Getting ready for my next demo at the Yarn Designer Boutique in Big Bear City on March 20th! If you are in the area, stop in and join in the fun of making faces that can be used as a pin on clothing or added to a lovely embellished purse as shown in this sample (sorry, not very good at pictures! Contact me if you would like more details!

Meet Mr. Big Bear Lake...an easy bear to make out of felt, fleece, or Warm and Natural...along with a special momento, a Big Bear Lake tag! Check out my demo and make-it take-it class at Yarn Designers Boutique in Big Bear City on Wednesday, February 20th from 11-2! No registration required and kits are available for purchase to take home and make or sit down and play for a while at the shop! Email me for further information!!!

Another beautiful day in Sunny California...Snow Summit at its finest! The recent three inch snowfall freshened things up and it is a sunny, cold day!

I love this...and believe it is true! After SARK's video party, I was lucky to have a half-hour consultation with Edward Vilga! What great fun to talk to him about my dream of creating dolls with messages for women to encourage them to live their dreams! He was sooo- supportive and I am going to work with him on getting it planned with dates and follow up calls. I am sooo- motivated to do this and will need to dedicate time to make this happen! Send me your support...

Just finished another demo/workshop on Wednesday at Yarn Designer's Boutique in Big Bear City! Once again, Heidi made another unique Isbella, a Winter Fairy! She just sits down and before you know it, she has personalized and finished the kit! Isn't she so cute?

Next month will be small batting bears with personalized Big Bear tags! Stay tuned to more information about February 20th!

We spent the weekend with my brother and his wife who live in Woodland Hills...you can see them checking out the stacked turtles in the pond at the top right. What a treat to go to the Commons and see once again the beauty of the ponds with beautiful sculptures, lots of koi and turtles, and beautiful vegetation! Shopping at Barnes and Noble and lunch at Johnny Rockets also added to the day after we had been at Sperlings, a wonderful garden store and gift shop!It was a little chilly as you can see by the way Ben and I are dressed!

Our little group, Queens of Challenges, here in Big Bear Lake are beginning a year-long 2013 challenge to create ATC's that promote our preferred medium! There are seven artists...painters, mosaics, jewelry, bears & speciality crochet, metal, quilter, and doll maker...such a great and enthusiastic group! Many of us are using this opportunity to use new techniques on snall cards!

Every other month, we create one card so at the end, each of us will have one from each artist. We are meeting to share "the hows" and exchange. In December, at the end of our challenge and hopefully, thoughts of a new one for 2014, we will exchange our challenge containers made from old band aid metal boxes!

I will post at the end of our first exchange which is the end of February so stay tuned to see the works of miniature art that all these artists produce! Below, you see Sally Sherlock, a mosaic and repurposing artist, at our kick-off luncheon in my home just after New Years! Oh what fun...