Teddy Talk: Creating, Collecting, Connecting

Jane........firstly take more water with it and secondly turn the remaining pieces of the table into a nice photoframe to put a pic of David in. Recycle Recycle Recycle.

You better look after yourself young lady i know all about your escapades remember? Trouble is that you forget and it's easily done........but no more table dancing OK??????
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You look after yourself

PenPen 

Poor Old You!
Yeah we have all been there you know Sarah Jane ha ha ha (me this week  )

Don't take it personally - don't lower your prices and don't give in so soon. Ebay is a funny old thing and as Jenny says the only thing to do is examine your auctions thoroughly and with a critical eye and see if you can improve them.
Personally i can't take a decent photograph to save me life and never could so i am suprised i sell anything on eBay although i think that the most important thing is that the pics are clear not fuzzy and should be bright - no shadows etc.

I think everyone has quite high expectations of eBay but you gotta remember kiddo.............it's just a worldwide garage sale!
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Penny  :hug:

PENPENS'S DELIGHT

1 PenPen
1 large reclining sofa
1 widescreen tv
2 fluffy slippers - one for each foot
1 large bottle of white wine, opened by El Tel, chilled to perfection and served in a wine glass that goes chiiiiiing rather than thud when you clink two of them together
3 bags of chilli Doritos
2 great dvd's..........preferably with George Clooney in them but settle for anything that has a bit of eye candy in it
1 fleecy dressing gown smelling of Comfort Fabric Softener

Mix all of the above together and allow to sit completely motionless for 4 hours in a warm centrally heated room - et voila! A Happy Woman

PenPen 

Really Great Pics!

I love this Halloween thing. It never used to be too big here in Blighty but the Trick or Treating has well and truly taken off over here now and i love to see all the little kids dressing up as Ghouls and Ghosties.
We don't get a lot of kids knocking on the door cos our house looks so creepy at night (and a bit during the day to be honest) but those that do tomorrow will get the door opened by me dressed as a werewolf - just the mask but bloody scary!!! Ha Ha HAH.........that'll learn em!
Maybe i'll wave one of me scary dolls at em too. Or is that pushing it?

Penny  :crackup:

She's lovely! Lucky You.
My cats are so old and smelly now, i wish i could have a kitten to play with!
I love my cats but BOY! are they getting old and crotchety...........pick em up and they go all stiff liike i'm gonna do something nasty to em! They are both practically blind bless them so i suppose they get freaked out easily.

Penny  :hug:

The last time i tried to shove a Sainsbury trolley through a wall i was arrested..............it HAD been a long night though
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PenPen 

Dear Dear Marie,
i know what it's like to lose your mum and i am so very very sad and sorry.
It sounds like your mum was a real fighter though..........10 years is darn sight longer than the few weeks the doctors first gave her. I bet you are really proud of her Marie.

I can't think of anything to say to make you feel better apart from that i am thinking of you and your mum. God Bless Her.

Penny              :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:

I would LOVE to Gemma, but i don't DO miniatures

Penny  :crackup:

Aw Clare, i did'nt see this thread until now honeybun............so sorry to hear that you are feeling down.

Here's my tips for putting a smile back on those lips of yours........

1. Eat Chocolate - good stuff not Mars Bars or anything as it has a nice high cocoa content which gives your endorphins (or dolphins - whatever) a boost.

2. Have mad passionate sex with a man half your age, unless you are under 36 as it could land you in court - do your maths first.

3. Go see your girlfriends - if hubby won't babysit lock him AND the kids in the cupboard under the stairs so he can keep an eye on them whilst you go out, get plastered, show your knickers to a copper and cry like a baby and tell all your friends how much you love them. Don't worry if you can't remember anything the next day as your friends will very kindly refresh your mind for you - just ask!

4. Have mad passionate sex with a man half your age - no i have'nt forgotton that this is also no.2 - just do it again to make sure you were'nt dreaming the first time around.

5. Eat Chocolate - or dolphins. Am i getting confused now? No, definitely eat chocolate not dolphins as they keep slipping out of the wrapper.

6. Go see your girlfriends - get plastered, show your knickers to a copper and cry like a baby and tell all your friends how much you love them. Don't throw up in the bedroom, you can never get rid of the smell.

As you can see Clare...........you only need to do these three things but you just have to keep doing them!!! Eventually you get so knackered you don't have the energy to feel miserable anymore or you can't remember what you were miserable about in the first place.

Auntie PenPen knows all 

..........OR "pass me the magnifying glass the guys got something stuck down his trousers but i can't quite see it with the naked eye"

ok it's a bit long winded but i could'nt think of anything catchier 

Penny  :hug:

UH OH here we go again 

Gemma - if you feel you got a pig-in-a-poke with your swap bear then you can say it love - the fact that you did'nt tell your swap partner only shows that you did'nt want to hurt her feelings - but if you now feel capable of telling the truth you should'nt feel bad about doing so.

Shirley - as you said this is a public forum and everyone is entitiled to their opinion - you have aired yours and Gemma has aired hers and with the best will in world love, it's not our place to tell Gemma what to say if she feels it's time for her to tell the truth about how she feels.

If Gemma's swap partner reads all these threads it is for her to respond to Gemma not anyone else don't you think?

No nit-picking allowed on TT folks............some of us old TeddyTimers have seen it all, taken part in it and have seen some great members leave because of it. We can all say what we like but c'mon girls, we all know where the line is drawn for common politeness and respect.

That's it........i'm off to have an extra large Tia Maria and Coke (no wonder i'm fat) before going to bed to make mad passionate love to George Clooney - i can dream can't i ????
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Penny 

oooooooh can that be a new TT challenge - needle sculpt a dick-head???????  :crackup:  :crackup:  :crackup:

Bagsy i help you do the judging!

Nice bear though - shame  :twisted:

Penny  :hug:

In all fairness to the museum they have'nt a clue have they?

In my very humble opinion i would have a great bear or two on display along with all your tools of the bear making trade - mohair - photos - business cards and i would sit there making a bears head or something.
Why can't you use the bears the museum already has in the gift shop?

Let us know what you decide

Penny  :hug:

Ahhhhhhh, now i see Aleta...............i went through the November issue with a fine tooth comb and was about to PM you to ask where the heck the article was - now i know!
I just checked out the October issue and there you are!

Glad i'm not going blind or anything ha ha ha - can't believe this is the first time your bears have appeared in print though. Are you telling the truth miss? Or are you being bashful again?

Penny 

No wonder my fridge needs cleaning out so often - I thought it was the juice bottles leaking!

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Great Gag Michelle

Penny 

O Dotty O Dotty
you're really quite potty
in fact, i like that a lot
the dottier you are
the better by far
if you're gonna join in
with this lot

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Hello my little mad moo cow...........love the avatar cos i love cows but am scared of the big mad things (ask Judi) and i ADORE your website!

Penny 

If you want to find out the real reason this lady is selling her beautiful Oz Mailda Bear click on this link.........

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi … 0009551876

Penny

Poor Toby................

now, don't get the wrong idea here as i think it was a bloody awful thing to happen to you Tobes but i am peeing myself with laughter at your description of the swap bear! It must have been one ugly bear!

Fancy the girl being so mean.......who was it? Go on give us a clue. I'm dying to know. Maybe we could all send her our reject bears from when we started out making bears - give a taste of her own medicine huh?

Sorry for laughing Toby

Penny  :hug:

The store looks fabulous Chrissie - well done and good luck with it.

If you want i will add the link to my new links page.

Penny  :hug:

Such a shame that she has tp part with such a gorgeous bear is'nt it?
Maybe she has run out of space or her hubby has found out that she spent the housekeeping money on bears instead of bills and she's too scared to admit it on eBay.
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I am sure the bear will sell like hot cakes, if only i had the cash i would be bidding on this one.

Penny 

Well Done Aleta...............your beautiful bears certainly deserve recognition - as do you me dear!

Ain't it nice to see the bears in print?

Penny  :hug:

Hi Richy,

I suggest sketching out what you want your bear to look like (fat, slim, long legs, short etc) and then just draw the pattern on grid paper...........you can adjust as you go along and make up the pattern in cheap plain cotton before using up any plush or mohair.........this is a great way to learn pattern design Richy, you would be suprised at how much you learn from doing it this way. By all means study other patterns to see how they work but you'll get a real kick out of making and designing your bears!

Give it a try and let us know how you get on  :dance:

Penny 

I have finished the links page if any of you want to check it out girls..............

i tried to avoid the 'shopping list' approach of adding the links so you all have your own little 'splotch'

I would be interested in hearing any feedback you want to give. please.

Penny  :hug:

WHOOOPTYDOOOOOOOO!!!  :crackup:  :crackup:  :crackup:

That is just sooooooo silly - and totally hilarious!

Thanks Lynette 

Penny

Blimey, you must be some kinda saint  :crackup:

I would have told him to go shove his request where the sun don't shine...............cheeky bugger! He is'nt the most emotionally aware chap is he? Asking you to make a bear for his new girlfriend?

You are well rid of him my dear - he obviously has a low IQ

How about putting itching powder, arsenic or something equally repellent in the bear?  Or maybe she will choke on one of the eyes (especially if you boobly trap them):crackup:

Penny