Getting ready for Hugglets

This is how it looks like in my studio these days...

a basket full of little ones

I´m working hard on the last bears for Hugglets.

This sweet little one is Esther

Ready to travel with me to London this weekend.

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I´m leaving on Saturday

and are going to exhibit in the Kensington Town Hall on Sunday.

This leaves me with one day for shopping too.

I do have plans on visiting Portobello Road Market again
this time for some great old finds.

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If you happens to be in London on Sunday February 28th

the bears and I would love a visit.

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Visit here to read more about the fair.

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Now back to work...

Have a lovely day

Tina

Petite Box Swap

One of my wishes for the the new year

was to participate in swaps

so when I saw that Heather from Speckled Egg

was hosting a Petite Box Swap I signed up immediatly

and went out hunting for boxes for the swap.

not the easyest part, I have to say.

Those Danish match boxes are NOT the same size as the ones is the US - ha

I had a suspicion about that though

so I added extra on the outside of my boxes

this is the boxes I made for my swap partners

and this is the goodies inside


in return I have received the most beautiful boxes
all filled with amazing goodies for my art work
Oh - How I loved the swap

This first Box came from Sue who blogs over at
my mothers pearls




wrapped in what looks like an old sleeve with vintage lace
and old buttons - and a very sweet pink heart
after all it was close to Valentines Day



and this is the inside of Sue´s box
a sweet old hankie, lace and ribbon, old buttons
pearls and velvet flowers...
so yummi

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This beautiful red one was from Hope
over at Vintage-Whimsy



all covered in red with a vintage doll on top




and this is what I received from Hope
Oh My
tiny vintage dolls, old domino
all kinds of yummi stuff
I absolutely love if all and can´t wait to use it
well - I might not use those tiny dolls though
They are soooo pretty and have to be display in my studio

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This fantastic box is from Heather our host

Looks at this amazing flower on the top
and the rest of the box ...



is covered with vintage wall paper
crepe paper and lace
oh - so beautiful




and the inside...
ribbon and lace, old tickets, tiny flowers
lots of goodies
and a heart box all filled with
all kinds of tiny great stuff




this is so amazing
and I loved being part of this great swap.

Thank you so much Sue, Hope and Heather
for making those beautiful boxes for me.

I hope you have enjoyed the look of my
Petite boxes
and now I´m off to hunt
some boxes in the right size...

just in case there should be a new box swap coming up ;D

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Have a beautiful day
Tina

OWOH Winner

First of all
I want to thank all of you who entered my OWOH Giveaway.

The response have been soooo overhvelming

I got over 500 comments - I have never ever tried anything like this.

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Thank you so much

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It has been so much fun participating

in this great event

and I´m definaltely going to do it again next year.

and the winner is......

(using Random.org : No. 201)

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Lori @

My Fairie Window

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Congrats Lori
I hope you´ll enjoy these

I´m going to email you right away :D

I wish I could have send you all a little something
A big thank you to all of you again.

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have a beautiful day

Tina

Happy Valentines Day Show

Just a quick note to show you the real photos

of my bears for the Be My Valentines Show

Finlay - 4 inch with knitted sweater

Skylar - 4 inch wearing old lace

and Molly - 4 inch with velvet flower and lace skirt.

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend
Tina

New Bears Coming Up

The 'Be My Valentine' Online Show'

is fast approaching.

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February 13th and 14th

to see more about this show, click here

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I have 3 bears available at the show

and here´s a little sneak peek.

something white and knitted

with a little bit of old lace

more lace and and cute little flower

That´s all you get for now
You´ll have to wait until the show opens
to see the bears.

I´ll be up and close to the computer as much as possible during the show.
If you write me and I don´t answer straight away
I´m just away for a little nab :D
All emails will be answered in the order I receive them.

I hope to see you there.

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This little bear is SARA

She´s 4 inch tall and made of a two toned

mohair in pale blue and brown.

She´s wearing a lace dress and

a little piece of old lace.

She will be available at Hugglets in London

on February 28th.

Hope to see you there too.

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Back to Bearmaking...

Tina

Lollishops Design Challenge

Welcome to Lollishops Design Challenge

This is my last contribution

before a new design team takes over

using the art kit from Caramelos

a sweet Valentines Heart

Make sure to pop over and see the

other creations from the rest of the Fall Design team here

A new Design Team will now take over.

Thank you Sadie - it has been so much fun.

Enjoy

Tina

Artist Class Reminder

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The time is fast approaching for this years Artist Class

Starting February 1th

my pincushion cupcake project

make sure to pop over and join if you would like
to make some or all of these great project.

The Artist Class will be filled with not only all projects
but also a lot of extra goodies

this years projects

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The price is USD 59 however

since I have been invited to participate

you will be able to get a USD 10 discount

by using the code

Tinybear

when you sign up.

Just click the Artist Class button

the read more and to join

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Wishing you all a wonderful day

Tina

One World One Heart GiveAway

Welcome to One World One Heart GiveAway Event

this is my first time participating

and I´m so happy to join

and so excited too

using old lace

vintage paper

old wooden spools and clothspins




I have created a sweet

vintage inspired decoration

for this event





This is what you´ll get if you win

A romantic and vintage inspired display of

two decorated wooden spools and two decorated clothspins

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There´s only two rules:

* You´ll have to have a blog, as this is a blog event

* You have to leave a comment on this post

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The winner will be announced on February 15th.

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Make sure to pop over and visit all the participants

just click on the logo below



Thank you so much for visiting



Enjoy
Tina

Romantic Handkerchief decorations

This is a VERY easy-to-do project

and what I used some of my old handkerchief for

all you need is some old paper

music sheets or pages from an old book

a piece of seambinding
and a little something to tie onto the seambinding

I used tiny madonna medaillions



and then you have a sweet romantic and nostalgic
decoration to ad in a display in your home

wishing you a romantic monday

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Tina

Flea Market Finds

I went to the flea makets last saturday

it had been a while, so I needed... lol

this one is a big indoor one we have in Copenhagen

not a bargain flea market

more like an antique dealer mixed with expensive flea market boots market

so you´ll have to look closely to find good stuff

I was a bit lucky this time though

An old tin box

in brown and robins egg blue

- I love old tin boxes and there were a lot this time.

also smaller ones. Most of them were USD 15

I found this for 4

and how about this beautiful old pale pink brooch
rhinestones and silver feathers

brass handles

if you turn them upside down they will

be beautiful holders in a mixed media project

a bunch of old hankerchiefs with the most

beautiful edges

some of them silk

I have the perfect idea for those

coming in my shop very soon :D

and some very old candle light holders

for the christmas tree

I´m not going to use them on my christmas tree though

I´m pretty sure the will end up in a project instead.

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wishing you a wonderful weekend

Tina

Exciting News

I have some very exciting news to share.

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I have been asked to do a tutorial for this years

Artists Class

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Last year there were the most awesome artists

participating

so I´m so very honoured and proud to be asked this year.

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This is the project

make sure to pop over and join if you would like
to learn how to make these cupcake pincushion decorations
or some of the other great projects over there.

edited to ad: the cake molds can be found at fleamarkets,
on Ebay or in shops that carry bakery hardware
Feel free to email me with any questions.
You can find my email in my profile.

Mary at Green Paper
have gathered a bunch of great artists this year too.

It´s going to be so exciting
I love all the projects over there
and will definately be joining in to make a lot of them.

The price for the program is USD 59 however
since I have been invited to participate Mary is offering
all my readers a USD 10 discount
just use the code tinybear when you sign up

Just click the button for more information
and to join.

Have a wonderful sunday

Tina

And The Winner....

today is the day

to draw the winner of my giveaway.

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A big THANK YOU to all of you

the response have been so overwhelming

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using Random.org

the winner is..

NO 37

Julie @ A Vintage Chic

Congratulations Julie

Please send me your mail adress
so I can have the box in the mail to you

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I also have some great news to share with you
but that´ll have to wait until next post..
so stay tuned

Have a wonderful day

Tina

First Swap of the year

What an excited start of the year this has been.

I have signed up for my first swap

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Petit Inspiration Box Swap

hosted by heather over at

Speckled Egg

and I´m so excited about this.

I have been wanting to do swaps for a long time now,
so when I saw this lovely swap over at Heathers, I signed up
immediatly - this is going to be soooo much fun.

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I have also decided to participate in the
One World - One heart Event
this year

which means there will be another GiveAway - yeahhh

Last year there were over 900 participants
and this year there will probably be even more

Can you just imagine
visiting about 1000 blogs
and enter GiveAways

Amazing - right.

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Thank you so much to all of you
who have commented on my GiveAway so far.

The response have be sooooo overwhelming
I´m so truly honoured
and I´ll do my very best to visit you all
It might take some time though
so please bear with me.

Off to hunt some swap boxes.

Wishing you all a lovely day
Tina

New Years GiveAway

Happy New Year to all of you

I hope you all had a wonderful and safe New years Eve

and welcome to a new and exciting year

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To celebrate the start of the new year

which also happens to be my birthday :D

what would be more appropriate than a giveaway

so I have been spending some time in the studio

to create a little something for you to win...

so here it is...

a beautiful old cigar box

with the original label round the edge

I didn´t decorate the box, as I think it´s quite beautiful as is

and maybe you would like to decorate it yourself

but

it´s not only an old cigarbox

....

I did put something in it too

so

let´s have a look of what´s inside

this is the inside of the lid

the original stamp from the shop



some old book pages and music sheets




a little bunch of used Danish stamps

digital images printed and cut out ready for use

of sweet vintage couples

(valentines days is approaching right)

a little bit of laze

one of my homemade ribbons with crowns

an old skeleton key

and a tulle bag with old

white buttons from my personal collection

paper flowers in white and cream

all you have to do is

leave a comment on this post

if you would like to be entered

in the giveaway

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I´ll draw the winner on

January 9th

which will give you plenty of time to enter

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I´m so looking forward to this new and exciting year

with lots of blogging

and lots of creating

and lots of new bears too

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Wishing you all a wonderful day

Tina