Teddy Talk: Creating, Collecting, Connecting

Huge congrats, Claire......... :clap:  :clap:  :clap:  :clap:  :clap:
and photo PLEASE!!!!!!!!

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Maria :hug:  :hug:

Hi Katy - try www.edinburghimports.com - I've seen feather plush there.
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maria

Oh Lisa - how rotten for you! I can sort of empathise, with competition bears appearing in print, cropped beyond recognition, and/or with the caption left off........you feel so disappointed, frustrated and powerless.
I hope they DO sell well - your little cuties are so good!
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Maria

LOVE it       :crackup:  :crackup:  :crackup:  :crackup:
  thanks Sue Ann
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Maria

WoW - what a tremendous and unforgettable honour :clap:  :clap:  :clap:
Big congrats
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Maria

Nice one, Jane!  :dance:  :dance:  :dance:
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Maria

Utterly enchanting!          Thanks for posting the link
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Maria

Bobbie - I'll have a look tomorrow.........not being  a sweet-toothed person (!) I tend not to notice biscuits and such - but the shops are FULL of Xmas stuff.....
I'll get back to you
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Maria

Have a LOVELY day, all of you who celebrate Thanksgiving! :dance:  :dance:  :dance:

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Maria :hug:  :hug:  :hug:

Really sorry to hear your news Jennie, but someone as talented as you will STILL be making the odd bear, even if it's just for fun and relaxation.
Best of luck for the future though.......
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Maria :hug:  :hug:  :hug:

Hi Ann-Marie
contact Wendy Hobday - she does send bears back, and you can arrange payment with her.
I'm just packing my bears up to send off too ..........
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Maria

Thanks so much for posting the link, Joanne......
the bear forms are amazing (bit gruesome tho!)  - they'll be very useful as a reference to actual bear shapes and structures.
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Maria :hug:  :hug:

He's lovely , Peter! When do you have to move to a bigger house???????????? Your hug really is growing.........
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Maria

Thanks, Berta and Marilyn........and it is very much just a matter of crossed fingers right now. But I haven't given up hope yet!
and Berta - he missed out totally - the judging in the Taiwan competition is just 10% from the public voting - the rest is up to the jury, and without the bear......no chance! Funny - last year there were no problems with the bears, and I've also sent bears to Japan a couple of times for the TITA competition - again - all went well.............but I  do wonder. We are given their postal addresses in "our" alphabet.......does that mean  all the posties there can read our alphabet????? I can't imagine that the posties here can cope with the  Chinese or Japanese alphabets....
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Maria

Peter......I'd agree with you - best to buy direct from the publisher  (www.collectors-club-of-great-britain.co.uk)! I got my copy on Thursday from Amazon UK, but a friend of mine in England discovered that her local WH Smith didn't have it and told her it would take 6 weeks or so to order it in (!) - Amazon told her is was no longer a "pre- order" and would take several weeks, so she has gone to the publisher. And it would appear that they are charging much less for post and packing......free within the UK, 1.95 pounds within Europe and 2.95 for the rest of the world.
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Maria

I read something recently about the famous bears that play with sled dogs......and amazingly, I actually remembered WHERE I'd read it...
http://www.bear.org/website/index.php?o … &Itemid=48
Interesting.....but rather sad........
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Maria

The postie just delivered my copy............only had time for a quick flick thru, but it's like having a MEGA TBS...........wonderful! :dance:  :dance:  :dance:
Now I have to zip thru the chores so I can sit down and ENJOY it.........
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Maria

Thanks, everyone.........
I'm not panicking yet - bears have taken longer in the post before........but it IS a worry! Last year's bears arrived in Taiwan within the allotted time span.........but the postal services seem to be more and more unreliable these days.
This one didn't have a tracking number - last time I used the service it was on a parcel to Paris........it also was "to be signed for" -
the parcel disappeared, and all the tracking number could tell me was that it has left Germany (a lot of use!!).........and as for "signed for" - it eventually turned up, stuffed into the recipients letter box.
all i can do is keep my fingers crossed................
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Maria

Well - I totally missed out on the Taiwan Creative Awards, thanks to the international postal services! The Post office here told me 8 to 10 days delivery time........and it's now almost four weeks, and no sign of the poor bear.......I just hope he hasn't been deliberately disappeared, en route.
Ho hum - such is life! 
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Maria

I love this one, Jane...........but I was trying to imagine feeding our cat with chop sticks.........she is such a greedy little beggar, she'd probably rip our arms off!
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Maria :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:

Congratulations, Marilyn :clap:  :clap:  :clap:  :clap: ............and a well deserved nomination for an utterly gorgeous bear!
I really hope that this IS a good omen for you and your family - sounds like you have been going thru a bad time - poor you :hug:  :hug:  :hug:
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Maria

Big congrats, Ann-Marie - your bear is gorgeous :dance:  :dance:  :dance:
Looks like TT is well represented at the BBAAs - goodie!
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Maria :hug:  :hug:  :hug:

BIG congrats, Andrea - your bear is such a cutie :clap:  :clap:  :clap:
Hopefully I'll see you at Wiesbaden - will probably visit on the sunday
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Maria :hug:  :hug:

OOOOOPPPPSSS - so sorry Marion - I almost missed you!
thankyou so much  - I'm glad you like the bears
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Maria :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:

But can you afford ALL the chocolate, Peter????? :crackup:  :crackup:
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Maria :hug:  :hug: