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Wellcome to my blog

My name is Martina Staniek, and I make OOAK (One Of A Kind) Teddy Bears and other soft sculptures.
I also knit and crochet - i always on the search for those very diffrent and fantastic pattern.
Last year i learned to Spin, and now i also create wonderfull and unique yarn.

I would like to introduce to you my creations and keep you updated with other happenings which are important to me.

If you have any questions or suggestions, please feel free to contact me.

Friday, May 18, 2012

The little Gnarfers got their own Page now

i made for the little ones now a own page and a own menu tab.
http://mytopteddy.com/gnarfers.php is the web address … i like it :)

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and the very talented Beth Johnson from http://priddyasapicture.webs.com/ made me a few very cool drawings for my Teddy's and for the Gnarfers.
AND she wrote me this absolute adorable little story about them.
And one should not believe it, this great ideas, are not even expensive !

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Here the drawing of the Teddy, i really looooove this one.
I even can now test out different fur and face colours :)

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Wednesday, May 16, 2012

A new species is born

 

You remember the little blue gnarf i showed you on Tuesday ?

he was the start of a new species :)

Last night i made one more, with a red hat, and today i made 3 more, in lovely colours :)

This little species got their own story, and tomorrow i will tell you about it.
So keep you eyes out for the news which will follow.

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And then, a dear friend from England gave me a new idea.

and so … even an second species came alive tonight.

They are nightmare catchers, thank you for this brilliant idea, Beth Johnson :)

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Tuesday, May 15, 2012

background work had to be done

 

and i did it :)

you might have noticed a new button on the menu bar - right end. called Tutorials

There you find now all the free links i collected over the time.
There are a lot of free information on how to do it
Free pattern and Instructions

To a lot of topics :)
felting, teddy making, wet felting, drawing, doll making, and so on

in the next couple of days i will transfer the shop list to the new address to.

And in between i needed to do something without thinking ….

This happened

The orange i made before i did the soap actually, just did not post a picture yet
i am not sure, will i make green leaves to make it an orange
or a corona of yellow to make it a sun.

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And today, i tried again some felted soaps, and it did not work out at all
So i was fed up, and needed to do something to cheer me up.
I did not want to make a gniffer gnome copy again, so i gave him a beard and ears :D

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This is the gniffer gnome copy i did a few days ago btw.
i made a flower since then on the side and now it is in my glass cupboard and looks at me and want a family :D

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