Teddy Talk: Creating, Collecting, Connecting

I have finally finshed updating my website and I think I am happy with it for now.

I was a complete novice when I started years ago and have learnt as I've gone along. Sometimes I wish I knew more about webhosting etc.

I have always used sitebuilder and then  adapted it to try and get what I wanted.

I have hit problems understanding domains, servers, hosting  it is like a  foreign language sometimes.

It is just another side to running a business that you have to learn how to do. We may be bear/rabbit artists but there is a whole other side to actually getting that little furry creature to the stage were he is available for homing. Photos, emails, web previews, business cards, banking !

WOW I didn't realise  when I started 4 years ago that I would end up  doing all this stuff.

It is a bit like a snowball rolling down hill getting bigger....I have turned around and thought
'how did that happen ?'

I am really enjoying my business though....sometimes it would just be nice to hand over all  those bits that are difficult to someone else LOL

Shelly x

This is the newest edition to my Sculpture Collection. He's called 'Without a Clue ' and is based on Sherlock Holmes. He has a specially made solid silver spyglass.

This is one of a limited edition of 3 that I have made for my Traditional collection.

They all look great Lisa and I love the hare and the mice. Glad you had a good day 

Divine 

Hope you have a great show !!!!!!
Can't make it now due to family things but I'll be keeping my fingers crossed for you !!

Congratulations to all the winners and enjoy celebrating !! :clap:  :clap:  :clap:  :clap:  :clap:

Great pics Thankyou  :clap:

Gosh you will have your hands full ! Big congratulations though and great crocheting, love the bluebell pic !

This is my tribute to the Mad March Hare !

Thanks everyone I'm glad you like him 

Here is the latest edition to The Sculpture Collection. He has already found a new home.

Aahh what cute buns !!

Love the finish to this bear , very appealing   :clap:

Amazing to have created this through crochet, great!   :clap:

Lovely attractive face

Great pics Jane..... i didn't get chance to see all the stands  so thanks   

I am also lucky to have been nominated and I do know with which rabbit as I only entered one category !!
Pictured is Summer.
Big congratulations to all the other nominees :clap:  :clap:

Great work  !!  

Such a cute little guy..he's great 

Beautiful gentle eyes   

Ooooh they just get cuter by the minute.      I'm not surprised you wanted to keep her...I would have !!! :clap:  :clap:

Just brilliant.... have you ever thought of turning your creations into animated characters ? I bet you could come up with some wonderful stories !

Scarey bunnies .. very different.. amusing.. hey I think I like them !! :clap:

These bears, which have lived and loved and lost as much as their owners, have suffered and endured through it all. It is by virtue of revealing their inner core might we better understand our own.

I am not sure if trying to show the inside of the teddy is the right place to be looking.

As regards to the above quote I agree that they may have lived and lost as much as their owners but I actually think it is the outside of the childhood  teddy that shows it has suffered and endured through life.

A childhood teddy will have been hugged through happy times and sad times, maybe thrown around by a sibling or cast aside at various times in its life.

I'm sure we all have teddys etc with defects on the outside that we can all relate to a time or memory in our lives good and bad ?
And that memory can take us straight back to our childhood.

I like tatty old teddys/rabbits because  I know they have been part of someone's life good and bad I don't need the inside to see that even if they are trying to make an 'artistic' point.