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Ellifolks - Bears, Critters, and Stuff
http://www.ellifolks.com/blog/
I’m a homeschool mom and artist. I love working with beautiful fibers and bringing to life little critters that are dancing in my head. My studio is in my house, and I work on my art in between chauffeuring my busy teenage daughter to her many activities, . I love collecting - sometimes odd things. I also tend to spout off on my 16 years of experience and thoughts on homeschooling. I see my blog as a little bit of a mixed bag
Recent Posts
New Bear and New Panda in my Etsy Shop
I have listed Gregory, a 9″ primitive-style mohair bear in my Etsy shop. He is hand-dyed and shaded with glass eyes, embroidered nose, mouth, and claws of pearl cotton and is stuffed with a mixture of excelsior and cotton batting. You can ...
Design and Make a Favicon Tutorial
I just learned how to make a favicon, so thought I would do a tutorial on designing your own favicon. A favicon is a small graphic image, 16 x 16 pixels in size, that can have up to 16 colors. It is saved in a special format, .ico, so browsers...
Thomas – new mohair Bear in Etsy Shop
I have added Thomas, a new mohair bear, to my Etsy shop. Please check him out. Thomas is a reddish-brown bear made of sparce, distressed German mohair and has glass eyes with wool felt bordering. He has a primitive, vintage style and is ha...
A Busy Time
After a busy summer preparing for a teddy show, I am now preparing documents for our homeschooled daughter’s college applications. Because she is homeschooled, we are having to make documents for materials that the high schools typically ...
A Busy Time
After a busy summer preparing for a teddy show, I am now preparing documents for our homeschooled daughter’s college applications. Because she is homeschooled, we are having to make documents for materials that the high schools typically ...
Using the Digital Camera as a Design Tool
Most of my art is designed at least to some degree as I work on it. When I am working on a teddy or other artwork, I frequently come to a place in the making, where I am stuck on a design decision. I may have several options I am considering, but...

