The Quinlans & The Blue Crew

Our Host and Hostess for Philly Susan and Terry Quinlan  

and their fabulous team "The Blue Crew"

More Philly

Of course.... this is MY gallery piece. It sold that night!

Philly Show

Last week was the Philadephia Doll and Bear Whow. What a fabulous show! I travelled there with my bear artist buddies Martha Burch, Dian Pete and Donna Manthey. To start I just wanted to show you what the back of the van looked like. We started out with all our bears, clothes, props, water, soda, & snacks in the car.

We ran into a few clouds.

I marvel at the artists who show there here are some of the pieces from the one of a kind gallery

The dolls and bears in the gallery were outstanding!

Here are a few to start!

 
 

The Newlydeads - Presenting the Bride and Gloom

This is my latest piece for the show in Philly. The bride and gloom are in their own little cemetary plot. They can be free standing if you wish. You can see the bride's bones right though her netting skirt. She has her own booquet and veil.  The gloom has a jaunty sombrero and a bootiner to match his bride's flowers.

SOLD!

On Saturday, February 25, our den,Somethin's Bruin, put on a teddy bear program at the New Berlin Public Library.  I took some photos during the event. Carol Zelt – Reading Sharon Uttley – Panda Origami
Amy Thornton – Bear Making Demo Veronica Wallace-Kraemer – Puzzles and Games
Each child was encouraged to bring their favorite teddy. The loder kids were invited to make an oragami bear or do a word puzzle. We had a bear making demonstration. and each child got to take home a small new bear. As you can see we had very good attendance!

Good Enough to EAT!

Look at the lovely surprise  from my friend Adriana Esqueda from La Llorona Studio. I received it just in time for Easter! These are NEEDLEFELTED!!!! The look like you could just take a bite out of them!
Thank you Adriana!!!!!

Please take a look at all her really cool stuff at: http://www.lalloronastudio.blogspot.com/

Organized Chaos

 It has been almost springlike in Wisconsin and I got in an cleaning/organizing mood.  I am always fascinated when I am lucky enough to see other people's workshops, so I decided to post some pictures of what mine looks like at it's best.

This is my office. I work from home, so I spend the majority of my day in this room.

This is my sewing area. I just added the parts boxes in the back. They contain my teddy bear  joints, eyes, and just general stuff.

This is my computer nook. This is my personal/photograph computer. Also where I keep my patterns, books & paperwork.

This is how I store my patterns. I hook them all together on a metal shower hook. The all are labeled with a finished result, date designed and how many of each pattern I have done.  Notice the great racks at the top? I got them at a rummage sale. They are racks for holding wine glasses.  The other rack is an old accordion hat rack.

This is my cd & book nook.

Thread and mohair samples....

The side of an old crib holds my "pending" mohair projects.

My hubby had a shelf built around 3 sides of my little room to store my collections and ready to adopt projects.

Hope you enjoyed taking a look. I'm sure it won't stay this clean for long!