26th April 2010

I keep starting this blog & not finishing it!!!! I hope everyone had a nice Easter and you weren't stranded abroad anywhere. I have a friend who went to South Africa for 3 weeks and she will have been there 6 weeks by the time she gets back poor thing. It is a good job our visit to Valencia to see our daughter was only for a few days. She loves it there but she has so many things go wrong that I can't wait for her to come home!!! While we were there she had her purse stolen with her front door keys in. Unfortunately her flat mates were away on holiday and she couldn't get back in for a few days. We bought her a new camera as part of her 21st present and withing 2 weeks she has had that stolen as well. I think by the sounds of it there are professional thieves going round these packed clubs and no-one seems to do anything about it. I say stay in and stop your mum worrying!!!!
The bears are going well and I am still ploughing through shop orders. i have added new ones today so I hope you can take a look.
We have our property on the market so I am having to try really hard to stay tidy- it is not me, I like having everything around me so I know where it is. Whenever anyone comes to see the house it takes me ages to find where I hid all the mohair etc!!!
For all of you who have to "proper work" you will be having an extra day for bank holiday soon so enjoy
Hugs from the Little Scruffs and me

9th April 2010

My baby is 21 today!!! We visited her in Spain where she is at uni a few days ago. She is on her way to Paris for a few days as I speak but is not very well at all poor thing. I hope the antibiotics work so that she doesn't have a ruined holiday, at least she can't drink!

I haven't been able to put as many bears on the website as usual as I have quite a backlog of orders. We also have just put our apartment on the market and are in the process of buying a house in France. My husband is trying to persuade me to live there permanantly but that is not going to happen!!! So if anyone wants a huge flat in the middle of a town (Evesham) but very private with a roof garden going cheap let me know!!!

The weather here in England is looking really good, must do a carboot to have a clear out. Have a great weekend everyone

Hugs

Jean & the Little Scruffs

31st March 2010

A fun little picture for you of the bears in a race!!

Well it is the 31st and I will be glad to see the back of this month. A blog should be ablout good and bad so I will have my little wallow. My brother died last week. He had had diabetes for around 12 years and his was the very worst form. He lost both his legs, went blind , had strokes and heart attacks and suffered a lot of pain. He is free from that now for which we are grateful but this is just to say that if you know anyone with this please get them exercising and eating healthy. Sorry about that.

It was also a month for lots of other grumbles but I won't go into those now and just count my blessings .

On the bear front things have been going very well. I have lots of orders and not enough time in each day but I am loving my job (job!!!) all the same.

I have added a panda today- a new design by me with a large centre seam head.

We are off to visit our daughter for a few days soon in Valencia where she is at university so I am really looking forward to that.

Take care everyone and have a lovely Easter

Hugs from me and the Little Scruffs

17th March 2010

I want to thank 3 people for nominating me for Sunshine Awards and they are as follows:-
Dawn Bevin @
http://dawnbevinsdesign.blogspot.com/

Sprinkles Sparkles

Gallimaufry
I very much appreciate it, thanks ladies!!

Sunshine Award RulesThe Sunshine Award is awarded to bloggers whose positivity & creativity inspires others in the blog world.To accept the award:

Place this award on your blog or in a post

Pass the award on to 12 bloggersLink the nominees within the postLet the nominiees know they have received the award by commenting on their blog

Share the love and link to the person from whom you received the award.I guess we all know what it is like to write a blog sometimes, and feel like no one ever reads it, so the awards are a lovely way to show each other appreciation and spread the word :)

So here are my nominees:

Marijke van Ooijen

A Fenland Beary Blog

Delicate Sparkles

Designs by Isis

Diary of a Nutty Knitter n ...

Giddy kipper dolls

Helen @ The Beading Lady

incy wincy stitches

Inspired Brides

Blimey only managed 9 and it won't let me put any more- will put the rest up later as don't want to lose this lot!!!

11th March 2010

I am having trouble with my web hosting today and can't change my website at the moment. This is the panda I will be putting on later so please email me if you are interested. Hopefully normal service will shortly be resumed!!!!!!

28th February 2010

Wow what a lovely day I had doing the Hugglets bear fair today!!! Sold loads, had lots of shop orders and had a lovely time meeting people and seeing Marijke who I met in September and we had tables next to each other. We did a bear swop and I am now the proud owner of a beautiful bear which I will photograph tomorrow. Thank you Helen for coming on your long journey, it was great to see you and sock monkey is a favourite in the Grogan household. Julieann from Silly Bears in Aberdeen is just as nice in the the flesh as I expected and I enjoyed the day enormously.
I will get some more bears on the site tomorrow hopefully and speak soon
Hugs
Jean

23rd February 2010

Only a few days till the Hugglets bear fair in Kensington, London (this Sunday 28th at the Town Hall) and then things will get back to normal.

I hae been working flat out so that I have plenty of bears for it and there is no way that they will all go on the day so next week I shall be listing them all on the website http://www.miniaturemohairbears.co.uk/

Will blog next week when it's all over

Lots of love

Jean

Little Scruffs