Pumpkin & Pickle Bears©

Hello everyone,

I'm sure some of you are wondering how Hugglets went? Well, it was quieter than usual but still had a wonderful atmosphere. I had lots of interest in bears but only 2 sales - I think everyone is really feeling the pinch of the Credit Crunch as most Artists had lower sales than usual (some Artists who usually sell out still had more than half of their stock left at the end of the day). There were still the regular serious collectors there but instead of carrying 6 or 7 bags with bears inside, as they usually do, they only had 1 or 2......I just think times are hard at the moment as far as 'luxuries' are concerned. At least the 2 bears i did sell gave me enough money to pay for our puppy which we got the day after Hugglets - the bears also went to brand new customers which is just fantastic! I am hoping to get a cancellation place at the February Hugglets, and possibly a place at the one next September, so watch this space!

Well, next we go onto our new puppy.....

Like I said before, we went to pick her up the day after Hugglets so she has been with us now for 8 days. We EVENTUALLY decided on a name....we wanted an Aboriginal or an Australian slang name and it was SO difficult finding a suitable one - if we had a male puppy we'd have had no problems at all! Soooo, we have called her 'Nara' which is Aboriginal for 'companion'.....pretty, dontcha think?? Anyway, I'm sure you'd like to see a few piccies of her (these pics were taken the day we brought her home aged 8 weeks...she is now 9 weeks).....

And finally, just to let you all know that i still have my first Pumpkin & Pickle bunny available and he will be on ebay.com within the next week.....

Bye bye for now!

Beary Hugs,

Gemma X