Whoo whoo ...made it to 500+ Giveaway

The giveaway is one of my little spiky mohair hedgehogs and his acorn pincushion. He measures, just so you have an idea of his size, 3 inches from nose tip to back. He has German glass eyes, perle cotton nose, polyester fiberfill and leadshot filling and an Ultrasuede face.

Now all you have to do is take a look at my Artfire studio and come back and comment on my blog. Lili, my 7 year old granddaughter will pull a name from a hat on her aunt's birthday July 27th. May the best "person" win!
If you aren't able to comment ...for whatever reason... just email me by clicking on the "contact me" button middle right hand side.

Whatever you do... please make sure I can contact you!

500 ArtFire Sudio Views

I'm getting close... only 10 to go. I will be having a "giveaway" to celebrate... so check back. Want to make it sooner? Visit my studio... Thanks!

Maghee on "top 9"

My Maghee and the hedgehog were chosen by Popnicute for her top 9 of the day! She also posted them on Votehandmade.
Isn't that something!

Pincushion Swap

I received my box of goodies, including two pincushions, from Carole Ann! She must have known about my bears because she included a tiny teddy and some teddy stickers.... but here it all is! The pinwheel with butterfly pincushion is reversible! I will have loads of fun with this!

Carole Ann's blog is carolescalicos.

Thank you!

ribbit ribbit ribbit "Kikker" the frog

"Kikker" is actually Dutch for frog... we had fun with Babelfish picking a name for him. I was tempted by "grenouille" which is the French for frog, but didn't think many could pronounce it!
So... "Kikker" was needle felted from variegated hand-dyed wool roving with black German glass eyes. He'll be up on etsy.com shortly. Dimensions:
4.5"l x 3.5"w x 3"h

Kikker's sold!!

Help Phoenix Family Housing

My daughter is the development director for a non-profit called Phoenix Family Housing here in Kansas City, Mo. One of her "jobs" is writing grants... she posted on her blog that she has written over 1200 pages of grants in the last few weeks!
Here is something I received in an email from her

I just nominated Phoenix Family Housing for a chance to win a $25,000 Social Media Makeover at CommuniCause.com. I'd love to see Phoenix Family Housing be able to do great things with this prize, but I can't do it alone.



Click on the link... and vote! That's all it takes, that and your email address. Grants provide social services at Phoenix Family Housing. Services such as busing seniors to the grocery store, tutoring for kids, craft sessions for summertime kids, and many more! This grant will provide the winner with expert consulting services to help improve their social media presence and fundraising outreach!

in a "Pickle"

Is he called "Pickle" because of his color? Or because he loves pickles... from bread and butter to okra? Who knows....
His fabric( a vintage rayon) came from Australia, from another bear artist who included Australian passports for the bears made from it! Pickle is about 6.75" tall with German glass eyes, Ultrasuede paw pads and a perle cotton nose!