Teddy Talk: Creating, Collecting, Connecting

i would be interested aswell, never having done anthing like this before. how does the swap work?

i would love to do a swap aswell and i  am sad i missed it. i have never done anything like this before how does it work? and when is the next one?  muffin is so good and lifelike and i loved the rabbits. well done everyone susi xx

Lottie is 6 1/2 inches. Apricot sparse mohair with pink suede paws. Her face is sculptured with eyelids and eyelashes and an embroidered nose and eyebrows. Her eyes are glass beads and she is filled with fibreloft and glass beads to give her some weight. She is 5 way cotter jointed and to finish she is wearing a pretty shawl with a broch and a bow.
40 euros. and please contact me info@bear-hands.co.uk

wow so many names. yes it is a white patch on her tummy and she has white on 2 of her paws. the problem we have is we look at her and think she is a little boy as we saw her around where we live for nearly 2 years and thought of her a boy dog. we did try her with betty as we have frank already but it didnt fit then we tried rosie but again my husband and i thought she didnt look like a rosie. i did see fraggle rock the other day and the dog on there is sprocket which is quite cute. when we got the other 3 it was easy... frank, dude and roxy. i did like the suggeation meg.
i still have a few weeks before she can leave her pups and we can bring her home. i am email a local radio station today to see if i can find homes for the pups...wish me luck and i'll keep you posted. thanks for your help xxx

thanks guys i think it will be a hat with the names and pull one out.... someone suggested Bungle . they all begin with B at the center due to nanas dog being Bamboo.

thanks for your help please keep the names coming the pups are doing great we saw them today they are barking now ...ahh bless

hi everyone.....i need help. when i sell my bears 20% of them goes to the rescue centre near where i live. well a few weeks ago a stray dog that has been around for a couple of years decided to finally let us get close to her in return she bought her new litter of 8 puppies to our house....yes 8.
well we took her to the rescue centre sadly 6 of her pups were put to sleep due to lack of milk from mum, but the 2 are doing great and getting big. we have decided when mum is ready to give her a mum with us but we are having difficult coming up with a name so i need your help. if you need to see a pick of her take a look at my site she is on the home page. look forward to your suggestions please. thanks susan x

hi guys
i would like to thankyou for your time in replying and sorry i have taken ages to say thankyou.
i will email ebay and i am going to check out the other places. i need to get my bears out there and hopefully start selling more, here in portugal the interest is so small i rely on craft fairs. once again thankyou susan bear-hands xx

hi there hope you all had a good christmas and happy new year to you all.
i have a question and hope for some advice. i want to start selling on ebay and have got so far with the setting up but its asking me for a phone number, my problem is i leave in portugal and i dont have a uk number although i still have a uk address that i use for bank etc. does anyone know if they actually call the number or why they need it. i would really like to start selling my bears through ebay or is there another aution site that is good. i would like to put them on at a set price 'buy it now' i think its called. any advice would be great thanks for the time to read this.

susan bear-hands xx

Hi there, sorry for the delay in response i haven't been online busy making the last bears before my first xmas show, its a craft fair here in the portugal and i'm hoping to get my name and bears out to all.

i use cotter joints and have been moving the legs back more and i'm happy with the results. i have made some bigger bears 6 - 7 inch as they seem to sell at my last show here in september i have now got to take my pictures but when i do i will post a couple on here and put them on my website.

so once again thanks for your help and time.

susan bear-hands xx

hi guys i meant just turning the toes out abit, i have tried putting the legs back more and it worked, thanks again, sorry to confuse some of you with how i describe my problem. thanks again susan bear-hands xx

hi jennifer

i asked the same question as you and the guys here put me onto this website. it runs courses and are really good
www.kranbearys.com
hope this helped i found it really useful

susan bear-hands xx

thanks for all the tips, i have lots of things to try now and things i hadn't even thought of. so once again thankyou everyone for your help.

susi bear-hands xx

hi just reading the post and i have decided to make a big bear for a change and am waiting for the eyes to arrive. they are glass with the wire. how is the best way to attach these, i have a block on how you can pull the eyes to sculpturer the head, if i have to put the eyes in before i stuff
as i dont want to waste any eyes, especially since reading this post. i normally make mini bears so advice would be good.

thanks for reading
susan  bear-hands x

hi there everyone. i hope you are all well.

i have a question and would be grateful for help.
when i put the legs on my bears i like the feet to turn out slightly and have tried to get this to happen but not always successful, they just seem to hang wide of the body, so any tips on the stuffing or attaching of the legs.

thanks for reading my plea 

good idea thanks for that i'll try a search

ok thanks for trying anyway. your little bear is really cute

hi everyone hope you are all well. i did my first show and was pleased with my sales, some of my little bears went to new homes around the globe. but i have a question i have been asked if i can get display domes for the bears to go in, i see christiebears sell ones up to 3 inches but i need other sizes 5 in 7in does anyone know where i can buy these, the problem is i have to buy from europe or the customs here in portugal charge alot of money for me to receive from outside the EU. hope someone can help i have searched the net 
thanks for your time susan this is Rodney and the lady would like a dome!!!

he is really sweet and that face look will get him anything! well done catherine :dance:

thanks for your help everyone, there is so much to learn which is great, i think its good that we are always learning new things.

hi carolynn
i thought he was so cute did you make a pattern for his outfit? i have been trying to make a costume for one of my miniatures but cant seam to get it right, any advice?
well done again

well done paula a real please pick me up and hug me face, i love the colours.
susi

its been awhile since i had a look at the pandas it is so cool to see so many and all so different, the yellow one with the panda outfit is that felt scultured? or both? its very good its been great looking.

hi everyone i have been using shrink plastic for my flower tags i got them from luckysquirel.com and they take moments to do in the oven and i'm please with them. i use thes for all my miniatures and they are light.

thankyou so much for the comment this challenge has given me lots of encouragement i was worried when i saw the standards of the pandas here.
so thankyou for the boost Paula

i would like you to meet Poppit the Panda relaxing with his book. he is 3 1/2 inches with arms and legs that bend. i really enjoyed this thanks for encouraging me to take part as a new member.