Philby, a new 8.5" bear, originally made to be a sailor,
sadly I couldn't get his hat right, so here he is as
an ordinary bear.

Pedro was made a few months ago but I
wasn't happy with his eye placement, so
here is with a new head & a better eye placement

Finished my red bells & also 3 diaries for 2015

Didn't get my red bells finished yesterday, but I have made a start on 2015 diaries!!!

Well 127 days until Christmas, so with that in mind I have started my Christmas painting!!!!

Painted bells, sponged snow with two snowmen heads on each bell

Red one's, waiting for decoration

These are from last year, but I still have some blanks to
paint for this year!!!!

Had a lovely day in Selsey yesterday. Wasn't really buzzing, but had a steady flow of people visiting. Trouble is because August is the month of festivities for Selsey, there was an awful lot going on for the visitors & locals alike. Recognized quite a few faces that used to come into our local craft shop when it was open (unfortunately the rent went up three fold & we had to close about two years ago) Anyway I had two bears & a pony go to their new forever homes & a few painted pieces as well. So all in all I came home happy. Below are the adoptions.

Clem

Joey

Chico

Off to Selsey today for a very local craft show....just two miles down the road!!!
All part of Selsey's carnival celebrations through the month of August. Hopefully
a bear & a pony are being picked up today.

Well what a fantastic weekend I had!!! On Saturday 4 bears were adopted, one I finished the night before & she didn't even make it to my stand!!! Along with my farmyard clock, a narrowboat painted enamel coffee pot & several of my bottle top magnets.
On Sunday no bears but a lot of other painted pieces including a farmyard jug that I had finished in the morning while sitting at the craft show. (I always paint at craft shows so people know that I actually do paint the articles for sale) Pictured below are the bears who found their new forever homes.

Casey 4.5" viscose bear

Adrian 8.5" plush bear

Murray 9" mohair bear

Faye 4.5" viscose bear

And lastly Shorty a little 7" bear I adopted from the
 lovely Lin Peters of Lindi Bears.
He was waiting for me when I got home on Saturday
evening.