some of my recent creations

Grace Marilla

Grace Marilla

This sweet little baby is My Grand daughter Grace Marilla Shelley , She was born on November 29th and weighed a tiny 4 pounds 7 ounces. This photo was taken on the day she was born . She is a beautiful alert little girl . Her proud parents are my son David and his wife Christine . We are all so happy to have this sweet baby girl in our lives :)

American Indian crochet bears

These two little ones are about 3 1/2 inches tall they are five way jointed and made with crochet thread and seed beads . They are made ( as are all my bears) strictly from my imagination without use of a pattern

Alpaca

I needle felted this shorn Alpaca after coming back from our Colorado Vacation , I saw them there and fell in love , They are beautiful animals. I names this one Alan

Where have I been for two months!

I can hardly believe it has been almost two months since I have been active on my blog , There are just not enough hours in the day . as My friend Lita says " If we could just felt some extra hours .
So much has happened since I was last here . I had a lovely two weeks with my Sister Assumpta who came for some 'sister time ' from Ireland , We had such a lovely time together , which I will treasure for the rest of my life
Bernie and I went to Colorado for the most amazing Vacation in September . Another time to treasure . But the biggest news is mY son David and his was Christine will be adding a new baby to their family in Dcember . Its a girl! As you can imagine I have been baby shopping and crocheting for my first Grandchild .
Lynnette , has been very usy with her art and of course as always I am very proud of her and all she is doing . You can see some of her work here www.lynnetteshelley.com

Liam Crocheted bear

I finished this crocheted wee bear yesterday, I named him Liam.

I am now working on a needle felted Orange Monkey I really hope it turns out well. Keeping my fingers crossed :)

Peaches Angel Bear

This little bear is crocheted . Her name is Peaches . Peaches is 3 3/4 inches sitting and approx. 4 3/4 inches in length. She has glass eyes . She loves her wings. I made these wings for the first time and I hope to improve on them , I used glue , wire fantasy film ,glitter and gallery glass to make them

Cleo the Bassett Hound

Hello Everybody , My Husband Bernie named this little one Cleo. Cleo thinks She is a bassett hound? She is a tiny 2 inches tall and 2 3/4 long. Her rug is also felted using a combination of needle and wet felting

sarah

I finished Sarah last night

Rex , needle felted

This miniature puppy is named Rex . He is needle felted

Candy

This is Candy , Candy is crocheted and then brushed to give her a nice soft coat.

Benjamin

This wee cub is names Benjamin or Lil Ben . He looks like butter wouldn't melt in his mouth . Benjamin is both crocheted and needle felted

Assumpt and Mary

I have not blogged for several weeks , My sister Assumpta ( on the left) came from Ireland on avisit . We had a wonderful time . It meant so much to me to have a visit alone with her . We were able to do all tha 'sister' things when she was here , We laughed a lot , shopped a lot and even cried a little , but it was all good :) It was a visit I will always treasure . It has been 37 years since I have had that alone time with her and I hope one day to be able to do it again.

Tina micro mini bear

Timothhy has a little sister her name is Tina . Tiny is only 3/4 of an inch tall'
It was a challenge to make themthis tiny and still have them resemble bears . They are both five way jointed

Timothy Micro Mini Bear

This wee bear is named Timothy He is probably one of the hardest bears to make because of his size , In the Photo you will notice he is sitting in a tea spoon , He is an inch tall. and is five way jointed.

Victoria , A Crochet Bear

I finished this wee bear an hour ago . Hope you like her !
Victoria is a thread crochet bear , She is 4 1/4 inches sitting and 5 3/4 inches standing , She is a very pretty Champagne colour and has a crocheted cotton collar adorned with a ribbon and heart shaped charm with ' hand made with love 'on it . Victoria loves her hat to which I have added silk roses , ribbon , 'pearl' beads and a tiny butterfly. She is five way jointed and can be easily posed

Reilley the Cat

Reilley loves to sit in the window and watch the birds. She is an indoor cat so this is as close as she gets .

My Garden and flowers 2009

We have had such arainy Spring . Now the garden is showing the results and most of the plants and flowers are thriving. I took these photos and many more last evening . Isn;t Mother Nature wonderful : )

Lily

Hydrangea

clematis

My Garden

Arctic Fox

This is my latest needle felted creation. Archie, the Arctic Baby Fox Archie is approx.3 3/4inches to the top of his ears and 6 3/4 inches from the tip of his nose to the tip of his tail,

He is 100% needle felted including his eyes . I used Marino for his coat.

Jack,s graduation

This is four year old Jack , He is my Great nephew. He just graduated from 'play school' in Ireland . He is adorable and looks like a little Angel , NOT! lol
I just love him to pieces :)

Darby the Elf

I finished this little Elf last night , I had been working on him for several days . His name is Darby , He is completly needle felted and is 6 1/2 inches tall

army Bear

This is the third of my military bears . I used Green crochet threa dfor his 'uniform ' I painted some food colouring on to the thread to make it camoflage .

This wee bear is 3 1/2 inches tall

Billy the Baby whale

This little 'Cartoon' Whale is named Billy , Billy is 100% needle felted .

He is only 1 inch tall and three inches long .

I made Billy as a challenge for my NFF group

WHAT IS NEEDLE FELTING?

Needle felting is the process of interlocking wool fibres by stabbing it with a barbed needle. The barbs catch the scales on the fibre and cause them to tangle and bind together. To create a 3D sculpture it can take hours of work and literally thousands of stabs from start to finish

Brownie , Needle feltted bear

This little bear is named brownie , You ca see how tiny he is when comparedd to a regular spool of thread . He is a baby bear and just like any baby , he is curious . see how his tongue sticks out , he is about to lick the thread to see if it tastes good . Brownie is very firmly needle felted

Sailor and air force

I decided to make miniatures of the armed services and these are my first two. They are no more than three inches tall and are completly crocheted with crochet cotton, They are five way jointed so can be posed . Their eyes are onyx beads .

More roses

I get so much peace sitting outside and enjoying nature . I hope you will get to know me a little better by seeing some photos of what gives me great joy.

I will show more photos as my flowers bloom this summer

I hope you enjoy them

Mary

another view of back garden

Birds in my Garden

I love birds and have made my garden very bird friendly . I get so much joy sitting , watching and hearing them sing, They can get quite noisy :)

One of my many rose bushes

flowers

these pretty flowers grow up the sid eof my deck

my Garden flowers

My Garden and flowers 2009

beach and hotel

Bernie in St Thomas