Teddy Talk: Creating, Collecting, Connecting

Merry Christmas Everyone  :hug:
I'm slightly embarressed to show ours after seeing all your very artistic ones, we just let the kids do things their way , its such fun for them
so here it is

love everyones tree....really! how do you get them to look so good

i still want him 
and i'd buy from you for sure.....those eyes are real good too
nope im not a bit jelous :twisted:   
cant wait to see the next one now...hint , hint , nudge , nudge...you have my address right? 

Good Luck Everyone  

it seems everyone has appreciated your help :hug: , so all i can do is add my thanks to theirs for your time here as help adviser
happy bear making   :dance:

going with the cross between crafts ...if i made bears that incorporated scrapbooking and or beading...would i then be able to infiltrate the scrapbooking magazines get featured and zillions of people would see the bears and maybe we could entice a few scrapbookers or bead artists into the bear trade....more and more people would get interested from there, and it would only be a matter of time before theres mohair in the supermarkets where it belongs  

ahh sigh......i can dream, i can dream

oppse you wrote more when i was writing so my rant is a little off topic
the main reason i dont subscribe to magazines is money....so i just buy them when i can afford them and when i can find them

its not only magazines about scrapbooking...its supplies here in Tassie...i was soo mad the other day when i couldnt find anything i wanted in all the craft stores we have....just rows apon rows af scrapbooking stuff......i dont even know anyone who does scrapbooking and everywhere i go i keep an eye out for bear magazines....but like you said - beading and such...only spotlight has the bear ones down here as far as i know....and even then their a bit sparse...i think stores just get in what will sell fast and for lots of profit....stickers and beads and stuff dont cost them much and they can mark them up a fair bit...but mohair and alot of other teddy bear stuff is quite pricy to begin with and they cant mark it up too much or it wouldnt sell....well thats my opinion anyway.....but boy does it make me cross :twisted:  :twisted:
but on the other side of the fence.......if i was a scrapbooker or beader...id be in heaven  

lol...my daughter has a red riding hood and wolf and grandma one....dont know if its a home made one or not tho...it was given to her by her nan , who found it at a garage sale(where all good toys come from ) you can only buy crap nowdays from shops
and i love yours charlotte i got a good giggle imagining them standing on their heads under that dress

great idea for two great ladys.....congrats :dance:

heres a pic of some clouds over the mountains ...taken from my sewing room
hmmm the weather here ...it's cold and its supposed to be spring but we have had frosts the last few mornings, its a good thing i havnt bothered with the veggie garden this year or i would of lost some of the plants
the problem for me is that i hate hot weather as much as i do cold weather so i just cant win

ohhh thanks...thats much easier on my slow brain...it makes sense now...thank you thank you thank you :hug: you have all been a huge help and it really is appreciated

thanks ruth :hug: i'll give it a shot next time and see if i can make it work

hi all, thanks so much for the ideas

you speak better english than i do, and i dont know any other language :hug:

michelle.....if you dont use knots, whats keeping the bears seams shut?? im a tad confused(sadly, it doesn't take much ) the stuffing holes have a bit of force behind them, the stuffings always trying to come out...id be worried about it popping open again....but then again....if it works it means no more annoying knots
i'll have a think about it and see if i can figure it out

thanks again for all your helps,
Natasha

zip lock bags and into a box here too  must be  the way to go

on minis, so that there nice and neat with no knots showing....i've got a few patterns organised and am hopeing to sell some bears soon but im having trouble with how visable the stuffing holes are after ive sewn them up...im doing ladder stitch, i think correctly - and ive heard people talking about burying the knot - how?? what i do atm is ladder stitch just past where the opening starts then sew from one side to the other(little stitch) and then back through the loop of cotton and pull tight....i do that a few times in the same place roughly, but i can feel and see the knots, i think that its this last thing thats stopping my bears from looking/being good enough for sale...plus its just plain bugging me

so i guess my question is...whats the correct way to finish off closing seams and how do i bury a knot?
thank you muchly :hug:
Natasha

ps. can you tell im not very good at explaining what im on about  

yep....tis happy gilmore your turn

ok heres mine...sorry its not more imaginative but im tired

"i've seen those fingerpaintings you bring home, and they SUCK"

One of my faverite movies

nothing wrong with baby and little einstein...in fact their quite fun to watch....the first time - not the 50th time  

is it city slickers??

gday...i too went reborn crazy there for a while, but sadly cant afford to develope that particular hobby atm...ive allready got the bears and now sculpting...ive been working on my first reborn on and off for a few months and im just waiting for an order of 45 felting needles to arrive to root her hair(as i broke the only 2 i had within the first 5 minutes ) im thinking 45 ought to do it..   i just love holding her tho and i have even on occasion found myself baby talking while doing so

awww....thanks guys :hug:  :hug:

thanks for the giggles you guys......this post is just too funny, and so are penguins...and monkeys come to think of it, im guessing everyone heres seen the famous monkey scratching clip  

:dance: WELCOME BACK :dance:

i must admit that i wasnt sure if this was still on ...so i havnt made my bear yet   - time to get cracking

drat.....i just looked at the link you posted and you have to sign up to mission fish - which requires a credit card number and so far no banks been crazy enough to give me one
hmmm...thinking caps on

he is just so cute   ME?...jealous of those adorable tootsies and perfect nose?...who said that?   

thanks....the clay ears are just somthing im experementing with at the moment as i think there could be a lot more shaping possabilitys than just fabric, especially with the minature bears....and with the teeny bears i can have curved ears because the bulk of the two peices of fabric makes that really hard (well fo me anyhow other people might manage just fine) its really just somthing im trying out....