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Christine he is wonderful! Beautiful Polar! I love Polars, they have a very soft place in my heart!
Hugs Louise
Thank you Rita for the beautiful pics! So glad you are feeling better. We missed you terribly! . Jane what absolutely beautiful bears!
Hugs Louise
Danni, that is just wonderful! Great job! See those little sweethearts of yours are wonderful!!! Congrats Hon!
Hugs Louise
Welcome Barb! Thank you for your wonderful input. You have been lurking for far to long and now it is time for you to join us! 
We love new people and new ideas. You sound like you have a great deal of knowledge and info to share so please come back!!!!!!
Hugs Louise and Garnet
Rita! Many hugs and I am so glad you are feeling better. I love this little Panda. Very lovely and her face is beautiful and very very sweet. Very much like her creator!
Hugs Louise
Thank you Shelli. Very provocative subject for all of us. Mindy hit the nail on the head. We must all strive to educate the public and use our knowledge and power of persuasion to invite them to explore and become excited about collecting and the artistry of bear making as a whole. I find at least in my small neck of the woods, teddy bear artistry is a trip to Wal Mart for a $8.00 teddy bear. Go figure. 
We need to educate!
There is something to be said about a teddy bears presence!:)
Hugs Louise
Maybe its a pinky tan? Looks peachy pink on my monitor. Anyway absolutely cute!!!
Hugs Louise
How absolutely cute Jane. I love all of them but that little pink sweetie has sure caught my eye.
Hugs Louise
Welcome Irene. You have joined a wonderful forum. A greta bunch here. Hugs.
Marie. Please be very wary Hon. First we send our prayers and a hug to your family. Please seek legal advise from your own attourney and make sure this is legit. If you do not have your own lawyer find a friend or family member whocan recommend one for you. Please check this out before you do any money exchanges.
Hugs and prayers to you
Louise and Garnet
Hey Dilu!!! Who are you calling an old FART? :lol::lol:
I know, I know I am an old fart. And you sre so right about the kids are gone and we dont go out much and after all we are worth it. I do not recommend to any one to spend this amount of money as it does take alot to recoup. I do however feel I am worth every penny! (Garnet would disagree) I worked since I was 12 years old full time, even during going to school until 4 years ago. Oh..... I am just making excuses for my spending!
I am a mohair aholic. Better on mohair than WINE!:lol:
I have many many many more bears to sell trust me inorder to recoup. I guess I had better quit spending Huh?
Hugs Louise
:)Yes thank you Shelli. As always you are a wealth of information. You always know what to say and how to say it so everyone can understand. I bet you are a wonderful Mom to those children of yours!!!:)
Hugs Louise
Congrats on the new machine. Your Hubby adores you I can tell. I am not a machine person and I wish you luck. Dilu is so very knowledgable and I am sure there are many others on this forum that will have ideas for you to.
Hugs Louise
You have a good Hubby!
Ha Ha Ha Dilu! Good for you Hon! I try to keep a monthly record of expenses and oh my gosh the average month of spending is $1000.00. Some months smaller $500.00 Garnet is a very giving person but I may have to curb it a bit. He tells me if this keeps up he will be working until he is 90. He may be right!!!:lol::lol:
Hugs Louise
It is not your bears at all Hon! Your bears are wonderful! The mailing list has just started working in our favor. It can be like pulling teeth to get someone to sign up. I find if they inquire about a certain bear that is the time to get them to sihn up for the mailing list.
Your bears are fantastic! You will find that list will start working in your favor. You will see! Just keep plugging at it. Remember this is off time for bears. It is not your bears my Dear, your bears are beutiful, your mailing list will work for you.
Hugs Louise
I know Eileen. I love to polk fun at fellow Canadians. We are a rather funny sort aren't we? I think I have noticed that people are just not aware in Canada about bear collecting on a large scale. What I mean is when ever I go to the post office I always get inquiries about bears and how successful build a bear is. They don't seem to understand the concept of an artist bear or that there is even a difference.
When we had our show in Tofield I had a few say well I can by a bear at Wal Mart for $10.00. Just need to educate the Canadian market about the collectable aspect of OOAK and handmade Artist bears.
We should make that our MISSION!
Hugs Cheap Louise
I agree with Laura. We have wonderful luck from our mailing list. 8 bears have gone in the past 2 weeks due to that mailing list. I am always encouraging people who inquire about a certain bear already adopted to join and send them notification of new bears. I have the majority of my sales that way. They may not buy the new bear but maybe one that has been on the site for a bit. It is a great tool.
Hugs Louise
I still love your name Shantelle. Shantelle has a beutiful ring and sound to it. You should use it in there somewhere. Bears by Shantelle. Shantellie Bears. Shantelle Creations. Beautiful name.
Hugs Louise
No.. We are just cheap.
No, not at all Gina.
I just list our bear, (which is free) and there are several options when you first sign up to list bears. One of them is paying NO commission.
The one that we choose was if the bear sells (THROUGH BEAR PILE) we pay a 10% commission. If that bear does NOT sell on bear pile but elsewhere, say directly from our site we pay nothing. You have to have a conscience here though! If my referral was from bear pile, regardless of where I sold the bear, I always pay Dave his 10%. It is only right!.
Hugs Louise
Oh Sue Ann......:)Dodson is adorable. Wonderful sweet face! I'm in love...........:P
Hugs Louise
