Bear Bahoochie

Legoland rocks!

I went down to Legoland with friends this week and it was great. Even better I saw Lego versions of my favourite things!

Five Bears and a Dragon

The end of the school year means another batch of library monitors heading off into the real world. So for those that have been with me for a while (and leave at the end of S6) we have the traditional thank-you-bear.

Each of the bears has purple foot pads and ‘JYHS’ on one pad and a thistle on the other. This happy band is made up of:

Bear Marine Librarian – made for a monitor with a love of Warhammer 40K

Ford – complete with towel and Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster for a fan of The Hitch-hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

Newton – complete with glasses, tie and notebook full of maths and physics quotations for someone with a passion for those subjects. Guid Luck Winnie – something about the colour reminded me of Winnie the Pooh.

Finally there is Torvald Furton the Second – a dragon made for one of the monitors as a special request. The wings are suede and the pattern is my ‘fat’ tummy split and the rat head combined with the usual arms and legs – wings were winged

Something Blue

A fellow school librarian is getting hitched so an excuse to use that lovely vintage blue upholstery velvet called. It was a present from the group of us and there is even a handmade card – which will feature in another post.

Bear Making Made Easy

Tom felt I hadn’t made a bear for a while (he’s right it’s been an age) so to get me back into it he bought me a ‘Make your Own Bear’ kit. Now this consisted of a bear skin (complete with Velcro back), a jumper, and everything you need to make the bear.

Gyles was stitched up on Boxing day complete with a gnome and flowers embroidered on his jumper. I didn’t change anything else save for the nose. I gave him a proper embroidered black nose rather than the pink fabric one he started with.

Dinah meets Dinah

I was at a Guiding event in Edinburgh the other week and I have a travelling bear (part of the centenary fun) anyway I made said bear a green beanie hat and a green sling bag. Though more excitingly from a Guiding perspective was that the bear is named Dinah after the current Scottish Chief Guide and at the event I finally met the real Dinah and  so did the bear

The Treacherous Teddy

Now this week’s book is not one I advertise to the pupils at school. Not that is is too racy or bloody or anything like that but simply as an American book it’s not easy to get hold of and it probably wouldn’t impress them.

It does however impress me. The ‘Teddy Bear Collectors Mystery’ series by John L. Lamb has become one of those that I look out for and pre-order on Amazon. The main character is an ex-cop, happily married, he and his wife get involved with solving murders and make bears on the side. It is not very grizzly (pun intended) but a more gentle read, very much a good story, light and fun.

So enjoyable that Mum, Sis and Clair all fight for who gets to read it after me! This latest installment is really good and even has a bit or archery!

Hurcheon

Lynne asked me to make this hedgehog for her to give as a graduation present. It was a tad trial and error but i used mohair for the spines and needle felted the hedgehog into that.

Albanwr

This was made for a graduation present. He’s wearing a backpack with Diet Coke and a book inside. The name is Welsh (as was the university) and means ‘from Scotland’.

James

My head library monitor is off to new adventures so as a thanks I gave her this little guy. His foot pads are purple (colour of uniform) and has JYHS on one pad and a thistle on the other.

Christmouse – Nano

Clair has ordered a Christmas tree decoration from me for each of her three kids for their first Christmas. For Lottie I made a reindeer wrapped in fairy lights, then Lexie got a polar bear with a bell collar.

This year Minnie got a mouse – Nano. Complete with candy cane and cozy scarf.