Charlie’s wedding gift

March 22, 2013

My friend Charlie, who I go to scrapbooking with is getting married next month. Her wedding theme is Alice in wonderland so I thought I would needle felt the white rabbit for her based on the latest film. I was very pleased with him but had the urge to make the smoking caterpillar too so I thought I would have a go. The caterpillar turned out okay but in the film he was sat on a toadstool so I thought I would make that too. But picturing it in my head with the caterpillar way up on the toadstool and the little white rabbit underneath I thought how cool would it be to add a few more characters and have them displayed on something. So I spoke very nicely to hubby and he went straight out and cut me a nice log base for it, while I got on with some more felting.  So next came Tweedle Dum and the Cheshire Cat with the Mad Hatters hat and a few flowers and lastly Tweedle Dee. This is how it turned out.

 

 

Charlie was very pleased with it and said she was going to display it at the wedding. Have a lovely day Charlie and Dan xx

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Crafts, general, needle felting, new projects

Bear making workshop

March 3, 2013

 

 

There are certainly a lot of talented people out there and I had another five of them yesterday at my second bear making class. Everyone had a lovely day and went home with a very special friend. They were so thrilled with them that they want to do more so I will be adding more dates for bear making workshops soon. But enough about that, let’s see those gorgeous bears.

 

Well done everyone and thank you for an enjoyable day!

xx

Bears, Classes, Crafts, general

Needle felted giraffe

February 23, 2013

Well, it was my daughters 16th birthday on Friday and she is absolutely mad on giraffes. She wanted everything giraffe for her birthday so among other things I bought her a large cuddly toy giraffe, a soft giraffe pencil case, a huge giraffe onesie and I needle felted her a giraffe. She was so excited when she saw him on top of her pile of presents.

 

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She is also a big fan of TOWIE so we had a day in Essex and she met and had photos with so many of them. Joey Essex, Gemma, Debbie, Billie and Sam, Harry, Jess’ mum and even Amy Childs. She had a lovely day.Beth and Joey EssexBeth

 

 

 

 

 

 

She’s very lucky( Judging by the screaming teenage girls) to get a photo with Joey Essex

Thanks for reading and please come back soon. There will be more photos from the second bear making workshop and a preview of our next needle felting class on 7th March.

xx

Crafts, general, needle felting

A Little Bit About Me…

January 1, 2013

Hi, my name is Sam – I live in Mongeham near Deal with my husband Jason and my two teenage daughters Beth and Catrina.

I am the artist and creator of The Thing About Bears but I have a love for all things creative. I have been making mohair collector bears for about 22 years on and off selling my bears in shops, bear fairs and through my website. I get so much pleasure from making bears especially when the face comes to life and you have a sweet little bear looking up at you.

I also enjoy needle felting and have made many bears of about 2 to 3 inches. Recently I have begun to experiment with other creatures – very exciting!

I go scrapbooking at Swanstitch in Deal, Kent, and also enjoy altered art and other home-decor type projects. I can knit but I don’t really enjoy it and I prefer crochet. However, I get bored easily so like to keep my projects small. If you see one of my Bears wearing an outfit, I made it.

My blog posts will usually have some sort of crafty theme. I hope you enjoy reading my blog and would welcome any feedback. Please feel free to leave comments and questions. I look forward to hearing from you!

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