Happy New Year to all of you

I hope that all of you have had a wonderful Christmas. Indeed, we have had all of our family staying. It has been very nice. That is what Christmas should be about.

I have had time for making a small bear with a cap and muffler. His name is "Hansi" and he stands 7,5 cm.

I wish everyone a very Happy New Year 2011 and I for one look very much forward to a new year with

Teddy Bears. My next show will be Hugglets in Ferbuary.

A few more . . . .

I just had to make a few more of the bigger bears (17 cm).

This is "Belinda":

And this is "Bolette":
They are both looking forward to getting new homes.

New miniatures for the web-site

I just finished little Heidi. She stands 7,5 cm and is very cute:

I also made a little guy for Christmas. His paw pads and ears are made from fabric with holly on and he has a little red bell.

Please have a look at my web-site.

New "old" design

Sometimes I feel like making something different. In this case I found one of my old patterns, Oliver 17 cm, and made him again. Well, he is not Oliver anymore, but Kirsten. However, I think that she is cute.

My next show will be Hugglets in February, so maybe I shall bring a few bears a little larger that the usual miniatures. This little one is moving into a house with three large dogs so I hope that she will survive.

Thoughts in November

Rain, rain, snow, rain . . . . .

There is no doubt, winter is around the corner. I don't mind. I love spending time in my work room making bears or working with my computer.

I made 3 little bears - each with its own personality:

This is CLARA. Her body and food pads are made from 2 different cotton fabrics with flowers and she has matching roses on her shoulder. She is 7,5 cm tall and has glass eyes.
This little bear is AMALIE. She is also 7,5 cm tall when standing. She has a double bow and some matching flowers. She is made from 3 different colours of "fur".
Then there is MADS, same size as the others. Also made from 3 different colours. He also has a double bow and matching flowers.

I attended a show in Malmö, Sweden, on October 24th. Unfortunately, there were very few visitors. What a shame. I really hope that the interest for teddy bears in this part of the world will increase again. It is so sad that one show after an other has to shut down. I believe that this is partly due to the Internet, but the personal contact with collectors is very important I think.

Well, I have lots of ideas in my head so I shall continue making the small bears.

Who is who in bear making

On November 6th and 7th a online show is taking place through "Who is who in bear making". I made 5 beautiful bears for this show and lined them up on my table for photos. However, having left my room for a short moment my wonderful dog obviously felt that these bears would be nice to chew, so when I returned there were no bears on the table but bear bits all over the floor and an innocent looking dog. What do you say? ? Well - I knew that the fault was mine, but what did that help? I am sure that many other artists with pets have experienced something like this. I did, however, make 3 new bears before deadline and here is a sneak peek.

Louise 9 cm

A little news

It has been a long time, but I have been very busy. My 89 years old mother, who lives 400 kilometers away, has moved from a big house where she had lived for 50 years to a 3 room flat. It has been very hard for her. She loves the flat near her friends, but the mental moving is difficult when you have reached that age. Jorn and I have helped her moving for the past 2 weeks and are going home tomorrow. Hopefully, when we are gone she can find herself in the new sorroundings.


I look forward to coming home and make some new bears. The little group above has been visiting a photographer. The new ones can soon be seen on my web-site.
Bella has been staying with my son and daughter in law and their 3 children for the last fortnight. My grandson has been sleeping on the floor with her as she is not allowed in the beds. I guess that it will be hard for her to come home to mom and dad where no one is sleeping on the floor with her :-)

Lost in the flowers!

Little Terry couldn't find his way in the flowers. Luckily he was rescued :-)

I hope everyone is enjoying the summer. We have just spent 8 days on the island Bornholm in the Baltic Sea. It is a beautiful, Danish island where the nature is very much different from the rest of Denmark. Now we are enjoying the summer in our garden. We had Bella with us to Bornholm which was very nice.

Little blue "Oscar"

Here is "Oscar" enjoying the spring sitting on a garden bench.



Oscar is 9 cm tall and made from blue Sassy fabric. He has a little "silver" butterfly.
Oscar and 3 other little bears are for sale on my web-site just now.

"Lara" and a little about Bella

Little Lara is my newest creation. She is 9 cm tall standing, and she stands very well on her big

feet. Some times I just need colours - especially now when I have totally forgotten what spring is like. It is cold, cold .....

My Ridgeback, Bella, is now 6 months and you would think that she had read books about big dogs. She is acting just like it says in the books that from 6 to 18 months the dog is a lout. The day after her 6 months birthsday she found it necessary to try to eat one of the buttons on our sofa. As the button just wouldn't give in she tried with her front paws/nails with the result thet the fabric was torn. I am sure she thought: "Hurray, now I am 6 months, now the fun begins!!"

Well, we love her anyway. We have had dogs before and know that this is something we have to go through when we have a teen-age dog.

I have heard that spring will be here on Thursday - I look forward to it very much.

Little "Alfred" and his friend "Magnus"

I am looking out of my window and enjoying spring. Two pigeons are having a discussion in a tree nereby and Bella is telling me to skip playing with my computer and concentrate on her. So everything is as it should be.
My newest creations, Alfred and Magnus, have been photographed outside today - lovely, although it is somwhat windy and the little bears had problems staying in one spot.


Enjoy!

April post

Spring is here - and it is absolutely wonderful. There are so many things you want to do and there is not time for it all ;-) Well, as always it is a question of priority - but that is also a problem when you want to do everything right now. I am now on facebook which I can see also takes a lot of time.

My puppy, Bella, is 5 months old now and she is adorable. She really enjoys to be out in the sun being a Rhodesian Ridgeback. Inside she prefers to lie down in frot of the fireplace.

I have finished a little panda - please have a look. He is 9 cm tall and has checkered paw pads with a matching nose. A cute little guy.

Back from London (Hugglets)

Very late last night Jorn and I returned home from a lovely weekend in London. Up to the last hour we were not sure whether I could make the trip. I had been down with the flu all week but I had to go to Hugglets. A few years ago we were trapped in the airport because of the weather and couldn't attend the Hugglets Winter BearFest. We had a friend put a sign on our table that we were not able to make it. This could just not happen again. As it turned out my health was not the best, but all right. Or at least so I thought until I saw the photos my husband took of me and the stand!!

So - here is a photo of my stand without me. I enjoyed talking to collectors and other visitors and quite a few of my little bears didn't go back to Denmark.

One large bear, Alex

I found a half finished bear that I had started before I injured my right hand. The bear had been lying for a long time in a bag. I decided to finish this bear and you can see the result here. The bear's name is "Alex" and she is 42 cm long standing. The body is filled with rubber pellets so she is soft and heavy. I have not decided whether to bring her to Hugglets in 12 days as she will not fit in among all the small teddy bears. However, she is quite cute.
I look very much forward to going to London again but I must say that I am happy that I shall bring miniature bears this time. It makes the flight easier.

New puppy "Bella"

Our standard poodle of 3½ years got very ill a couple of months ago and sadly nothing the wet could do helped. Fie had to be put down last Friday. We were, however, prepared and we have now got a new puppy, Bella. Se is a Rhodesian Ridgeback and 8 weeks old. Luckily, we had forgotten how big a job it is to have a little puppy in the house and with 50 cm snow in the garden it is not possible to go out to play. With regard to a kitten we found out that my husband, Jorn, is allergic to cats, so a kitten is out of the question.

I try to make bears when Bella is sleeping. It is exactly the same as having a baby in the house.

Christmas

Today I uploaded 3 new miniature bears and 1 rabbit to my web-site. They are for sale now. I realize that it is a little late for Christmas gifts. I never made rabbits before but it is a lot of fun.

I do not plan to put more teddy bears for sale before Hugglets in February.

I have been scrapbooking lately and also tried to learn digi-scrapping. It takes a lot of my time. It is not easy when you want to do everything at one time.

Christmas is coming up and my youngest son will be back from Seattle where he has studied at the university for the past 4 months. We all - and not least his girlfriend - look forward to having him home for the holidays. Fantastic.

I take this opportunity to wish everyone a very Happy Christmas.

Teddy Bear Show

Sunday the 25th October was the date of "Nalle-mässe" (Teddy Bear Show) in Malmö, Sweden. As many times before I attended the show. This time, however, I only needed a small stall as my bears have become smaller. It is really nice when travelling with the bears.
Unfortunately for the show there were fewer exhibitors and fewer customers than earlier. But I guess that this is symptomatical for shows all over the world. I, however, had a very good sale as the serious teddy bear collectors always are present when the show opens and these are the people that are imporant to me.

After an hour most of my bears were sold so the rest of the day was relaxation.

Thoughts in October

In the October/November issue of Teddy Bear Times there is an article about my "new world" in bear making, namely my miniature teddy bears.
I find that I have stretched myself over too much the last year making both reborn dolls and teddy bears. It has been too much. I find it difficult to say "no" and consequently I get too many commitments. I have now decided to cut down on my doll making and concentrate on the little bears. Also I plan to do some scrapbooking which is a very relaxing hobby.

Flower wreaths in size 1:12

I have asked my good friend, the talented miniature flower artist, Lene Mathiasen to make a few flower wreaths for my bears. The result is wonderful, and I am sure I shall ask her again.

I have just uploaded my website with new mini-bears for sale and these two are also there.

For the first time I have managed my site myself - with supervision from Jorn, of course. I am very excited about this. It is nice to be able to do it yourself and not have to ask.