customers as we can see how much work has gone into other peoples pieces!

I'm still looking forward to the big one, coming up in May next year, our Doll and Bear show!! Yay, the theme is Lavender and Lace this year! Hmmmmmmm Thinking cap ready for 'on' after Christmas! lol

I hope to do one more post before christmas but if I don't get to do it, Merry Christmas to you all and thank you so much for continuing to follow my blog/work and all your encouragement throughout the year!! muah!!!