WIP ... cat

This is my Work In Progress Cat

Since it has been 5 years since I made a mink cat

I'm finding that my pattern and notes are

like putting together a puzzle

... but so far so good.

Another Custom Teddy Bear

I have finished another Custom Teddy Bear ... this one is for Dee.

To see more photos of this teddy ... click HERE.

Mink Cat ... soon

I am making another mink cat!

 

I am trying to remember HOW I made these cats and the best way to do that is to make another.

Click HERE to see the last cats that I made (way back in 2009)

I posted lots of my mink cat photos on the link above so please be patient while they load.

Mother's Day Puppies

Available for Adoption

just in time for Mother's Day !

Please click HERE to see more details on the 

Brown Mink Dog 

Sorry the Brown Mink Dog has been adopted

Please click HERE to see more details on the

Champagne Mink Dog

Sorry the Champagne Puppy has been adopted

Thanks to Laura for sending me group photos of my mink dogs that she owns.

The dog on the left is the dog pattern (with floppy ears) that I designed a few years ago.

The dog on the right is the same dog pattern with upright ears.

The dog in the middle is my new sitting dog pattern.

I don't own any of my own mink dogs so it is fun to see them all together.

Coming soon: Mother's Day puppies!

I liked the first sitting puppy so much that I decided to make a second puppy and offer them adoptions for Mother's Day. Since this is a new design pattern I will send Adoption Invitations to everyone on my Mailing List. I should have them both finished in a day or two.

Update (May 1) ... the puppies are finished but ....

I usually take my photos outside and here in Southern California we have been having high winds and a heat wave so I have not been able to work outside. I tried to take some photos but it was just too windy so I'm hoping for better weather tomorrow. Once I have the photos I will be posting these puppies for adoption here on my blog and on Artists Bears International ... and I will send out Adoption Invitations by email to everyone on my Mailing List.

Work in Progress ... new dog pattern

I have been working on a new dog pattern ... inspired by Keli's photo ...
(see Keli's story on my April 3 post ... I am continuing to update her story on that same post)

which reminded me of the old RCA logo of

"Nipper" the Jack Russell Terrier that was listening

for "his master's voice"

So I decided to design a new dog pattern ... a sitting dog. 

Here is my WIP

Yes, this dog will be available for adoption very soon ... to everyone since it is a brand new pattern design. I will send out email Adoption Invitations. (I like this pattern so much that I may make two dogs to offer).

In order to design a new pattern I had to take a break from working on my custom orders. I was just so bored with making the same teddy over and over that I HAD to design something new. I also took a break from the computer ... so I need to catch up with my emails this weekend. Sorry if you emailed me and I did not send a quick reply like I usually try to do.

I did have some set backs along the way: the first mink that I started to use I had to throw out (after working with it for 3 days I realized that the entire pelt was way too fragile)

After carefully taking the mink stole apart I tested it by sewing a head ... which shredded when I turned it to stuff it.

I have been taking some time to do some gardening ... not something I can put off ...

 the desert tortoise that has been in our family for decades (and ended up living in my backyard) has come out of hybernation

I'm converting my backyard to raised gardens for my vegetables

so now the tortoise will have his own enclosure

I have to grow grass and flowers for him to have fresh food daily.

So I have been very busy digging up our old lawn to convert to gardens.

Gardening is hard work!

Custom Teddy Bear Pair

I completed one more Custom Order

Click here to see more photos of this Teddy Bear Pair