Teddy Talk: Creating, Collecting, Connecting

Hello!
This is my last week´s creation. I made it when I got back to Germany basically to honor a very special friend of mine. He used to be my teacher in high school (I went to a german speaking high school, so we had lots of teachers from Germany) and since none of his Czech colleagues would really talk to him, I decided to do so. After he´d led left back for Germany, we stayed in touch and exchanged quite a few letters - funny, encouraging and even educational sometimes.
When I went to Essen for the Euro Teddy show, I couldn´t miss the chance and we saw each other after cca 6 or 7 years of just corresponding. And it was great.
So this one is to honor a special friend, has also a bit of his face and he bears his name. So let me introduce Martin Ludwig. (German mohair, by the way:-))
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Hello girls!
So the bear biz is done, "night protector is on his way to Mr. D-head and you were right, this WAS therapeutic.
But there´s one thing I wanted to discuss with you today. I knowit might sound crazy and weird, but as I read Tracy´s thread on her kids (you can find it in general), it made me think I could make a kid-safe bear and send it over to her for the kids. After all, bear hugs are good for bereavement..right? Would anyone possibly do the same?
It´s just an idea of mine how to help both Tracy and her kids deal with their loss.
What do you think about it?

Hi girrrrls!!!
This is my newest creation - a couple in Vallachian costumes (as they would be for two unmarried people). And my very first open mouth!!!!
What do you think?
Magda

Toby, that´s just soooooooo funny:-) I´m cracking up. This should be the bear for him...:-)))

Hello.
So, it is here. the bear was born. He´s getting what he´s gonna pay for. Guess what - the poor girl wasn´t even worth a nice piece of mohair ("oh...if mohair is soooo expensive, why don´t you do it synthetic?).
So I made her a bear from the crappiest material, but I at least tried to make it nice.
After all, HE is the jerk and she might be just fooled by his sweet blah blah blah just like I was. So let her have the bear. I just don´t know what I should name that fellow..any ideas?

Ha ha ha--ever tried to needle sculpt a dickhead? Just in case the poor girl wants me to make some kind of gift back for him:-))

I LOOOOVVEEE country music. by the way, that´s the way I learned English. I fell in love with country music when I was about 10 (I´ve always been the weird kid) and learned the language just because of that..and now it´s my job. :-))
When I was in the Us a couple of years ago, I saw Alan Jackson and Chris LeDoux and Steve Azar.All of them REAAALLY cool.

Chocolate, chocolate, chocolate that is!!!!
But if this should be something more of a long-term problem, I´d probably find professional help.
Believe me, I know what I´m talking about, I had a depressive episode once and I wouldn´t have made it without help.
And one more thing - this formu is full of great people who are ready to help at least by sharing a word or two.
Everything bad passes someday and it´s here just to make a little space for the GOOD STUFF.
Hang on in there!! You rock!

Oh wow. he is sooo cute! And you are so kind that you´ve adopted that poor baby. This could be a new thread here, but it seems to me that the bear people are really extrordinary. Like when I was in Germany for Euro Teddy, complete strangers invited me for a great breakfast with other complete strangers. This lady just spread a beautiful tablecloth over her car hood and we were munching on her sandwiches and talking like old friends. And to be honest with you, I really appreciated it since I had spent the previous night on the train (it took me 16 hrs to get there).
And so many of us just love animals. And that´s why I love being around you girls!

Girls, you are all soooo great. Here´s one teddy tip for you - black lace makes WONDERFUL stuffing if cut into small pieces..the muzzle is nice and firm. :-))

Yes, that´s right..poor teddy..and hours of work wasted

Jodi, she´s in my prayers. I´m sure it´ll be OK.

Stuff the bear with the fancy black lingerie he bought you.

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You´re cracking me up! You guys make me laugh so much...and it´s also good to get permission to eat chocolate...yum!

heh..I just wonder if HER boyfriend will like the bear..oh I forgot to tell you, the girl is still in another relationship and he´s trying to win her over.

But that´s different!!!
Women are allowed to:-))

Go ahead and finish the book! I´m buying!!!!
Ha ha...about driving - he only tried for his license at 27 and it took him 6 trials to get it!

Make her a beautiful bear. Make her a bear she will love sooo much, she'll be wondering how come bozo left such a talented and sweet lady (chances are he told her that he broke up with YOU because you were too needy.) 

Ehm..actually I bet he said I was a friend. That´s what he said to his friends when we were together and he even said it to my two best friends... He sort of kept that little unimportant fact that we dated and had sex together for himself. And when he was with me, he called that other chick he couldn´t forget about a "friend" too. Except he talked about that "friend" way too much. Up to the point where I had to remind him that my name is NOT Barbara...

Renae, you rock!!!
Have you ever considered a career as a writer of those "Mars and Venus" books?
Yeah, you´re right. She probably will be a lot like me and I have nothing against HER: it´s him who I have something against.
And besides that - poor girl - she´ll have to put up with his overprotective mother he´s still living with and polish her furniture just-the-way-she-likes-it for the rest of her life. And she´ll be lucky if her little King Oidipus even moves out of his Mom´s house..Maybe when he´s 40. So I suppose the bear will be her ONLY night protector.

no, you´re not!
I´ll make that bear, I won´t give him an ego party with "Oh I can´t do it." I bet that´s exactly what he wants to hear. So I´ll make that bear.

Hmmmm.... maybe I´ll let him order his own mohair for starters because the oh-so beautiful pieces I bought at Euro Teddy...I just don´t wanna part with them that way:-)) Thank you gals, I was laughing my butt off while reading your replies..and that´s exactly what I need.
Yes, we did break up at good terms - and I was the leavER, too, after he told me he just was with me to forget about another chick he had loved. And it was exactly on Christmas day (what a great present!). But he bought me really expensive underwear (I never wanted it!) and even though he´d told me he loved this other chick, he wanted me to send him pictures of me in the black underwear..Well, needles to say, he didn´t get ANY. I just told him that I sensed there was something wrong and that I won´t let him hurt me anymore with his lies and insensivity (or what else would you call a guy who tells you "you can go home and walk your dogs now" not even 5 minutes after sex)But I didn´t cause any scene or anything, I managed to wear a bright smile on my face.
His friends say he was really depressed after the broke up. Well yeah, it´s not like he´s such a s-o-b, he has problems with himslef,but that doesn´t give him the right to hurt me. So I left, but we stayed friends..

Thanks:-) I´m not that good, but I´m the only one in this country. But on the oher hand...the market is mine:-)

aaaawwwww...I love dogs!!! And those two are just sooooo sweet!

Hi girls...
you wouldn´t believe it, but designing and making a teddy can hurt like hell.
I got a special business to do - I need to make a big sweet bear with "Your night protector" written on his paw, all the most expensive mohair and all top...normally, that would be something, I´d be looking forward to, but this time it is different.
It´s for a certain man who used to be my special someone (not that long ago) and who I´m still not exactly over...and he wants it well..guess for who? Yes, for another woman. So this is the hardest challenge I´ve ever faced in my bear making life.
Wish me luck, so that I don´t create a beast that will give that poor girl nightmares, but a nice loving companion. After all, she must be really cool. But gosh, it is just SOOO tough.   

Marion, your bears are just PERFECT! I love their facial expressions and their little accessories. You ROCK!!

This is my new addition to the crew - Boo-Boo. It´s not poor little Boo- Boo´s best day today, though. He´s such an innocent little creature and he likes sneaking into Mom´s bed at night. the other bears tell him that teddies don´t need to sleep, but Boo is different. He loves taking naps. Just like today..He hopped up on the bed and snuggled up close to me and my puppies (good puppies:-)).

But as morning came other bears started teasing poor Boo and that woke him up. He just opened his eyes, but didn´t wanna get up. But the bears kept on teasing (especially Jackfrost - he´s the funny guy).Willy nilly, our poor Boo-Boo took the effort and slowly slowly sat up...

He looked out the window and saw a beautiful morning... His bow was all wrinkled and so was his fur and yes, he can get kinda grumpy in the mornings...but it didn´t matter anymore. time to strech his joints for another sunny day..

And besides that..there´s nothing a cup of coffee can´t fix..and don´t tell me bears don´t drink it:-))[size=12]

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they are sooo huggable:-) I love them.