You and Me, Punk Rock Bear!

This is the newest member of the Violet Raven Bear Collective. She is one of those bears I've had the idea of for awhile. (Looking back through my sketch book she is the 4th bear idea I came up with and I haven't made the first 3 yet!) I love her turquoise mohawk and her earrings, but she is also completely child friendly because her "earrings" are yarn. Her dress is part of a re-purposed t-shirt, which makes me happy because I am a huge advocate of the three Rs (reduce, reuse, recycle) and any other R that goes with them. Most of the materials I've used for my bears has been re-purposed, thrifted, or have been leftovers from other projects. I get a big kick out of finding useful uses for little bits of things that many people would throw out. I would like to live a way more self-sufficient life and am working toward it. I actually just finished a great book about living a more "handmade" life but I'll hold off until another post for telling you about it so I can do more justice to the book and the topic in general. Until then...Rock ON!!!