Bear Paths Spring Invitational Internet show

*Five* New Peng Peng Bears will be part of Bear Paths Spring Invitational Show, May 23-June 3, 2007
http://plumclub.com/spring

Enjoy the show!

Little Old Buttons

I love using vintage sewing notions and fabrics for my creations... stuff was just made better in the olde days. The antique buttons are so fascinating, I always wonder about the person who originally bought them new from the store, carefully selecting it off the display rack and then taking it home in a little bag... perhaps for a sewing project or replace missing buttons on a dress back in the 1920's-30's. One can't help but think of the era and how life was then.
The buttons I acquire sometimes are still on the original crumpled & worn card after all this time, saved or forgotten, somehow spared from the dustbin, perhaps even traveled around the globe! So I always feel I owe it to the buttons to put them to good use :O)

What I'd do for a Bargain!

This picture brings back ol' memories of my days in Philly (working at Tower Books for $5.50/ hr) when my thrifting trips were at the height of scoring. No obstacle too great or SEPTA commute too hazardous to reach the best thrifts. which of course are always located in the dankest, darkest, drippiest subterranean corners of the city. But they were some fun times indeed. that's me on the left.

Sock Monkey Greetings from Netherlands

Anjo Noija of Bearable Bears, Netherlands, with her Peng Peng sock monkey girl writes:

"Hi Peng Peng!
Greetings from me and my sweet monkey."
~July 2006

Piggy Paradise

I grew up in beautiful Bucks County, PA, not far from this wonderful pig sanctuary, Ross Mill Farm- Home of the Pet Pig. Yet I never knew it was there til a few years ago when I had my heart set on adopting a pet pig(s), or more realistically, at least just dreamt about it! So when I was visiting my family in Bucks County I made it a point to spend some time at Ross Mill Farm. What a magical place it is~ situated on 30 acres of pristine woods and streams. I was charmed by the little 'pig cottages' like this clover house with a shingled roof noless! So nice to know a place like this exists for the animals :)

To learn more about these sensitive, highly intelligent creatures:

The Humane Society and Ross Mill Farm

Perhaps the first ever Artist Bear TATTOO!

Leona from the UK is a Peng Peng Bears superfan! June 2005 she got a tattoo of a Peng Peng Bear on her wrist for her 30th birthday. WOW! It is the image of "Mini Master Poe" (the brown bear) I created June 2004 for Bear Paths Plum Club.
Rock on Leona! :O)