Ready for Hugglets....

It might only be three but it's a start!!!

Exciting news....

I am so happy to share with you the news that I have been awarded a 2014 TOBY Industry's Choice Award for one of my mice...

You can see a slideshow of all the winners here on the Teddy Bear and Friends website. The winners entries are all stunning, massive congratulations to them all.

What makes this extra special is this mouse lives with 

my lovely friend Donna aka

Donna and the Bears

Today I am on cloud 9!

New workspace...

Here's my new little workspace!

(With the baby due in just over 5 weeks, I've needed to vacate my studio so it can become the nursery!)

And here's a few photos from last week. After having almost 3 weeks off over Xmas I was surprised to have a great productive week. Usually it takes me a while to get back into things but I seem to be on a roll, maybe it's because I know that soon bear making will have to take a back seat (for a tiny bit) and with Hugglets only 6 weeks away I need a bumper selection to take with me.

W.I.P shots.....

Noses...

Body parts...

Beautiful coloured threads...

These little ones are waiting for accessories!...

And this is some wings in production

(Hopefully!!)

Lets hope this week will be just as productive.

Whoosh...

Where did the last month go? Come on own up who is speeding up time?! I cannot believe it's been nearly a month since I've update the blog, what a bad blogger I am.

Let me start my first blog of the year with a look at what I have been up to over the past month....

There was LOTS of wrapping which Bilbo liked to "help" with

 Yummy food

(which Bilbo liked to "help" with also) 

 I had a treasure hunt...

 which lead to talking with good friends who also had a clue...

That lead to this! The most amazing bear in a box by my dear friend ginger. It turns out that Lex and ginger had been conspiring for months to produce this box based on my two favourite films.

 I LOVE, LOVE,LOVE it.

You can see the outside of the box over on gingers blog here

There were lots of presents under the tree...

 big ones....

and again Bilbo liked to "help" us with the un-wrapping.

Quality time was spent with family....

eating more yummy food. 

Yes we did have 2 Christmas dinners! 

One at Lex's Parents and one at mine!

(not on the same day though and I say why not? 

January is for dieting after all)

Then there was more opening of presents....

And then building of presents....

That look like this.

 And finally there was lots of relaxing, Bilbo is an expert at this!