Teddy Talk: Creating, Collecting, Connecting

good on all of you who are trying to slim down or just get healthy!   
a coupl eof tips from me - i've lost 20 pounds since september and feel better and better all the time. 
1.  i couldn't do it without hubby's support.  he's changed his way of life along with me.  it's not a DIET, it's a new healthy way of life.
2.  we're all (okay 99% of us!) addicted to bad foods.  we can't help it - we were no doubt brought up on them.  but we CAN "kick" that habit.  you have to detox FIRST! 

cut out all the bad carbs - WHITE stuff (pasta, rice, potatoes, bread etc.) and fruits for 2 weeks and you will have NO cravings for these bad carbs. 
i didn't think i could live/survive without my taters and bread (i was one with my bread!) but i stuck it out for 2 weeks and have absolutely no desire to eat them.  it's amazing!  it's the same as a drug addict - you may have the shakes even or feel crappy for a day or two - but it works!
then you introduce good carbs back into your diet slowly.  brown/wild rice, whole grain breads, fresh fruit.
this is the basis of the south beach diet.... but it's not a diet - it's a way of life - a healthy llife.
*chewing on some unsalted nuts*
give it a try - 2 weeks is nothing for a new you!

YIPPEEEEE!!   i wanna learn this too.  jennifer laing showed us VERY quickly in a design course but i have no clue what she did.  i'm sure it's simple when you know what the heck you're doing.   *awaiting sketches*  .....and more info!

holy gifs etc. Dilu!!  control yourself!          
you made my day, again!  thank you.

awwwwwwwwwwwww, wudda SWEETART!!!!!!
i can't wait to see whatcha got either!!  can ya tell him christmas is tomorrow??? 

my heart and prayers are filled with you and your daughter.
take care of you & yours!
:hug:

holy cow!!!!!  your kid pics look SO much like your avatars.   

accept yours of course, Shelli!!   

grrrreat pics you guys - thanx for sharing!  no decorations up yet in this house.  maybe next week - if  mr.scrooge agrees.   

Lisa - love those AnnaLee santas!!  *jealous* 

"Ermentrude"??   *snort*  good one...   

good grief!!  what a story Dilu.  thank you!  you make my day most days!!
 

ALLY
BONNIE
CORA
DORA  (not the explorer!)
EVE
FRANCESCA
GENEVIEVE
     .....................take it away..... somebody..... 

ARTY
BIXLEY
CARLTON (not the doorman!)
DAWSON
EARL
FARLEY

........ see a pattern here?

hmmmm, there has to be something in those pics - why else would they say such a thing?  but i can't figger it out!  ....and it's going to bug me and bug me.....  :lol:

sure, just altering somebody elses pattern would not make it yours -  but if you draw your own (perhaps from memory of another pattern) it must be yours.
no?

welcome Stephanie!  sure, that would be your pattern - you drew it!  we're all influenced by what we see. 
and your ferret/mongoose is WONDERFUL!  so is your avatar bear.  love him!

aww poor Penny!!  have a few cups o'hot "stuff" - whatever "stuff" will make you feel better!  thank you for even reading my post let alone giving me advice! - i DO appreciate it!

Julia - WOWWWWW!!  what big ears you have!  thank you too!

Daphne - thanx for the tips - i knew there had to be some "trick" and now i realize the half moon bottom edge will do the trick!

Kimberly - thank you!  that's not "duh stuff" and you don't have to go back to your corner - you nutbar!!!

Eileen - thank you!  it's good to know i'm not the only one that has "stray ears".  welp, you know what i mean!

cheers!

SOOOOOOOO adorable Laura Lynn!  thanx for sharing.  his profile is divine!!   

"cupped" either.
:doh:

will anyone share pictures of their ear pattern pieces?
i keep making the same old ears.  haaa!  no matter what i do they all turn out the same.  i'd like to do some big round cupped ears but i'm not sure what pattern shape to start with.  please don't tell me to start with a "big round supped" shape!

LOVELY work Shelli!  and yes, it wouldn't be anything without those fantastic gollies!!  congrats Dilu!

holy cow!!!!  what size bird is THAT gonna stuff?
:D
.....that recipe sounds deliciosoooooooo too!

Michael's has a mega sale on this week!! - i'll check there for you if nobody else has found them yet.

they even sell it at the duty free shop at the border!  that's how "exclusive" and yummy it is!!!   :D

ya, ditto all those things Wanda said!

*snort*  this is hilarious!  thanx for sharing ladies!  i get the glazed over eyeball thing all the time.  it's like "okay, then what do you really do?"

and are his ears sewn into the seam????