ALICE IN WONDERLAND

Being a huge Alice in Wonderland fan I wanted to share with you here on my blog the link to the new Tim Burton movie! ALICE IN WONDERLAND Just click to see the new trailer! WOW is it going to be fabulous!

ELVIS TOTE BAGS

Hi Everyone. As you may remember I am heading to Graceland in two weeks time to see my ELVIS quilt that is being hung there for the Elvis Week Competition. My Mother in Law and I will be attending together and so for fun, seeing as how we are both big ELVIS fans I made us some large tote bags to shop while there. They are made of great quilting fabric available on line through several different sellers. They also both have Swarkofski crystals and hand embroidery. One is based on Jain House Rock (mother in laws) and one is Blue Hawaii (mine). They were very fun to make and I used a pattern by a fabulous company called Art to Heart and the pattern I used was from the LOVE IS collection. It is a HUGE tote and an excellent pattern that is fairly easy and if experienced in sewing pretty easy to alter to suit your needs as well. I hope you enjoy a little peek at the new totes! Here is there link ART TO HEART

bye for now... I will be posting again later with some bear hospital photos and information!

Carrot Cake Yummy

As Promised here is the recipe for my famous Carrot Cake:

3 Eggs
1 cup white sugar
1 cup oil
1 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
2 cups carrots

Bake at 300 F for 45 minutes
Of course feel free to add all the stuff you like to this cake, like walnuts or raisins... this is just the base for a wonderful cheese cake!

Cream Cheese Icing

1 80z pkg cream cheese
2 oz butter (unsalted)
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup icing sugar

Mix all together until smooth and wella... the most yummy cream cheese icing. I personally could eat this just as is. I know, yuck you think now but wait till you try it! Mmmmmmmm Mmmmmmm Good!

Hope you get a chance to try it! And please feel free to let me know if you do... You can even send me a picture of how yours turns out to post here on the blog! Have a wonderful week everyone!

It must seem that I have neglected this blog but in actuality I have great plans that are taking time to put into play. First I have created a new hang tag for my bears that will soon be ready and I am holding off on the release of any further bears until the completion of the new tags. I am so happy with how they have turned out that I cannot wait to share them with you all.

Second I have three new bears that are all in midst of completion and plan to begin another tonight or tomorrow. I like to have several stages in process as then I can work at any time anywhere no matter what I feel like doing or where I happen to be. There is new look to my bears and I am thrilled with them and again, cannot wait to share them with you.

Then I hope to implement a difference in my blog. I hope to share some of my favourite techniques, places to purchase materials, stories as well as some of my fave recipies. I hope to begin these changes in short order. For instance, I have a birthday cake to make this weekend so I hope to take some photos and post the most delicious carrot cake recipie of all times! The cream cheese icing is well worth making extra of for sure! Yummmmmy!

I also joined CURVES gym recently so I have been spending more time there than at the computer. That has been an adjustment but I am feeling great and working hard and hope to encourage anyone out there so take the leap. I have been with many gyms over the years but I am really enjoying this one in particular. It is time to get in shape and get focused cause the next thing you know it will be Christmas and you all know what that means!

I am heading to Memphis on August 13th and will be in Graceland for 4 days to see my ELVIS quilt that is not only be hung there but also entered into the Elvis Week competition. I will of course let you all know how that turns out. I have never been to Memphis so I hope to have a fabulous time with my Mother In Law and take a ton of pictures to share with you. I also think I might have a new look for me as I have a hair appointment soon and am thinking very seriously of cutting off all my hair and possibley going BLONDE once again. It has been a long time since I have worn the golden locks and I have NEVER had my hair super short but with my schedule currently I think it would be a good choice... sexy and easy also. Sharon Stone can do it and so does Elen so why not me? A little nervous but hay... it's just hair, it will grow back.

Okay, so that is my big BLOG entry with no images as yet but they're coming and when they do... it is going to be great! Not too long now, hang in there!

Well, Tai and Chai have now been adopted, Katie was a huge hit and I now have a lot of work ahead of me. I am working on some new patterns and am almost finished giving Amadeus a face lift! I have to say that I am very very happy with the results and look forward to sharing him with you here in the near future.

It is also that time again to start getting ready for the Christmas shows... doesn't that sound crazy? But when all things are one of a kind and all things have only two hands making them, the time does go by very quickly! I have some new items that will be sold at the shows that are all eco friendly just like my gourmet room sprays that I have been creating for many years now. The sprays were a huge hit at last years show and I look forward to bringing those along again.

We had a big Fathers Day BBQ yesterday and that went well but we are very sleepy today... not as young as we use to be. Looks like we are about to venture into a wonderful second day of summer so hope you all have a fabulous day.

For those that are new to my site and don't know, my ELVIS quilt will soon be leaving to be hung at Graceland and I will be meeting it shortly after with my Mother in Law (friend). I just completed our quilted ELVIS shopping bags and will soon post some images of that but my camera went on the fritz. My Husband bought me a new one (sweetheart) but I cannot figure out how to load the images into the computer... another task for tonight!

Anyway, gotta run... lots of designing to do and may I say thank you again to all my collectors for embracing me into this wonderful world of bears. I am so blessed to be able to share my art with you!

Hi Everyone:

As promised, here is the link to my new adoption auction for my PANDA couple ~ Tai Chi and Chai Tea! I hope you will very much enjoy them as I did in creating them!

CLICK HERE for eBay adoption auction

So... I was recently asked to make a Victorian style bear for a friend whose sister in law is ill and in hospital. This was a real challenge for me as I wanted this bear to be sweet, happy and a traditional vintage bear based on a 1900's style body type and that as you may know is not like any bear I have made to this point; my bears are mostly kind of sad and worn, saggy and dopey. As it turns out after creating a few new pattern styles I created a baby bear in a 9" size that I was very pleased with. She was soft and sweet in the face and I even found a vintage lace bonnet that fit her perfectly. My buyer was very happy with her. So here she is ...
I would like you all to meet ~ Katie ~

And just a little heads up... A beautiful fun and playful COUPLE will be up on eBay on Sunday at 8:30pm Eastern Standard Time. I will post a link here for you all when the time comes... but can I hint and say this... if you love Black and White... these two will be right up your alley!