Teddy Talk: Creating, Collecting, Connecting

I found this guy at Walmart in a bin of plushies, mostly rabbits, for Easter.  I wasn't going to adopt a critter, but when I saw him, my Meemaw thought he looked weird.  I felt so bad for the poor guy because she said he was weird that I couldn't stop thinking about him while we were in the store, so I had to go back for him.  I gave him the very original name Plushie because that's what I kept calling him.  He's a little puppy dog wearing bunny ears.

This is Faith, an artist bear made by Eva Summers.  She goes by Eva J on here.  I got her as a birthday present to me from me, lol.  I've taken the dress off now so I can sleep with her, but I love the outfit.  I just don't like sleeping with a bear that looks like she's ready for church because I feel like I'm going to mess her up.  Eva has quit making bears and has started restoring dolls, so I wanted to get a bear from her.  I've got two more of her bears, but I'll have to get her to send me a picture so I can post them.

This is sort of a group shot.  I look bummed out in this picture probably because it was right after my Granny's funeral.  I was upset and getting some bearlove and somebody got a picture.  You've seen Arcto and Prot, and the other bear is Gaither, a Ty bear that I got in 2005 in college.  I'm extremely close to this bear.  He's been such an old faithful friend and I adore him.  He was a white bear when I first got him, but he's been very well loved, so now he's gray, lol.

Oh I do love him.  He has crawled his way into my heart, and the rest of my hug loves him too.

I just joined.  Look for Jessie Robinson.  If the pic uploaded, you should see me very dressed up and holding my first bear B.G.B.  I'm still trying to figure out how to work it.  My screen reader was being a brat when I tried to upload my profile pic.

I don't understand.  They keep the threads here forever, don't they?

What's your bear's name and who's getting him?

It's not that.  When I have pins in my bear I wind up dropping them as I sew from where they just fall out.

I hope I can get his picture taken quickly.  Pictures are so annoying.

You like that one, eh?

Oooooops, I get the duh award.  I got him a few days ago and I forgot to post about getting him.  Here's my sign.  Hubbie thought he was an artist bear, so he asked me who made him.  When I told him he was made by Hermann, my goofy husband said the bear should be named Peewee.  He said he liked the name, so it stuck.  Joanne, how long has he been in the USA?

Can someone send me an invite? 
jrmt10@gmail.com
Thanks.

I sympathize with you.  A friend of mine from South Africa sent me some fabric and a bear and golly in March and I didn't get the package until May.  It almost makes me afraid to buy or sell bears overseas because of all the hassle.

How could any collector bear to part with their bear/critter?  I know not everybody thinks about their bears like I do, but to me that's like selling your family *shudder*.  And to ask the artist to re-sell their own creation is just all kinds of wrong.  Of course I have a special love for secondhand bears, so if I was able I probably would buy one because I feel bad that they're bheing cast aside, but I probably sound like I need therapy.

What do you mean you can't see her anymore?  The thread is still here.

Becky, I think your bear needs a big squuz.

Well, I've finished the bear, but the lady who cut him out cut into the fur, so I don't know whether I'll be able to sell him or keep him.  I love him, but I'm not sure what the professionals would think.  Of course he's a flattie.  I liked the fabric, but I wouldn't say that it's a whole lot easier than my faux fur.  I've had some faux fur that was a royal pain, but the fur I get at the fabric store is pretty easy to work with, except for that stuff I got at Hobby Lobby, which I can't even get anyone to help me cut.  If there's a good backing I can usually work with it.  The faux fur Becky sent me to make that flattie, I want to marry it and have its baby, lol.  I wore it for a while, but it was awesome to work with.

PSA:  Don't get the baby blankets from the dollar store.  I got all excited because I could get a bunch of fabric cheap, but it's a pain in the you-know-where.  Throws are cool and I love them, but you don't want to mess with those baby blankets.  They're evil!!!

Well, I've finally got some patterns, so I think I'll play with them first so I'll have the concept before I try to design my own.

I don't think I've ever gotten stuck with pins, but I hate them because I usually drop them and that's not fun when you don't have sight and there are pins in the floor.  Ouch!!!  Of course I hand sew my bears and I have to feel where the seam allowance goes.  My thumb looks like I've been using it to play guitar, there's a great big callus where I've gotten too close to the needle.

I got another one.  Happiness is when you hug your bear and feel the love inside him that he gives you.  Happiness is when you get the mail and there is a package.  When you open it, you see a wonderful bear and give him a big squuz.

Happiness is having another pattern besides a flattie, of course.  I'll be so glad when it gets here.

When I like other artists' pages, which page should I be using?  Or should I use both?

Will that also have updates on the pages I have liked as Braille Teddies?  I'm still trying to find all the bear artists, but I'm not sure whether I should post as myself or my page when I comment on your pages.  Also, do you think I should like my own page so my friends will know it's there?

I tried.  I don't have friends on that page, but I do have likes.  I don't know if it's just that no one has posted since I have or what.