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Oh, dear, what horrible news for you! so unfair for your poor nephew! He was too young to leave! Life can be so unfair!!! 
All my thoughts for you. Never forget we will always be here for you.
Beary hugs,
Sophie.
Hello you!
What do I read????? You have already finished my bear???? Is that possible? Is that possible???????? 
You're too fast, my dear Ann, I cannot follow! Take time to breeze!!!!!!
Did you read that, fellows? She's got my bear ready!!!!!!!!! Maybe I will get it soon...
I am far to have hers ready... Just designed the pattern and chosen the mohair so far.
And I have to make Théophile's clothes before... he is waiting!!! See him on the photo! One bear after the other!!!
Beary hugs,
Sophie.
Oh, Marion is sometimes a bit clother to you, as she often goes to Evian, but a few hundreds km more in the north, I guess...
Beary hugs,
Sophie.
Yes, i am far. I am living in the periphery of Le Mans. Not exactly in the same part of France... :(
In addition, neither Malko nor myself has some friends or relatives in Savoie. But I love that part of France.
Beary hugs,
Sophie.
Brrrrrrrrrrrr.... Amazingly realistic!
That is why I stopped searching after I met Malko. He is not perfect (neither am I) but I love him! 
Beary hugs,
Sophie.
Great bears, girls.
I have not made the bear for Ann yet... i have not chosen what mohair to use yet. That is such an important choice to do...
By the way, I may be interested to swap with more people, but later... You see, I have not done many bears so far, and still did not have time to put some for sale out of my try on the French e-Bay with Marron Glacé. So I would like first to sell a few bears to reimburse part of all the money I have invested in teddy bear making. I have been spending so much money these last few months...
I definitely prefer to make bears to give them to people I like instead of selling, but I need some money if I want to keep buying teddy bear making materials and more teddy bears!!!
Beary hugs,
Sophie.
Irène, I love your house too! so colourful! It looks like you have transformed your chimney in a teddy bear sanctuary... :)
Is pink your favourite colour?
I think that my sweatheart and myself should end up visiting you someday...
Matilda, your clock is great! Malko is collecting only antique mechanical clocks. He repares them too (the ones he has bought and sometimes some friends' ones too).
Oh, by the way, whoever happens to come to France will always be welcome home, eventhough we have a pocket flat!!! :lol:
Beary hugs,
Sophie.
Jenny, could you show me a picture of the brushes you usually use for this kind of painting, please?
I have never tried any kind of airbrushing yet...
Beary hugs,
Sophie.
Ann and I haven't made our bears yet... i think that we will wait to have both our bears ready to send them about the same day. But when, we cannot tell yet. I have a bear almost finished (just have to add him some eyebrows and finish his clothing) but I cannot decide if he will be the one yet!!! I just think that I won't find him beautiful enough... And well, I would rather make a bear from a dense mohair, because Canada is a cold place in Winter, and if the bear wants to go for a walk in the snow he won't catch a cold!!! :/. The one I am working on has got a sparse mohair and a strange face so far... :P.
So ann's bear should be my next. That will give me time to think about the clothes I will have to design.
I already have a piece of mohair that should be fine for him, but I will have another look at all my mohair fabrics to check if there is not one that would be better... Never too sure!!!
Beary hugs,
Sophie.
PS: I think I may do another swap later too... That is sooo exciting. For that reason my first swapping bear needs to be perfect. If Ann says to everyone that I make crappy bears, no one else will ever accept to swap with me!!! Actually, only my mother manages not to like my bears (she has never been satisfied with whatever I have done) : she always finds bad criticisms to say. At the contrary, my future mother in law is one of my best fans!!! I will have to make a bear for her by some point...
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Congratulations to the new fiancés!
Oh, what a romantic moment you must have spent Heather. for sure, you will never forget it! May your wedding be as beautiful as in your dreams...
Beary hugs,
Sophie.
Nice to read you, Kate!
i am happy to know that you have discovered the guilty person.
I hope too that you feel better with your new job now that it is getting easier.
Take it easy and take care,
Beary hugs,
Sophie.
Oh, by the way, Fran, "plein" means "a lot" in French.
irenours' name is Irène. Sorry to have confused you with a few French words :redface:.
Irène, I would love to see how is the inside of your house! Are you a collector too???
Beary hugs,
Sophie.
:doh:
Bonne question...
Plein.
Jamais trop cependant.
26 cheeky bears from Merrythought (+ 4 ordered in my favourite retailer shop to arrive when the fourth as joined the others in the shop)
+ one very big bear from Merrythought (the one on the sofa)
+ a pyjama case bear from Merrythought
+ 4 other bears which are not collectors
+ my handmade bears (7)
+ the few bears still at my parents'home which are not collectors.
I have got a big Marsupilami my brother offered me (I love Marsupilami); but I left him at my parents'.
Definitelynot a collector, but I don't care!!! :P
Beary hugs,
Sophie.
OK, first, have a break to rest.
Second, write a list of all you have to get done and pin it somewhere where you cannot miss it.
Third, do your best!
Good luck!
I am sure all will be fine!
Beary hugs,
Sophie.
And why not apple pie? yummy yummy... :P
edelweiss
snowdrop
snowman
pilgrim
Beary hugs,
Sophie
Well, my turn:
Here are pictures from my living room:
First one: Malko (my sweatheart)'s desk etc:
Second one: my desk (facing Malko's):
Third one: next to my desk: the sofa:
4- Next to the sofa: the chimney:
5- Next: the shelves:
The boxes on the sheves are full of my teddy bear making materials (except fillings which are under the sofa)...
6, 7, 8- In the bedroom:
Now you understand when I say our flat is crowded with bears and clocks. There are four cloks in the small kitchen and four in the corridor... Plus one more on the piece of furniture you saw on the first picture. Plus a few others in the cupboard in the bedroom...
Tic tac tic tac sing the clocks all the time around me! Of course they don't ring all together: that would not be funny! I begged Malko to avoid most of them to ring so as not to get crazy; only one is still ringing: the one on the chimney which ringing mechanism cannot be blocked! But we can still ear the mechanism of the other clocks when it is time to ring! We can ear a more discret "toc toc toc x number of hours" instead of the ring. He was not very happy about my request as he likes so much listening to his clocks, but he has got so many! Actually I too like the ring of his chimney clocks (my favourite one is from the larger of the twoo chimney clocks on the first picture), but one is enough.
Beary hugs,
Sophie.
i am glad your op was fine and that you feel better.
Wellcome back and take time for yourself!!!
Beary hugs,
Sophie.
Great boxes, Julia! I am sure you'll be fine for your show! Take it easy!
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Beary hugs,
Sophie.
Sandy, this is not a house but a palace! Your bears will be lost in so much space!
I look forward to see more pictures of your giant house!
Beary hugs,
Sophie.
