Teddy Talk: Creating, Collecting, Connecting

Count me in...I think it is a wonderful idea Jodi!!! 

Oh my goodnes....Louise!!! How on earth do you keep warm?????   

I really hope that things improve for you all over there really quickly...I can't imagine being that cold!!!! 

Happy birthday Shane...will send a card tomorrow!!!

Thanks girls I will try some of these things and hopefully the poor little kitty will learn shortly...I think I'll keep up with the water squirting too....

Thank you for posting this Kassie....Dilu what beautiful dolls, I have voted for you not because I 'know' you but because your gollidolls are the best!!!  :clap:  :clap:  :clap:

OMG I am sooooo jealous of all these fabulous work spaces....I work out of a tiny little desk in the corner of the dining romm!!!    

It all looks beautiful girls!!!

Daphne good luck and best wishes for everything that is before you over the coming days!!!  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:

No I have already spoken to the neighbour...briefly but they won't keep the kitty indoors unfortunately.....I don't think that would work anyway as they have trouble with their dogs escaping all the time too....

Without getting too heavy handed with the neighbour which I don't want to do as they are really quite nice people...just a bit irresponsible with their pets...I am not sure what to do...

Now this is not as bad as it sounds....but out neighbours have a cat that keeps visiting us which wouldn't be a problem except that it wants to eat our bird!!! 

I am looking for a humane way to try and persuade this cat that our property is not a nice place for it to come because at the moment our poor bird is unable to go outside and we have to keep the door shut all the time!!!
I have tried squirting it with water but that doesn't seem to bother it much at all......and I am stumped, I know cats can't be stopped from wandering but I'd like to keep it away from our bird and hubby who doesn't like cats at all is fast losing his temper because every time he turns around this cat is on top of the bird cage or trying to get in our front door oe through our windows...

Help!!!!    I don't want to have to keep locking ourselves inside with no doors or windows open!!!!! 

Cheryl I'm sorry!!!  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:

Jennifer I'm sorry I might not have been very clear....Insurance costs US $5.00 over here and that is only for up to $100.00 it is the postage that is $15.00

I am looking for opinions about offering insurance on my shipping. At the moment I make insurance compulsory and it costs US $5.00 but shipping from Australia is already expensive (US $15.00) and as my bears are only selling for about US $50.00 at the moment I was wondering about whether to make insurance optional instead?  What do you think?
The only trouble is I would be nervous in case they got lost.....   although this hasn't happened yet.

Has anyone here ever had a package go missing and had to claim on their insurance?

What an improvement that is going to make to your life Jane...I'm with Sandi...Don't forget that crash helmet!!!   

And to add to that make sure you list your creations here in the bears and friend gallery when you are ready to sell. I have a a number of sales that have come from people seeing my work here first. Take the plunge I say but don't let you results on Ebay or bid 4 bears affect how you feel about your own work as it does take some time to get noticed....Good luck and above all Have fun!!! 

:hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  I don't have any advice but I am so sorry this happened to you  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:

Make sure you have enough mohair

BEFORE

you trace out your pattern!!!!         

Good on you Sandi...It's nice to see he will be well loved!! Claudette looks like she's not going to let him go any time soon!!! 

It is hard to define it and there have been a few threads  trying to do just that....from what I can make out everyone has differing opinions as to what constitutes One of a Kind...I can only tell you the formula I use but whether that is correct I wouldn't know. Personally I feel that if a bear looks completely different from another bear then it would be one of a kind, whether or not you use the same pattern I don't think matters (only my opinion here).....but I think if you use the same fur and the same pattern then it should perhaps be a limited edition or something like that. I think it is very difficult to use different patterns for every bear you make and because bears are really only a sum of their parts ie legs arms head etc even if you were to draw up a new pattern every time then you would probably end up with something similar after a few bears anyway (I have done this myself). I do find that I mix and match my pattern pieces and very rarely or never use exactly the same pieces anyway though

I think that if you were to make a panda the same as the one you sold on Ebay out of the same fur etc then the one you sold would no longer be one of a kind....but again this is only my opinion. Perhaps you could email the buyer and see if they minded? Having one of a kind is more important to some people than others....Or you may be able to tell the people that have asked that you only make one of a kind bears and offer to make something else for them.....Good luck!!!    And congrats on selling your bear!!!

They are annoying Kim I seem to get these all the time....Usually I forward them to spoof@ebay.com and then just trash them....but they are very frustrating just the same...  :twisted:  :twisted:  :twisted:

      Jane we were posting at the same time...I hate those emails from ebay that make you feel like the bad guy!!!

Oh Clare I love him soooo much!!! Those wings a re gorgeous too!!

Can't wait to see the rest of them Aleta...she is lovely, I know what you mena about dreaming new designs!!! 

Very cute    ...I can only see the pink one though!! 

Well done!!!  Your friends will love him!!!

OMG I love them...they will walk off your table very quickly at the show!!!

       My hubby has been saying that a lot lately...he thinks they all look like they need a good feed!!!  :crackup:  :crackup:  :crackup:  I am in the process of designing a fat bear just for him!!!