Summer

"Summer"

"Made For My Own Collection"

Summer" is a cute little Anime Bear. At just 2.5ins/5.5cms, Summer has been created using the prettiest shades of cashmere, in a bright white, soft lemon and baby pink. She is poly filled and thread jointed. Summer has tiny black bead eyes. embroidered mouth/eyebrows and a very cute resin nose. Her finishing touch is a very pretty pink shimmering organza ribbon around her neck. Summer was not created from my own design but made by myself from a bought kit I had given to me. I couldn't resist making her up! Isn't she cute though!

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"Tatty" A Sweet Miniature Puppy

"Tatty" 1.5ins

This is "Tatty" a 1.5ins Miniature Treasure Puppy. Tatty has been lovingly created using lovely soft merino wool in white and grey. She has been needle felted  and has needle felted features including her tail and comes complete with her bright red needle felted merino wool nest. Tatty has a thread jointed head for posing, limbs are not jointed.

Tatty is looking for a loving cosy little home and is ideal for a miniature collection. She will be on my website and Etsy store soon.

I hope you like her!

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"Topsy" Second Felted Guinea Pig



"TOPSY" 1ins Guinea Pig



Meet "Topsy" my second "Miniature Treasure" Guinea Pig. Topsy has been needle felted from beautiful, soft merino wool, black and tan. He is one inch long and about 1/2 ins high. His eyes have been needle felted and his mouth/nose embroidered. He is such a cute little guinea pig who sits happily on his soft little bed which has also been needle felted from a very pretty mottled blue merino wool. Nest is approx. 1.5"x.5"

Topsy is looking for a new home and is now in my webstore and in my Etsy Store .

Like Popsy (post below), Topsy was created from a memory of two little guinea pigs that I had the honour to love and care for as a child, Topsy (black and tan) and Popsy (beige and tan).

For more photographs visit Topsy in my BEAR STUDIO

I do hope you like him!

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"Popsy" The Guinea Pig - A Miniature Treasure

"Popsy" 1" Guinea Pig

    

Meet "Popsy" my newest "Miniature Treasure". Popsy has been needle felted from beautiful, soft merino wool, beige and tan. She is one inch long and about 1/2 ins high. Her eyes have been needle felted and her mouth/nose embroidered. She is such a cute little guinea pig who sits happily in her gorgeous soft little nest which has also been needle felted from a very pretty pink merino wool. Nest is approx. 1.5"x1.5"

Popsy is looking for a new home and is now on my website and in my Etsy Store.

 She was created from a memory of two little guinea pigs that I had the honour to love and care for as a child, Topsy (black and tan) and Popsy (beige and tan). I plan to felt "Topsy" next, who will have a blue nest as he was a boy.

For more photographs please visit my BEAR STUDIO

I do hope you like her!

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The House Of Genista "Pocket Pals"

"Pocket Pals" are tiny,sweet miniature needlefelted Bears and animals. They are all approximately 2ins tall and are suitable for any miniature collection, as a friend for a bigger bear or doll or simple as a treat for yourself....

"Bobby Bunny" - 2ins

"Bobby Bunny" is the first in this collection, has been needlefelted from a lovely soft beige merino wool, has needlefelted features, fully thread jointed, wears his little turquoise ribbon and carries his little polymer clay carrot just in case he gets hungry....

He is available on my Website and my Etsy Store

Hope you like him!!

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The House Of Genista "Miniature Treasures"

The House Of Genista "Miniature Treasures" are tiny, sweet little miniature needlefelted animals suitable for a dolls house collection or any miniature collection. How about as a friend for a doll or bigger Teddy Bear or why not just treat yourself...

Meet "Cerise" and "Billy" the first two in my collection. Available on my website and my Etsy Store.

  

"Cerise" 1.7ins

"Billy" 1.5ins

Hope you like them!

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Genista Felties

  My newest "Genista Felties" needlefelted from good quality merino wool, about to go on my website.

"Blythe", "Tomos" and "Winston"





  Hope you like them!

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The Roosevelt Bears - Their Travels And Adventures

The "Teddy" part is a name they found

On hat and tree and leggings round,

On belt and boot, and plates of tin,

And scraps of paper and biscuits thin,

And other things that hunters drop

When they chase a bear to a mountain top.

We all know about Teddy B and Teddy G - The Roosevelt Bears who became immensely popular in 1905 when Seymour Campbell Eaton (using the pen-name Paul Piper in the newspaper) began writing (in verse) about two bears from Colorado, The Roosevelt Bears. They got their names, Teddy--B and Teddy--G for their colour fur. In January 1906, the New York Times began publishing their first adventure, the voyage from Colorado to New York, in the sunday supplement, with nice illustrations by V. Floyd Campbell. The lovely Roosevelt Bear books were too follow by Seymour Eaton.

I was fortunate enough to recently acquire these lovely little bears, Teddy B and Teddy G, complete with their own travel trunk made by Schmidt. Here they are:

Aren't they just so cute!



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Meet "WILSON"



"WILSON"

Please click on photo to be taken to "Wilson" in my Bear Studio

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Chocolate Fudge Recipe

Made some of this on the week-end, found on internet.
Do try some, it's delicious!!

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Winner of Give-A-Way

The winner of my Christmas Eve Give-A-Way is:

"KATIE BLACK"

who is now the proud owner of

"SNOWY"

A L/E "Genista Bear" of just two, this one is

Number One.

"CONGRATULATIONS" Katie,

I have emailed you as you know and Snowy is on her way to you. Thank you for being a member of my website.

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Toffee Apples And Cookies

Are you ready for Halloween'? Just a week to go. I've been busy making cookies, toffee apples and getting the pumpkins in ready.

For a link to gorgeous "Pumpkin Cookies" and "Toffee Apples" recipes just click the post title above.

Enjoy!!

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A Reprieve For Casper

Check out Caspers' doggy blog to find out about his reprieve! Click on photo or post title for link...

Sooooo pleased, but I'll let Casper tell you all about it lol!

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Update On Casper

Casper playing ball on Sunday

The appointment has come through for Caspers' assessment with the orthopaedic surgeon in Bristol. Friday 8th October at 8.30am. He has to be examined and assessed to see which surgery is best for his hip dysplasia. The vet will decide whether he should wait to have a complete hip replacement (which cannot be done until he is fully matured), or a Triple Pelvic Osteotomy a procedure effective for younger canines, like Casper. The pelvic bones are surgically broken down so that certain parts can be realigned accordingly. Sounds horrendous!!

We have been told not to feed him after 8pm the night before as the surgeon may decide to operate the same day – dependant on the assessment. OMG, my nerves are in tatters. I am dreading Friday! It just seems so unfair on him, he is such a lovely, sweet and gentle little soul. He wouldn't harm a fly! The procedures are sooooo expensive too, I'll be making bears till my fingers drop off lol!! Awhh well, could be worse, look on the bright side!

 

 

 

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Genista Pawtraits

Just for fun I have started a "SKETCH A DAY" on my art blog GENISTA PAWTRAITS. Just five minute sketches from my daily sketch pad. Nothing fancy lol, just fun graphite pencil sketches.

Why not pop along for a visit and add me to your favourites. Click on this post title for link to my homepage or click on my Genista Pawtraits button in the side bar of this blog at the top under "My Website/Blogs".

A few examples of my sketches below just for fun

A Cat

A Hedgehog

I hope you find them interesting and fun!! Please leave a comment on my homepage if you have a moment to spare....

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