Teddy Talk: Creating, Collecting, Connecting

Kate....Love your bears.  Did you dye the mohair brown or did you purchase that color?  I have been out of the loop for awhile and wasn't sure if you could buy the string mohair in colors.  In either case, your bears are adorable.  I use the Herbal Essence spray gel with success on other mohair but have never used it on the string before.

Count me in on the swap.  I have so much stuff and would love to participate.  Sounds like fun.

They put a smile on my face....thanks Shelli! :dance:

Thanks Nancy...I knew something was going on and you would come through  :dance:  Thanks for all of your hard work.  By the way, I love your "new" website.  Looking forward to the class!

Hi Rita,

I signed up for the next class too but have not heard anything yet.  I too think she may have been delayed by work or something.  I am sure she will contact us asap.

Oh Sandy...I too am so very sad for you and Magic.  Big hugs and warm thoughts coming at ya!!!

:hug:

Penny, 
Big Hugs to you!  I have four and each have the most individual personality. It is truly like having four little children and you love each one for who they are and it is like losing a member of the family.

Last year I had to put my little Mama kitty down because she was too ill to help.  The vet said that with cats, by the time you know they are sick it is usually too late to help them.  My heart was broken.  The entire car trip to the vet's office and holding her until the end (she loved to be held in your arms on her back like a baby), she just stared into my eyes.  I felt that she was looking from her heart to mine and she knew.  I think about it now and still want to cry because she was so special.  So phooey on people that say that cats do not show emotion or have a soul.  We that have them, know differently.

So Penny, again I am so sorry for your loss.   Here is a big hug sent to you from me. 

Thanks Eileen and Sue Ann!  I am a work in progress!

Hugs to you both 

Hi Rita,

First I want to give you the biggest bear  hug  !!!!!   

I don't have the time to read all the posts but I wanted to tell you that I am 56 and my husband of 35 years also asked me for a divorce in June.  I spent a couple of months crying, confused and tried to figure out what I had done wrong.  Then I got a lawyer to protect myself and a good conselor to help me straighten myself out. I realized it was not me...it was him.  Thanks to all my bear friends here on the forum and outside of the forum, I picked myself up and became independent. REMEMBER, NO MATTER HOW YOU FELL RIGHT NOW, IT DOES GET BETTER.

I finally have a chance to do whatever I want without considering him and his feelings.  The freedom to do this is great now. I didn't realize that everything in my life revolved around him..not what I wanted.

If there is anything I can do to help, please email me.  If it hadn't been for my friends and support from them, I don't think I would have bounced back so quickly. 

BIG HUGS!!!!
Cindy

I have quite a bit of long pile rayon that I purchased from Sassy Bears and Fabric. I loved it and it looks great. But...does anyone know how to get the head to look right? The swirls and curls are beautiful but I could not get it to lay right for the face. So I gave up and it is just sitting in my pretty fabric box. Can anyone help?

Sue Ann,

I am doing better...much better!  Thank you for asking.  I answered your question in more detail under the what happened to Ebay post. I am settled in and looking forward. Hopefully I will catch up on all the posts I missed and can dive back into the wonderful world of bears.  Thank you for being a true friend

Hi Sue Ann and Shelli,

Thank you..I am back!  I am settled in my new "beautiful" apt. (home). I have good and not so good days yet but I am moving forward and decided it is time to dive back into the world of bears and all my wonderful friends. But I have been away so long that I have many posts to scan.  Seems it will take quite awhile to catch up.

My site is www.cwhuggleybears.com.  I just typed it in and it popped up so it should be working. Try again as I would love your opinion. I just got tired of the same site.One of the IT guys at work designed it for me. He did it strictly using HTML and is going to show me how to maintain it and change whatever I want whenever I want. And, dear friend that he is, he charged me less than a yard of mohair. He said he loves doing it but I think he just felt sorry for what I was going through and wanted to make my life a little better. He is a sweetheart and I am very lucky.

Shelli,
Everything you said to me in your email some weeks ago was true. It just took me some time to realize it and a little longer to believe it. I am coming out the winner in many aspects. Thank you.

Sue Ann,
Thank you for all of your encouraging words.

Cudos to both of you...dear friends.

Jenny,

I love your avatar bear. Actually I am a fan of all of your bears. They are so adorable.

I agree about Ebay.  Very quiet and not much going on. I have recently had a new website designed. My friend who designed it is going to show me how to maintain it myself.  So I am going to start listing my bears on my site instead of Ebay until interest and sales pick up.

Congrats Kirsten..what a wonderful miracle. It has been a long time since I went through this exciting time. My youngest is 30. But the great thing is as a grandma, you get to go through the whole experience when you find out you are going to be a grandma. Wishing you the best and enjoy this time of excitement and anticipation!

Oh yes, congrats to your hubby too. Sometimes the hubby is kind of left out because the new  "mommie" gets all the attention.

Thank you for sharing this exciting news~~

Hugs,
Cindy

Daphne,
Good luck with your surgery tomorrow!  I will be thinking of you and wish you the best on the outcome!  I will pray for your speedy recovery.

Hugs,
Cindy

Hi Sue Ann,

Thank you for asking. I am doing much better. Right now we are trying to get our house ready to put up for sale and I am just about all packed and ready to move Aug 6. I have a wonderful apartment only 1 minute from my job. My bear stuff is all packed and I have no access to it which it totally frustrating. This all seems like a bad dream but it's not.  I started going to a wonderful counselor last week. She said that I am through the initial shock period and am moving into the healing mode.  I know I will be okay and will end up much better than I thought I would be. Right now it is just the transition period and all of the confusion.  I have three fantastic sons and three terrific daughters in law that have been the best through this. And I have so many supportive and wonderful friends including all of my bear cyber friends.  I will be okay. Right now I am just aching to have some order in my life but that will come soon. 

I will be in touch. I will be so glad when I can get my life back to normal and back into the "Bear" mode.  Thank you for being there for me when it was so hard for me to make it day to day.

Many Big Hugs to you!

My IT friend where I work is designing a completely new site for me and it will be done shortly. When he gets the final approval from me and it is up, I would love to network with anyone who would like to link with me. I think it is a fantastic idea. I will let everyone know when I am up and running.

Hi Everyone!

Thank you for your thoughts and prayers. Things are pretty hard right now and I am trying to keep myself from drowning. To be honest with you, I have not had my computer on for a few days and this is the first time I have taken the time to look at the posts.  Just wanted to let you know that I am still here and hopefully in time I can be active with my bears again. Right now I am just functioning on a day to day basis. 

Thank you for thinking of me.

Hugs!

Sue Ann,

I vote for the double joints also. Absolutely adorable!

Sue Ann,

Skipper is adorable!!!!

Hi Hayley,

That program sounds awesome. Come visit me in Bellevue, Nebraska! Not too many bear artist in my area that I know of and would love to have you visit!

Thank you Judi,

Your love for all of us is truly reciprocated! You are a talented artist in every respect and I am glad you, as the special person that you are, have become my friend and often times my bear making mentor.

I also wanted to add that the person who requested that I end my auction so they could buy my bear actually bid on my bear that is up on Ebay and she has nothing but positive feedback.

I had never had this happen to me before so I just assumed that it was a scam of sorts. Thank you for your response Judi letting me know that this has happened to you before and it is just someone who possibly wanted my bear so much that she made this request. If it ever happens again, I will certainly, as you suggested, answer her with kindness and explain why I cannot end my auction early for all of the reasons that you mentioned. Thanks again for your help and advice. You are a true asset to all of us.

I agree with Laure and the quote at the end of her post. We must keep this a forum for love and support of our fellow artists so that we can continue to help each other and offer ideas to one another.

Judi, you are such a sweet and helpful person, please do not let this damage you in any way. You have helped me many times and I in turn will help anyone else that may need it. Isn't what this board is about? Helping each other and sharing tips and ideas and being supportive of each other. I feel that is what makes bear artists a special group of individuals.

Absolutely!  I reported it to Ebay. Deleted it without resonding. I was immediately suspicious as soon as I read the email.