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Hey Mindy,
I'm really leaving this last minute I know, I just wondered......I have some photos that were taken professionally, could I just crop one of them to only include the face of will that not work??????
Would you rather I just take a new photo???
Thanks 
AndreaM
I can hardly see the keys to type, my eyes a filled with laughter tears :crackup: :crackup: :crackup: :crackup:
I love #16 the best 
AndreaM
This is just horrible 
I used to have a gift shop where I carried Merrythought, it brought great nostalga to many of my customers.
There's a big hole in the teddy bear world today 
AndreaM
OOOOOHHHHHH! Gemma you're a luck girl. Thanks for sharing the pic.
Jodi: she's lovely!
I can't wait to get mine either.
AndreaM
HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL OF MY AMERICAN FRIENDS!
I HOPE THIS DAY IS FILLED WITH JOY AND THANKS......AND TURKEY OF COURSE 
MANY BLESSINGS TO YOU AND YOU FAMILIES 
HUGS,
AndreaM
I just LOVE that Painting..........you know "The Creation of George" :crackup:
Funny, when I was at the Vatican last summer I don't remember it looking quite like that!
Perhaps it looks different when "magnified"
AndreaM
Penny, I'm buying my ticket to join you for the Goerge Clooney fondue night 
I really would love some jewlery from TOUS! I got some for my birthday but i'd love some more. Its a jewlery company from Spain with a few boutiques around the world and their main design line is a teddy bear!!!!!!! They have rings, watches, handbags, you name it...you guys have got to check it out! 
C'mon a little diamond wouldn't kill old St. Nick would it??????
AndreaM
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AndreaM
Hey Shel, I just wanted to be sure you recieved my info......I sent it a while ago I'm just being paranoid 
and want to make sure I don't get left out.
Thnaks again for organizing this......what fun!
AndreaM
That is just horrible, some people are just disgusting 
I'm sorry you had to go through that, you must have been frightened
I hope the police arrest him and he recieves his share of "bitch slaps".
Then to top it all off with the knife and the tic................
Maybe you shoud buy a lottery ticket, the odds have got to be in your favor
AndreaM
I got mine off today! :dance:
This is the earliest Chritstmas mailing I've ever done!
Poor Amy.......you can't go partnerless Let me know if you haven't found a partner, I had such fun doing the first one I'd love to do another
AndreaM
Hey Mindy,
you message was definately worth agonizing over........I subscribed yesterday, now I just have to get off my butt and take a face photo for the magazine............
AndreaM
I should be finished mine tonight, and he'll be in the mail tomorrow! Ihope whoever gets him will be pleased!
This is such a fun idea!!!!!!!!! Teddy people a so cool....that includes Gollies too
Gemma: I think that's a great idea for Kathy and Melissa
I can't wait to see everyone's pictures!!
AndreaM
Hi everyone, thought I join in on this one. I get almost all of my bearmaking stuff from Disco Joints and Teddies in St Jacob's Ontario. They have a website I'm not sure what it is exactly but if you google them you'll find it. They sell stuffing from a company called G E Textiles (I think 
) and then it's sent directly from the guy who manuactures it. I've been using it for almost 10 years, he used to be at all the bear shows in Toronto but now he's a little harder to find. I use his 'regular fill' stuffing because it's what I like the best I tried using his 'hollow fill' which is the 'lofty stuff' and the 'hard pack' stuffing but I found the 'regular fill' worked best for all around stuffing. It packs firm when you need it and soft when you don't. And the great thing is you can buy it in 20 pounds or 40 pounds so you will have it for a while! If you are going to check out their web site for the polly stuffing you'll need to ask them for it since they no longer have it listed on their site but they do still sell it!
If I remember correctly Disco Joints and Teddies' also sells sheeps wool or lambs wool for stuffing noses.
Another place for sheeps/lambs wool would be a dance shop....yes I said dance shop! Ballet dancers often use it on thier feet when dancing on pointe, and most dance shops will have it in stock. I'm not sure you could get a huge bag of it but it would be worth a try! Maybe they could do a special order for you?
The last batch I got was from a local farmer.........it was fairly cheap and already cleaned!
There's my 2 cents, hope you find it helpful.....if not, don't worry I can make change!
AndreaM
OMG I hurt from laughing so hard............at first I thought he deserved what he got for not paying attention.....then I actually started to feel bad for him :crackup:
I love how descriptive he was, I felt like I was right there watching it with him!!!
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Thanks for posting this Heather.
AndreaM
My favorite is the second picture.......it looks like he either saying "EEEEEWWWWWW a rat!" or "Mom the rat keeps bugging me.....make him stop"
This is tooooooo cute
AndreaM
I will do my best to get there, but I have to take the cat to the vet tonight so we'll have to see if I can even afford gas to get there by the time their done with her 
Shane: Erica is a very dear friend of mine and I thought I remebered her mentioning you guys to me at one time....guess I remembered right
Hope to see you then.
AndreaM
How fun!!!!!!!!!!!
I can't tell if the squirrel is happy or annoyed :crackup:
AndreaM
I've been done for a while now.....sickning I know. Let me explain before I get the hate-mail
For some reason every year around Christmas our mother cat gets hurt and the vet bills are enormous. She doesn't injur herself with anything normal...oh no!
Two years ago she tore her cruciate ligament and couldn't walk for three weeks (thank goodness it wasn't broken).
Last year was intersting, some how she managed to slice her tounge??????? She had to have it stitched..but of course they didn't stay in so now she literally has a forked tongue.......don't ask to this day we don't know how it happened. The vet was just as shocked as we were.
And this year as if right on cue I think she may have broken her tail!!!!!!! She can't seem to move it from about two inches past her hips. She's going in tonight to get checked out so I've got the old credit card ready!
So for this reason I have a rubbermaid tote under my bed and whenever I see something for someone through out the year I get it and throw it in there. This way also keeps me from over-spending........well actually it allows me to over spen on myself instead :crackup:
Judi: I'm sorry to hear about you dog....that's a pretty big surgery...I'll be thining of you
AndreaM
