New "Little Friends" coming along

Where have the last days gone? New little bears are eager to get into the world so I'd better get busy!! Wonderful Christmas gifts of books are giving me lots of inspiration - especially in the "little friends" category. Soon my web site will feature a new page of them and tales of fairies and woodsy creatures are dancing in my head! Here's a little guy I've had fun finding in the vintage rayon and just loved his photo shoot! Isn't he photogenic?? His name is Wee Much, the Acorn Gatherer. Oh I forgot to mention, he's 4 inches tall! and his acorn cap is a real one.

Balmy Weather!

I wish I had a new little bear to show, but I must comment on our gorgeous weather here in southern Virginia. The temperature reached nearly 80 degrees yesterday and Travis and I had a fine time raking up the late falling leaves. Of course, today it looks as though we didn't rake at all. Some of the trees try to hold on to their leaves until Spring and today, it felt just like Spring with those high temperatures. I'm hoping this weather will last a long time! Did I mention that I'm from Florida?!?

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

Cold weather has finally come to Southern Virginia - about time I guess! There are still lots of leaves on trees which are usually bare by now. I'm working on orders for Christmas and hope to have a little bear duo on Ebay before long!

Monique is thrilled!

I'm happy to report that little Monique has found a home and will be going possibly with Cody to her new Mom soon. These little ones won't even make it to my web site! I'll be back tomorrow with a little cutie named Aurora! The weather here is finally cold, but seems to find those warm bursts now and then. Rose loves morning "walkies" no matter what the weather. I'm so glad that she insists on an early morning walk as it takes me out into the most wonderful time of day. We still have a great deal of leaves on the deciduous trees - very odd for almost December!

Monique

Here's a little lady that's looking for a home! She's about 5 1/2 inches tall and is fully jointed. Monique's fur is a sparse, curly, mohair and her eyes are a sparkley black glass. She is wearing a hand knitted red mohair scarf and a white silk bow. I'll be putting her on my web site for adoption soon, but if you know of a good home for little elphants, please let me know! Her adoption fee is $175 plus $10 shipping and insurance worldwide.

New Little Bears!

Here are two little bears that will be available on my web site soon. Both little guys are about 6 3/4 inches tall and made of mohair. They have glass eyes and hand painted eye detail. Cody is brown and gold with a brown nose while Nutmeg is similar in fur color with an almost pumkin colored nose, eye detail and ultra suede paw pads. Cody has brown paw pads. The bears are each $185 and shipping and insurance is $10 worldwide.

Grand Shows!

This past weekend was such fun and just exhausting! The Online Bear Artists Online show was Friday and Saturday and the Hunt Valley Show was Sunday. I had so much fun and enjoyed seeing friends and meeting new ones as well as adding to my bear collection! I adopted a puppy dog from Francisco C. Stewart and is he wonderful! I have wanted one of Francisco's creations for a very long time and was thrilled to get Robert, the dog.
I've ordered new fur from the mini bear supplier as my new little bears received good comments as I showed the first one around so I can't wait to get started. I'll be posting photos when they are born!

Mario and Sydney

Here's the last piece for the Winter Warmer BAO show. Mario and Sydney are a couple of chums named for my favorite Pittsburgh Penguin Hockey stars. Mario, in this case is the bear and young Sydney is the penguin. Mario is made from a wonderful South African mohair and Sydney is sculpted from polymer clay. They both have glass eyes. Mario's are black and Sydney has amber eyes. Mario is one of the Storybook bears and is about 10 inches tall. He wears an outfit of cotton with a fully lined wool jacket which has some hand embroidery. I've made everything including the pull toy that Sydney rides on. Please email me if you have questions about the online show or any of the pieces: http://www.donnaandthebears@aol.com/

Fair Phyllis and her teddy, Rebecca

The inspiration for this little bear is a madrigal which is a personal favorite in which the first words are "Fair Phyllis." Since this is a little white bear, she's about as "fair" as she can be. Since she will be part of the Winter Warmer show, I made a special mauve velveteen coat for her. Her little teddy, Rebecca, is one of my new little "mini" bears. Phyllis is about 10 inches tall and little Rebecca is about 4 1/2 inches. Hope you will visit her during the show!