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“Valentine Teddy”

is my 2009 Series Teddy and you can put your name on my waiting list for future Valentine teddies.

I’m making more cats

(see blog on Oct 11)

“Cat and Kitten .....”

My twitter page:

http://twitter.com/minkbears

I also have a page on Art Fire:

http://MinkBears.artfire.com

1. 2009 series teddy: Sweetheart Teddy Bears

2. After making my Hearts and Flowers Fairy Bear I want to make more winged creatures.

3. new design...a cat reclining on a pillow

4. my backlog of raccoon requests

5. special request: more white mice

6. tiny teddies in ice cream dishes

7. when I give myself the extra time I like to just play with the fur to create unusual creatures, like my Wild Thing

8. My newest non-sewing interests: woolen animals (aka pom pom animals). I have requests for more

pom pom baby chicks. And I would love to try to make a baby woolen duck

9. Inventory for my next online shows for 2009. The next show is with ” Who is Who in Bearmaking” website in Sept.

Raccoon

Adorable little Mink baby raccoon

Miniature Wobble Bears

Tiny teddy sculpted from sheared mink

Sweet Little Bunny

I just designed this bunny with jointed ears!

Tidbit Bird

Wonderful small mink bird

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Patrick bunny is looking for a new home

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Because of our poor economy one of my wonderful collectors unfortunately needs to find a new homes for some of her treasured collection. Patrick bunny is available for a new home. If you are interested please email Alyssa:

alyssahill09@gmail.com

You can see more photos of Patrick on my “Sweet

Happy Halloween!

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Since I have individual mailing lists for my different creations I like to create special seasonal pieces that I can offer to everyone on my mailing list. This Halloween Kitten is one of those pieces.

This One Of A Kind kitten is extra special because it was created from a beautiful crosscut mink

Cat and Kitten ... and updates

Sunday, October 11, 2009

Well, I usually like to move on to a totally different design but I am enjoying playing with and refining this cat pattern so much that I am still making cats.

I had some of my favorite mink color, gun-metal gray, but there was not enough for the cat pattern so I adjusted the pattern to make my

Cats for Adoption

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

I am finally happy with my cat pattern. I have just posted 2 cats that are available for adoption. I do have a Cat Waiting List so I am contacting the collectors on that list first. To see my available cats please go to my “Mink Cat” page on my website.

Thank you to my collectors who sent me

Available for Adoption: “Do Not Disturb” teddy

Sunday, September 6, 2009

This is one of my One Of A Kind teddy bears that I created exclusively for “The Fine Art of Teddy Bear Making” online show (Sept 5, 2009).

This bear was quickly adopted during the show but my collector had problems making payment though Pay Pal so she had made this teddy available for adoption to