Hamish

As promised here is my latest bear "Hamish" who is now available on eBay! Have a wonderful day!

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Well, I have been working away these last few weeks and am very pleased to say that I will have a new bear up for sale on May 26 through eBay. You can link to that sale on my website or through this blog when the time is right.

Tonight I spent the evening finally planting a garden in the front of our house. Yippeee! It will get finished tomorrow and I will try to get a great shot and post it here. This has been a long time coming and I was rewarded by my husband Sinister with a Dairy Queen Blizzard! Yummy, just what I needed after all that digging!

I also have another two bears almost ready for sale... big surprises on the horizon so please stay tuned. I am so happy and feel so lucky to be able to share my art with you all here.

Be back tomorrow! Have a wonderful evening.

It's been a while since I have posted. I have been extra busy creating! I have a show coming up and I have three new bears that will soon be posted as well as two on the GO. I am also getting a triptych quilt ready for a show so needless to say my plate is now a platter. I am having a lot of fun however and am grateful for this long weekend that I might have some time to get a few of these projects completed.

I forgot how much I enjoy pedicures... I got up early today and went to a spa salon to have my feet done. I usually do that once a year to get me started for the summer, but I think I will try to keep it up this year. It was nice and relaxing but I was unfortunate enough to get a gal I really liked who is leaving her job this coming Thursday. Darn it all.

There's a storm on the way and that means for good sewing, at least in my world it does. I mean, you're stuck inside anyway so might as well sew sew sew! I have big plans to create two new patterns also so .... soon there will be more excitement on the horizon! Stay tuned for the continuing saga of Seraphim and her bears... Yippee!

Happy weekend to you all

Hi Everyone: It seems like ages since I have posted but what can I say... things have been very busy lately. First my darling husband was rushed to hospital ~ He's okay now. Then there was the recovery...

Then with all my spare time... hahahahaha.... I designed a new style of bear that I am so happy to be able to share with you. I am calling them my DOPE bears because they look really dopey and sad. You just can't help but want to love them up!

Basil is now up for sale on Ebay!

Just wanted to post a little Happy Birthday to my Husband as you never know who reads your blog... hahaha. I made these delicious cupcakes for his birthday and his mother and I along with my husband all had a hoot decorating them together... that made them taste even better. Would leave a recipe but, it's a secret!

Grandma's Pyjama's

So last night I was missing Mary... my Mum had given me a box about a month ago that had clothes in it that I might be interested in to cut them up and make them into a scrappy quilt. I finally had time to go through the box last night and in the box I found a pile of neatly folded Pyjamas that belonged to my grandmother. I took them out of the box and admired them, I love old cotton night gowns and as I was doing so I decided that I would not cut them... I would wear them. I carried them carefully upstairs and laid them out on the bed so I could choose just the right one to wear. Mary had been moved to a home as she had Alzheimer's and so each one had a name tag with her name in it. I like that... it makes me feel close to her. I finally decided on one and as I slipped it onto my head I was immediately immersed in her scent; It was as though her arms were wrapped around me. I closed my eyes and took a slow deep breath and I saw her as clear as if she were standing right there in front of me.

When she passed away last summer I was given a very special gift from her... her wedding rings. I had admired them as a child and was sometimes allowed to carefully place them on my finger. I was always very respectful of what they stood for and never left the bedroom with them on. I would sing and stare at the sparkling diamonds and then carefully place them back on her crystal ring holder that sat on her dresser. I received the rings and had them sized to fit and was too afraid something might happen to them to send them off for an appraisal.

Today I was leaving the house to drive to another town to go birthday shopping for my husband and as I was leaving the house I thought that I should bring Mary with me. Having worn the Pyjama's last night had me feeling a bit melancholy today. I often wear her rings when I am attending a special event or when my Mum comes to visit as I see them as a sort of gateway for her to be here with me which allows us both to share in the life I am still living. So today on my way out of the mall that I was shopping in I thought I would take one more swing around just to make sure that I did not miss anything that would be a good gift for my husband. Low and behold there was an on site appraiser and I was able to watch him with her rings as he checked everything and created a certificate for me.

The funny thing is... when I got home I put the papers into the filing cabinet and put the rings back into their box and replaced them with my own wedding rings (that's the routine). I went and had a nice hot bath and then walked quietly into the bedroom to put on my grandma's pyjamas. Of all the things that were given to me, the rings, her sewing machine, her bear making supplies etc. it is her pyjama's that seem to give me the most comfort. Don't get me wrong, the other things all have a very special place in my heart and fill my life with joy every time I wear or use them but her pyjama's ... my grandma's pyjamas... make me feel close to her. I can close my eyes and take a deeeeeeeepppp breath in..... and there she is, laughing and smiling and singing!

I miss you Mary... thank you for staying close by my side and allowing me to share in YOU ...

Now for sale on ETSY

The Chronicles of Eva

Where will I go
To a land far away
Will I travel by boat or maybe by plane
Will I dance in the arms of a new mother?
Will I adventure and cuddle a father

I sit here in waiting on the creative shelf
with brothers and sisters not fully developed
I am told I'm a beauty and that love is waiting
I am excited
I am anxious
to know where I'll be staying

I've so much to offer
My potential is clear
I was made to be loved by someone called "Dear"
My box has been lined with soft tissue
My tags and certificates are my adoption papers
Where is my home? Where will it be
Just know that I am waiting to love only thee!

signed with love

Eva