It's that time of the year again!

So Bailey's Bruins followers, it's that time of the year again! It's time for the St. Francois County Fair! For the past 2 years I have entered one of my little bears into the Home Ec division and have been proudly earning blue ribbons! This year I've decided that Bailey will be he blue ribbon winner! Wish her luck!

life is crazy sometimes!

Life has certainly been busy lately! I've been busy filling Doris's chicken orders, getting new orders for memory beats and still working full time! We're getting ready for summertime and plan on getting some new critters started for the fall shows! I'll try to post the list of were we'll be this fall with Suann from Jones Country Store!

Which came first...the chicken or the egg? The red hen adventure :)

It's the classic riddle...which came first, the chicken or the egg? Well in this case, I guess it's the Chicken!
This new year started with a bang for Bailey's Bruins! After we made it through the holiday rush, I was contacted by my online friend/customer Doris about her new children's book she is going to have published next month. Well Doris has bought a few of my bears, bunnies and monkeys this past year and asked if I would make her a chicken to go along with the book...so I thought about it for a minute (maybe two) and agreed we'd make chickens!

So since it was going to be a child's toy I didn't want to use a generic pattern like you would use for home decorating...so I had to make my own....man am I glad I have my Grandma's talent to do this!

I had a few mornings of waking up and deciding in my mind how it was going to look...it needed to be kind of fat and have a nice tail. It needed drumstick legs and just the right face. I sat down to the drawing board and created chicken #1.
It wasn't fat enough and its tail was a little too small...but it was a good start for never having made a chicken before!

So time to redo the pattern! And I give you chicken #2! You can see its a little rounder, but still a little too skinny! Almost there...Then I came up with chicken #3!! I think this one might be the right one! Now to cut it out from the fabric we chose and get it put together in time for the book coming out! :)

The fabric had arrived just in time! I cut it out and created the first of what will be many little red hens! I sent them off to Idaho and she loved them!

Welcome 2012!

Its a new and exciting year here at Bailey's Bruins, and sorry I haven't posted anything lately. It's been a busy busy holiday season! We started the holidays by attending some local craft shows. Sales were ok, but then things took off online! Needless to say, there is a Bailey's Bruin from coast to coast now and the trend is continuing!
I was contacted by a lady from Long Island NY and she is interested in purchasing some of the bears for baby shower gifts, so I have to get those guys shipped out soon. Then the other big news...one of my regular customers recently had her children's book published...and she asked if I would create a chicken to go with it!! I will be busy for sure in the next few months, but I am excited to be a part of this venture!
I just wanted to share in the latest news...hope 2012 brings great things to you all and I will try to keep the posts more regular again! Now off to create Valentine's bears and Chickens!!!