Greetings
Everyone: Hope you're all fighting fit and well.
Cy Bear back once again, after yet another delay, but this time it's because Isobel simply ran out of time after getting back into the Etsy promoting games rhythm, as well as the fact that she was/still is in a rehabilitation regime causing her to have less time to do everything at the same pace it previously took place. Daily patterns are returning to normal: but there is still a way to go, and the next stage in the recovery process begins tomorrow, with her first physiotherapy session - designed, she understands, to get her wounded leg back to it's former strength and fitness (or as near as possible).
Meanwhile, sewing on the Coldham Cuddlies front has proceeded steadily, and the Colourful Otter Golf Club Saver, mentioned in my last post and completed shortly after we posted it, was dispatched - well within the required time - to MrRR in Cambridge, NewYork State, U.S.A. It evidently caught a flight fairly quickly, and was received safely the following week-end (actually taking the promised 5 Working Days to reach its destination).
This is how he was made -
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| The finished metal handle cover |
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Isobel decided on a gold fish this time, rather than our original grey fish for Otter to "nibble".
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Isobel then began work on the
Otter head and body - and he began to take shape like this:
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| The back and front pieces of the head have been padded with faux fur leftovers, but Lucky still needs whiskers |
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| Checking that Lucky's Head and Shoulders fit over the Golf Club |
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| Fitting the two Golf Club Saver pieces together on the Club, with whiskers in place! |
and looked when he was finished.
An "official" review has yet to be posted on the Etsy Shop site (these are not allowed for a few days/weeks after their expected arrival date by the Etsy system).
(This can - and often does - mean they never appear at all! It also explains the different numbers shown on the Shop site between the number of Sales recorded by the system, and the number of reviews actually posted there).
However, when
MrRR emailed to confirm safe arrival of his delayed
Otter Golf Club Saver, he also mentioned that he was treating it as his lucky token - for when he returned to his golfing activities after surgery. The item was also described as being "perfect"! So, you could say,
Coldham Cuddlies has another satisfied customer! (
We've decided to name the listing as Lucky, the Colourful Otter Golf Club Saver).
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| Lucky Otter Golf Club Cover - without the Club inside him |
Interestingly, just after Lucky Otter was posted, we received another order for a Golf Club Cover with an Otter Head - using the original (
more muted) pattern for their request. As the new listing only appeared AFTER this new order arrived,
Isobel got in touch with
MrLA from
Columbus, Ohio - giving him the opportunity to change his mind. As he'd signed into the Shop as a "Guest", as opposed to joining
Etsy as a full
Buyer, he may not have received the offer - as it used an unusual email address.
Isobel also often finds communicating via email in this way is not as effective in communicating with our customers, as via the
Etsy Convo system. So, without further instructions,
Isobel proceeded to make the new
Otter Golf Club Cover in the original, dark brown colours - together with a grey fish, as opposed to a gold fish. That's almost completed, and should be en route to
Ohio early next week. We'll post a photograph of
Otter Golf Club No.3 (
or No.2 - depending on how you want to calculate it, because the two Otter versions are being listed separately in the Shop) before he leaves to join his new
Golf Club Bag club companions in
Columbus,U.S.A.
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| The two pieces waiting for the third item to complete Lucky Otter Golf Club Saver |
That's it for this week, folks. Have a really good one - or as good as the weather in your parts allows. After a week of incredibly hot weather here in the
UK, we're now seemingly returning to a "traditional"
English summer. That used to be described as "two fine days, and then a thunderstorm": nowadays, though, we're finding the the two fine days result in very high temperatures: and the thunderstorms are frighteningly noisy accompanied by torrential rain. Definitely not the "usual"
English rain of old - which
Peter used to describe as "the gentle pitter, patter": that's well into the past.
Your friend.
Cy Bear.
