Cute bear and a dog show

Meet Teddy. I made him for my Sister in law's baby, and naturally once he was finished we had to go on a little mini photo shoot...

If anyone is interested in making their own teddy bears I HIGHLY recommend the book "The ABC's of Teddy bear making." This book literally has everything you need to know to get started in bear making, from info on jointing and doing faces to correct stuffing techniques to complete bear patterns. This bear in particular was made from the pattern for "Missy" in the book, but considering it's for a boy, I prefer to not think of him as a Missy :)

On Saturday I got to go to a dog show! Yay! It was so fun to see so many of the people that I know from the dog world, and meet some new ones. This was a local, annual AKC all breed show that also does Rally and Obedience trials. Soo much fun to go to. My only regret is that I didn't enter Jed in the Obedience or Rally...

This little girl was so sweet!

I think Afghans are so pretty :)

I think the dog on the left was the best of breed border collie...but I'm not sure....There were too many gorgeous dogs there!!

Signing out....

Finally!

I can finally show my latest commission! This set was a graduation present, so I couldn't post it until after graduation.

It's actually a friend of mine who was graduating, so I know the sweet Border Collie in the drawing. I got to go to the farm and take my own reference pictures which was quite fun. One of the pictures I took will be included in the set when it is all framed together.

The big drawing in the middle is an 11x14 pencil made by combining 4 photos; one for the closeup, one of the dog herding, one of the sheep, and one of the barn. Here is a close up of the finished drawing (you can click on the picture to make it bigger)

The small one on the left is a 5x7 watercolor of the dog as a puppy.

That's all for now!