Rusty- A new mink bear

Please meet 6.75" Rusty, my first complete China Mink bear in this pretty auburn color.   He is available on my website HERE:

A great week !

It has been a  really good week.  My injections went well, with no side effects other than some bruising and sore muscles in my uhm...derriere :) I am so thankful !  Blood tests were done this afternoon so in a couple of weeks I will get all the results.

Also this week,  I was able to get 4  bears cut out and they are in various stages of completion.   Some should be ready next week if things go as planned :)  It really is so much more productive to do several at once, but really messy.  I have to wear a mask now as I seem to get stuffed up from all the fur, and sneeze like crazy !    I don't often get inspired to make more than one bear.   I like to work on one thing at a time through to completion. 

I'm taking a bearmaking break this weekend as hubby and I celebrate our 22nd wedding anniversary.  I am blessed  to have had him in my life for 28 years ! 

New bears

I am excited to say I finished the two mink bears and will hopefully get them listed for adoption this weekend !  I'm not sure if it will be at the same time or not yet.  However, an email will go out to my mailing list as soon as they are listed. 

Keeping Busy

I've been trying to keep focused this week and concentrate on bears.  It often becomes too easy to get distracted when working at home.   I am happy to say I have 2 mink bears on the work table , one is nearing completion .  My workspace is a mess, but that means creativity is happening :)

 I actually would like to get both of them done before I go for my thyrogen injections and tests next week.  I'm not sure what to expect , but hope the side effects are minimal.  Some people have no reaction to the thyrogen, others get nausea, headaches and tiredness- hypothroid symtpoms.   Either way, I am just happy to be getting on with it, and hope this "liquid gold" does it's job :)

 I'll be sure to post the bears when they are ready for adoption !







 

My dark bear is complete

Meet 6.5" Elliott.   One of the few dark  mink bears I've ever made , and likely the darkest solid colored bear I've offered.  He is looking for a new home over at my website.  Here :

Working on a dark bear

I got a little sidetracked last week with doing my income tax.  It took longer than I hoped, but it is done , yah !

This week I am working on a new mink bear in dark chocolate brown .  I have to complete it's face then sew him/her closed .  I like the way it is turning out so far , and I hope his eyes and nose will show up with all the dark fur.  If not , I'll have to rethink this bear :)  Here's hoping it all works out and I can offer it for adoption soon :)

Oh...I still plan to post some Haiti pics.  I just need to find the time to sort through and load them !

Time to regroup

It has been a month of emotional highs and lows for me, but I think I am ready to regroup and move forward. 

For starters, the Haiti trip stories and pictures have been filled with lots of emotion. Overall though,  it was a very positive experience for everyone involved, including family members who stayed home.  We got to develop new friendships and support each other when times of worry crept in. 

However, while they were away I got news one day that I had to be at the hospital the next day for a core needle biopsy , as something showed up on my mammogram .  The biopsy itself  wasn't extremely painful  (thanks to the freezing ) , but being clamped in that mammography machine for 45 minutes is not my idea of  fun !!! I'm still bruised ! However, I am thankful I got checked. , and  I thank God everything  turned out to be benign.  That was such a relief to hear this week. God is so merciful .  It's so hard not to let your mind think the worst when you've had cancer recently.  April is cancer awareness month so I guess I'm being made really aware lol.......

Finally, yesterday I had my first ultrasound on my neck  since my surgery last June.  I'm praying that nothing abnormal shows up there.  I feel healthy and am very hopeful .  In May I have some more follow-up tests requiring the $1600 thyrogen  injections I've waited months for due to a global shortage.  If all is clear I won't have to get checked for another year !  Yeah, that would be nice. 

So , I am going to enjoy this wonderful Easter season by  take a group of teens to volunteer at the local soup kitchen,  and then next week get back into bearmaking.  I really enjoyed finishing Brambles who sat on my sewing table for 3 weeks.  Bearmaking really is so therapeutic.


May you and your family have a wonderfully blessed Easter.  He is Risen !