My Website was hacked !!!

Well, Happy July 4th to me! My web server sent me an email early this morning to let me know that they detected some bad code on my website. So after spending an hour trying to figure out where it was I finally called a very nice tech guy at my web server who helped me to figure out that it was not my main website but the extra Word Press website that was attached to it. Well, the only important page that I had on that website was my Custom Teddy Bear Service information ... so I just deleted the entire Word Press website !!!

Now I have to rebuild my Custom Teddy Bear Service information page

not to mention updating a lot of links that now lead to nowhere.

Oh boy just what I wanted to do, work on the computer instead of making bears ... AAAUGH!
Wish me luck (I'm an artist not a computer person).

Happy July 4th to everyone!

UPDATE: I've decided to add my Custom Teddy Service page to my blog, here, instead of on my website ...  (see it on my pages listed above)

Custom Twin Teddies (smaller version)

For Vaunell

To see the photos and details of this custom-made order

please CLICK HERE

To see why I had to choose the smaller version of Pattern #1 

please see the Work In Progress post below

Work In Progress ...

Custom Order #6

Two teddy bears from

 a small mink shrug

once I cut it apart I found that there was not enough mink pelt for my usual 11 inch teddies so I will be making two of my 9 inch teddies (which is the same exact pattern just a reduced size).

I had enough mink pelts for the two  9-inch teddies.
Hooray!

At this point I have 62 little pieces of shaped mink pelts
that will eventually become two adorable little mink teddy bears.
Now the hard work begins ...

Custom Twin Teddy Bears

Twin teddies for Linda

Please CLICK HERE to see more photos and details of these twin teddies

WIP ... Custom Order #5

Two Custom Teddies

for Lee and Linda

from their family's mink stole

I will be using the cashmere/wool coat for the paw pads

I'm so happy that the coat had a mink collar that matched the color of the mink stole
because I needed to use it! As I was laying out my pattern/lining I realized that I was
quickly running out of useable mink pelts that I needed for my larger pattern pieces (the
legs and feet). There was not much mink left after cutting out all of the pieces so I'm hoping
that nothing needs to be recut.

It takes sooooo much longer when working on two teddies at the same time ...

Saving the best for last ... those sweet-faced heads ...

 

Custom Companions

For Debbie

CLICK HERE to see more photos of the custom teddy bear

CLICK HERE to see more photos of the custom puppy

WIP ... companion dog

This is a continuation of Custom Order #4 for Debbie

I completed teddy #3639 and I am now making a companion dog

(Debbie requested a dog long before I decided to 

restrict my Custom Orders to Teddy Bears only)

I will be using my favorite puppy pattern in just a slightly larger size.

Debbie send me a full length coat so I have lots and lots of mink to work with.
For her teddy I just cut the pattern from the back of the coat and there were some thicker pelts
that were rather difficult to hand sew though.
But I was pleasantly surprised when I cut off the sleeves of the coat when I was looking
for thinner pelts for the dog pattern ... I found the perfect pelts in the sleeves:

Do you see the difference?
Instead of a lot of little strips of mink pelts sewn together
The sleeves are full pelts!
So much easier to hand-sew.