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Happy Wade-ing Commissions
We have been commissioning Wade products since 2000 when we hosted the first Kansas City Wade Fair. We commissioned a set of armadillo whimsies as the fair was held at the Brass Armadillo Antique Mall in Grain Valley, Missouri. Here you will find commissions done by Ed and Bev Rucker under their names or under their Happy Wade-ing brand.

Also take a look at our other gallery for the commissions we did under the KSWader brand name.
Armadillo Whimsies
These armadillo whimsies were produced by Ed and Bev Rucker for the 2000 Kansas City Wade Fair held at the Brass Armadillo Antique Mall in Grain Valley, Missouri.

Issued 2000 Brass Armadillo LE 1000	Issued 2000 Lt. Green Armadillo LE 917

Bunny Whimsies
The mold was originally used in the 1971 English Whimsie Set (set #1). Half of the bunnies were done in realistic coloration and the other half in pastel Spring colors. The white bunny with a Wade decal on the bum was produced as a special for the 2006 Summer Wade Fest. The Gold Dutch bunny was issued with a Certificate.

Issued 2006 Dutch Bunny LE 300	Issued 2006 Calico Bunny LE 250	Issued 2006 Lavender Bunny LE 250
Issued 2006 Pink Bunny LE 250	Issued 2006 Wade Logo Bunny LE 100	Issued 2006 Gold Dutch Bunny SE 10

Bunny & Rabbit Whimsies
The mold was originally used in the 2006-2008 Red Rose Tea Pet Shop Promotion. We produced rabbits in realisitc colors and then as set of Easter Bunnies in a lavendar and yellow matte glaze. The silver Dutch rabbit was produced in a LE 25. 1 in the edition was solid silver, 2 had silver noses, 6 had pink noses and the others had no noses. 1 of the Cottontail Rabbits came in a dark brown glaze.

Issued 2011 Easter Bunnies LE 50	Issued 2011 Calico and Dutch Rabbits LE 50	Issued 2011 Cottontail Rabbit LE 40
Issued 2011 Silver Dutch Rabbit LE 25		Issued 2011 Gold Dutch Rabbit SE 10

Cobalt and Silver Angelfish Whimsie
The mold was originally used in the 1978 English Whimsie Set (set #9). The fish is cobalt blue with silver water and eyes. The pieces were produced as a special for members of the Happy Wade-ing Yahoo! email list at a special price. After a short introduction, the price was increased. For more information on the list and to get all the benefits, please sign-up with the bottom link in the right column. This piece was produced with a mini "whimsie-sized" certificate.

Issued 2007 Cobalt and Silver Angelfish LE 125

Leprechaun Riding a Duck Whimsie
This model was introduced at the July 2007 Summer Wade Fest in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania. The pieces are inspired by the original Lucky Leprechauns and Lucky Fairyfolk made popular by the Wade Ireland pottery. This piece was produced in a two special American red, white and blue colorways for the USA Summer Wade Fairs. The first piece was produced in a LE 100 for the Summer Wade Fest and the second was produed in a LE 75 for the West Coast Wade Fair in Portland, Oregon. This fair pieces were produced with a mini "whimsie-sized" certificates. The regular set of 3 leprechauns were produced in a LE 150 pieces. A special brown colorway was produced exclusively for members of the Happy Wade-ing Yahoo! email announcment list and came complete with certificate. A special edition of 50 brown leprechauns with certificate were produced with a gold hat and were part of a goodie box promotion.

Issued July 2007 Pennsylvania Wade Fest LE 100	Issued August 2007 West Coast Wade Fair LE 75	Issued 2007 Leprechaun on Duck SE 10
Issued 2007 Green Hat Leprechaun LE 150	Issue 2007 Yellow Hat Leprechaun LE 150	Issue 2007 Yellow Duck LE 150
Issue 2007 Goodie Box Special LE 50		Issued 2007 List Special LE 100

Leprechaun Riding a Hedgehog
This model was introduced in July 2008 and produced in two special American red, white and blue colorways for the USA Summer Wade Fairs. A colorway was produced in a LE 75 for the West Coast Wade Fair in Portland, Oregon but the show was CANCELLED! This piece was sold through our general line on our website. The regular set of 3 leprechauns were produced in a LE 150 pieces. A special brown colorway in a LE 100 was produced exclusively for members of the Happy Wade-ing Yahoo! email announcment list.

Issued July 2008 Red Hat Leprechaun LE 150	Issued July 2008 Green Hat Leprechaun LE 150	Issued July 2008 Green Hat Leprechaun LE 150
Issued 2008 List Special LE100	Issue 2008 West Coast Wade Fair CANCELLED LE 75	Issue 2008 Pennsylvania Wade Fest LE 100
Issued 2008 Leprechaun on Hedgehog SE 9		Issued 2008 Red Rose Tea Fair Santa Stocking LE 50

Girl Leprechaun Hugging Squirrel Whimsie
This model was introduced at the June 2009 at the West Coast Wade Fest in Portland, Oregon. This piece was also produced in a two special American red, white and blue colorways for the USA Summer Wade Fairs as the previous leprechauns. Each of the Wade Fair specials were produced in a LE 75 with a mini "whimsie-sized" certificates. The regular edition contained 2 leprechauns - green and orange hats were produced in a LE 150. A special brown colorway in a LE 75 was produced exclusively for members of the Happy Wade-ing Yahoo! email announcment list and came complete with certificate. We had two special holiday goodie bags this year. The burgundy issued during the Halloween season in a LE 30 and a Christmas Mrs. Clause in a LE 50.

Issued June 2009 West Coast Wade Fair LE 75	Issued July 2009 Summer Wade Fest LE 75	Issued June 2009 Green Hat LE 150
Issued June 2009 Orange Hat LE 150	Issue June 2009 List Special LE 75	Issue October 2009 Halloween Goodie Bag LE 30
Issued November 2009 Mrs. Claus Goodie Bag LE 50		Issued 2009 Girl Leprechaun Hugging Squirrel SE 10

10 Year Leprechaun Whimsies
This model was produced in 2010 to celebrate 10 years of commissioning Wade items! The piece features our first commission - an armadillo and our current Leprechaun pieces. The leprechauns are holding a number "10" and the base reads "It started with an armadillo" The brown version was free for spending $500 with us in 2010

Issued June 2010 Green Hat LE 75	Issued June 2010 Yellow Hat LE 75	Issued June 2010 $500 Promotion LE 40
	Issue June 2010 Gold Special SE 10

Cow Jumped Over the Moon Whimsie
This model was introduced at the November 2007 Red Rose Tea Fair in Windsor, Ct. 100 models were produced with a blue moon and silver clouds. The Charlois and Holstien models were released December 2007. The black and gold special was produced for members of the Happy Wade-ing Yahoo! email announcement list in a LE 100.

Issued Nov 2007 Red Rose Tea Fair LE 100	Issued December 2007 Charlois LE 250	Issued December 2007 Holstein LE 250
Issued 2007 Cow Jumped Over the Moon SE 10		Issue 2008 List Special LE 100

Three Blind Mice
This is the second model that was based on the original Red Rose Tesa nursery rhyme models. The set of 3 was released May 2008. As you can see, the Farmer's Wife has already "cut off their tails with a carving knife" so that is why there is a bandaid on the bum! The black and gold special was produced for members of the Happy Wade-ing Yahoo! email announcement list in a LE 100.

Issued 2008 LE 150	Issue 2008 SE 10
Issued 2008 List Special LE 100	Issued 2008 Color Sample SE 10

Arched Back Cat Whimsie
An Arched Back Cat whimsie was released in October 2008 in a black Halloween Cat colorway. The cat was produced in a LE 50 with an orange base. The cat came in a fabic Halloween Treat sack that included an assortment of Halloween treats, Wade, candy and goodies! The Treat sack sold for $40 shipping included. The mold made another appearance for the November 2008 Red Rose Tea Fair. This cat was white with hand-painted roses on each hip and was in a LE 100. The cost of the RRT cat was $25. The other cats came out in 2008-2009 depending on Wade's production schedule.

Issued 2008 Halloween Treat Sack LE 50	Issued 2008 Red Rose Tea Wade Show LE 100	Issued 2008 Arch Back Cat SE 10
Issued 2008 Siamese Arch Back Cat LE 150	Issued 2008 Tuxedo Arch Back Cat LE 150	Issued 2009 Calico Arch Back Cat LE 150
	Issued December 2009 List Special LE 50

Windsor Wade Fair Circus Poodles
This mold was originally used in the 1978-1979 Circus Animates Crackers and then for the Red Rose Tea Circus Animals promotion 1993-1999. The Circus poodle was produced exclusively for hourly drawings during the November 2009 Windsor Wade Show. These pieces were produced with a mini "whimsie-sized" certificate. The Windsor Chamber of Commerce also produced a poodle in red, white and blue colors. We received permission from the chamber to sponsor the hourly prizes.

Issued 2009 Black Circus Poodle LE 25

Issued 2009 Gold Circus Poodle SE 10

Windsor Robins
This mold was originally used as a bluebird entrance piece for a UK Wade Fair. With this commission, we decided to try someing different for the Windsor Wade show and offer the early registered vendors that option of doing their own special colorway whimsie in a LE 100. Happy Wade-ing and various Wade Vendors commissioned a whole flock of birds! These pieces were for the Nov 6, 2010 Windsor Wade Show. The Orange and Green birds were to be a Halloween issue but they did not arrive until Nov 1st. The red-wing blackbird was commissioned by our son, Quenton Rucker for a fundraiser for the 2011 World Scout Jamboree in Sweden. The black with gold and white with gold birds were given out as hourly prizes but Happy Wade-ing . The USA Robin was produced in an edition of 100 but 49 came with red beaks and 51 came with black beaks. The certificate for these robins say LE 100.

Issued Nov 2010 Green Sparrow LE 100	Issued Nov 2010 Orange Snowbird LE 100	Issued Nov 2010 USA Variarion LE 51
Issued Nov 2010 USA Variaion LE 49	Issue Nov 2010 Gold Detail Robin LE 25	Issue Nov 2010 Gold Detail Robin SE 10
	Issued Nov 2010 Blackbird (Quenton) LE 100

Circus Seals
This mold was originally used in the 1978-1979 Circus Animates Crackers and then for the Red Rose Tea Circus Animals promotion 1993-1999. The Christmas seals were produced for our 2010 Christmas Goody bag that contained various Wade pieces and goodies. The seals did not arrive instock until early January 2011. The seals were in transit from Wade for 52 days by airmail!

Issued Jan 2011 Christmas Seals LE 50	Issued March 2011 Blue & Silver Circus Seal LE 50	Issued Jan 2011 Silver Detail Seal LE 25
Issued Jan 2011 Black & Gold Seal SE 10		Issue Jan 2011 Gold Detail Seal SE 10

North American Whimsies
In 2009, Happy Wade-ing started a new whimsie series based on animals of North America. The first piece to be released was the Bobwhite Quail followed by the Skunk, Black-Footed Ferret and Cardinal.

Issued May 2009 Bobwhite Quail LE 250	Issued July 2009 List Special LE 50	Issued July 2009 Bobwhite Quail SE 10
Issued Dec 2009 Skunk LE 250	Issued Feb 2010 List Special LE 50	Issued Feb 2010 Skunk SE 10
	Issued Nov 2009 Windsor Wade Show LE 50
Issued Dec 2009 Black-Footed Ferret LE 250	Issued Feb 2010 List Special LE 50	Issued Feb 2010 Black-Footed Ferret SE 10
Issued Sep 2010 Cardinal LE 250	Issued Sep 2010 List Special LE 50	Issued Sep 2010 Cardinal SE 10

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