What's the buzz?

I'm happy to be working on special bears currently for Abracadabra Teddies shop (UK) and Limited Editions for The Toy Shoppe (USA).

On the horizon~ There will be another fun Pengy bunch in the next Teddy Bears of Witney catalog, which comes out in the fall.
More news to be posted here soon...

June Bears

A big round of HUGS to all those who adopted bears from my June listing!! You are the best!
Making the bears was a lot of fun, and lately I've been enjoying doing the limited editions. Afterwards I realized I had to make more hang tags, so I burned some midnight oil (and morning oil, if there is such a phrase!) and got those done too. They are acid-free card stock that I age to look nice and olde, embellished with archival ink of course :O)
Enjoy!

New Bears Update!

My next website update is happening June 7, Thursday at 12 noon Central (10am Pacific/ 11am Mountain/ 1pm Eastern).
There will be a delightful assortment of new little bears! (hint: including some little black bears :O) www.peng-peng.com

The Archival Kid in Me

Can you believe I saved this sheet of Hallmark stickers since 1979?? I was quite an archival 9 year old! These big-headed baby animal stickers were just too darn cute to stick them on my lunch pail, so i just saved them ever so flatly in a neat little envelope (to this very day!). Old habits die hard :O)

Thanks Linda of "Original Felted Folksies" for sending these Littlest Pet Shop stickers by Hasbro, circa 2006 :) The trend continues!

Lovely Vintage

Here's a few items I picked up to add to my vintage sewing supplies stash. Sometimes I'm lucky to find 'new old stock' (meaning vintage that is unused or new in package) such as these, but I also love old n' worn vintage fabrics & trims; the fun is in the combining of it all to make my unique Sock Monkey outfits :O)

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!