London event next week...SUPER EXCITED....

...hi all...

I'll be heading to London next week ... 

I am super excited to once again participate in the fab HUGGLET's WINTER BEAR FEST...

along with special guest and featured artist

Letty Worley!

 

AND
AND AND

!!!

...I'll also be doing several photo shoots for Jo Packham's Where Women Create magazines...STAY TUNED for just a few peeks and intel about these exciting shoots... be sure to follow me on instagram at @jensearthangels

Will I see you in London again??? 

So many friends there that I am super excited to see...

Hope so!! 

 Stay tuned for more peeks!

xo Jen

...from Russia...with love & bear hugs

...when we were in Tallinn, Estonia this summer, 

I found a bear shop. 

Pretty unexpected.

I was stunned. Here we are on a walking tour in this incredible Medieval walled city...cobblestone streets, amazing old buildings...

and there is this little, tiny toy store... 

It was like finding a bit of magic.

I could not recall another time that I stumbled across something so wonderful...the bears...and yes dolls too, that were for sale were incredible. 

So well made, so very fresh and different...

I wish I could tell you the name of the shop but there was no sign...and the owner spoke no English and me, no Estonian...

But we certainly shared love of beautiful things.

 I left the shop that day with two incredible teddies and a plan to hunt up some of the incredible teds that were coming out of Estonia, Latvia and Russia... 

Please join me in saying welcome to talented 

Olga Fomenko

the newest of our Earth Angels artists...

After months of research, translation, 

major battles with customs in Germany and Russia and more exotic tales...(truly...I was not sure these cuties would make it at several points...)

Olga's incredible teds arrived...well most of them!

...there are three lost somewhere between Russia and the US and we hope that they might make it at some point!

That said, those that did arrive 

(and thanks to my German friend for the help!) are utterly amazing and well worth the wait...

I love her style and we are thrilled to celebrate it... her craftsmanship is amazing, she even makes the shoes for her bears and their faces are a combination of painting and needle sculpting that make such a dear impression...

You can see them all HERE..

Thanks Olga... it is an honor to work with you!

xoxox

Jen

hello Heidi...Hello Monday...

...hello Monday posts are something I have been doing for some time now linking up with my friend Lisa Leonard and her fab-u-lous blog...feel free to leave your BLOG link in a comment...

how about some hellos...

 

Hello Monday...

we're on our way back from the Fair in Nashville...

many, many miles to go...

But pretty things to share keep me going.

 

Hello road trip. 

Hello hard work.

Hello to a week that will most assuredly be insane...

but let's forget all that and instead...say...instead....

 

"Hello", to Heidi...

 

I've worked with the fab creator of Steiner Bears since 1999 or 2000...that's a long time and a ton of teds...and you know what??? 

I still adore everything she makes...

she has a fab look and a sure sense of texture and style. 

Peek here for her latest...

and I just had to share some images.

Hello faded and lovely blues and hand dyed mohair in hues galore...

 Hello happy pinks and old things...

 Hello little lady with a perfect bow!

 Hello sweet piles of old toys and teds...they make me happy.

 Hello sassy, seafaring style...

 Hello Heidi HELLO!!! And thanks for sharing your talent in these charming new teds...I don't think I can pick a favorite! They really are all so wonderful....

Hello week... Hello Monday...hope it's a great week coming at you...more soon from me when the dust from the show settles...

 

xxoo Jen

Hello Monday and Hello to coming full circle....with teds & Ingrid

Hello Monday...it's the summer and the schedule is out the window.

I am so loving the break from it all.

Hello new week. Hoping for a productive one!

With a bit more time to think, 

I am able to do some project work around the house and for the business.  

Looking back to move ahead can be a good thing....

Some of you know I got my start in business in 1994 

by doing a doll & bear shows...the circuit was active and so many artists were out there selling their creations.

Along the way I met and worked with so many of them.

While things in the industry have changed much...

there remains so much talent to be sought out and celebrated.

Among these at the top of her craft is Ingrid Schmid of Canada...

I sold her bears from about 2003 to 2007...

she even came down her to Warwick to attend one of my early 

Art Girls Roadshow events as a feature artist... 

...and then life and business and other things got in the way.

as it always seems to do!

And I have missed working with her and 

missed having her soft sculpture art among our offerings.

So I am utterly thrilled to welcome her back!

HELLO INGRID!

 A careful look at her work shows that she does incredible things with mohair and vintage textiles.  With inimitable style, he work speaks lovingly to old things, dainty details and exquisite finishing. 

Her love of the vintage is showcased in every creation...

It's a joy that things have come full circle...her style and talent are sure and she's a great complement to our other offerings...

(below her work is pictured with a Nicol Sayre doll)

Thanks again Ingrid for being you, and so thrilled to share what you do with the Earth Angels community of friends and aficionados...

We have some offerings on the site now (click here to see Ingrid's page) and more are coming this summer.

 

Stay tuned for more from her....

Hello Monday.

Hello to being grateful that things have come full circle.

Hello to going back to what we know to move ahead. 

It works sometimes.

Hello old friends with new ideas.

Hello happy summer days...I am in love with the lack of schedule.

hello to all of you...and hope it's a super week for you whatever you are up to.

xxoo Jen

some softie love...15% off 'til 7/26 love that!

I like to share news of our monthly specials here on the blog for those of you that don't follow our newsletters...

or for those who like a reminder that a sale is going on....

 

So if you love teds, heirloom toys and softies, then it's time to take a peek at the site  and take 15% off all creations by some of my very favorite artists:
 

Krys Kirkpatrick, 

Heidi Steiner 

& 

Letty Worley

Take 15% off ALL of their creations -- including SALE items until Friday, 7/26 

with code SoftieLove at checkout

CLICK HERE to SHOP HEIDI's NEW CREATIONS NOW

CLICK HERE to SHOP LETTY's NEW CREATIONS NOW

CLICK HERE to SHOP KRYS's NEW CREATIONS NOW

As an extra treat, we'll be including ALL of Krys Kirkpatrick's paintings, paperies, small works and watercolors to the SALE...woo hoo...

CLICK HERE TO SHOP ALL OF KRYS's ARTISTRY NOW...

Enjoy this SALE and don't forget SoftieLove at checkout!

Ad for you careful readers...we'll let you know that the next sale coming up will feature jewelry and accessories so stay tuned!!!

xxoo Jen

...she's in print! Gotta love that Letty!

I am totally thrilled for my friend, Earth Angels' artist Letty Worley...

I love that talented girl! It is so uber cool to see her oh so artful, and one of a kind heirloom soft-sculpture creations and purses among the pages of the current PRIMS....

WAY TO GO LETTY!!

It was a true treat to work on this piece with Letty and PRIMS editor-in-chief,  Jenn Jackson; it;s great to see her get some week deserved attention for her fab work among the pages of such a great nationally circulated art magazine....

Like the article illustrates, her work is fresh, something familiar in its use of vintage oddities and glories but totally unexpected in her charming interpretations....

 You can see more of her one of kind lovelies and her new frostings on-line....HERE

Thanks to all the wonderful editors and customers who made this success possible for Letty!

xxoo Jen

...didya hear about the BEARHUG sale?

...didya hear? 

You can take 20% off 'til Monday on order for Teds & Softies 

created by these talented artists:

Heidi Steiner

Pat Murphy

Letty Worley

Krys Kirkpatrick 

& Valerie Weberpal

with Code BEARHUG at checkout

Yep, sale items are included too. So what are you waiting for?

CLICK HERE TO SHOP THIS SALE NOW

and don't forget the code at checkout....

a why not/ just because kinda sale...I love it.

Enjoy, why not?

 xxoo Jen

 

...HOORAY...more MURPHY

......it has really been a banner week here for all things ursine...

A wonderful grouping of soft sculpture heirloom teds have arrived for the 11th Annual Spring Fling from Pat Murphy's Ann Arbor, MI studio...

I have long been a fan of Pat's work and I am proud to call her friend too...She does things with mohair and vintage textiles that send me....

Enjoy this peek at the latest Murphy Bears....

My personal fave is this little cutie, "Pearlie", she is 20" and I just love that super huggable size...

 Dear "Annie" is a grand 28" ted...a rare large size for Pat and so special....

 Here's "Abella", a tiny 9" cutie pie...

 This is "Poppy"...she is a lovely 22" one of a kind...

 Meet 9" "Noodle"...

 "Angel" is a  charming needle-felted birdie...

...Pat was nice to send me these images so that I could share them prior to our event...do email me at Jen@EarthAngelsToys.com for sizes, prices, more info etc...YES, they are each a one of a kind...

xxoo Jen

Earth Angels

event peek...heirloom teds and toys

...so the boxes of loot are arriving for our event this weekend...

We'll soon be heading to Saratoga Springs, NY for our 11th Annual "Spring Fling" withs pecial guest JO PACKHAM at the beautiful Schuyler Pond HOME & Garden...

We hope to see you there, but for those of you who cannot attend...we will be posting a few peeks at the loot and inspiring creations that will be on hand....

This is just a peek at some of the AMAZING soft sculpture that uber talented soft -sculpture artist Heidi Steiner has sent our way...

I love Heidi's sense of humor... 

 Her wonderful use of antique and vintage fabrics...

 Her artful flourishes and adornments...

and how I just want to pick these teds up and give them a hug...

As ever, I am honored to sell her work...email me at jen@earthangelstoys.com if you need details on these teds and critters....

And more of Heidi's heirloom creations can be seen on the site...

Thanks Heidi for this fab batch of critters, you know Robin has eagerly offered to unpack and set up your creations at our event this weekend!!!

xxoo Jen

Earth Angels