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Newcastle, Ontario
I went to Deborah Burnham's today and had a blast. I learned that her two horses, Slim and Clancy love mints and were pushing each other out of the way to be first in line LOL! I'm sorry I didn't have my camera with me at that point.
Her two boxers Chadd and Dakota, spent the rest of the day saying hello, and just generally trying to be where the action was! LOL! What beautiful dogs. When it came time to check out her workroom and her mohair stash, I was stunned - this girl has enough mohair to last ten years. This is only one of three cupboards! She was so sweet to give me some new stuff to try! Anyway, it was such a fun day - thanks Deb!
Past Time BearsCan anyone have too much mohair? I don't THINK so!! :crackup: :crackup: :crackup: :crackup:
Nope, can never, ever have too much mohair. What I would like to get from you girls is some tips in good excuses for my husband for reasons for buying more. When a new package arrives he says, but you have already got a shelf full. It is very hard to explain that when you see a new colour or style, it is a must have.
I have actually gone to the lengths of leaving a package in the boot of my car until the next day so that I can smuggle it in unnoticed. Then I rearrange the new lot into my stash, and it goes unnoticed. Am I a total nut, or do other girls have various strategies. My husband is wonderful, he just doesn't understand my bear addiction.
Back Road BearsChristine.... you know you're a bear artist when.....
you hide the shipments of mohair and supplies in the bushes until the coast is clear! :crackup:
I explained it once that it's like a mechanic or carpenter having tools... you must have a vast selection of tools so that you are prepared for every kind of project that comes up. A bear artist must have a vast array of mohair for an order that might come in or wonderful new design that must be made in a particular kind of mohair! I've got tons of excuses if you need one! Though after about a year my hubby gave up on questioning the boxes that came!
Brenda..... Sounds like you had a wonderful day!
Sue Ann..... that would be a great big
!!!
Jellybelly BearsI don't have a hubby so I can do what I like hehe 
I do feel guilty when I see the outcome of all my clicks on the buy it now buttons tho 
surely it can't come to that much moeny!!
You can never have enough mohair!!!! I'm sure that soon I will have no closet space for clothes lol
Melbourne, AustraliaI think teddy artists are like quilters when it comes to mohair...sometimes I feel I must be a halfbreed because I have a stash of both mohair AND fabric.
His only plaint now is "Where we going to put it" which is sadly a very valid point.
Like Renae, I'm getting to the stage of where to put it! I've used both the robes in my kids old rooms for fabrics and my mohair stand is full to the brim. 
I have actually gone to the lengths of leaving a package in the boot of my car until the next day so that I can smuggle it in unnoticed. Then I rearrange the new lot into my stash, and it goes unnoticed.
Been there Christine, but I guess I'm pretty lucky now...or maybe hubby has just gotten passed worrying about how much mohair I buy...but he doesn't complain anymore...he just accepts that it's the way of things! :pray: Thank you Lord!
:hug:
Sandi
ToadBriaryou guys can store your mohair overflow at my house if you want to :crackup: :dance:
I am the very spirit of generosity am I not??? 
I do love to order some & then I forget what exactly I am going to get, & opening the
box is like Christmas except I already know I am only getting stuff that I love. rofl 
I have a boxer (wearing boxer boxers, yet) to guard the mohair even!
He is a tolerant boy :crackup:
Matilda Huggington-beareCan anyone have too much mohair? I don't THINK so!! :crackup: :crackup: :crackup: :crackup:
My sentiments exactly Sueann!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wendy 
Cleathero CreationsWel I only have a little mohair stash but it seems to be growing slowly!! I keep thinking I won't buy any until I use up some and I use a piece and just lately buy 4 more!!
Hubby just rolls his eyes and doesn't say a word bless his soul he understands as he has birds!!
Posts: 1,836Kim,
What a good Boxer in boxers you have!! Such a sweet face and so tolerant....he's got that "oh no, I just know this is going to wind up on the internet somewhere" look on his face. :crackup:
~Chrissi
Newcastle, OntarioKim,
Your boy looks like he could be a baby of Deb's two. He has the floppy ears of Dakota and the darker coat like Chadd LOL! He must be very tolerant.
hugs,
Brenda
Kiprie BearsI have actually gone to the lengths of leaving a package in the boot of my car until the next day so that I can smuggle it in unnoticed.
Christine, I'm glad that I was not the only one. :hug: :crackup:
A bear artist must have a vast array of mohair for an order that might come in or wonderful new design that must be made in a particular kind of mohair!
Daphne, that is so true and I will stick to this excuse from now on!
Brenda: Thanks for sharing your photos.
Chadd and Dakota are truly beautiful dogs !! 
Kim: I love your humor.
He is gorgeous dog !
Sue-Ann: no way! :crackup:
Hugs
Marie
Thank you girls, you have made me feel very "normal" with my mohair obsession. Kim, that is the most beautiful picture of your dog in his boxer shorts. What a patient boy he is. He can come and guard my stash anytime!!
Claudia's KnuffelbaerenCan anyone have too much mohair? I don't THINK so!! :crackup: :crackup: :crackup: :crackup:
That's my opinion too! You never can have too much mohair
Delartful BearsLOL Great topic - glad to hear that you had a great time - oh what fun to play in OTHER people's mohair, and NO you can never have too much mohair!
Danni
PottersHouse BearsThere's a line in a song that says "I ain't never had too much fun". Rewrite that "I ain't never had too much mohair".
Love those dogs. I have a dog who is a boxer/lab mix. He is 100 lbs. of clown.
Wild Thyme OriginalsKim,
....he's got that "oh no, I just know this is going to wind up on the internet somewhere" look on his face.
~Chrissi
:crackup: :crackup: :crackup: Chrissi... that nearly made me pee my pants!
Kim P.... your Boxer is adorable! One of our neighbors has one, and my little ones were SO scared of "Stella" at first just because she's fairly big & barks, etc.... not at all like the little ankle biting dogs they are used to.... I've realy come to just LOVE Stella though... I don't know if it's just Stella, or if most Boxers are like this, but everytime one of the kids tries to cross into an area of the neighborhood where they are not supposed to be, she barks her head off until an adult comes out! It's awsome! Like a canine babysitter!
Brenda... what heaven!
Kim Basta
Wild Thyme Originals
Baird'sBears:crackup: :crackup: When I saw the title of this thread, I thought someone had gone seriously crackers 
and was handing out mohair. Dang! 
I have actually gone to the lengths of leaving a package in the boot of my car until the next day so that I can smuggle it in unnoticed. Then I rearrange the new lot into my stash, and it goes unnoticed. Am I a total nut, or do other girls have various strategies. My husband is wonderful, he just doesn't understand my bear addiction.
Oh yes. You need to get rid of the boxes/bags fast. They're a dead giveaway. And never, ever, misplace an invoice. Husbands find them by natural instinct.
I've been working on my dear Hubs for a year, and he's finally beginning to come around. I tell him that I need a variety of mohair colors and styles for "inspiration". 
He has no idea what I'm talking about, since he's strictly a make do or do without type, but he's seen me in a 'mohair mope' and doesn't want to suffer through another one.
Of course, the problem is that now I've got a lot more inspiration than time, but them's the breaks. I can deal.
The absolute worst is when Hubs beats me to the door at delivery time and has to pay the taxes and duty himself.
Ack. Busted.
This process involves lots of silent wallet perusal, eyebrow action, and sighing. 
The best I can do on these occasions is slink guiltily downstairs on tippy-toe with my stash, trying hard not to chortle. :crackup:
MerBear OriginalsLuckily my husband has a hoarder instinct, although it's for lumber and books! He never batts an eye when I get more mohair.
Marion
Bearhaven BearsBrenda you naughty girl showing my drawers in such a public forum :crackup: :crackup: After seeing how messy I had let them get I had a strong urge to tidy up, then thought naaaa why bother :redface: Now that my secret has been brought out in to the open, (I'm a messy mohair keeper), I'll just let sleeping dogs lie. I feel so spoiled but when a gal feels the creative urge comin on and needs a mohair fix there should be plenty at her disposal.
My hubby has no say in how much I spend on my addiction cause it's all my own money he just shakes his head and smiles. I used to get the, I thought you weren't going to buy any more of that stuff, can't you find what your looking for in that stash, to which I reply 
and the evil hoarder stare manages to stop him in his tracks once again, or maybe it's the hissing not sure might be the combination of the two. That's right buddy back away from the mohair pile if you wish to live another day. However he does have a small point, while playing in my mohair with Brenda I did find a lot of stuff I didn't know I had buried deep in my pile. HMMMMM won't tell him that though will we.
Brenda I had a wonderful day I'm so glad you enjoyed all my 4 legged kids. I know how overwhelming they can be, big ole pains in the behind they are. Brenda is one tolerant gal getting bitten by nasty Binx then drooled and slobbered on by the stinky boxers, they wouldn't give her a moments rest. They know a good people when they smell them.
I always enjoy Benda's company and I will miss our tea times, who am I gonna talk teddies with B R E N D A I'm gonna miss ya, you have been an inspiration and a true friend Love ya girly and I really mean that.
Can't wait to see your new house and Karen's and My bedroom , get cracking I feel a road trip commin on :dance: :dance:
Hugs to you from me and all the 4 leggers.
Newcastle, OntarioAw Deb, thanks so much - I will definitely miss you, girl! I've learned lots and shared lots and that's what was so much fun!
As for Binx, heck at least she hissed first LOL! My cat, Thumper, doesn't give a person that kind of luxury. He bites with no warning at all!! If the neighbourhood kids see a new child headiing to pet him, they all yell "don't touch Thumper - he bites!" Well trained bunch of ankle biters in our subdivision LOL!
I still can't get over the pushing and shoving Slim and Clancy did for the English mints - it was hilarious. Thanks again for the new mohair - now I will only have to find time to make bears cuz it won't be for a while, when we are settled. Talk to you soon.
hugs,
Brenda
ToadBriaryou guys are a wicked wicked influence.....making me want to do an order of mohair!
I have some I want to experiment with dyeing though, so I will resist - for the moment :twisted:
I am glad that Ticey's sweetness & silliness shows so well in his picture. I don't know
if ALL boxers are like that, but he LOVES little children & when he was my sister's dog
he did watch so carefully over the baby. Boxers I have met have all been so very huggy,
you can't help but love them. Goofy as can be but when they come up & lean their chest
against you with their big ol chin on your shoulder, they are takin their hugs very seriously! 
Newcastle, OntarioKim,
I agree - I think Boxers are amazing dogs. I've known quite a few in the past few years, and Deb's two were no exception. Both Chadd and Dakota were very affectionate, and if one thought the other one was getting an extra pat, the other would push under my arm to be included. Made me feel really special!
hugs,
Brenda
Baird'sBearsI note not ONE of you ladies has displayed any real guilt feelings
AS IF, Renae . . . these are work-related expenses, after all!
Upstate New YorkLovely boxers; I'm going to share pics w/ my daughter. She loves them.
Great lot of mohair! Too many to choose from!
