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This post was written by Isobel of Coldham Cuddlies!
Closing the Rusty Saga and Attending to some Administrative Matters:
As promised in our last post on May 1,
I managed to take two pictures
of
Rusty before he
left
Heytesbury for his current
Forever Home in
High
Wycombe, driven by his
Best Friend, Philippa.
Because the weather was
inclement, and neither of us wanted him to get
wet after all he's
recently gone through,
Rusty was transported
in the same plastic bag in
which his stuffing was provided by my
suppliers!
You can see, he took up a lot of the
back seat of
Philippa's car - so much so that he was
actually blocking a clear view from her rear view mirror. So, for
safety's sake, and as his arms would have caused some impediment to her
safe driving if he'd sat in the passenger seat beside her, he ended up
on his side for the journey home. Thus a satisfactory end to what
has been quite an experience! He's a good match with her car,
isn't he?
Now, to some slightly more
mundane, but equally important matters. At the end of
March,
(in a post on 31/03/2012
) I mentioned that in future
all
Coldham Cuddlies listed at
www.etsy.com/shop/coldhamcuddlies
would
carry a label somewhere about their frame. The woven
labels finally
arrived and the first new creation to be labelled was
Cy Bear II,
who was the subject of our last post - on
01.05.2012. While acknowledging the
usefulness of these
additions (if only to provide some provenance should a
Cuddly
become a future valuable antique!)
I've always felt that
to have them on a
Bear's foot pad for instance actually detracts
from the overall appearance of that toy. So,
I've
chosen
to put my labels in a more discreet position - where
possible - on
their bottoms. Thus, they will be labelled clearly
- but it won't spoil
their looks!
Since completing
Rusty - who left on schedule (04/05/2012) with
Philippa
-
I've
been diligently applying the labels to
all the existing toys in stock. (
It does
take me back - to the 1950's, when at the beginning of each school
year, my mother and I set to, attaching name tapes to any new additions
to the school uniform!)
The only toys who will probably not carry this additional
embellishment
are the
Baby Rabbits (all versions) because their
rumps are a little small for the labels with their existing dimensions.
The labels threaten to overwhelm them! The
Baby
Koalas (Etsy Listing #55190188) are sufficiently big to carry the
labels off! There are now just 6
Dressed Toys that are
listed in my
shop, that still require
their labels - all the others have been attended to. Maybe, down
the line,
I'll get a smaller version of the labels, and
then the Baby Rabbits and their ilk will not escape! There needs
to be some more sales first!!
Interestingly,
and while on
the subject of labels, my stuffing source has recently
also
taken to attaching a label to the bag in which the polyester fiber
is
sold to me. For the sake of good order and the record, here
is what
it says:
"
CARELESSNESS
CAUSES FIRE
Filling materials have been tested by our supplier(s)
and meet the requirements of the Furniture and
Furnishing (Fire) (Safety) Regulations 1988-
BS5852
part 2."
In past posts
I've mentioned that the source for this (and the plush
off-cuts and other materials used for some of my Dressed Toys)
is a Soft Furnishing/Upholstery Factory based in Frome,
Somerset. This information provides me with great comfort:
I hope it does for you, my readers - and all
my toy customer friends as well.
Before closing:
I've been invited to join a new blogging team
Misanthropy Creations Blog Team - and this post will be the first of mine to be sent to the Team
Leader for her to edit and publish in due course.
Michelle, the Team Leader,
is well plugged into the social
media scene and - I think - the objective of the
team
members is to publicize our blogs (as well as our shops), using her
existing social media exposure to the mutual benefit of us all.
Not
sure how long I'll last, but I'm willing to
have a go. I
have to prepare this whole post in a HTML
version and send it to her
email - and then leave it to her.
Will keep you posted (or you may want
to watch out on Stumble,
Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Google+, WeHeartThis and Tumblr,
amongst others!). Twitter, Facebook, and Google+
I
do have some connection with: the rest, I've not even tried to
"play" with!
Given my recent luck when
attempting to access new pastures on the internet, I'm a little
fearful, but...... hopefully,
I'll see you around
soon!
Isobel
