Teddy Talk: Creating, Collecting, Connecting

Sarahjane, Thank you thank you :hug:  :hug: very much!
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:hug: Thanks so much Shari :hug:
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I started out my day with the wonderful cacti walk this morning & then spent most (not quite all) of the rest of the day working on the Basket part of the web site.(My co-weaver is away in germany...and she doesn't do the web stuff well...and she seems to have loads of criticism about the web stuff I try to do...hope she likes it at least some) I had our first e-mail request for baskets the other day...and decided I had to do something about the site...like NOW...I sure would appreciate some input from the wonderful TTers......what do you all think? I changed the main entrance page...added a whole page of baskets for sale with prices/descriptions/etc...So if ya have a bit of time...I would really appreciate your impression...criticism...critique of what I have done...I do need to do maore work on the needle felted area...but I am rather done for now...lol looking forward to hearing what you all think of the web site now...Hugs,

Oh Renae, I have always said...even if we have nothing...we will have books...and that will mean we are wealthy...(The book shelves are suppose to be the walls...aren't they?!?!?!?!) GMTA
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Whewwwwwwwww...glad it turned out semi OK...sending special ~~~~~~Beams~~~~ your way!!!!
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Oh I am so please that everyone likes my picture walk!!! Tomorrow I hope to have more pictures to share ....you aren't going to believe what is coming next...oh and does anyone know what the last picture from todays walk is???
Pictures sure can be worth more than words sometimes   :photo:
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        :crackup:  :crackup:  :crackup:  :crackup:  :crackup:  :crackup:  :crackup:  :crackup:  :crackup: That is the ticket!!!!!!

Heather,Eileen,Kimberly W,Wendy,Kim & Karen,
Thanks so much for your compliments & suggestions. I am thinking I will start the larger turtle at $150. or $175. and on down from there for the smaller ones. The beading takes about as long as the needle felting does for each turtle. I am doing a Celebrate the Arts show on June 17th, so it will be the first real show where I will have my felted kritters. Should be somewhat of a gauge of how people feel about the prices.
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Daphne,
Congratulations on finally seeing all this bunny stuff you have been thru actually getting somewhere! I bet you the prop director broke that non-disclosure thingy already by sending you those pictures.. ..looking around... ...what pictures... ....what bunny.. ..I know nothing.. ..I see nothing...
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Well, great post Nancy,
As of today I might be working with my first collector...but of my baskets. I got the very first possible order from my web site and have been conversing back & forth about what this person is looking for. The basket he was interested in is smaller than what he is looking for, so I have to send some pictures of larger baskets to him & have also told him that I can do a custom order if I don;t have what he wants...so I am doing a happy dance here!
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LOL...that's a very interesting question for me...since if you check out my web site...you see a picture of..."The Back of the Weavers" lol...I am the short one
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Two of my favorites are "The Secret Life of Bee's" by Sue Monk Kidd and "Jutterbug Perfume" by Tom Robbins

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I am looking for some help to figure out how much I can charge for my Needle Felted / beaded turtles. Could folks here help me figure this out? Pretty please :hug: Here is a picture of 3 of them, the larger one is 5 1/2 inches long & has over 3500 beads, the mediun one is about 4 inches & the small one 2 inches.

Kimberly,
I think you have it !!! I have found that what kind of core wool you use makes a huge difference in how fast it starts taking shape, the core wool batts I get from Edinburgh really felt fast in my experience...then you can add the more expensive colors ...and change needle sizes a lot seems to help too.... I am still fairly new at this too...so that's just my 2 cents 
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Ohhhh Kim,
It sounds like it was a lot of fun!!!! Great that you were able to  touch some young hearts & they yours! Those are treasured memories you will have for years to come!
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:crackup: OMG Tracy...have you lost your mind? :doh:  that could be like entering enemy territory :crackup: Hope you are well armed with trash bags, heavy duty cleaners & a really good vaccuum cleaner...as well as perhaps a gas mask~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~here comes a safety net for ya dear heart!!!!You also deserve a medal to be sure!!!Oh and maybe you should take  :photo: so you have real evidence!!!
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http://bearhugs.co.uk/needlefelting.htm
http://www.bearycheap.com/info/felting1.html
http://www.homestead.com/thesilverpenny … lting.html
http://www.edinburghimports.com/felting … stages.asp
Claire,
Don't give up...you will get it Above are some links I found helpful when I started needle felting.
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Whew, that's good news!

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Oh wow...and this is a puppy in Texas...go figure...but I will have to tell our son & daughter-in-law...Thanks Sonya!
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Ohhhh Sarah...you just brought an old memory back...the time nearly 30 years ago...the picture of the little boys watering things...well my memory is of our son, our nephew & our niece...all very close in age..all got out of grandparents pool...ran over to a tree to water it...and the boys didn't do anywhere the job our niece did...she was the best aim!!!! :crackup:  :crackup:  :crackup:  :crackup:
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yes...he is German Shepard...6 weeks old...ckc..not akc...dunno what all that means...but I know our kids are really happy with their new fur baby...

Tami & Sonya, Thanks...I wanna hug him too...but by the time I get to meet him in person he will be half grown...lol...
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I just got an e-mail from our son & daughter-in-law. They picked up our new grandpuppy yesterday & here is a picture of him. His name is Van Helsing.

Diane,
That gives a whole new meaning to the term "eating crow" :crackup:  :crackup:  :crackup: ewwww...
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