Teddy Talk: Creating, Collecting, Connecting

Kim -
pictures are definitely NOT Crappy - I could show you really lousy pictures      I am the most worst photographer in the world!!

Your ATCs are lovely - needless to say I love Snowie best  
What will you with them - are you putting them on Bid4bears??
You have done a lovely job with them - I look forward to seeing more  
:hug:  :hug:

Melissa,
He is a little darling - all of your teenie tiny ones are great  :clap:  :clap:
:hug:

Thanks for letting us know Hayley,
I too have sent an ecard to Sarah to wish her well
:hug:

Kim,
These are strange little people who lived on the moon in a cartoon - they whistled all the time to talk and they also had a friendly soup dragon !

Kim you will do really well with ATCs  - I know I have two wonderfull Kimbee bears (who say hiya by the way)   :dance:
I look forward to - needlefelted ATCs??
:hug:

Hi Penny,
Oklahoma ??
And here I thought you were from London  
Get up them apples and pears and well make moonlings :dance:  :dance:
Are they cousins to Clangers by the way??
:hug:

Oh you wonderful beary darling ladies you  :hug:  :hug:
Shantell - hmm I think I suffer from the same as you sometimes  :hug:
Dilu

is that like a party??
Pipa  :hug: Thank you so much
Sue Ann :hug: Thank you so much
Sandi :hug: Yes it was great fun - kind of like being a kid again with lots of arty fun things to play with
Jane  :hug: - I take this as a high compliment from the queen of digitography
Laura  :hug: - yes I put them on bid4bears - what lovely cards are there
Penny  :hug: watch you don't get stuck in the glue
Chrissie :hug: thank you so much for the compliment
I love you all for taking the time to comment    :hug:

Dilu,
They are all beautiful - I truly cannot decide which one I like most - whoever is the lucky person is going to be over the moon.
Oh btw I always wanted those with the weekdays - the budget did not run to them
Now I do not think anyone makes them
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SO I spent hours hunched up glue - ing, snipping, cursing (the guilletine is soo hard to use!! ) and some hours and sticky fingers later this is what I have come up with and I have put them both on bid4bears - jsut hoping that someone will take pity on me and maybe even  :redface: do a swap ??
SO here for your comments if you care to make them are :
Pretty Panda
and Sweet Rose
They really are not as artistic as all you other creators but I did enjoy making them
:hug:

:dance:  :dance:  :dance:  :clap:  :clap:  :clap: Hurray !!    Well done Hayley - what an excellent bear  :clap:  :clap:  :clap:  :dance:  :dance:  :dance:
:hug:  :hug:

Hi Erika,
Thank you so much for posting - I had hope he would arrive soon 
I am soo soo glad you like him :dance:
I can just imagine him facing up to your cats to claim back his whistle
The pictures are great!!
:hug:  :hug:
Anne

Hugs Congratulations Judi - so well deserved :clap:  :clap:  :clap:  :clap:  :clap:          :hug:  :hug:
Anne

Hi Winney,
Great to see you back     - hope you are feeling much better and there is continued improvement for you :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:

Hi Haley,
I made a miniature mermaid just before Christmas - she has a picture posted in the miniature postings if you want to have a look. I used wiring in the tail  and put it in through the waist if you know what I mean - which is where I joined the wire and then stitched the edge of the stuffed tail to the body at the waistline to cover.  the body was a whole body without legs and mostly stuffed to give me a sort of egg shape to fit into the tail.  I wired the tail and fins to allow posing - I whip stitched the wire to the seams of the tail with fins which was made with a stretchy shiny jersey type fabric (dancers costume fabric - so there was most likely lycra content in it)   Hope this makes sense.  The little boy who got it for Christmas loved it so I think the final look was okay.
Hope this is a little help to you :hug:  :hug:

Oh dear made a mess!!
Posted picture at the beginning - will post my dear little Patty's picture her at this end of the post too :redface:

Erika
Patty has arrived - he came so fast  :dance:  :dance:  :dance:
I just love him to bits :hug:  :hug:  :hug: so does everyone in my work  
Thank you so much - I will have to post pictures maybe Saturday - sorry the light is soo soo bad when we get home from work
But everyone will see him soon - he is such a terrific guy :clap:  :clap:  :clap:
Thank you soo sooo much :hug:  :hug:  :hug:
Anne
Well I have a little pciture now - not so good will get better at the weekend but had to try to let you all see  
Here is Patty O'Malley - my absolutely darling bear from Erika of Fuzzbutt Bears in Ohio
He is terrific and such a character - he even pooped out of his travel accommodation to say hello to the customs folk here  
I love him Erika, thank you so much for swapping - I can hardly wait to see what you think of your little bear when he arrives :dance:
:hug:  :hug:

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Thank you so much Kim and Kimberley for the encouragement - I actually believe that I can learn stuff by trying things out - but sometimes what a sight      but I am getting good at makeovers  
:hug:

Clare,
I agree with Amanda and the others http://www.photobucket.com
is great for picture hosting - remember for a template you will have to host any background picture and any other graphics you want to use for the template
for web templates which are very simple and can be adapted this site has acouple which are easy to change :
http://auctionsupplies.com/templates/
You can edit this by bringing the code into Notepad - save as a filename.html to your own hard disk
Got to yor browser window and click on file open - find the file and confirm the load to the browser by clicking on appropriate buttons - this lets you see the overall picture of the template you have saved.
You can now play around with the file in notepad - make changes, save, click on the reload button on the browser menu bar and see what has happened.
To assist you in using html there are great tutorials on http://w3schools.co.uk
Hope this helps - I use a simple free template which I have adapted by being able to change the html code (I actually teach this so I flippin should be able to   ) and belive me html code is easy to learn

Hi Penny

More food for thought   
Todays clue which is clue number 5 is :
I hear the faint tap-tapping of a tiny hammer

SO are you any further on ??
Oh by the way - clue number 3 I think I was so excited I made a mistake :redface:
It should read :
Clue no:3 Four legs TWO Heads- could it be a Monster!!
I am working soo soo hard to finish this!!
:hug:  :hug:
Anne

Hi Mary,
I just love your little creations 
Welcome to TT :hug:

Once again,
Thank you all so much for helping with this one :hug:  :hug:
I feel much better about him now  thank you for the lovely comments on the new version  :hug:
I just so like to experiment to try and improve my little ones looks and to try my hand at new things  :redface:
Penny I will take your advice - maybe in the summer when I have more time I will try the eyes again with needle felting - great tip thanks  :hug:  - though I doubt I will be able to get a look like your bear
It will be a while however before I try doll eyes again - it will take me some time to recover
:hug:

Hi Amelia,
I think you are so brave trying patches like this - my pandas all have had hand coloured  patches using the equivalent of Karisma artist pencils - I get a darker colour by using the pencils with water so it is a bit like a water colour.
So I am sorry but I cannot help with insert panda patches - however I am sure that if you try a search on TT using the words panda patches - there has been a posting about them before - Paula (All Bears) had great suggestions I think and of course there were others I jsut cant remember who.
Hope you find what you are looking for
:hug:

Hi Penny,
Well to save you getting too irrated with the clues - here is clue number 4 (have to say though it may be regionally sensitive but I think it will help loads :hug:
Zippy and Bungle live here too  
I can only hope that the end product is acceptable to you  :doh:
There is always the chance that when it arrives you will hate it !!
I can however confirm that it is not a green opera singing panda - sorry about that - the time was too short for the singing lessons
I have to think of another clue for tomorrow :twisted:
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Claire, I am so pleased little Holly is getting a little better I will still be think positive thoughts for her health :hug:  :hug: