Teddy Talk: Creating, Collecting, Connecting

Hi Krista,

    Thank you for the compliment. I love your chocolate lab he is wonderful. I was thinking the same thing about her passing for a Chesapeake Bay retriever. I just might have to change the breed name and see what happens.  I do know that not all dog breeds are equal on ebay. Some go better than others. I will have to see if I can find some other fur better sutted for a chocolate lab and then try making another one. I do have black and a yellow color fur for making those labs. (soon to come).

  I am working on the lighting I am sure that will help.

I did see your Irish Setter and I must say you are wonderful with these dogs. They are just amazing. Don't worry he will sell as well.

Thanks again for all of your support and help.

sheryl

Hi Bobbie,
   It is very nice to meet you as well.
   
I understand what you mean about ebay folks being fickle. I am not new to ebay, I have been selling my polymer clay dogs since 2003. I am however new on ebay for the soft fur dogs. I have done some needle felted dogs and listed them on ebay as well. They have gone pretty good so far.  I am still not sure about the pricing of Mocha. I did start very low with a reserve price. It may just be ebay folks are not used to me selling with other types of medium.

  Mocha's stands about 13" high and about 12 1/2" long. I was thinking maybe she was a little to big. That is a great suggetion about the seams. I will be working on those this week as well.

  The lighting in my house is really not that great. When I take pictures of my smaller items I use the regular old 60 watt bulb in clamp lights on the back of a chair. It works great for the smaller clay dogs, but not so well with Mocha. I did purchase 2 shop lights which go up to 1000 watts each and can go down to 250 watts each. I have not tried them out yet. The weather here in KC, MO is still cold and now raining. I have been wanting to take pictures outside, but I do not think the sun is ever going to shine. :)

  This was my second Mocha, the first one was even bigger. I am the kind of person that just likes to take the plunge and jump right on in there. If it does not work the first time I just keep trying.

I plan on making a black lab and a yellow lab as well.

Thanks again for all your great support

  Sheryl

Thanks Karen,

   I think you may have something there about the Fur. It is a Faux fur with a shorter pile in different directions which gave it a purple effect in the photos. I have some black faux fur that is longer and one direction which I was planning on making a black lab pup as well. I will see how that does.
  I am also having problems finding the right colors and lengths in the higher quality faux fur as well.

  Thanks again for your help.

PS I love all your kittens. I think your work is just amazing.

Any other help you can offer would be great.

:hug:
   Sheryl

Hi all,
    I am very new to Teddy Talk and I am in very need of some help.
I have finished my very first Chocolate Lab named Mocha and had her up for auction on Ebay. She did not sell.
   I have attached a few pictures of Mocha for all to see. I know the photos are not very good, but I am addressing the lighting issue already. But there just seems to be something that I can't put my finger on that is still missing.
I am also still very new at designing my own patterns as well.

Please, any help would be great.

Thanks,
Sheryl

PS. I have signed up for Judi's felted faces class as well, maybe some new ideas will come from that.

Hi all,
   Let me introduce myself, my name is Sheryl and I just signed up last week to your forum and I must say how amazed I am at all of your wonderful Bears, Cats, Dogs, etc...

  I have been working in polymer clay for the past last 15 years and have sculpted dogs for the past 6 years. I just started needlefelting (self taught) last October and have combined my dogs into that as well. My first big needle felted dog is a Papillon named Joey. He is 91/2" high that I did with a armature wire. I wrapped pipe cleaners around the whole wire so the wool holds better and will not slide while I am working.  I am not sure that this is a new idea but is working great for me. I also made a second dog Cody a golden retriever which is a little bigger.

  I am now in the process of working on a faux fur lab. I am hoping I can get him done this weekend. I still have a lot to learn about needlefelting and the mohair and faux fur.

thanks,
  sheryl