December 13, 2019

 Merry December

A Christmas Carol

It's Funny Friday

by Prudence 

Mom loves the story A Christmas Carol and her favorite version is with Alister Sim.  She needle felted this guy last month in class.

Dad designed and made the chair, and old Ebby is quite comfortable.  Next - Jacob Marley.

Heaps of Hugs

Prudence

Christmas in July?

It's Funny Friday

by Prudence

Well we are thinking Christmas and planning some new offerings so it sure does feel like Christmas around here.

These are 3 of the stockings Mom made and are now in the
Bear's Gift Shoppe
(Pattern by Diane Knott)

Santa Mittens are all hand stitched, made of wool felt and/or wool. 

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The Cigar Box is Mom's original design and we turned it into a Christmas Treasure Box.

See you next week.....
Heaps of Hugs
Prudence

Christmas Pictures

Dining Room

 Family Room, Entry, Piano Room

Piano Room

The Girls ♥

Wishing you a very Healthy and Happy
2018, filled to the brim with Blessings. 

New Creations

It's Funny Friday

by Prudence ♥

ADOPTED
First Day Of Wizard School

These are our newest offerings.  The Magic of Christmas and Brinin' Home The Tree have found their forever homes.

Now it's onto a special Halloween creation.

Heaps of Hugs

Prudence

Mark Your Calendar

It's Funny Friday

by Prudence ♥

Mom and I decided that it's time for another of our online craft shows.  This one will be very different, it will show you NEW one-of-a-kind wee ones, applique, decorations, and a surprise or two.
It's scheduled for Saturday, November 4, 2017 beginning at 11 a.m. EST

At this show we will have a special, one-of-a-kind special Christmas piece that will only be available at the show.

Lots to do this summer to prepare and Vlad and I each have our own unique jobs.

Heaps of Hugs

Prudence and Vlad

Mrs. Goldenrod is available for adoption at

Our Etsy Shop

etsy.com/shop/bearsjustbclaws

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Merry July Christmas

It's Funny Friday

by Prudence

Oh boy, it's Hallmark Christmas in July weekend. Me, and Mom, and Vlad will be enjoying the movies, after all - we love Christmas.

Heaps of Hugs

Prudence ♥

12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop

Welcome to The Bear's Blog.  Please come in for a visit.
December 3, 2015

A very heartfelt Thank You to Wendy over at
Ravenwood Whimzies for inviting me to join in this merry 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop.  'Tis a wonderful group of very talented artists who are sharing craft projects and  favorite recipes.

A little bit about The Bear's Blog....it's a place of some make believe, a wee bit of magic and a lot of silly stories, it's meant to be a place where you can maybe escape the real world for a few minutes.  Our one and only goal is to make you smile.

Prudence Clearwater 

is Editor  Bearitor-in-Chief and will now show you a few of our favorite Christmas traditions.

Hi, Everybeary, WELCOME.

Here is a fun and easy little craft that makes a bee-u-tee-ful gift "ornament" or a wee little ornament for the Christmas tree.

  Winter Hat

Supplies: 30 pieces of yarn cut 18" long

1 - 1" wide ring cut from toilet tissue roll, paper towel roll, or other 

Fold an 18" length of yarn in half, feed through paper ring loop first.  Two loose ends through loop, pull tight to form knot.

Continue until paper ring is completely covered, divide lengths in half, twist one half a few times and pull through ring.

Make sure to firmly pull yarn ends so you have a nice, tight "hat brim".  Now continue with the other half in the exact same way.

Tie the loose ends with a piece of the same yarn, it depends on you how tall you want the hat, mine is 2" from the bottom of the brim to the tie off yarn. *Make sure you leave this piece extra long, it will be your loop for hanging on the tree.  Just use an 18" piece of yarn.  Now the fun - trim the loose ends about 3/4" from tie off.  Snip to make a bushy "pom-pom" on the top of the hat.  Make your little hanging loop and snip excess yarn.

 Here is our little wire tree with several winter hat ornaments.
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CRANBERRY NUT BREAD 

 2 C FLOUR
1 C SUGAR
1.5 TEAS. BAKING POWDER
1 TEAS. SALT
1/2 TEAS. BAKING SODA
1 TABLES. GRATED ORANGE PEEL
3/4 C ORANGE JUICE (USE JUICE FROM THE ORANGE & ADD)
2 TABLES. SHORTENING
1 EGG
1.5 C FRESH OR FROZEN OR DRIED COARSELY CHOPPED CRANBERRIES
1/2 C CHOPPED WALNUTS

Preheat over to 350*.  Stir dry ingredients together.  Add juice, orange peel, shortening, egg, mix until blended.  Stir in cranberries and nuts.
Bake in greased loaf pan for 55 mins. or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
Cool 15 mins. then remove from pan.
*Slices best when frozen.

Thank you for dropping in, we love visiting with friends.
Have a wonderful day.
Heaps of Hugs
Prudence ♥

Merry Christmas

Candlelight at Biltmore Estate

It's Funny Friday

by Prudence

Our new tradition

The 2015 Biltmore Candlelight Tour.

Hi Everybeary

This is our second Christmas tour of the Biltmore Estate by candlelight.  It's  almost magical as night falls and the tree lights turn on, both inside and outside.  The family asks that no interior pictures are  taken and and we do honor those rules, but I can't begin to tell you of the bee-u-tee-ful decorations and all those Christmas trees, at least one in almost every room.

It's a self guided tour, so you can take as much time as needed to study each room that is opened for the tour.  We have been on the regular tour many times and it never fails that we see something that we missed the last time, there is just so much to see.  Mom loves the vintage toys under the trees and oh, the nursery is just out of a storybook.  Many of the children were born in that nursery, although Mr. and Mrs. Vanderbilt had only one child, a daughter, Cornelia.  Cornelia had her children in the same nursery.

Entering the estate, that is the gate house

Main entrance

Gate House, leaving the estate

Christmas trees on the front lawn, looking from the main entrance
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These two amazing statues are over by Cedric's Tavern (named after the family dog) and the Winery.

Happy weekend, everybeary.
Heaps of Hugs
Prudence ♥

Biltmore Winery

It's Christmas Friday

by Prudence

Hi everybeary, tired?  I am.  But I have a few last minute pictures to show you.  A few days before Christmas Mom had to get her allergy shots, since it's only a few minutes further to Biltmore Estate they decided to go to the winery and then The Gate House Gift Shop (Mom had a 25% off coupon).
As they were walking up to the restaurant and winery a sweet little Mockingbird decided to sit on top of the wine barrel.
Antler Village & Winery

A little bit of history.  Cedric was the Vanderbilt's pet St. Bernard.

I love this statue of Cornelia and Cedric.

Heaps of Hugs
Prudence ♥ 

 Christmas Morning
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And I'll wrap this post up with #11.  Now that doesn't count all the little trees scattered all over the place.  Monday I am calling CDA (Christmas Decorating Anonymous), Mom needs help.

All most Christmas......

It's Funny Friday

by Prudence

Hi Guys

I guess I have writers block, or maybe Blog Block, or maybe (according to Mom) Blog Butt - not so funny, Missy Mom.  Not often do I have nothing to say, there is always something in this "nut house" to write about, but with it being so close to Christmas everbeary here is on best behavior, yup, even the two little troublemakers, LuLu & Flora.

This is our Christmas card that Mom sent this year, she FINALLY took a good picture, it's our back porch view.

It was taken last April just after a late snowfall.  She did pretty good, so she decided that every year we will send one of our photos as a Christmas card.

More Christmas...

Mom's favorite roombox that she made.  It was an online class by Cynthia Howe Miniatures.

Wine rack in the eating area of the kitchen

My Grandmother's hutch

Kitchen counter tree

Another bee-u-tee-ful picture (giggle).  Okay, okay, so I'll show you more Christmas pictures.

Den (downstairs)
 This is the "kitty" tree, all the ornaments are cats, many handmade, most have a story, many are from dear friends.  The topper is from Fancy Feast®, it's gold, made of glass and has "Fancy Feast" engraved.  Mom adorned the base with a bee-u-tee-ful bow that Miss Tabitha had on Mom's prezzie a few years ago.  The red sleigh is from Grandma's decorations, it's quite old and beaten up but it just adds character.  The green reindeer are from a craft store, they were on a super-duper markdown after Christmas.  The wooden reindeer are from an artist in CA.  Mom bought them at a home craft show.  Again, we have two sets, one was Grandma's.

Mom's little tree by her chair, these are all Hallmark® mini decorations.

The 2 Sugar Plums

Molly Brown & Jessie.  Both rescues and very much loved and way over the top spoiled.  Is there any other way?  Nope.

Merry Christmas, I love you.
Heaps of Hugs
Prudence ♥