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Thanks Intercal and all the advisors and members of TT for such a wonderful place to visit and chat. Love this group and have so much fun here 
Happy Holidays to all :hug:
xox sarah
Aleta, beautiful, beautiful bears!!! I love the pink one the best...simply stunning 
xox sarah
Kimberly, Samual is darling 
and Cosmo is a lovely firsty too 
I made around 40 original bears before I started selling mainly coz I just couldn't part with them Now I have a plan and start making them knowing I will be letting them go...otherwise they stay with me. I get way too attached and take a gazillion photos of any bear that leaves my house 
Oh Judi I am glad you are keeping your tiger, I looove him I can see why you don't want to part with the others either
xox Sarah
haha, Daphne you are such a sweetie lol. I hope you wait, surprises are so much fun Unless it turns out to be socks lol. Only kidding ya 
Can't wait to hear what it is!!
xox Sarah
Brenda, Corson is so cute and I love the second photo lol Your daughter is pretty too
Jane, five children! All lovely Your Christmas must be lovely with so much family :teddybear:
xox Sarah
Hayley, your kids are beautiful, Anna is so pretty and she has a horse? Isn't she the luckiest! I always wanted a horse when I was a kid. Oh, it's my big sister Jenni who is the photographer and whos kids I steal lol, Laura is my little sis who is sick and is trying hard to hold onto her bellydancing career. I love how you have displayed your photos, and your photography is lovely
Shari, what gorgeous kids...so precious and your little girl is so sweet. Your dog is adorable too, he made me laugh in his santa hat :D
Shelli, your boys are so sweet. My nephew is 10 and boys can just be the sweetest things He is wearing glasses now to. We are being very encouraging 
Kimberly, oooh, such cuties. They sound like a couple of kids I know lol
Kim, I just saw your photo 
you do look just like your little girl, very pretty
xox Sarah
I just looked at this!!! I went to feedback from both people involved...I think they are saying it was a scam and that they were both hurt by it????
I suppose this is why we have to be so careful with spam when they ask for our details...suppose this scammer thought he would get more money on this item without their being an item...I don't know if I am right tho...
Sarah
oh Well done Helen 
What a thrill :dance: I remember my first and believe me the excitement doesn't stop at the first hehe 
xox sarah
I saw that Fran and was so happy for you I thought. Ooooh I know her lol
....catching up on messages so a little late 
xox sarah
Sarah, you are NOT crazy at all.I agreed with EVERYTHING you said. I wish I could've put it all so nicely..
lol, nice to know I'm not crazy Heather thanks and glad you could understand my ramblings...sometimes I wonder lol
If I had a style, I would know I"m going to pluck the face, or I would know what size eyes to use. I think it would be much faster, but nowhere near as fun.
Yes..I agree and you sound very similar to me..no insult intended lol...when i make a bear from a series, it comes together much faster and easier...but i agree that it isn't as much fun! I don't feel so much of a buzz from my 4th bear in a series to a totally new, what am i going to do with you and pray that you look nice, design.
I've enjoyed this topic
xox sarah
That was untill my friend left 3 packs of sculpy at my house. I had seen a kit with a horse on it, and made that horse. I couldn't believe how cute it was. I'm positive that some creative ghost has moved into me. I'm sure of it.
The women on my mom's side of the family have been sewing for ages. As far back as we can go, the women have made their living thru sewing. Including my dear sweet great grandma, who has now passed on. I'm sure that when I am at the sewing maching ( which is a pretty new activity for me ) I swear my great-grandma is there. Eveything I feel her pride that I am sewing, as my sisters have no interest.
Lovely story Heather. I'm glad your friend left the sculpy
My mum and sisters are all involved in creativity in one way or another...we all work for ourselves using our craft...but the rest of the family does nothing, aunties, grandma...it is so weird..like the 'creative ghost' as you put it, only touched us..and all from a young age too...my mum was making my granny ball gowns at 8 lol. seriously! it's lovely to think of it as some special gift, coz it doesn't seem to be inherited.
xox sarah
Oh..thanks buddies its nice to be back and talk about happy things again 
I'm getting back on my feet... slowly does it, but getting there...still problems but it is something if I can break through the clouds for a little sunshine here Mums surgery went badly and we had a big scare so it's taken longer to get back to the land of the living than expected...in a couple of weeks she needs to go back in again for more surgery coz they missed the lymph nodes!! seriously!!! 
so I want to breathe while I have the chance...
Fran you're so right...full social life tho i haven't left the house in a month lol I know lots of us are the same here..isn't the net great
Yep, Daphne I'm the same..we'll I haven't got a partner anyway, but figure if I really wanted some there are ways around that lol...but i worry about the same sorts of things...passing things on...caring for them when I am so sick...all this and so much more made me make up my mind...and it hurts so much less if you have done that I think...and if something happens later on so be it as you said, higher powers will decide..and we still have time lol
big hugs to all of you
sarah
Just finished reading through 7 pages of your secrets
I'm so sorry to hear so many sad and troubling stories...my heart goes out to all of you...
I can't really think of anything...i suppose, i've never smoked anything, never drank to get drunk...been a good girl generally...(boring I know!) But now through doctors prescriptions I am on soo many drugs it is really quite funny in a sad sort of way...
had a bad family life, and I'm no family life is good we are all sick...and thats it...ho hum lol
Oh, I feel uncomfortable meeting real people especially in groups...I like staying in my safe zone...mainly coz of being ill and not knowing when I will run out of energy (mental mainly) and collapse...So I'm a hermit lol...tho I do looooovvvveee shopping..but keep my head down so I don't run into anyone I know...
Oh I'm a really bad collector of lots of things...beanie kids, cherished teddies, etc etc...and I'm an ebay junkie...I can't resist bidding to win!!!!!!!!
Oh, I would really loooove kids and to be the typical mommy, but choose to think I don't want that life coz it is impossible for now and easier to not ache for it...Being an old spinster has it's advantages too lol...I love keeping house and I've never had a serious boyfriend lol
so much for not having anything to write lol
Hugs Sarah
Most of you may already know this but I am an insulin dependant diabetic since the age of 12. I am now 40. I was told when I was diagnosed that I would most likely never be able to have children due to this "disease". I now have three healthy children, 14,8, and 3.
Hey Judi..I didn't know you were diabetic like Daphne and me. Well done on having healthy children I was told that I would have to have c sections coz the babies would be too big...haven't tried yet tho so don't know lol
My secrets...hmmm I like pumpkin and beetroot and cabbage with mashed potato lol. and I like all the oldies music, abba, bee gees...I also like classical music and I haven't listened to the radio in years lol
hugs sarah
I know I have so much stuff that I should really be asking for Christmas seeing as tho my whole family is sick!! but I want a cute little puppy doggie for my other babies to play with and I know I am getting Cherished Teddies coz I just bid on them on ebay lol, and so many other things...but you know what I really want....MY BEAR BUZZ BACK!!!!!!!!!!! I've lost it...I think its all the sickness that has just drained me...but I want the can't wait to get up in the morning to sew feeling!! Do you think santa can give it to me?
love and hugs and hope everyone gets their wishes...Oh I want Orlando Bloom and Daniel from Stargate
Sarah
Hi guys...I know this subject has kinda run its course, but...I agree..think your own self comes out in your work ...I do it all the time...draw a new pattern, envision it to look one way, and it turns out looking another lol. It is like the creative part takes over and your own individual syyle comes out without you even knowing it.
One thing that I do and I wonder how many others do this is....most of my bears I don't like at first...( probably because they don't turn out the way I wanted them in my head but my other creative self takes over and makes them the way she wants them to look hehe)...but once I finish them, they are perfect to me...does anyone get that...You think your bear is a flop, but somehow something happens in the last few hours of creation that makes it just right and better than what you wanted...it is amazing! and to me this tells me to trust what ever goes on through my brain and creative whatever it is, through to my fingers...just let it be..
Lisa, I work like you do too...I have lots of looks and love trying and learning new techniques..I thrive with moving ahead in the craft etc...but also think they still all have 'me' in them They all have the things I like even tho some are long and dangly and some are pretty and sweet...
Helena..I agree about a creative energy we tap into...don't you feel different when you are creating...like a buzz or something different to normal living...and it seems to come from somewhere...when I'm not in my creative mood, I can't get anything to process...
Another thought....(sorry, know this is long) when I think back to my beginnings...when I first started making bears...I had my collection of favourite artists whose patterns I would love to work from...Now that I am out on my own, none of my bears look at all like those first patterns! I wonder if that is a usual thing...has anyone else had this happen?...Its like it isn't just a learning and copying something we like..something else takes over and leads the way...does that make sense at all or am I speaking crazy talk lol
Anyway..that's it lol....Great topic sorry I missed it earlier
hugs Sarah
Hi all
As you all known I've been absent for awhile, but just caught up on all the photos of your bundles of joy
You've all got such beautiful children and grown up kids too
I don't have kids and likely not to, but here are some links to my big sisters photography web site where she has photos of my little darlings (her children). She is a photographer and owns her own studio. The first link has a photo of my Ryan 10 as he is now and also a baby shot..and there is also a recent photo of my little Emily 5
If you go to the next link you will see some really cool shots of the two of them..really love this idea the baby is an unknown lol
http://www.tinytotsimagesphotography.com/
http://www.tinytotsimagesphotography.co … html2.html
hugs sarah
Just saw the piccy and melissa he is gorgeous! So happy for you. Aren't you glad he was sent back lol
xox sarah
Oh Melissa! WOW WOW WOW!!! Congratulations :clap: and the cup for the best of show :dance: ... you must be glowing with pride! Well done and be sure to display it and show everyone who comes and visits! Do we get to see a photo? I'd love to see your entry...if you haven't posted it already..I haven't read this thread properly lol
Yay again from me..so happy for you darlin' :thumbsup:
xox sarah
Hello Marijke Nice to see you here :)
Hugs Sarah
:clap: Very well said Dilu...yay to the grown up kids of the world!!! :clap: :dance:
It is a little embarrassing when my 5 year old niece thinks i am a kid and when i say no, she askes why i still have toys in my room...ummm. lol. she love it.
hugs sarah
Oh Miss Kim......And all the rest of the kids on this forum:
I see absolutely nothing at all with living in the reality of your own choosing.
Actually, if you were to study psychology and psychiatry you would see that we all do that. The main difference is that most people try to match their reality with the standard for the society they live in
"They" call that the NORM
Go figure
I look around at our world and think 'who wants this to be the norm' and am just as happy as a fat little kitten sitting in the middle of a saucer of cream living in my own little gollybear world.
But you may not have noticed....
My hubby thinks I am totaly insane, (in a good way,) the way I create the reality I want for my gollies. and me. and the teds that live her too.
Please don't grow up!
Grownups don't have nearly as much fun
Grownups worry about everything
Grownups have ulcers...( I know I used to be one)
Grownups loose the imagination needed to create the wonderful things we get to create!
Your bears are truly wonderful-you do succeed at the almost-alive-full-grown-teddy look
Some of your creations make me want to cry they are so precious....
don't grow up.......please.......our world needs more kids like you!
:P
I have a daughter who is almost 3. This kid has more dolls already than I ever had. And why does she have so many??? Because mommy secretly loves them probably more than she does. :redface: When she gets something new, I just can't wait to get it home and take her out of the box and play with her!
Oh Sandi, so funny..My mum bought so many dolls for us coz she loved them too and we still have everything!! and can you believe I still buy barbies and anything that is too cute to leave in the shops for if I ever have kids...which I won't be...how crazy is that lol
we should start like a support club for this lol ..what should we be called lol
HUgs Sarah
Oh kim, that story is so funny, even tho I'm too tired to laugh I'm cracking up inside lol Feel proud to be mistaken for a teenager :lol:
Hmmmm..I think I would like to stay at 8 to 10 before all the self conciousness sets in lol
And come on...how many of us still secretly wish our bears were alive :P
Hugs Sarah
Very cute Kathy! His little eyes look so bright and shiny!
Sassy Bears is an absolutely wonderful supplier of various mini fabrics as well as other mini supplies... joints, eyes, etc..... Found on the web at :
http://www.sassybearsandfabrics.com
I simply LOVE her fabrics!
Beary truly yours,
Kim Basta
Wild Thyme Originals
Okay, cool thanks Kim 
will go check it out
Pipa, just caught this thread as I am behind and have just been skimming once a week...but so sorry to hear about your sis...oh it is so heartbreaking isn't it...I really think it is easier to be ill yourself than watch someone you love suffer....esp a sis that you've protected all your life...(if you are a big sis ;))
take care of yourself and hope your wrist heals...and your sisters wound too...
we call our mum Ma too...thought that was a cute similarity...and your mum must look after your sister. It is a hard job even tho I am the person being cared for..i know it is difficult on them...your mum must feel truly blessed to have you...just hearing about you wanting to fix the house up shows how thoughtful and loving you are...
take care hon
xox sarah
