Pumpkin & Pickle Bears©

Hi everyone,

I've been very busy since Hugglets with our puppy and also making my entry for the 'dressed' bear section of the British Bear Artist Awards. I am entering the following 2 bears:

This is Delilah (some of you probably remember her from my Hugglets preview). She is 15" tall with my hand painted glittery eyes and hand made clay eyelids......yes, she has eyelashes too!

And this is a bear who is yet un-named (I was thinking of 'Strawberry Shortcake'). I am REALLY pleased with the way he/she (this bear can't decide what gender it wants to be!) has turned out. I had a vision of making a bear with a strawberry body, holding a butterfly. This bear certainly exceeded my expectations! My mum has fallen in love him/her so I have promosed her that she can have this one. His/her body is made from a short pile bright red mohair which I hand embroidered with stitches to look like seeds (I think I counted 90 seeds that i embroidered!). His/her head, arms and legs are made from alpaca which is just sooooo beautifully soft....I love, love, love the stuff!! He/she has my handpainted glittery eyes too.

Thought you's like to see another picture of Nara that I took last Friday (nearly a week ago) aged a day short of 10 weeks. We are just totally in love with her! We're taking her on her first walk in the woods when my hubby gets home from work (she had her 2nd jab on Tuesday so is now free to go out!).....isn't she just scrummy??!

That's all for now, I'm off to do the boys dinner....then to finish off a miniature bear that a customer ordered!

Beary Hugs,

Gemma X

P.S. I'm hoping to get some more pictures of Bramble the bunny this weekend so he should be on ebay early next week.