Daphne, a marshmallow of an ellie

Somewhere along the line, I'm sure I'll make ellies other than in pink! For now I'm enjoying the combination.

Tagged, random things....

I was tagged by Kelly at Yesterday's Glitter to come up with 5 random things about myself, so here goes.

1. I'm not dyslexic but when typing or writing I have to say outloud p and d to get them right, in my head they get mixed up.

2. I can still remember dreams from years ago. When I was little I used to have bad dreams, in my dreams the old Binatone bat and ball game used to play out with the ball getting faster and faster until I jumped awake! Weird, oh the other dream used to be monkey's jumping over the wall at the bottom of my garden and chasing me to try and wash my hair.

3. Talking of hair. I have'nt had my hair cut or coloured in years by a hairdresser, I do my own, with my husband cutting the back. Oh, it may be a sort of strawberry blonde/highlights colour now, but I'm really a ginger kid.

4. Passing my driving test was the most euphoric moment of my life, even more than giving birth or getting married. The other two things I knew would happen and I was quite chilled out about.

5. I once spent two and a half weeks in hospital with a DVT and I loved the food!!!!! The cheese and potato pie was my favourite.

Rules of tagging:

1. Link to the person who tagged you

2. Post these Rules in your Blog

3. Write 5 Random things about yourself

I'll leave this open to anyone who would like to join in, its good fun, have a go!

Blog giveaway at Ginger's!!!!!!

The lovely Ginger Brame has a fabulous giveaway. She has been in the bearmaking business for 25 years. In potteries slang that makes her an owd git. Translated that means, in our sense of humour, an old timer. That could be another post, why do the people of Stoke use cheeky phrases to people they like? Start to worry if I'm ultra polite to you!!!! Well duck thats one to ponder on..... Heres the link http://bearbits.blogspot.com/2009/02/announcement.html

Happy anniversary Ginger!!!!

Tagged, photo album

Rosie at http://rosiepblog.blogspot.com/ has sent me a lovely tag. I was asked to go to my photo album, choose my fourth photo folder and the fourth photo, here it is! Ha ha its my christening, 1968, with my mum and dad. It was at St Johns, Longton, Neck end. It was knocked down in 79 but I used to walk past it many times to get home when I was little. I can remember putting my foot in a hole near the church walls (don't ask me why, a kid thing) and it was covered in a tar like substance, my shoe stayed in the hole! I had to go home in my brother's pushchair, I can still remember being so mortified, as I was too old for pushchairs! Things you think about. Thanks for the memory Rosie.

Bubbles

What a funny day, I'm all on my own! After last week with Amy off, today its all quiet, I don't like it! Sometimes I love the peace and quiet and when I make my bears its upstairs out of the way but it feels...odd. Anyway not long till they come back and I wish they'd be quiet. When I say they it makes it sound like more than one child but I mean hubby and Amy LOL. I've ordered some bits and pieces for my bears, took photos of Bubbles and did 'shock' a little bit of ironing, some sewing as well. I'm doing a white elephant, of course with touches of pink. So just time to watch last nights repeat of Dr Who, then look like I've been slaving away all day, hee hee.

Orlando on ebay

I've just put Orlando on ebay. I actually worked the fees out today, something I did'nt want to think about, bad business, but..... To be honest it worked in to what I guessed. Ebay takes so much but......it sure gets me seen. That said normal sales nearly always involve paypal and their fees so I came to the conclusion ebay is'nt all bad. Its still a lot of money though, money you have to add on to the bear and in the end the collector. Bearmaking is still what I enjoy, I do the business side because the tax man says so but I'm just a maker at heart. I'd better be careful with these posts, 100 is not far off and it would be lovely to celebrate with a giveaway......better get bearmaking this week, keep you posted!

Ha thats where that belongs....

Well I had the bright idea of designing a bear that was quick and simpler to make, more affordable as my time and materials were reduced. Well I designed a pattern and got as far as stuffing it. I hated every minute doing it. Really, everything from no paw pads (major time saver) to non jointed, yuck. It does show although my head thought it a good idea, my heart just was'nt in it. All the bits that take time on a bear, take time for a reason, they make that bear. Me and my bright ideas.....