Talking of giveaways, do you remember my 100th post giveaway won by Jessica at Kerflop back in June? Well, I made a bunny, packaged her up and off she went on her way to Idaho, USA. But the days and weeks passed and she didn't arrive and as the weeks turned to months we had to assume the worst and consider that we might never see her again and so I made another for Jessica. This was my first ever missing parcel and I felt quite sad as each toy becomes a little individual personality and I don't like to think of any of them lost and alone! I secretly hoped that the first bunny had found a happy home somewhere and not met an untimely end mangled in some postal equipment or dropped out of a plane. Anyway, it turns out that my fears were unjustified as last week this arrived...
and inside, a little battered and squashed but still looking happy I found bunny.
So my faith in the postal service has been restored - quite amazing when you think she has travelled half way around the world and found her way back home again! In view of the fact that she came back I think I'm going to keep her as my lucky mascot. Meanwhile, I'm really pleased to report that this little bunny has reached Jessica at Kerflop who gets a gold star for her patience!
Sort of like a homing pigeon. But not.
;)
Posted by: Ali | September 12, 2007 at 09:54 AM
She still lokks very refreshed after her long haul flights! Pleased it was a happy ending.......I think you're right to keep her,she obviously wants to stay.
I sent a reborn doll to Uk a few months ago,she didn't arrive at her destination, then 3 months later she came back to Spain, having been to America! She finally made it to her new mummy though!
Posted by: Dawn | September 12, 2007 at 10:20 AM
I often wondered if you kept very many Rabbits for yourself. They are so very, very sweet, it must be hard to let any of them go!
I think you should start a policy:
**Every Rabbit that finds a home is required to report back to you about their new adopted family WITH a photo of their new location!
The updates on each one is my favorite part of your blog especially the ones that make it AROUND the world!
Posted by: Shawn Mary | September 12, 2007 at 10:24 AM
Who knows what she has seen on her journey. If only she could tell the story!!
Posted by: jill | September 12, 2007 at 01:40 PM
Who knows what she has seen on her journey. If only she could tell the story!!
Posted by: jill | September 12, 2007 at 02:00 PM
What a well traveled bunny.
Posted by: Anina | September 12, 2007 at 02:54 PM
Yes she did want to be back with her creator. I know what you mean when you say they start to develop a personality. I use to make bunnies out of tea-dyed fabric and old fabrics, they were so cute, and just seemed to have "expressions". They are all so adorable, again you are very talented!!!
Posted by: Cynthia | September 12, 2007 at 08:48 PM
It’s so sad when parcels don’t arrive. She just didn’t want to leave your lovely home! Have you asked her where she has been?
Posted by: nicolette | September 12, 2007 at 09:32 PM
Happy to see she made it home. Oh the stories she could tell.
Posted by: Tinkerblue | September 13, 2007 at 05:06 AM
I like your tale of travels - lost and found. Your rabbits are so delightful!
Posted by: Cathy | September 13, 2007 at 06:47 AM
You make so many beautifully knitted toys, and I am sure that one little bunny was destined to be yours. I had a similar problem last year when Manda from Tree Fall Design sent me a sock pup, and when it didnt arrive she received it a few weeks later and had to resend him off. I wonder why this happens.
Posted by: Sue | September 13, 2007 at 07:23 AM
Yey! A happy ending :) I'm so glad she came back. It is nerve-wracking when something you've put so much effort into seems to go missing. I find it VERY hard to part with my crocheted pigeons. Isn't it strange how attached you can get to woolly things with faces?
Posted by: Charlotte | September 13, 2007 at 09:05 AM
Oh bless her, she does look a bit squashed on her face. How lovely to get her back, I wonder what she got up to on her travels...
Posted by: PG | September 13, 2007 at 10:01 AM
Cute bunnyrabbits! They make me smile. How amazing she has travelled so far, like the gnomes in "Amelie".
Posted by: Vasilisa | September 13, 2007 at 11:05 AM
Do keep her, please ! She travelled a lot and came back to you. A mascot with a story.
Posted by: Annelies | September 13, 2007 at 02:07 PM
She's a very pretty bunny and looks so pleased to be back home. Perhaps she decided that she'd rather stay at home to help you create more friends to send across the world.
Posted by: Jane | September 13, 2007 at 07:14 PM
Darling story!
Posted by: Robyn | September 14, 2007 at 09:47 AM
Oh MY... that bunny is TOO CUTE!
Posted by: Anna | September 18, 2007 at 04:51 AM
That's one lucky bunny!
Posted by: sue | June 15, 2008 at 11:26 PM