On the Moor

Snapshot of my morning

While I was working I heard a soft rustling behind me, and discovered a little bunny sitting  on our counter (obviously waiting for a little friend’s return). I couldn’t resist taking a few quick pics of her. 

Meet “James Jeff the Little Girl”

Our daughter Sylvia(age 3) belongs to James Jeff and they are great friends. When we gave the bunny to Sylvia we asked what she would like to name her. Sylvia thought and thought. Then she said “James Jeff!” Her brothers said “That’s a boy’s name!” To which she answered (looking at them as if they should have known this already)

“Well, she’s James Jeff the little girl”-and from that moment said bunny’s name just that way each time.

My personal opinion is that 3 year olds come up with the BEST names in the world

This little dose of extra-cuteness makes my day even sweeter :0)

Well, its time to get back to sewing and such. Have a great rest of the day!

We’ve been so busy here on the Moor, but we love busy! I’m a new bunny here on the Moor named “Rabbity”. Since I’m pretty new I get to play and have fun pretty much all the time.  Since my schedule is pretty free at the moment, they asked me to do a guest posting today.

I’ll tell you a bit about myself. I was  adopted by a little girl who lives here. I heard she had something wonderful called a birthday, and I was her gift! Now she and I go everywhere.

I’m a very happy Rabbity.

I like to sit with the family at dinnertime and talk to my little friend from the safety and comfort of the island in the kitchen

I’m made of wool with cotton patchwork in my ears and on my paws. I also have a bit of oatmeal felted wool on my muzzle. Other Rabbity’s like me might be made of other materials but I just know they’ll be cute like me. I’m wobble jointed and my knees and elbows have a bit of a bend in them. That makes it easy for me to sit and pose in some pretty cute ways. Ok, enough of the boring stuff.

I make myself available for any and all computer related questions anybear might have. I feel I’m rather versed on the subject of comptuers after having a long sit on the big bed for quite a few evenings as I was being completed. I listened very carefully…..

You might want to have a Rabbity around your house. We Rabbities are very helpful. I’m not sure what this brush is for, but Dad said he’d be right back to show me how to use it….

The other night I  got to help make a tasty snack of raised orange glazed donuts (I was excited when I saw they were orange thinking they were carrot flavored, but they weren’t. Hey. Nothing’s perfect right? And they were still tasty.)

Well, I better get going. I have some errands to run (If I can get this thing to start…hey, where are the pedals?)

Look for more Rabbity’s like me to hop onto the Moor soon!

This is Owen Meadowhare! Owen is available for adoption today!

Owen Meadowhare is the perfect size for holding and hugging- 6 1/2 inches tall (4 1/2 inches sitting).

Owen is made of a beautiful rabbity cream colored wool with pretty cotton floral in his ears and lining his paws.

Owen is button jointed with natural hardwood buttons. His eyes are shining black glass beads and his smile,cute nose and paws are hand embroidered with cotton floss.

Owen has a sweet hand spun wool tail made with wool from local sheep and carded/spun ourselves!

Owen is weighted a bit to make him pleasingly “real” feeling in your hand.

Owen Meadowhare is wearing his favorite green cotton corduroy overalls too! They have pretty metal buttons at the shoulders and a lovely evergreen color.

Owen would make a charming gift for someone you love, or add him to your own Warren of treasured friends. He’s a quiet and loving friend with big listening ears. :0)

Thank you so much for visiting!

**We use natural fiber, new and re-purposed materials that we gently care for here on the Moor. Our desire is to make adorable wool hares like Owen a unique gift we’d love to give, and responsible too!

We acquired some beautiful and soft grey cotton velveteen and just had to use it to make some friends over the weekend. I coudn’t decide which to do- bunny or mouse, so I did both! I really love how it feels, as well as the ease with which it sews!

Meet our new friends-up for adoption over at our Etsy Store:

This is Ashley Flowerseed! She’s a 6 1/2 inch tall wood button jointed mousie wearing her favorite white woodland cap. She has pretty pink and grey cotton patchwork in her ears and on her paws.

****************UPDATE: Ashley found a good home! Thank you so much!!*********************

And this is Parsley Bunting! He’s also 6 1/2 inches tall, and he’s wearing his country blue cotton overalls. He also has cotton patchwork accenting his long bunny ears, and his sweet bunny paws, in a pretty sage green, cream and grey cotton plaid.

Come meet our sweet new friends today!

Little Jenny Scamperfoot is going to have tea with her dear friend Penelope Flowerseed today! Jenny puts on her favorite spring dress. She carefully combs her soft velvet fur. She pads softly to her little warren kitchen and prepares cool, crunchy cucumber sandwiches. Taking her market basket from a hook on the earthen wall, she wraps the sandwiches in one linen napkin, and her favorite tea cup in another. Humming a little tune to herself, she heads out the door. “We always have such nice teas together, Penelope and I-”

Jenny Scamperfoot is a sweet little velveteen Rabbit made of chocolate brown cotton velveteen. Her ears and paws are accented with a pretty contrasting pink plaid cotton. Her little muzzle is creamy white cotton.

Jenny is a petite 6 1/2 inches tall (not counting her ears), 5 inches sitting. She’s wearing a little handmade cotton jumper decorated with pink flowers and little bunnies that look hand drawn. It has a snap closure in the back, and at each strap in the front.

Jenny is button jointed with beautiful natural shell buttons. Her eyes are shining black glass beads and her sweet nose and smile are hand embroidered with cotton floss.

Jenny is weighted slightly to make her feel pleasantly heavy and “real” in your hand.

She’s an adorable addition to your collection because she’s one of a kind and individually made with much love. She would also make a charming gift or friend for someone you love over the age of 4 (due to small parts).

Thank you so much for visiting Jenny. We hope she is just the friend you’ve been looking for!

Handmade is the very best way to say I love you!

**We use natural fiber, new and repurposed materials that we gently care for here on the Moor. Our desire is to make adorable velveteen rabbits like Jenny a unique gift we’d love to give, and responsible too!

Coney Meadowfoot darted across the Moor with Crazy Fox in quick persuit. Suddenly I heard a “Bambambam” on my front door and looked down to see Coney drumming frantically with a big bunny foot. I quickly let him in, and just in time too! Crazy Fox sneered in our direction and darted back into the wood. I comforted Coney with a cup of meadow tea and a crumpet.

Coney Meadowfoot is full of old fashioned charm. He’s  a 9 inch tall, chocolate brown cable knit bunny. He has wonderfully long 5 inch ears. His ears have a pad of wool felt inside to make them stand up. You can also adjust them in different cute ways.

Coney is cotton, with folksy wheat flannel plaid accents detailed with tiny lines of chocolate and evergreen. He’s incredibly huggy and warm and soft. His little muzzle is soft wheat colored velvet.

Coney even has a real cottontail made of snowy white cotton yarn.

Coney’s stuffing is weighted to make him slightly heavy and “real” feeling when held. He’s button jointed with beautiful, natural hardwood buttons.

Coney’s pretty eyes are shining black cat’s eye beads with navy highlights. His sweet nose and smile are handstitched with cotton floss.

Coney would make a wonderful gift for anyone over the age of 3,or add him to a nursery for an adorable decoration! He said he’d be happy to wait patiently until his little friend is old enough to play. (as long as there are no foxes :0)

Coney would also love to come home and be your friend too! He’s individually made like all the sweet hares here on the Moor. He’ll come with a card dated and signed by the Artist.

Coney Meadowfoot is made with high quality new and repurposed, natural and hypoallergenic materials-he’s beautiful and a responsible way to reuse lovely, “forgotten” fabrics~something we just love!

And handmade is the very best way to say “I love you”!
Thank you for visiting!

We’ve had some new waldorf  lambs and bunnies “born” this week, as well as one waldorf bear named Patter.

We love Waldorf style friends because their sweet faces are uncomplicated and open, friendly, inspiring imaginative play. Simple sweet faces tend to “reflect” the emotion that the child is feeling.

We love when our little ones come to us with their little Waldorf friends (our daughters have waldorf bears). They’ll say “Waffles is hungry” or “Wooby was mad at Caleb because he made him wrestle”. Its so cute!

We now have 2 “Baapy” lambs on the Moor:

Ewey and Jeffey!

We also have two waldorf bunnies:

Baby Rita and Baby Rupert-patterned after our collectible cotterpin jointed pair.

Our baby bunnies and Baapys are made with soft, huggable cotton. Their stuffing is weighted to give them that just right, slightly heavy, “real” feeling when held and carried.

The Baapy lambs have floppy ears, and the bunnies and Patter have floppy ears and arms that are just right for early grasping.

Our waldorf baby animals might be just the right gift for a preemie! They would make a safe, and cheery addition to the isolette, and can be used to prop baby in different sleeping positions. Patterns and easy to see contrasting faces will encourage interest during waking hours.

We made them to be easy to care for. If any of our waldorf animal friends gets soiled, simply place in a pillow case, wash with mild soap on gentle cycle, and dry in low heat, or air dry. Fluff to reshape if needed. Minor soilings need only to be spot cleaned with a cloth and mild soap/damp cloth.

Stop by the Craggy Moor to learn more, and adopt one today!

Whew! It’s been busy here this week! Here are some pics of what we’ve been up to!

Stop on by the Moor to find out more, and meet our new friends!

Rupert Rabbit  joined his sister Rita today on the Moor. They are a very sweet, huggable, poseable pair.  As soon as Rupert was finished both patchwork hares jumped up and down on my bed, and then scampered away to have some fun…haven’t seen them since lol! If you adopt one or both of these sweethearts, you’ll have your hands full!

    Henley and Pemberton arrived safe and sound at their new home and they have a new blog! It’s going to be so much fun reading about their adventures, as they enjoy their new life.

Henley Woolmouse and Pemberton

As you can see, they are already hanging around the place having fun!

 We are very excited to send Tilly Woolmouse to Italy tomorrow!! She is going to be a friend to a little girl named Federica (what a lovely name!) but sssshhhh Tilly needs to hide till Christmas! Tilly is so excited, I hope she doesn’t pop out of hiding too early!

Tilly has a few sisters, newly born. They are already adopted!(thank you so much!!) We are just telling them about the wonderful new places they’ll be traveling to. We’ll post pics when they are finished and ready to go.

Some more of our Craggy Moor Friends got in touch with us, and told us about their blog too!

 Grabel and Jenny Woolmouse wanted to tell us and you about their new adventures! You can read about them here

Jenny Woolmouse and Grabel

Autumn days are busy days here on the Moor but we LOVE it! Big thank you’s and hugs to our newly adopted Craggy Moor Friends, and especially to the wonderful folks who adopted them!!

There are new bears, hares, and lambs in the works this week too. Check back often to see who pops up!

Rita Rabbit seems to have hopped right off the page of a favorite childhood classic! She’s 10 inches tall from head to foot, 15 inches from eartip to toe! She’s made of a wonderful buttercream colored cotton with sweetly matching cotton calico accents. She has a bit of super soft angora on her muzzle too!
Her stuffing is weighted to give her that nice, slightly heavy, “real” feel we love so much.

Rita’s sweet nose and smile are handstitched with cotton floss. Her eyes are pretty amber tigers eye stone beads.

Like all good rabbits, Rita has a sweet cotton tail, made of white cotton yarn.

Rita is a very special rabbit because she is delightfully poseable. She is 5 way cotter pin jointed with hardwood disks and our own galvinized steel handmade cotter pins. They have proven to be much more durable than a standard cotter pin!

We love the “wobble joint” set up because it makes Rita floppy and huggy like a baby, but sturdy, and so much fun to carry and pose.

Rita Rabbit is one of a kind, and individually made. Each of our Rabbits have their own sweet look-perfect for gift giving or add Rita to your own Warren of sweet animal friends!

Coming soon! Rita’s brother Rupert!

Because Rita has small parts, please use your discretion when buying for children under age 3.

Handmade is the very best way to say I love you!
Thanks so much for visiting!

Rita is up for adoption today!

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