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Here is my little teddy bear girl, Adalia



I love fuschias and I painted them.



and birds,....

We are missing Arnold our cockatiel

On last October 15th, Arnold was not in good shape ; he is gone during the night at 2.15 am ; he was not alone ; I was with him, trying to make his pain not so difficult.

Arnold was like a family member, he was following us everywhere ; if we had to travel for my eye treatment at 1600 kms, he was in the car ;he liked it ; when my husband stop the car for a red light, he was not happy and was screaming asking to continue; his master but his best friend was Alain my husband.

Mom was there to share her love ; everyday, he was my pause friend ; staying on my shoulder, putting his head against my neck, he read a book with me during one hour.

Arnold, we are missing you and the big words you were saying... oh yes.... and also when you saw nice girls, you liked to call them....

To view the slideshow I made for Arnold, here is the link :

http://www.go2album.com/album/c/h/a/n/t/chantalbears/4cd38ee9375/rnold2.swf?fs_path=http://www.go2album.com/album/c/h/a/n/t/chantalbears/4cd38ee9375

A lot of pictures and a project ; I need crochet participants

First of all, my granddaughter Claire came home with her big brother, today

My husband took pictures of flowers and birds around the garden :

And very soon, I will show you pictures of my studio when it is nearly organized.

I plan also to make a crochet teddy bear along ; every week, I would like to publish a part of one of my pattern and to do it, I will need participants ; so if you are interested by the project, and interested to publish your pictures on my blog, please let me know and leave your email address.

I need minimum 5 participants, more is better.

A new rule in the project is : the new part of the teddy will be published when I receive the pictures of all participants.

A few birds pictures, taken today

Snow is still here, but it was sunny today ; so I took pictures of birds around my birdfeeders.

This one is a new come one ; proof that spring arrives ; when I don't know.

Here is my patio ; Carolina, a little snow for you in your sunny country ;o)))

This one is a tourterelle (French) ; she was staying there in the little heat of the sun ; poor little one ; they don't like winter....

Here are my favorite ones ; the chickadees ; they are not scary and they were eating just beside me.

Happy New Year - my travel in Belgium

Happy New Year ! And Thank you...

Wishing you every happiness and prosperity in the New Year.

Thank you for being a reader of my blog.

All the best to you and your family.

I'm back from a travel to Belgium where I spent the end of the year with my family ; it was the first time after 10 years... It was a great moment in my life !!!!!

Here a picture of 4 generations, Mom in the center with Lola on her knee, my daughter on the right and me on the left.

A few pictures of Binche ; inside the City Hall.

Binche is well known for the Traditional Carnival.

Maredsous, known for the beer and the cheese (only cheese for me !!!)

A frosted fountain in Maredsous.

Here, my cockatiel, who is 20 years old ; she is staying with my parents in Belgium.

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First snow in my area

Yes, winter arrived today ; we received 15-20 cms of snow, great for the outside Christmas lights, but... snow is snow...my husband took pictures of a blue jay ; poor him...

I made a scrapbook with a few of his pictures.

Look :

Scrapped Blue Jays

It's late but I would show you my scrap for the blue jays.

Blue Jays

I'm finishing 2 bears, but I took a break and I jad 2 blue jays on my deck.

They are so nice.

Snoopy for my Mom

The dog of my Mom passed away a few weeks ago and she is so sad that I decided to make a Yorkie for her ; I used long synthetic fur that I painted ; it took a long time for creating the little one, but I'm proud of the result.

I made a collage with different pictures

Jasmine, OOAK Mini Anime Bear Artist by Chantal Bears

I'm pleased to introduce Jasmine, my newest creation.This is a mini Teddy bear Girl created and designed by me, Chantal Giroux. Jasmine is a big 3 inches bear when standing on her legs, made from a mix of different fibers (thread) ; her sweet features have been embroidered with fine embroidery thread. I needle sculpted her face giving her a baby look.Her face is finished with gentle shadings.

She is filled with a new material, five way jointed and I weighted her. She has black glass eyes. She has a bow and 2 mini organza roses and a ribbon around her neck.Her legs and her arms have been wired ; so she can drink her bottle by herself.Her paws have been needdle sculpted.She is so sweet and has a lot of love to give.I'm sure she will find a sweet Mommy soon.

Shayanne on Ebay

This week end was a long one because of the Victoria Day.
I finished an Anime Bear, Shayanne.
Here is her picture
I took pictures outside and inside the photograph tent.

She is on Ebay for the moment at the following link :
http://cgi.ebay.com/Shayanne-OOAK-Anime-Bear-Artist-by-Chantal-Bears_W0QQitemZ320254259700QQihZ011QQcategoryZ3904QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Today I'm finishing a project Mistery Crochet Teddy Bear ; Karen wrote the pattern ; I don't have the use to follow any pattern because my finished teddy is very different than the one on the pictures ; now, it was a project without any image... so, I was free to give the look I wanted to give.
Birs Again.
Today we saw our first Hummingbird ; I like them ; I tried to take picture through the window where they come drinking the nectar we prepare for them ; but it's too early in the season ; they are very afraid ... and my cats do not help me at all.
So my husband took a picture ... a wonderful one....

A New creation is born for Chantal Bears

It was a long long time that I tried to add polymer clay to my crocheted bears.

I worked on babies first adding a soft body and I decided to do nearly the same thing.

I like the result.

For the body and the part of the head, I did not follow any pattern and I sculpted also the crocheted part.

A very interesting experience.

Today I took pictures of a pic mineur, wood picker (not sure of the translation)

Mother Nature is always giving very precious moments in the day.