It's almost time!

Hi Everyone!

I can't believe it's almost time for Little Handfuls to appear on tv!  We are going to air on 9 June at 6.30pm on Channel 7 with the Hearts In Crafts series!

The series has been so interesting, I've been catching up online when I can as we don't get the channel at home!  If you can't either then check out http://www.tvnz.co.nz and go to the channel 7 link to watch it online!

I'm working on the website this weekend so it's all up to date, so if you haven't dropped by the site in a while look out for my next blog post when I will tell you it's all up and ready to be perused! :o)

Happy crafting everyone!

Come and meet the latest bears on Facebook!

Hi Everyone!

Well you may have noticed that the blog has kinda fallen by the wayside!  I get so much more traffic through my facebook page and buying frenzies over new work when I post it, that I haven't really had a need to update the blog!  So sorry to those of you who don't really go for Facebook, but if you are at all tempted to see what it's all about we would love to see you over on the Little Handfuls page:  http://www.facebook.com/LittleHandfuls 

Need a gorgeous baby bear in your hug?  Burble is in the fb store!

Not alot of girlie bears come out of Little Handfuls Headquarters, pays to grab little cuties like this when  you can!

Sully is a sweet little multi coloured boy!



Daisy bear is sooooo sweet!

I hope you will come by and see us, and for those of you living in New Zealand, Little Handfuls will be on the tv show Hearts In Crafts on 9 June.  This show is on TVNZ7 at 6.30pm on Saturdays!

For those of you outside NZ I hope to be able to get the show onto youtube, will let you know!

Happy crafting!

Latest Little Handfuls

Hi Everyone

I figured it was time for an update.  Now that so much time is spent on facebook there hasn't been much need to keep the blog running unfortunately!  It's so easy to stay up to date on facebook and keep in touch with the people who are following my work.  Now that the new timeline application has been rolled out many of us are very unhappy with the way the site works and I feel we may find that the blog is once again to place to spend time!

With that in mind I am back with some new little friends to show you!  It's been a bumpy start to the year for us but some gorgeous little bears have arrived.

 Burble is needle felted from gorgeous NZ stripey corriedale, it has purple, turquoise and pink all blended together so I picked out the 2 colours to make his cute muzzle and toes etc.

Beary Blue is felted from australian merino/silk fibre in a lovely strong blue colour.  I used powder blue for his muzzle etc, just love that belly!

Pinkle pig is felted from a yarn that I pulled apart.  I just loved the colours in this fibre, there is actually green in there too!

Robin is a lovely robins egg blue/green.  I love the expression on this little bear!

World Famous in NZ

Hi Everyone!  Hope the new year is treating you well!

Lots of things have been happening here at Little Handfuls Headquarters!  I have been absolutely stunned and honoured to be filmed for a local crafts segment on tv!  I was invited just before christmas and filming took place this week.  Below are some shots from my workspace which is where most of the filming was done!



I've been told the show will be available online, but perhaps only for NZ people.  I will have to see if we can get it onto youtube so everyone can see it!

After an entire day of filming I was pretty tired, I guess the build up to it was rather more draining than I had realised and I needed a lot of recharge time!

I had created a special piece just for the show as well, Loveseat Lovers are a pair of little bears who sit on a gorgeous vintage reproduction loveseat or Tete a Tete seat.  I will add more pics another  day I think or you can pop by my facbook page to see all 30 odd pics there!  :o)

Lots of shows coming up for me this year too, lucky I chucked in the day job! hehe

Hope all is well with you and yours and thank you for continuing to drop by and see my creations!  If you are new here, I hope you will keep visiting and join me on facebook too!

Happy crafting!

Bear Examples for Teddies Worldwide Online Show

2012 is here!

Happy New Year!!

I hope you all had a wonderful christmas with family and friends!  Here in New Zealand we had a great time, it didn't even rain for a change! :o)

2012 is going to be a big year for Little Handfuls.  I have some great shows coming up, I plan to travel out of town this year, which I haven't done in a while.  I have a regular local show that I plan to keep going along to, I wasn't able to do that last year as I was always working on the weekends!

But the big news is what is happening next week, which is that the TVNZ7 film crew are arriving to film me making my bears, for a local show called Hearts N Crafts.  I don't know yet when it is airing but stay tuned for more info as I get it!

So that's my big plans for the start of the year!  My son is starting college this year and my 2 girls are still at primary but the middle one is in her last year there.  They are growing up way to fast for me!!

Happy crafting to all and I hope to hear from you all soon!

Liza

Hello Again

I can't believe it's been months since I last put new photos up!  I guess I haven't made a lot of bears in the last little while, rather focussing on my little monsters as I needed them for the markets that were coming up over the silly season.

I do have a few little friends to show you and I have made a start on some new work which I haven't photographed yet!

Barclay is felted from a lovely copper brown with lemon embroidered accents! 
Just a wee fellow under 2.5 inches

Buster is needle felted from gorgeous shades of merino greens

Linus was sold minutes after he was shown on my Facebook page! lol  So if you are wanting to get in first it pays to be a fan of the page! :o) 

Raspberry Souffle is a lovely big bear.  The photo does her no justice as she is a much darker, richer maroon with pink blend.  She is over 3.5 inches tall.

If you are interested in adopting any of the bears shown (apart from Linus who I already have to make 2 similar bears to) please just let me know.  Along with any other bears shown on the blog!

More news to come as Little Handfuls is going to be on television next year.  Filming for a quick segment on TVNZ7 will begin in early January!  I will update you as we get closer! :o)

If I don't get in beforehand, have a wonderful Christmas filled with family, fun and most of all love!  I thank you so much for taking the time to drop by my pages and all the support that you give!

Much love
Liza Adams