Ellen Borggreve Design

Scout's Honour

I have not been chewing away at any plants....scout's honour...

Hmmm, somehow I don't think Kayla got the meaning of this scout's honour thing....hahaha. She is looking pretty proud of herself too...

Where do the days go???

Time flies when....you have a puppy LOL

She is all over the place now, such a bundle of mischief....She can be extremely sweet too by the way, but she does have a slight tendancy from distracting me from my work. I have a plan up my sleeve for the last day of November. I will let you know once I have established IF my little gremlin will let me work again .....hahaha....

 

Whilst sitting here thinking up new things (ahhhh, being a bear designer has its advantages, you know....daydreaming comes with the job and I am so good at it too!) I got a new outfit for my Latidoll FG Lea made by Shazdolls again. It is soooooo perfect. I love these colours!

 

It is one of my frustrations that I am just not able to crochet. I just can not do it. I admire everyone who can crochet and envy their skills :)

New Little Panda....

Meet Lil' Soso.....A new panda in a very new design. He is not just smaller than my usual pandas, but he also has different proportions. I am very pleased with the way he turned out. I do like these new proportions a lot (the cuter, the better LOL)

 

He is 27,5 cm tall and stuffed with fiberfill and rubber granulate, which feels wonderful!

 

Lil' Soso has ultrasuede feet in trapunto quilting technique and after that I arbrushed them so the toes really stand out. The same technique was used for the hands...

 

His nose is embroidered in brown perle thread and he has special eyerims to make him look so vulnerable and sweet

 

"Hello there"

Lil' Soso is available now at the price of Euro 320 including shipping. Please get in touch with me if you need to have more information or if you'd like to give this little sweetheart a good home. E-Mail Ellen

Adopted...

New Date Panda

My neck and shoulder are killing me. The medication I received for it had some serious side effects in my case and so I can not take them anymore. Anywayyyyy, that is why I am running late with the little panda guy. Friday evening 8 pm CEST he should be able to make his debut here :)

P.S. I have just about finished the little guy, but had unexpected visitors over....hence....no time to take pictures ;)

Goodmorning!!!

Waking up to a manically wagging tail is a lot more fun that having to do without :) She is growing so fast, she is looking more and more like her wonderful Finnish father every day. I love the way she loves herself....such confidence she has in herself....

 

P.S. Did you know that by clicking on the picture you can get the original size?

Playing around with Laszlo

Laszlo was the bear that I used for The Teddy Tutor's next tutorial, which will be uploaded this evening. I gave him a make-over....once again. I don't know why, but he is a bear that I just kept playing around with. I really like this bear with his soft alpaca and sweet looks.

 

 

This bear is available now. For Teddy Tutor members there is a huge discount on this bear as mentioned on The Teddy Tutor....

Warning from Kayla

Hi world! Do you really think this Ellen-person is the right one for me???? I got itchy after the vet stabbed me with a needle and I removed some hair to be able to reach the itchy spot better with my teeth. What do you think this Ellen-person does??? She sews me something totally ridiculous...Do you think this is hot or trendy in any kind of way??? No, I did not think so...Don't ever start itching when you're near the Ellen-person, this is what happens....Just a warning...

 

Ouch...

If you know me....you probably know that I am the world's most courageous girl when it comes to dentists..... Yup, that is me....girl-hero when it comes to anything medical, white coats, funny desinfectant smells etc.  Why am I telling you all this? Yesterday I had an appointment with the much dreaded dentist. I have to go to a special anxiety specialized dentist, because normal dentists can not keep me in their chairs. Still, I worry about these dental appointments....weeks in advance the date keeps popping up in my mind.....eeeeeeek...dental date approaching....my body goes into red alert all by itself just by thinking about it. Have I ever told you that I actually drove my bike into a tree because I was avoiding to look at the house where the dentist lives??? Well, I did...., not one of my proudest moments ever. This can never happen with my current dentist, for the simple reason the practice is too far away for me to cycle to and I really am particular about driving my beloved car into trees...LOL

Right....I am digressing. I had a dental appointment and as usual, I did not sleep much in the night before. When I came out of bed in the morning I felt an incredible pain in my neck and even after the dental appointment it would not go away. In fact, it got worse and worse and yesterday evening my neck felt twice its usual size. Nothing that a painkiller would not cure, but after one more night of being very much awake due to extreme pains I went to the doctor this morning. Nothing serious, but my shoulder and neck are in a constant cramp and my shoulder has a big lump on it. I can not move my right leg, can't swallow well and can not yawn (which is what I want to do, because I am bored). Now I have painkillers, muscle relaxers and stomach protectors and let's hope this will all be gone quickly. I always have neck muscles like steel cables, but this is just "ouch"....My little gremlin (Kayla) seems confused over my qualities as a yodeling mountain girl and has decided that the best thing to do is to sit on my lap and watch me with big eyes....I wish I could show you how good she is at "sit", "paw", "down" and "roll-over". She loves learning tricks and is amazingly good at them. This morning was a deja vu when I found her happily lying on the 5th step of the stairs, the exact spot where Caya could always be found...hahaha.

Hello World!!!

Kayla in the studio....

"Just my luck to have been adopted by a picture taking idiot"...."sigh"....

The mysterious bear...

I have been working on this bear for quite a while. He has loads of different techniques in him and he was made in a size that I usually don't do.

This bear is just 26 cm (or 10 ¼ inches) and that is quite small for me. He is even smaller than my small raccoons. I don't think I would like to make bears smaller than this, I really like the big chubby bears....

Anyway, this bear is called Mystery and is available through the blog now. He was made of Schulte synthetics and alpaca, has wired arms, a flexible tummy, airbrushed details, a double neck joint and special sculpted paws. This bear took loads of hours, but I have to say I enjoyed working on him. He is strictly one of a kind, meaning that I will not repeat this bear ever and I will not use this design again either.

Mystery has been adopted....

 

 

Please get in touch if you have questions or would like to give this bear a home: E-Mail Ellen