Teddy Talk: Creating, Collecting, Connecting

Oh, I'm already started on another! I have the head done and I think it looks even better! He will be a different size though bacause the woman who bought him almost went apoplectic when I told her I was making a limited edition of Bearack bears.
I assured her it would be a different pattern and different size ( ten inches smaller) and lord knows I can never duplicate the needlefelted face.
I'm even spelling the name different. Hers is Bearak and now I spell it Bearack. After the first one, there are a few little pattern improvements I want to make anyway. So, unless I'm mistaken hers still fits the criteria of one of a kind?
Speaking of Oprah.....maybe an Oprah character bear is next?
Hmmmmmm.

Mary Lou

Thanks,

   I've sent out a few emails to local DNC offices and in the next couple of weeks, I'll put out more effort to get it seen. THe blog is new this week and with the Democratic convention coming up, I'm trying to get it noticed. It's promoting Barack Obama....but it also promotes teddy bears....two things I am very fond of!
Feel free to send out links to the blog to anyone you think might like it...or to you own local Campaign office. I live on Cape Cod in Massachusetts. I'll have to check and see if we have a local office here.
Maybe I'll send it to Oprah! :-)

Mary Lou

http://bearack.blogspot.com

Thanks for the nice comments everyone!
Laura, I have no idea how to let the Obama campaign see his bear. I wrote them an email from his web site and received a reply that they aren't using anymore vendors. ( I never mentioned selling anything)
I'm sure the intern who answered it didn't even follow the link to look at the bear. Maybe I will post to a diary on DailyKos or another political blog this weekend and someone may be able to pass it on.

While the Bearack auction was going on, Someone at FreeRepublic.com, which is a right wing site, started a thread about my auction, posting the pictures and making snide remarks about Bearack and Barack Obama. Some were nasty and some were actually kind of funny, just not my point of view. That kind of gave me the idea for the blog and in deciding to go the positive, friendly route. There is way too much negative stuff going on already.

It's funny that I am doing the blog from a bear's point of view...
I don't collect  bears and was never the type to talk teddy bear ( BEARY-nice.....un-BEAR-able....in BEAR-son ) like some of my collectors do. I even poked a little fun at them ( in a good natured way of course). So now I'll have to take a crash course in BEAR words to use on the blog. I should start a thread here so you guys can help me make a BEAR word list! LOL

MaryLou
http://bearack.blogspot.com

Hi folks,

I thought you might like to take a peek at my new Blog, BEARack   http://bearack.blogspot.com
First a bit of recent history. I designed a BEARack bear a couple of weeks ago, a tall, slim bear with a needlefelted face that looks like Barack Obama. I got a lot of feedback on it.....the second most hits and most put on watch lists than any of my other bears.
It sold for $2002.00 which is very exciting.....I can get my implants now....dental not breast, unfortunately!

Anyway, he is on his way to his new home in California, but over the weekend I was sitting around with a bunch of my teacher friends and we had a brainstorm. They thought the bear could be used in a way to to allow kids to follow along in the election... while keeping it simple, entertaining and geared to children.

I've created a blog with BEARack as the spokesbear for Barack Obama. It's a family friendly blog geared to the younger set. I've taken lots of photos of the bear so I can photoshop them into  photographs of Barack Obama and the campaign with lots of links to information....family friendly...no negative stuff. Since I'm an Obama supporter and the bear is a likeness of Barack, I will be focusing on that side of it obviously. But even if McCain is your guy, take a look anyway because it's pretty cute.
I think I will be making a series of smaller Bearack bears that I'll sell on my website...but I'm not selling anything from the blog...it's just for fun!
And if any of you have any ideas of kid friendly links for Bearack's blog, feel free to share!
I haven't posted in a while but I've enjoyed coming and reading what is new. Congrats to all the Golden Teddy  winners!

Mary Lou Foley
Here is BEARack

Hi ELiza,

  I live in Brewster, on Cape Cod. I am originally from Braintree which is just ten miles south of Boston. Driving in Boston is confusing and frustrating not so much because  of the creative drivers, but it is a very old city with very old street layouts so it is very easy to get lost on one way streets or thrown totally because of a detour. Once you get out of the city, it isnt so bad. Here on Cape Cod,it is really beautiful and other than the tourist season from May to October, it is very peaceful. If you really want to see the ocean, the National Seashore on the Lower Cape is outstanding! I recommend when you get settled to make a point of visiting here. I'll be happy to guide you to the best places to visit that we 'natives' tend to keep secret!
OH, and we are all absolutely crazy about the Red Sox...people just don't believe how we are until they live here awhile and become one of the believers themselves.

Welcome to our side of the world!
Mary Lou Foley

That made my night! Thank You! My fave Beatle song too. :clap:  :clap:  :clap:
And I needed it. My husband just got out of the hospital  after some unexpected surgery ( he's going to be fine....after today). We have both been up since 4 am. Poor guy....terrible post-op nausea. It's 1 am and I think I am finally going to bed!

Mary Lou

I never take it personally if I see one of my bears being offered on Ebay. It is usually a question of downsizing or a financial matter. And Bobbie, you are right , the photos they use are usually awful, so I always offer to give them mine to put up....I don't want anyone to see my bears looking terrible!
I want them to feel good about the investment they made in buying one of my bears and if it helps them sell the bear, I'm happy for them and they are happy.

Mary Lou Foley

I always use the "Live Help" feature when I want to get to an actual person so I could use all kinds of exclamation points and such to let them know how upsetting this was to our auctions. It took me a while to get him to understand the situation, but he had me hold on for 8 minutes while he referred it to the proper techs. I think this helped in getting it dealt with right away.

Mary LOu

I am online now with Ebay Live Help and thei support team is aware of it and working on it.
And, I think you are correct that it is a scam
Mary Lou

Thanks everyone, for the links.

I'm still looking, but those are sights I never knew about and have bookmarked them for future reference.

Mary Lou

Does anyone have a source for very long mohair or synthetic? I have a custom order that I need it for. I can find white and black, but I need either gray or tan.

Thanks, Mary Lou Foley