Teddy Talk: Creating, Collecting, Connecting

No tags for my bears....afterall, real bears don't have tags    Instead, I make a french not, Braille D on the hip of my bears, to the right of the tail.  They get sewn onto the piece before I make up the bear, so its not going anywhere, and its not visible.  You really need to feel for them, but my mark is there 

??? STOP her???  Why on earth would you want to STOP HER???  Judi's nothing short of AMAZING   

I thought your little Narni was incredible, but seeing her before and after pics...well, she was cute as a button, but the change in expression...indeed in the whole bear is nothing short of incredible!!!!  WOW  :hug:

  Bless his heart, what a sweetie!!!    Ooohhhh, they're beautiful!!!  What wonderful, happy additions to your home  :hug:

:clap: Yippeeeee!!!  He's arrived and what a celebration  :bday:  Awwwwhhhhh...he looks so handsome and gentlemanly with the ladies at tea time. 

Gosh, Clare, how could you doubt that Aleta would fall in love with him??? 

  Ohhhhhhh...she's gorgeous  :hug: Aleta, I'm the same way....VERY worried about my teds suffocating in those cramped boxes.  In fact, I'm busy fretting about a wee diddy lad I shipped to Scotland on Monday...

Your beautiful lady bear, though, she's just ....GORGEOUS 

I'm really jealous that I didn't get to join in the swap, but maybe there will be more chances for one next year?

Awwwwhhhh...how sweet to be talking to him all ready     It won't be much longer and then you and your new ted will be inseparable  :hug:   Just think of the fun you'll have as you prepare for New Year's together  :bday: ?  And I think it would be a shame to waste your hubby's hard work, trying to figure out who's in the box.

:pray: Ooooh, I wonder if the alpaca is as soft as the real fur one I felt at a livestock show????  :pray:  :pray:  If so, I will be saving my pennies to try some for teddies 

:clap: Ahhhh...she's lovely!!!   :clap:  And I just love her expression     I dunno, to me she's got a sly little smile...like she knows something and isn't telling...like every good woman 

I really, really am in awe of all the hard work you've done with Narni...she's incredible!!

  What's to criticize??  Bonnie you're an amazingly fast study!!!     That bear is ACE from his sculpted toes, to his gorgeous eyes ~ wow!!! 

:clap:  Yeahhh....he's adorable!!  And has that distinctive Acid Attic face   

  Is the alpaca softer than mohair?

:hug: Awwwwhhhhh...I'm sure she'll love him!  :hug:  He looks so huggable!!!!   

I'll second that...what did you think of working with mohair?  I've been looking longingly at my piece, but still working on the pattern, and doing mockups.  I'm dying to cut into it!!   

Thank you so much for the clarifications Shelli  :hug:  I'm fairly new to the forum, so I was getting confused on what should go where    So much so that I haven't dared to post anything 

Sue Ann...I'm afraid I would have burst the decorum for the preacher  :redface:    Did the new couple stay as new members?  Gosh, how would you face the congregation with THAT kind of an intro???  :redface:

:redface: Gosh I'm so so sorry everyone!!  :redface:  I try very hard not to be a panic monger.  So I sincerely apologize for this. 

I do worry about suspicious emails sending viruses along.  We had a computer many years back ('98) that was infected through a friend's forwarded email  :twisted: .  The wretched thing finally killed our computer    and I've been a touch paranoid ever since. 

Thank you so much for the link and for telling me how to look up for information on any current viruses!!  ...I think I need to go hug a teddy now     :hug:

REALLY?????  I never knew that!!  Oh thank you Helena  :hug:  I'm gonna try that on the next suspicous looking email I get....but not one that's labelled "Life is beautiful"

:clap:  :clap:  :clap: I'm lousy at making up songs, but you gals are doing great  :clap: :clap:

I'm glad I was warned....not that I'd read anything like that unless it was sent by a friend, but what if this thing hijacks my FRIEND'S email, and sends it out under their name????  Eeeek!   

I also fret because I have to open email for my business.  Its always a worry if its a legitmate question, or something more sinister.

Just okay???  NO....she's beautiful!!!!!  You've done a wonderful job with her, and I can't imagine anyone who wouldn't be tickled  :redface:  to have her.

I've just read this on Dalesfans (a forum for lovers of the Dales pony breed), and this is a pretty serious warning, so I thought I would copy/paste it onto here for my new friends.

Please Be Extremely Careful especially if using internet mail
such as Yahoo, Hotmail, AOL and so on.   
This information arrived this morning direct from both Microsoft and Norton.
Please send it to everybody you know who has access to the Internet.
You may receive an apparently harmless email with a Power Point presentation "Life is beautiful".  If you receive it DO NOT OPEN THE
FILE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, and delete it immediately.  If you open this file, a message
will appear on your screen saying "It is too late now, your life is no
longer beautiful".  Subsequently you will LOSE EVERYTING IN YOUR PC and the
person who sent it to you will gain access to your name, e-mail and
password.  This is a new virus which started to circulate
on Saturday afternoon.   
AOL has already confirmed the severity, and the antivirus
software's are not capable of destroying it.   
The virus has been created by
a hacker who calles himself "life
owner".
PLEASE SEND A COPY OF THIS EMAIL TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND
ASK THEM TO PASS IT ON IMMEDIATELY.

Do be careful everyone...how awful to lose everything on your computer!!!! 

Some pretty clever tactics for a dog letting his owner know its time to go out 

:dance:  :hug: Deb I'm soooo happy for you!!!  He looks adorable...what a sweet hubby and a neat sister to work this out as a surprise 

Awwwwwhhhhhhh!!!  She's very cute!   

Wow!!!  They look like postcard pictures!!!  Gorgeous.....  I've never seen or heard of a Pohutukawa tree.  LOL, and I canna spell it either    had to copy/paste it! 

  Way to go Danni!!!    It looks REALLY nice, it does..and very easy to navigate. 

I'm with Dilu, though  :hug: I don't want to lose you on here 

:clap: I'm happy they haven't linked it to terrorists  :clap:   Even if it were, and they never squeaked a word about them, but only said it was an accident...then the terrorists would NOT have succeeded!!!!  They would not have the terror that they want, nor the attention that they want. 

I do wonder what's to happen in the upcoming months, but it does sound like the petrol companies are considering what they'll have to do to shift things around.  I hope they come up with valid solutions to keep the heating oil reasonable this season  :pray:

I just received a similar warning from JoAnne of Hucklebearys (as I'm on her mailing list  ) So I sent her a reply, letting her know she's not alone with having her auctions stolen. 

Yes!  Its a BIG help having so many teddy bear artists on the look out for this.  And I think its smart to warn your collectors as best you can, so they can keep collecting securely  :hug:

Thanks for the tip    And Sabine...thanks for asking about the Modpodge...I'm in the US, but I didn't have a clue  :redface:

Ha Ha!  Or should I say Ho Ho?  Its a Golly Santa

Pics are required after you get him finished Dilu  :hug: