~Re-create from the past...or forge your own path??~

Good afternoon. Gracious, what an unpleasant bit of weather we've been having. It started yesterday afternoon as a wonderful snowfall, falling fast and heavy, it turned our previously brown world white in no time. When Mark and I headed off to bed around 9:30, we had three beautiful inches on the ground and it was still falling. This morning at 5:30 I went to the window, turned on the outside light and all that was left was an inch of snow covered in slush and a thick coating of ice!!! I'm not sure what's going on with our weather this Winter..but it stinks. It's quite odd and I am not enjoying it in the least!!!! COME ON SNOW......

It's suppose to look like this!!! The photo above is from January 24th...LAST YEAR!!!)

stupid jet stream anyhow...
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Anyway...back to the topic at hand....Creating from history..or making your own.

As I mentioned in my last post, I recently took a pattern design class. At the start of the class, we had to design a traditional bear so that we could see and learn how they should look if we choose to re-create traditional bears
~Young Winter Wolcott...A Traditional Teddy Bear~

and then we were asked to think outside the box and create something different..still a bear..but not in the traditional way..we needed to tweak it and make it our own.

~Mr. W.T. Wells...A Non-traditional Bear~

I love both of these guys, but I especially love the little green fellow above..he isn't a traditionally shaped bear..but I LOVE his somewhat silly shape..his too big head and skinny limbs..chubby tummy :) It's funny, just when you think you are a completely traditional person, you find out, it's not such a huge part of who you are.

~Re-create from the past or forge your own path....I imagine it will always be a little bit of both~
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Since the design class I have been designing my little fingers off. I actually took the class because I wanted to branch out past bears and start creating other animals..

cats in particular, I was having a devil of a time trying to figure out the nose, head gusset and the correct paws...thankfully, because of this class..I now know how to figure all that stuff out!!!
~Cat & Mouse...:)...my new cat ...having a little visit with a mouse moppet~

That being said...it's still a challenge for me and I am sure it will be quite some time before I am able to design something without having to redo it fifteen times..which is what I've been doing all week...but until then, I am having a lot of fun learning as I go and sketching these nasty, icy, cold, rainy winter days away.

Now I must run as it's time to get dinner going. Baked ham, cheddar mashed potatoes, popovers and carrots are on the menu this evening.

ps..they say this rain is due to change back to snow this evening..IT BETTER!!!

Wishing you a great day ;~)
doreen