Fresh out of the pot

Yesterdays glowing results of a few hours over simmering pots of dye. I love these intense colors, especially the nearly day-glo lime. Colors were custom mixed by me; a bit of this, a pinch of that. Newly dyed mohair always gets me motivated. Like seeing flowers pop up in spring.

Down by the River

"(one) does not forget at night, or his nature does not, that he has beheld this vision of serenity and purity once at least during the day." - Walden, Henry David Thoreau

This morning in the woods, by the muddy river bank, I came across an array of little "hand" prints by our forest friends. Opossum, deer, raccoon... I wonder what rendezvous they had under the half moon.

the Spirit Bears say...

Many little mouths to feed in my studio! I don't mind taking care of them, but hope they find homes before they form a permanent attachment to me.

'scuse me while I get my jar of cocoa flavored pixie dust sprinkles...

Splash!

Here they are! Six new Spirit Bears await you in my Etsy shop.
Introducing a new type of creature: bear-of-the-sea.
Currently there are a total of 10 6 Spirit bears, so the shop is neatly stocked up.

$ave on shipping when you buy 2 or more.

Have a fabulous day!

Spring Snow

*Wouldn't it be neat if snow in spring was colorful like this?*

You should have heard Rob when he pulled back the curtains this morning: "it SNOWED!". Um, good morning 1st day of spring? Well, I ran out of daylight to take pics of the new Spirit Bears, so was unable to get them in my shop today. Good news is they are indeed DONE and will be listed Sunday :)
I'll be sure to send out an email announcement when they're up, so you can relax and enjoy your Sunday - just check your inbox though! :o)

It's been a long while since I posted anything in "collectors corner". I'm always incredibly flattered whenever I receive pics of my creations gracing your home and HUG. There are so many great ones, even though I am slow to post them here! Here's little panda "Domino" from my Valentine's update, sharing clothes with a vintage troll. Tracy is their mommy, and she's an avid vintage toy collector. I've been stalking her vintage troll collection on her blog, 'cos in case you didn't know, I used to have a serious troll addiction.

(photos by Tracy)

Doesn't it make you want to go play? :)
Have sweet dreams of many mohair things.

What a Day for a Daydream

Happy belated St. Patty's! Things were gettin' greenified in my studio yesterday. I hand-dyed the most amazing intense shade o' green mohair, that I've been making into mini Spirit Bears and one special round-headed bear. The mohair is of the dense straight short pile variety (read: pain in the butt to make mini's from and I have a blister on my finger to prove it) but I am one to be known to make bears from any kind of mohair; super long, sparse, dense, curly, wavy, ratty, bristle-y, etc. Variety is the spice of life!

I played with new ways to dangle beads from my latest Spirit bears. A few are looking like bear-fishies or, Bear-of-the-sea :) I hope you will enjoy!

So keep an eye out in my Etsy shop on Spring Exquinox...that's this Saturday (BTW, we are expecting SNOW then ???? crazy!) for *NEW* One of a Kind Spirit Bears... in the spirit of spring!

Daydreaming and basking in the 65 degree warmth in Chicago, xo, pp