While we wait for Spring

We definately need us some spring over here

while waiting

I have been working on some cute little

spring like tags and cards

beautiful tags

digital designed - pink peonies on old music sheets

vintage inspired postcards

handsewn on cardboard with old book pages

and tea dyed cheesecloth

love the vintage roses on these postcards

some tiny greeting cards

with flowers

handsewn on tea dyed cheesecloth

and sweet little notecards

ready for Easter.

made these in set of 5

including envelopes and wrapped in cellofan

decorated with a little velvet flower.

Come Spring....

Thank you so much for peeking in today

sweet friends

Wishing you all a wonderful sunday

Tina ♥♥♥

Blooming Bear Show Preview

The Blooming Bear Online Show

is approaching

Here´s a preview

of one of my bears for the show

75 artists
from 12 countries

The show starts on Saturday, March 12th at 8:00am New York time

and ends Sunday March 13th at 9:00pm New York time.

Click here to see what time it starts in your corner of the world!

I´ll have 3 bears available at the show.

Hope to 'see' you there.

Have a wonderful day

Tina ♥♥♥

Pay it Forward 2011

You may have seen it already

Pay it Forward is back

and I got the chance to play along

when my sweet friend Michelle posted about this over at

Petite Michelle Louise

Here's how it works....

The first five people who comment on this blog post will receive a handmade gift from me.

In return, you must FIRST write a blog post explaining Pay It Forward 2011.
Then.... send out a handmade gift to the first 5 visitors who leave a comment.
Take your time...you don't need to send them all today or tomorrow.
Gifts from the heart are worth the wait!

This is such a sweet way to make new friends and
share the love of things we create with our hearts and hands.

"It's not the size of the gift that matters,
but the spirit of paying it forward."

Wishing you all a wonderful day

Tina ♥♥♥

Sweet Little Books of Lace

I came across some cute little books a few weeks ago

Ordered them not knowing what exactly to use them for

When I got them I knew..

so I removed the original pages from the inside

replaced them with handsewn pages of lace

lots of lace

with lots of details

here´s a few of the pages

decorated the book covers

and the inside of the covers too

using fabric images, cheesecloth and

old paper

These are just perfect for little bits and pieces

and left overs from other projects.

And perfect for a sweet little decoration too.

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend

sweet friends

Tina ♥♥♥

Back Home

I´m back home again

after a wonderful fair in London

Lots of the bears found new homes

and I had such a great time catching up with collectors

and fellows artists too.

Here´s photo of my table.

(some bears already left before I took this)

It´s unfortenately the only one from the fair

and I was on my own and had to stay behind the table.

I would have loved to wander around to see

all the beautiful bears made for this event

and there were so many fellow artists I would

have loved to chat with too.

If I´m lucky I´ll have a helper with me in september

so I will be able to get around.

I´ll be very busy with new bears

these next weeks.

The Blooming Bear Online Show

is coming up and I´m working on bears for that.

The preview page is open

so pop over and have a look at what´s waiting you

Hopefully I´ll have some

exiting news to share with you soon too.

Now back to the bears.

Wishing you all a wonderful day

Tina ♥♥♥

On My Way

Just a quick post to wish you all

a wonderful weekend.

22 little bears and I

will be travelling to London very early tomorrow morning for

The Winter Bear Fest

on Sunday Febr. 27th

The fair will be held at

Kensington Town Hall

Hornton Street

Kensington

If you´re in the area do stop by.

The bears and I would love a visit.

Have a wonderful weekend

Tina ♥♥♥

Rebeccas Beautiful Giveaway

Sweet Rebecca over at

A Re-purposed Life

was hosting a 600 give-back post giveaway

and I can´t believe how lucky I was to win her

beautiful Art Pocket

Her wonderful package have arrived.

Look at this pocket filled to the brim with wonderful

goodies to create with

Wonderful lace pieces

and beautiful vintage buttons.

My all time favorite items to create with

More lace and trim

and BEAUTIFUL vintage velvet flowers

pearls and more buttons

and some awesome emphemera

I love how the pocket have been decorated with a beautiful

fabric flower, lace, buttons and an old key

The pocket in up in my studio ofcourse

Thank you so much Rebecca.

I will treasure it for always and save those goodies

for some very special creations.

If you haven´t visited Rebecca make sure to pop over

at see her beautiful place.

Wishing you a wonderful day

Tina ♥♥♥

A Little Dress Collage

almost back to normal

22 little bears are ready for Hugglets and with one week to go

I only need to plan the table display,

prepare the package materiale, business cards ect

phew...

Going to have some studio time

for other creations again.

I´ve been having fun with a new collage

I´ve called this collage

{All Dressed Up}

playing with the lace again

and with an old book cover as background

I then made a little dress

to put on top

added a little pocket on the front and

decorated it with little pieces of lace

some vintage flowers

and a wonderful resin piece I´ve got

from my sweet friend Lisa

here´s a little close up of some of the layers of lace

My inspiration for the dress

came from my other sweet friend Dawn

Some time ago she posted about how to make a little worn dolls dress

and I thought it would be fun to try and make one.

Not nearly as pretty as hers, but I´m kind pleased with

how it turn out on the collage.

What do you think?

Thanks for popping in today

and wishing you a wonderful weekend.

Tina ♥♥♥

A few more Bears for Hugglets

Only two more weeks to go.

I´m working on the last bears.

Here´s a few more that will travel with me to London

'Walther' (left) and 'Ashley' (right)

'Sylvie'

She´s in a handsewn dress made

from an old nightgown sleeve 

'Odile'

with a beautiful cape

made of vintage lace.

Both Sylvie and Odile is sitting

in vintage heartshaped molds

All are 4 inch.

Back to bear making.

Wishing you all a wonderful sunday

Tina ♥♥♥

Another Bird Creation

First of all

THANK YOU SO MUCH

for all the

lovely comments on my latest posts.

I´m so sorry I haven´t been able to visit

you all this time, just wanted to let you all

know I really appreaciate you visiting over here

at my little place

*********

Here´s another sweet Bird Creation

I called this

A bird in the Hand

the background is muslin with layers of lace

with a hanger of driftwood and wire

and here´s the nest:

a wonderful vintage glove.

I stamped the word 'nest' on the fingers

and added a rhinestone jewelry piece

peeking out of the nest

Another sweet Spring creation

*A Bird in the Hand*

right...

 listed here

Still working on them bears...

Wishing you all a wonderful day

Tina ♥♥♥

Work behind the Scene

I´m working really hard behind the scene.

on bears that is..

and when I say relly hard, I mean

r.e.a.l.l.y. h.a.r.d

I´ve gotten sooooo far behind this time.

Here´s a little update on everything.

First up is the

Be My Valentine Online Show

next weekend

The show starts on friday

and all the bears are finished and ready for this show.

Here´s a little sneak peek

of my bears for the show

Next up is the

Hugglets Winter Bear Fest

on February 27th in London

I´m working on the bears for this fair right now.

So far I have about 12 bears finished...

mind you, these are small bears, all about 4 inches

so I will probably need another 10

to fill a table....

Now you know what I mean about

being behind and working REALLY HARD - lol

Here´s a little preview of some

of the bears that will

be travelling with me to London

This little one is Baloo.

He´s made of a wonderful green
vintage furniture fabric.

I Really like the old worn look this fabric gives the bears.

He does look well loved, doesn´t he.

and here´s two sweet little girls.
This is Norma on the left

and Asta on the right

so

after Hugglets comes the

Blooming Bear Show

on March 12 + 13th

Plenty of time for that you might think.

That´s what I was thinking too,

only the preview photo has to be in bye

about.... now

I´ve only finished one bear for this

show so far, so she´s going to be the

preview photo.
more about that later.

Now I´m off for some sewing.

Wishing you all a wonderful sunday

Tina ♥♥♥

A Bird in a Pocket

The snow is almost gone over here

and cross my fingers there won´t come anymore.

Now we need some spring

don´t you think.

got in the mood for a little spring creation

so I made a little fabric collage.

Here´s a corner with layers

 of lace and some vintage buttons

The hanger is driftwood and wire

with a background created

from a vintage Dicky Bird book

a little bird is peeking

out from her nest

A sweet little spring creation.

The collage can be found here.

Thank you so much for visiting

Wishing you a wonderful day.

Tina ♥♥♥

And the Winner is...

First of all

I want to thank all of you who visited

and commented on my giveaway.

I loved reading every single one

and I want you to know

you all means so much to me

THANK YOU

and now for the drawing

all names 'in the hat'

and the winner is...

Danielle

from

My Blessed Serendipity Life

Congratulations Danielle

Please email me

your address and I´ll have the collage
in the mail for you.

Wishing you a wonderful day

Tina ♥♥♥