Some new friends!

Hello and welcome back to the home of my newest Little Handfuls! I have a treat for you today, 2 new little friends just waiting to meet you!

This is Petey, he is needle felted from a wool I imported from the US called Fruited Ecstasy! It's an amazing array of colours all complimenting each other!

I chose big blue eyes for Petey and they really stand out against his colouring.

He's quite a big bear again at a little over 4 inches!

Levi is felted from shades of denim blue hand dyed here in NZ. This is set off by the wool I used for his ears, muzzle etc which is in a hand dyed sky blue!

I used a sparkly metallic DMC thread for his nose etc.

I really like how he turned out, blue is my favourite colour and I have very few finished bears in blue that I really like! He has all my favs, big paws, lovely feet, sad eyes! He's just gorgeous!

I hope you have enjoyed meeting my new friends. There is still more to come but I'm making you wait again! tsk, naughty me! hehe

Happy Crafting!

Liza

Meet my gorgeous little friend Dylan!

Hi Everyone, I'm a little tardy getting these pics in. Darling little Dylan was made a few weeks ago, and I am so pleased with him! He turned out really well. The fibre I used was the same one as for Georgie further down the page, but they are both so different. I just had to use it again too, awesome fibre!

He wears a big vintage satin bow!

The wool has a mottled effect, really stunning!

Just look at those little toes! Oh so sweet!

Can I come and be your friend too? :o)

Thanks for viewing Dylan, I have a bunch more bears to show as I have been on a bit of a roll lately! But I will make you wait for them! lol Hope you enjoyed meeting Dylan and happy crafting to all!

Latest Bears!

Hi all

Thought I better get you up to date on the beary happenings here at Little Handfuls! I've had a few bears to show you, but actually getting more made lately than I have time to blog about! How unusual is that? lol So here are some of the newer bears!

Purplinkle was made for an order, she is a teeny little merino blend bear!
She turned out so sweet, very pleased with her!

Dickens is a sweet little bunny, needle felted from a gorgeous natural corriedale wool with hand dyed merino accents!

He is a little bigger than usual at 4.5 inches tall! What a sweet face!

Turquoise is just a little slip of a thing! As you can see he's only about 2 inches tall and felted from merino/silk wools! Little cutie!


I have finished another bear this week too and Im really pleased with him, but you will have to wait to see his pics! :o) Have a great week everyone!

Did someone say Anime?

I was given some gorgeous wool recently and I just had to make something special with it! I guess I was in an anime kind of mood because Georgie here was the result!

She has a brass button nose!
And a little topknot!

I love that expression, she is needle felted from a gorgeous unique green and grey merino wool.

I did her feet a little different, quite like those!

Hope you like Miss Georgie, she was so fun to make and hopefully a joy to visit too!

Craving a Little Handful of your very own?

Hi folks!

I just thought I would drop by and let you know that I have created an album full of Little Handfuls who are awaiting their new homes!

While I do have a show coming up I thought I would let you know what is currently available and you can let me know which ones you are interested in. My work starts at $45nzd with some at $65 and the odd one at $80. So drop by and I will look forward to hearing from you!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/9293338@N06/sets/72157625993511290/

Enjoy!
Liza

Meet Adelle, the newest Little Handful!

Hi Everyone! I managed to get some creating done this week, must be because the kids are back at school huh? lol I really enjoyed making Adelle, she turned out great too! Needle felted from a lovely lilac and honey beige coloured corriedale wools, she is about 3.5 inches tall!

She has the loveliest little toe pads
I felted a little flower for her headband

Her embroidered nose is a perfect colour match!

I hope you enjoyed meeting Adelle!

Latest Little Handfuls for 2011

Hi All

Well I promised pics of the new work, so here is Ferdinand and the Shapees (sounds like a strange little band!).

I was given a needle felting book for christmas, all written in Japanese so I have no idea what most of it says, but they make a button jointed bear with smaller feet than my usual so I decided to try that! Result, Ferdinand. He is felted in a lovely natural Romney wool in nice creamy shades.

He has sewn on paw pads, random stitched.

He wears vintage bells around his neck

His buttons are all different, just similar size.

Then there are the Shapees - Shape Ees. I wanted to make something for the upcoming shows that could be picked up by kids or people looking for something other than bears. I decided a range of animals made around the basis of a shape would be kinda fun. So far I have a cube cat and a pyramid mouse.

Cubey Kitty turned out pretty well!
Pyramouse might get some feet or something still.

Hope you enjoyed popping by. I intend to make a bunch more things over the next few months as I won't have time to make much after that. Also, I'm expecting to do a really big show in July, right before I start studying! This is a 3 day show with thousands of visitors so I need heaps on the table! :o) Keep you posted!