tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41899800202236196652024-02-20T18:29:57.639-08:00Little Scruffs miniature Bearslittle scruffshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04728418788810259509noreply@blogger.comBlogger101125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4189980020223619665.post-27964142868186702272013-12-20T11:47:00.001-08:002013-12-20T11:47:52.513-08:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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20th December 2013</h1>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">. Last month went by in a flash for Little Scruffs and it was the best month ever thanks to you.<br />I have just heard from the two writers who have done such a wonderful job on the bear book- unfortunately we still haven't got that elusive publisher yet but they are determined it is too good to give up on and they continue to send the book out to various agents<br />Here are a few bears added recently, including a new design called The Visitors who come with their own little leather suitcase. (Which my husband as taken over making!)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 25px;">I am sure there is lots I should be telling you about but I think I had better start a new bear or maybe a dog quickly just in case the viewing on our home today turns out positive like the Estate Agent thinks it will</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 25px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 25px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 25px;">Don't forget you can reserve bears if you are interested. Just drop me an email</span></span><br />
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little scruffshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04728418788810259509noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4189980020223619665.post-54550303667203831542013-10-19T13:57:00.000-07:002013-10-19T13:57:09.873-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
19th October 2013<br />
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Wow a new blog in less than a month!! Now what have I been up to? We have just come back from a working holiday in France. We had our great friends Rob & Wendy helping us and managaed a couple of days out too. Visited the village of Oradour where over 600 villagers were killed in June 1944. the village which was burned down on the same day remains the same today. If you get chance take a look at the website relating to it.- so sad<br />
I managed to squeeze quite a few bears out as well and now have a few months where I will concentrate just on them.<br />
This weekend we have our youngest daughter Amy with us and her boyfriend from Sicily. We enjoyed a night at our local Arts Centre last night watching "We will Rock You" I love watching Amateur dramatics, wish I could still remember lines these days to do it myself, but that is now in the past (Although I still remember my opening lines as Dandini at the Old Rep in Birmingham over 30 years ago lol!!)<br />
Back to bears and dogs etc. Here are a few of this months Little Scruffs<br />
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little scruffshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04728418788810259509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4189980020223619665.post-30566995507466090652013-09-23T09:24:00.000-07:002013-09-23T09:24:14.461-07:0023rd September 2013<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: arial, 'helvetica neue', helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 19.1875px;">Another couple of months have passed me by!! If you ever want to know what is happening with the Little Scruffs please just go to my website which I update regularly as my poor blog is very often left for months at a time. Also if you would like to be the first to be notified when new bears, dogs and other creatures go onto my website please email me to go onto the list </span><br />
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little scruffshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04728418788810259509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4189980020223619665.post-53922809145080817212013-07-05T12:57:00.002-07:002013-07-05T12:57:43.903-07:005th July 2013<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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A dog, a cat and 2 or 3 bears . Just a few of the creations made in Little Scruffs land in the last few weeks. Please go to the website to see what else is new.</div>
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I always feel a bit strange writing about what I have been up to as I don't think anyone would really want to know lol. We have had a week in Spain visiting family and at the other end of the scale we hired The Rug Doctor, carpet cleaner today- how exciting !!!! It worked very well.</div>
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This is just a very quick catch up blog . We are having lots of sunshine here in the UK at the moment so I hope you are able to get out and make the most of it.</div>
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little scruffshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04728418788810259509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4189980020223619665.post-20037614819141607212013-05-16T05:03:00.004-07:002013-05-16T05:03:58.889-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Gosh my last blog was the end of March!! My apologies but I think more people look at my website than my blog anyway .</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I shall be doing a give away for an open mouthed, double jointed necked polar bear which I made many years ago from someone else's pattern this month. All you need to do is email me with your favourite Little Scruff or Little Scruff style bear?dog whatever from my website. The draw will be on 16th June so take your time in deciding . I will put photos of the bear up on the website in the next couple of days</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">What's been happening other than bears, dogs and other animals? Nothing much really. We have been over to France and had the house rewired so we might be able to start on the upstairs soon. At the moment you can see the stars if you look up so if we get some insulation up it might be a little warmer!!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">back here in England we are about to put the apartment up for sale again. We should have had a viewing yesterday but they didn't show up- I will say no more!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">My two daughters are on the move again. Anna is moving from a flat into a lovely little house in a couple of weeks time- she is only moving down the road so it shouldn't be too bad. Amy, who has been living in Sicily for the last 2 years has an interview in Bristol at the beginning of June so she might be coming back to live in the UK</span><br />
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little scruffshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04728418788810259509noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4189980020223619665.post-25508256667139047372013-03-30T02:15:00.000-07:002013-03-30T02:15:53.890-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
30th March 2013<br />
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A very happy Easter to all of you. We have our daughter Amy home from Sicily and it is a non stop week of catching up with friends, partying and shopping for her before she goes back on Monday. Both the girls treated me to a Mum and Daughters spa day with afternoon tea followed by meeting up with the men for a lovely Tai meal on the night. Having just come back from 3 weeks in France which my husband spent ripping the bathroom apart and having to go to the local swimming baths for a shower, that spa day was most welcome!!!!<br />
Of course before that I did the Hugglets bear fair in London. The day went by so quickly and was wonderful as always with many Little Scruffs finding new homes.<br />
My website has a page for all the Little Scruffs that are available with the button saying Bears. There now seems to be as many dogs and other animals finding their way onto it and causing confusion with people so I have added an "Available" button also. One day I will give the website a revamp when I get another pair of hands!<br />
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Lots of new animals have gone onto the website this week including Maguire, below and a cat, mouse, dogs and of course bears</div>
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Once again enjoy your Easter break. The sun is shining here in Evesham</div>
little scruffshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04728418788810259509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4189980020223619665.post-87954359203267456942013-02-01T13:48:00.000-08:002013-02-01T13:48:06.220-08:001st February 2013<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Long time no blog! This is just a little mention of the Hugglets Bear Fair that I will be having a stand at on 24th February. It is at Kensington Town Hall and is a wonderful day out . My table is Number 54 in Hall One . Here are some of the bears and other animals that I have made to take</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is very nice to know that the end of the world didn't materialise today ! I have just popped on to wish each and every one of my fantastic customers, friends and followers a very happy Christmas with a photo of this lovely Santa and his sack which I picked up for 30 pence. I didn't have many bears to put in the sack this year but I shall make sure I have lots for next year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have had a great year with the bears and dogs and lots of exciting things in the pipeline. It has been another special year for me getting to know my lovely collectors who give me such encouragement and ideas. I have also been amazed at the wonderful unexpected gifts I have received from as far away as Canada. Yesterday I received the most beautiful bouquet and last month I had a painting of one of my bears from the talented Helen Jones which I shall treasure</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is a little dog I finished last night. he is supposed to be a black labrador but he might be a cross breed!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With much love for a happy and healthy Christmas</span><br />
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little scruffshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04728418788810259509noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4189980020223619665.post-28674795876169438092012-12-04T10:42:00.000-08:002012-12-04T10:42:00.173-08:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4th December 2012</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well looking at the last time I blogged I wouldn't rely on coming here to find out about Little Scruffs! Just go straight to my website above which I update most days.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The trouble is I have never been any good at letter writing , coupled with the fact that I am lucky enough to have been extremely busy with the bears.... and dogs of course... oh and don't forget the girafes, and I forgot about the cats!!! Here are a few above but there are 14 pages of them in my Galleries if you want to see any others.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No news on the book at the moment.The agent has been away and hasn't seen it yet so it won't be out for Christmas unfortunately.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My very good friends Rob & Wendy bought me, amongst other things, a wonderful old bear last week and I thought I would try replicating him. Here they both are below</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I will finish now, thank you for reading my blog.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">17th July 2012</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well since my last blog I am pleased to report that my website is now sorted. A big "Thank you" to David Smith who sorted in minutes what my hosting company and me couldn't between us in 9 days!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I just got the website up and running when Mike and I came down with a horrible virus (I was far worse than he was of course!!!) All okay now so lets get these bears and dogs born ! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I seem to be making more dogs than ever at the moment and I was pleased to be asked to make a dachshund. I do groan a bit inwardly when asked to make specific styles of bears and dogs as they do take such a lot more planning and work but it does push me on and adds variety.</span><br />
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</div>little scruffshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04728418788810259509noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4189980020223619665.post-85574996121994996932012-06-29T10:23:00.003-07:002012-06-29T10:23:59.736-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I am having so much trouble with my website at the moment. I have spent nearly a week trying to sort it out and still not sure what it is. I cannot upload any images to it at the moment so I am hoping that I can upload new bears ( and dogs) here to my blog. If so and you see anything you like please email me on littlescruffs@yahoo.co.uk for further details.<br />
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We have just come back from a month in France. We got a few things sorted and now have a new loo and a woodburner fitted. We were also worried that we didn't have space to put our 4 guests up later in the year but voila- I managed to find an old caravan for £80!! <br />
Everywhere seems to be having the strangest weather. Coming back on the boat I have never seen so many people being sea sick!<br />
Unfortunately I have wasted so much time this week that I had better get on and make some more bears! I seem to be able to update my website with words, just no photos so I will let you know when I am adding them to the blog if I still don't get it sorted soon.<br />
Take care and bye for now<br />
Hugs<br />
Jean and Little Scruffs<br />
http://www.miniaturemohairbears.co.uk </div>little scruffshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04728418788810259509noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4189980020223619665.post-16901602198211950382012-05-13T08:15:00.001-07:002012-05-13T08:17:04.637-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
13th May 2012<br />
When I get round to doing my blog it always seems to be on a Sunday. Even though Sundays shouldn't be any different to me as I work every day, somehow they are.<br />
I haven't actually blogged for over 2 months which I find hard to believe so I had better try and find something interesting to talk about!!! Now what has been going on - let me think?<br />
Actually not that much. I have had a pretty quiet month on the website as I have been getting up to date with orders and making a few more unusual bears so that Norman, the Photographer has got lots of choice for the book. In fact I have just made a 15 inch bear which seems enormous after the 3" one I made last week!<br />
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Here is the little one with his parents<br />
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We have put our property up for sale again - horror of horrors we have to try and keep it tidy! Working from home makes it almost impossible- I CANNOT be restricted- I like to be surrounded by all my fur and tools so after every viewing I am trying to find lost bits and bobs!<br />
The girls are great. Have just returned my grandkitten to Anna who has been away the weekend. Amy is just coming to the end of her teaching year in Sicily and has managed to find herself another teaching job which will see her through another year with minimum hours and lots of beach time!!!!<br />
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I will sign off for now, thanks for looking<br />
Hugs<br />
Jean,<br />
Little Scruffs<br />
http://www.miniaturemohairbears.co.uk </div>little scruffshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04728418788810259509noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4189980020223619665.post-52035962196248736842012-03-05T02:09:00.000-08:002012-03-05T02:09:09.845-08:005th March 2012<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> March 2012</span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Well it has been a week since Hugglets and life has not been dull!! The Fair was a fantastic day and I met some great people, some who I had been corresponding with online for years and some who I met for the first time last Sunday. Like the 92 year old lady who was telling me that when she was 4 years old she went to visit her “boyfriend” with her Mother. After they had left her Mother asked her what she had got under her coat and she had to confess that she had stolen the little boy’s teddy bear! </span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A couple of years ago I made a surprise bear from a mum to her daughter. The daughter had lost her beloved bear and her mum sent me photos for me to copy him. The mum and the daughter (with the bear of course!) made a special trip to meet me last week all the way from Spain! It was a very special moment.</span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I am not going to mention names as I have such a bad memory I am sure I would miss someone special out but I did have 3 ladies come up to me and say hi Jean I’m Nicky which got me right confused!</span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">And finally I was very excited to meet at last, the lovely David and Norman, (did I say I wasn’t going to mention any names??) 2<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>well established authors who are in the middle of writing a book on bears and the Little Scruffs have <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>hopefully got themselves major parts!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will keep you informed.</span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We stayed overnight in London and then travelled down to France the next day, arriving at our cottage at 10.30pm. Mike had been on his own the visit before and the water had been cut off so we were pleased to discover when we turned on that we had water for a much needed cuppa. If only we had known! Half hour later after unpacking the car<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>etc we opened the door to the bathroom and laundry area to find it completely flooded. After turning the water off again we retired to bed- a very damp bed where I was convinced that Mike had put wet sheets on! So day 2 started with me with a stinking cold and Mike fixing one leak after the other- oh and maybe even worse finding that my hair straighteners wouldn’t work!!!</span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I have been making some of my orders while I have been here and whenever I do repeat bears my mind starts wondering and trying to think up<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>new styles. I bought a vintage dog from a car boot when I was here before and thought I would have a go at doing one similar to him which had the body and legs all one piece and a jointed head. Well here is a photo of the first prototype - he needs lots of adjustments including longer arms <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>but I thought I would show you what I spent the last 24 hours doing. I think his better half will be on hold for a while.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6uAT6CMoQbcGRGJOcjpd2cPprnzUTXXkGnu9sW2TG-F3nifaZCyT1X4t9Y9X8LNgTh2KsnKS4cBinp-l-yaoZ5XAPfA_7zgIuP-u7cvxxqA6bfGnY2qkI_mwm8xkoO0KdvW2s7_NtfD1U/s1600/March12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6uAT6CMoQbcGRGJOcjpd2cPprnzUTXXkGnu9sW2TG-F3nifaZCyT1X4t9Y9X8LNgTh2KsnKS4cBinp-l-yaoZ5XAPfA_7zgIuP-u7cvxxqA6bfGnY2qkI_mwm8xkoO0KdvW2s7_NtfD1U/s320/March12.jpg" width="313" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIyXlXWgk5lTAEtHqRTZGnJou1B4LvtKoxXVJKTJUJdNVdfJPqEfIICmTZ7omnpT1xT7lsCrKxGRmz69k9PcCiB0Kmj77tvkuoYyxLZaAQFouKZvVF-DLB66pibXwKHsRSqgeei-ZZPUCN/s1600/March12dog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIyXlXWgk5lTAEtHqRTZGnJou1B4LvtKoxXVJKTJUJdNVdfJPqEfIICmTZ7omnpT1xT7lsCrKxGRmz69k9PcCiB0Kmj77tvkuoYyxLZaAQFouKZvVF-DLB66pibXwKHsRSqgeei-ZZPUCN/s320/March12dog.jpg" width="317" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">Well bye for now and speak soon</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">Hugs</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">Jean</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">Little Scruffs</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><a href="http://www.miniaturemohairbears.co.uk/">http://www.miniaturemohairbears.co.uk</a></div></div>little scruffshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04728418788810259509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4189980020223619665.post-16695892477853050932012-02-25T13:23:00.000-08:002012-02-25T13:23:43.975-08:0025th February 2012<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Well it's Hugglet's Eve and all is well. We are all packed up and ready to go and if we have forgotten anything it's tough as there is no more room in the car!<br />
I have got Mike making chocolates for the show tomorrow- I hope we have plenty of visitors or I will have to eat them myself! I have quite a few people coming who I have only had contact with online so I am really looking forward to meeting them.<br />
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I am very close to the bear making supplies so I shall have lots of temptation and even though I don't need any more fabric I know I won't be able to resist. And I certainly won't be looking at the old bears- far too tempting!<br />
We are going straight onto France for a few weeks where I will still be making bears and keeping the website updated. Luckily it has coincided with our friends selling their house but not being able to move into their new property so they will be staying in our place which we are pleased about.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If you would like to be notified when a new bear goes on my site please email me and I will put you on the mailing list. I do not give your email out to anyone else.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We have been having nice Spring like weather here in the UK recently and the light nights are coming. My husband can't wait to get into the garden in France and plant all the trees that we have packed in the car! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When we get back we will have even more of a houseful as Amy is coming home for Easter and bringing a nice handsome Italian with here that she has met while working in Sicily! I can't learn French let alone trying Italian! Anyway Ciao for now </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioie27w5y0wCzVm0DTdtfhAAo97QNfHfWTHDgxLEaSO9-opkOBnpLXGYzUE8mSDIXNeNXgIqT2lUybBnQSW0yYWSYRcQbjQS27N6vG6J5bAirOorP7b8k-eonLV9j1mhbNwvw5sUlAJbYK/s1600/black+soldier+bear+(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioie27w5y0wCzVm0DTdtfhAAo97QNfHfWTHDgxLEaSO9-opkOBnpLXGYzUE8mSDIXNeNXgIqT2lUybBnQSW0yYWSYRcQbjQS27N6vG6J5bAirOorP7b8k-eonLV9j1mhbNwvw5sUlAJbYK/s320/black+soldier+bear+(2).jpg" width="289" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>little scruffshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04728418788810259509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4189980020223619665.post-13987078296703717192012-01-19T14:02:00.000-08:002012-01-19T14:02:21.456-08:0019th January 2012<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH8tqByylBXn5iRSH9iEusJqYvWCYst4Xyj-Bh_aFElJ3pt7ZyzvSvg_M9NqXZ9Bx5Q1eVoplN-5V6VlST1V5J8STxw5e2JHyf2Cy0eLiCtKpaN5Iy3AtMdM29174bwFAP9x9mfM_rUyi-/s1600/Rita+and+Peter+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH8tqByylBXn5iRSH9iEusJqYvWCYst4Xyj-Bh_aFElJ3pt7ZyzvSvg_M9NqXZ9Bx5Q1eVoplN-5V6VlST1V5J8STxw5e2JHyf2Cy0eLiCtKpaN5Iy3AtMdM29174bwFAP9x9mfM_rUyi-/s320/Rita+and+Peter+%25282%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
I think it has been about 2 months since I last blogged- can't believe how time goes by so quickly!! In fact, does anyone have time to get bored nowadays, everyone seems to be rushing round so much.<br />
Christmas and the New Year went by in a flash. Amy came home from Sicily for 2 weeks and it was so nice having her around. Anna (and Steve) came too so it was very special.<br />
The bears sitting on the books above are Rita and Peter, 2 of the bears going with me to the Hugglets Fair on the 26th February in Kensington in London. I will be adding more preview photos during the next few weeks. I have changed places and am now in Hall 1 table 55. I have a couple of spare free tickets if anyone would like them.<br />
I have been really enjoying creating new designs during the last few months and intend to keep creating more.<br />
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Hugs from Jean and the Little Scruffs<br />
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</div>little scruffshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04728418788810259509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4189980020223619665.post-13974128970968878932011-11-22T02:03:00.000-08:002011-11-22T02:03:51.463-08:0022nd November 2011<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjflRLPA6_ZJrZbq4FtHC9NAZ3sfCfyslCXQbueBAYb3Cv7f4Yv1YAgEOHzN2L_dBHX-pg_RWxFUCav5MoMfBb0HhOdKVlozSJL0IdmB16UMcKHXTVmWQDtRiLch8TerRux_ZbWD1T-Lz0o/s1600/Gilberts+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjflRLPA6_ZJrZbq4FtHC9NAZ3sfCfyslCXQbueBAYb3Cv7f4Yv1YAgEOHzN2L_dBHX-pg_RWxFUCav5MoMfBb0HhOdKVlozSJL0IdmB16UMcKHXTVmWQDtRiLch8TerRux_ZbWD1T-Lz0o/s320/Gilberts+%25282%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
What's been going on in the month since I last blogged? probably the reason I haven't blogged before is that apart from working flat out on the bears I haven't had a chance to do anything else!I hate keeping people waiting and I don't like having a long order book so I forfeited a month in France for getting up to date. It wasn't really a hardship though as I do love it and I am very grateful that I have such brilliant collectors and work coming in.Even more heart warming for me is that so many people tell me that the bears seem to have healing qualities for them<br />
Meanwhile my daughters have a much more exciting life!! Amy , who recently graduated, has a job with the British Council working in Sicily. I don't think I could go off completely on my own to a new country but she is amazing. She has settled in very well and everyone has been very kind to her. She has had some hairy moments but is thoroughly enjoying herself. The town she is living in still has donkeys collecting the rubbish! I am looking forward to visiting her shortly.<br />
Anna is on the move again this weekend to a new home. Luckily she doesn't live so far away so we can still see her easily.<br />
Try not to race around too much with all the Christmas festivities coming up ladies- I say ladies as I am sure 99% of men don't even realise Christmas cards have to be written, presents bought before Christmas Eve etc etc!!!<br />
Hugs<br />
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</div>little scruffshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04728418788810259509noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4189980020223619665.post-28748518939168998992011-10-17T15:15:00.000-07:002011-10-17T15:15:58.899-07:0017th October 2011<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I have just heard that the book is being printed at the moment. If you have no idea what I am talking about this is it.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi971nCDc3e3T1Fbgic3wCDXE4rN8cHLOjLhURU_1kLjbi9EbwpEFvOwdOoRYfGrZ7KeO0ptIDX6H7qBatumIvpisq5dyRCDq2jrGMmdSsZwJBhF8LxrC78z-AiCe2HBQ0CrTItYbrJciGW/s1600/front_cover+Juggling+Tales+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi971nCDc3e3T1Fbgic3wCDXE4rN8cHLOjLhURU_1kLjbi9EbwpEFvOwdOoRYfGrZ7KeO0ptIDX6H7qBatumIvpisq5dyRCDq2jrGMmdSsZwJBhF8LxrC78z-AiCe2HBQ0CrTItYbrJciGW/s320/front_cover+Juggling+Tales+%25282%2529.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><span style="background-color: cyan;"><b>Juggling Tales by popular childrens author Dot Taig is a book of seven short stories including one about Little Scruffs aimed at 8 to 12 year olds(But I enjoyed it!) It is being published towards the end of this month and Dot would like to know orders this week if possible. The price will be £6 and would make a very nice gift. Please email me on <a href="mailto:littlescruffs@yahoo.co.uk">littlescruffs@yahoo.co.uk</a> if you are interested. Here is the front cover - spot the Scruffs!!!</b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: cyan;"><strong>and here is a bit more information</strong></span><br />
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; punctuation-wrap: simple; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Curlz MT; font-size: 18pt;">not forgetting the bag of wind!</span></div><br />
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The magic pumpkin<br />
The city under the sea<br />
The little scruffs<br />
Toytime<br />
Is anyone there?<br />
The Lost Christmas present.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCQFTyqqlnXYaMKLQE7CWrajiNk-zkzZHVSQkEIG2SvznBlkNlJhSJody-pI2IuhUfu7oCKlYBQXcFeT9JDBLHEvsnJpDihsroF-nC7SvGmS4FckEunFaFAFu1IWWr_CSvCNTXAWzd5C8m/s1600/Reggie11+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCQFTyqqlnXYaMKLQE7CWrajiNk-zkzZHVSQkEIG2SvznBlkNlJhSJody-pI2IuhUfu7oCKlYBQXcFeT9JDBLHEvsnJpDihsroF-nC7SvGmS4FckEunFaFAFu1IWWr_CSvCNTXAWzd5C8m/s320/Reggie11+%25282%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; punctuation-wrap: simple; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love thinking up new style bears and I have been making quite a few new dogs recently. I have just finished my first FatHead dog - a very vicious looking little one but his bark his worse than his bite! See Dawg on my bear page at <a href="http://www.miniaturemohairbears.co.uk/">http://www.miniaturemohairbears.co.uk</a></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; punctuation-wrap: simple; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Bye for now</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; punctuation-wrap: simple; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Jean</span></div></strong></div>little scruffshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04728418788810259509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4189980020223619665.post-54791474042609877122011-09-21T03:16:00.000-07:002011-09-21T03:16:39.135-07:0021st September 2011<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Di40NIYO4Z5jTh6rdRTuRdYm0mPntPb0u2o-IqjmCValHqydSNOn-GKHJMJZgF4Np081x0P_J7ouuxy_UASPR7RRqM7IMdMSwtO_GRMG4i1iQcIVug4CTl22M9hAmVo__7IUPVQKQf6P/s1600/Tabitha%2526miniTabitha.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hca="true" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Di40NIYO4Z5jTh6rdRTuRdYm0mPntPb0u2o-IqjmCValHqydSNOn-GKHJMJZgF4Np081x0P_J7ouuxy_UASPR7RRqM7IMdMSwtO_GRMG4i1iQcIVug4CTl22M9hAmVo__7IUPVQKQf6P/s320/Tabitha%2526miniTabitha.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9gH4A5_n4PPz6dlmrw0_sN9ihJQ2jEqk1dINp78tgd_4iM4d1EhfxObXe5IuZCBSMxPoh5hY0Ap67Chps97XgJHj3DIb_0T9v72RTQ6-sJ8AsQ2rkayTqYBscaxlkwPfqv7CYMaGibyFZ/s1600/tab+%252B+tab+%25282%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hca="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9gH4A5_n4PPz6dlmrw0_sN9ihJQ2jEqk1dINp78tgd_4iM4d1EhfxObXe5IuZCBSMxPoh5hY0Ap67Chps97XgJHj3DIb_0T9v72RTQ6-sJ8AsQ2rkayTqYBscaxlkwPfqv7CYMaGibyFZ/s320/tab+%252B+tab+%25282%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Oh gosh I am getting longer in between my very interesting and entertaining (NOT!) blogs!! This also is going to be a very short one just to let you know I am here, in the background, beavering away everyday bear making! I say bear making but recently I have been making more dog like bears than ever. I must show you these 2 incredibly sweet photos of Tabitha, a tri coloured fox terrier and the little Tabitha I made of her. The real Tabitha is 14 years old and a very much loved family member so I was pleased that her owner was happy with my mini version.<br />
The new Teddy bears of Witney catologue came out this week and I am pleased to say that the little grey dog has almost sold out and I have been asked to make a similar edition in brown.<br />
This time next week my daughter Amy will be on her way to Sicily for a year in her first proper paid job since finishing Uni this year. So far she still has no where to stay so if anyone knows anyone living in Castelbuono, Sicily PLEASE contact me so that I can stop worrying!! I have just made her a mini Soldier Bear to take with her.<br />
Don't forget to take a look at <a href="http://www.visionfinearts.co.uk/">http://www.visionfinearts.co.uk/</a> where the artist Helen Jones has packs of Little Scruffs notelets for sale. If you want paintings or drawings of your dog/bear/bike/house, the list goes on- see what she creates.<br />
Well that's all for now, hopefully next time I will have more information about the book of short stories coming out for Christmas by Dot Taig which includes a story on the Little Scruffs<br />
</div>little scruffshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04728418788810259509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4189980020223619665.post-39905812068693396262011-08-12T00:40:00.000-07:002011-08-12T00:40:35.627-07:0012th August 2011<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">12th August 2011<br />
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I am more than half way through my “holiday” in France now. I don’t know why I call it a holiday as I have to do horrible household chores here that I usually get away with in England since my husband retired. Here in France we have loads of renovating to do and a field of a garden that if I didn’t keep cracking the whip Mike would be out in all day!!!<br />
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I have now given up on trying to find a reasonably priced courier to send the bears out with. They all seem to be twice the price of sending them by Royal Mail. Luckily I have some very lovely, patient customers and so far have 16 bears all waiting to go to new homes on my return.<br />
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I have become slightly obsessed with making my take on the old Soldier Bears from World War One at the moment but am aware that these funny little bears are not everyone’s cup of tea so force myself into only making every other one an alternative style.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6XbwY6W76Q7-eXzNYYTTT3kyunMVUQc4ZrwyrOTcaQuh4KRc8Dlt_XCUY3QmyyL3pSdcdQftVn7hZxWsYao62AwjvzvrQumOvCdxBugcTOCvVxAN2pmgM6zSsHpGWmyGKHO8TZQ9qA-sk/s1600/SoldierBears+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="155" naa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6XbwY6W76Q7-eXzNYYTTT3kyunMVUQc4ZrwyrOTcaQuh4KRc8Dlt_XCUY3QmyyL3pSdcdQftVn7hZxWsYao62AwjvzvrQumOvCdxBugcTOCvVxAN2pmgM6zSsHpGWmyGKHO8TZQ9qA-sk/s320/SoldierBears+%25282%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div closure_uid_a5o1iw="161">I am thrilled to have a 2 page article in an online magazine this month written about the Little Scruffs. Here is the link and I think I am on pages 28 and 29</div><div closure_uid_a5o1iw="161"><a href="http://issuu.com/annelouisemagazine/docs/annelouisemagazineaugust2011">http://issuu.com/annelouisemagazine/docs/annelouisemagazineaugust2011</a></div><br />
My daughter Anna and her boyfriend are coming to stay next week which we are really looking forward to. They want to camp in the garden but as we have a railway line at the bottom of it I am not sure if they will last the week there!! <br />
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We don’t have a phone line in the house so no Broadband for us. I have to walk 2 miles each day to an internet café to check my emails and update my website. If it wasn’t for that and the cost of postage I would be more inclined to stay here longer, especially after hearing about all the terrible riots in England this week.<br />
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Well I will love and leave you now and hope everyone has a lovely Summer.<br />
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Take Care<br />
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Hugs<br />
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Jean <br />
Little Scruffs <br />
<a href="http://www.miniaturemohairbears.co.uk/">http://www.miniaturemohairbears.co.uk/</a></div>little scruffshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04728418788810259509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4189980020223619665.post-45864536657206759852011-07-11T12:18:00.000-07:002011-07-11T12:18:42.304-07:0020th May since I last blogged!!!!Today is the 11th July 2011- nearly 2 months since I last blogged!!! Where did that time go? The bears have been taking all my time up and I realise that my Blog, Facebook, Twitter and all the other social sites I am on have taken a back seat. That said, I feel very lucky that I have such a wonderful job and that the bears are being adopted by so many people.<br />
I am off to France again on 27th July for a month and this time will be definitely using a courier service for sold bears. If anyone reading this has any suggestions as to the best service to use while over there I would be very grateful.<br />
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Finally, if I haven't bored you already, I must tell you how proud we are of our daughter Amy who has just finished Uni with a 1st Degree Honours in Italian and Spanish with a Distinction. Now who else can I tell!!!!<br />
That's all from me for now<br />
Hugs,<br />
Jean<br />
Little Scruffs<br />
<a href="http://www.miniaturemohairbears.co.uk/">http://www.miniaturemohairbears.co.uk/</a>little scruffshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04728418788810259509noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4189980020223619665.post-20144533117086659792011-05-20T13:24:00.000-07:002011-05-20T13:24:07.070-07:0020th May 2011<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Phew what a busy few weeks it's been! I have got one day to get everything packed to take to France for a month and I am hoping I don't forget any vital bearmaking stuff- clothes you can buy if necessary, bear equipment not so easy to come by! I have also got to leave our flat spotless as our friends are staying while we are away. I wish Mike was as enthusiastic about housework as he is DIY!!<br />
This is Bong<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSV3MWRzPt0XYkZFZS2eOzdnUIe95bucEHuvXUHUunz49_xqi7JVJ0cbqSZW-aMyFutKUrsPY7jmVXH-TkDZrwxOUcQDFrqJZio2wgRJIL6sIaQS73Nyt1DahgIcrKP4NOmixZVB59EyBp/s1600/Bong+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="306" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSV3MWRzPt0XYkZFZS2eOzdnUIe95bucEHuvXUHUunz49_xqi7JVJ0cbqSZW-aMyFutKUrsPY7jmVXH-TkDZrwxOUcQDFrqJZio2wgRJIL6sIaQS73Nyt1DahgIcrKP4NOmixZVB59EyBp/s320/Bong+%25282%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This little chap caused quite a headache for me last night. Within a few minutes of him going on the website I had 4 emails from people wanting to adopt him! It was a nice headache to have though :0)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have been doing quite a few smaller bears recently, around about 3". I am taking a couple of huge bears(well they are to me!) to make on holiday, not sure if I will get round to doing them but they have been on my wanting to do list for ages. They are not my patterns and I shall be making them just for myself, which is why I probably wont get round to it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My daughter, Amy had her last ever lesson at Uni today after 4 years there. I think she felt quite sad. She has lots of exams over the next few weeks and then she will be living in London for 3 months while working (unfortunately unpaid) for a company that deals in film subtitles - the job she would love to do most, especially as they have offices in Rome and Barcelona. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Anna, my other daughter , while still working in a school is also doing a Masters in Education , hoping this will help her with future jobs as teaching is so competitive at the moment.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have been on a bit of a keep fit binge recently. Sitting on your backside sewing all day is not good for the figure and although I have always walked twice a day it hasn't helped as I do love my food. So I am now swimming twice a week, 40 lengths each time, and by cutting out rubbish food have managed to lose 1 stone 6 lbs this year. Trouble is I am not so good in France so we will see how I go.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Remember if you want to reserve a bear while I am away please drop me an email.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hugs</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Jean</div></div>little scruffshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04728418788810259509noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4189980020223619665.post-35670124536200574202011-04-05T06:01:00.000-07:002011-04-05T06:01:13.305-07:005th April 2011<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR_Szb9mgcTUSJ-XzHi7TSyMm7rxw06WupZtzIPOefr6r_XVXXgbhLYE3wH9gHK2xryHr_otHl13NUtLisolWhE8f6lxsQwGG707uMWrQslaUbsIhvbbDz8KvVc0lYzmGAs-r7G0qUP3TS/s1600/Antoinette+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="316" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR_Szb9mgcTUSJ-XzHi7TSyMm7rxw06WupZtzIPOefr6r_XVXXgbhLYE3wH9gHK2xryHr_otHl13NUtLisolWhE8f6lxsQwGG707uMWrQslaUbsIhvbbDz8KvVc0lYzmGAs-r7G0qUP3TS/s320/Antoinette+%25282%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Well I am half way through my holiday- did I say holiday??? We have bought a run down cottage in France – my husband’s dream for many years and now he has retired I couldn’t put him off any longer!!!<br />
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Back home in England he has been doing most of the domestic chores while I make bears all day. I have been thoroughly spoilt and it is a bit of a shock to the system to have to clean and cook now especially as there is no dishwasher!!!<br />
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I spent the first few days making curtains and various items and we are working flat out to make it look as nice as possible as we have our first visitors next week. Luckily it is only our daughters!!<br />
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We are both so useless at French. Mike went to night school last year to learn it and I am sure he went to Spanish classes by mistake!!! Our cottage is in a little Hamlet with shops about half a mile away. Our neighbours who speak no English are lovely to us and we all have our dictionaries at hand. <br />
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When we arrived we gave Germaine, out next door neighbour, a tin of biscuits. The next day we went to have our breakfast and realised we had given her the wrong tin!!!! In the one we gave her there was a few prunes, half a bag of nuts and about 4 apricots!! Still laughing about it now.<br />
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I have just added Antoinette to my website.<br />
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I will say bye for now and hope to add more bears in the next few days<br />
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Hugs<br />
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</div>little scruffshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04728418788810259509noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4189980020223619665.post-91958017644243035072011-03-18T09:18:00.000-07:002011-03-18T09:18:59.128-07:0018th March 2011 Red Nose Day<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtKH7SKabYlfnEgn8lpIQpW9bgFJJEwt0gjbt3qQjVfZl9WCp-D3MtdAjhM1TiAbi4p1QlDDEta8M7pNY3l-PhJ2-PQyyQqMb1JZPgGRXYxHXt8aXXlyAxt3LNU5IsYLW39eVNyKYk5VHF/s1600/Rednose.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtKH7SKabYlfnEgn8lpIQpW9bgFJJEwt0gjbt3qQjVfZl9WCp-D3MtdAjhM1TiAbi4p1QlDDEta8M7pNY3l-PhJ2-PQyyQqMb1JZPgGRXYxHXt8aXXlyAxt3LNU5IsYLW39eVNyKYk5VHF/s1600/Rednose.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Jo King above wanted to get his picture in cyberspace for Red Nose day!!!</div>It's been a busy few weeks here with the Little Scruffs and we will be going away on 26th March until 17th April. <br />
Now this doesn't mean no bears will be made, there is no way I could leave it that long!!!! I will be adding new bears to the website, designing others and catching up on orders while in France. We have bought a small cottage that we are doing up there. Which means I will be making things for the house as well so I will be busier than normal!! Might just stay at home!!<br />
Anyway, if you were thinking of buying a Little Scruffs for Mothers Day or Easter the last day for next day posting in UK is a week today on Friday 25th.<br />
Hugs<br />
Jean<br />
</div>little scruffshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04728418788810259509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4189980020223619665.post-9010491457355466282011-02-28T11:28:00.000-08:002011-02-28T11:28:33.392-08:0028th February 2011<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Last day of February already!!! I had a lovely day at the Kensington Bear Fair yesterday. I sold lots of bears and met some lovely people. I didn't realise quite how many bears I had made recently until they were all out on display! <br />
I have been updating the website and as from today, for one week only, I am doing free Royal Mail Special Delivery within the UK. Please take a look and see if there is anyone you like<br />
Hugs<br />
Jean<br />
Little Scruffs<br />
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