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You will be missed very much here Lisa 
Take care and look after yourself and hope that we get to see some more of your sweet adorable bears when
you feel like getting back to them.
Warmest bear hugs
Carolyn
:hug: :hug: 
DoodlebearsOh Lisa, sweetie I am so sad to hear this news. How sad that you have lost the joy of bear making. You are one lovely lady who has a great talent and the bear world will be at a loss without you and your bears. Follow your heart my friend, but please don't forget us all.
Big hugsto you, lovely to have known you your bears and wonderful family.
Hugs, Jane. :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug:
I'll miss your creations Lisa
Good Luck, and I hope you'll still come and chat ever now and then!
q.D.paToOtieSThanks again for all the kind words. I just don't know what to say other than thanks for being supportive, inspiring and wonderful friends. Maybe I will just take a break. I'm stressed on so many different levels and that's not something I tell everyone. I'll still do the weird free patterns on my Blog - for some reason I really love doing them!
I'll check in and make sure you all are behaving yourselves...LOL! And to see your fabulous creations. I admire each and every one of you and that's the total truth.
Hugs,
Lisa
AM BEARSReally sorry to hear you are quitting, I read your article in TBCI this month and thought that your bears were fabulous, I understand that sometimes the thrill of making something fuzzy vanishes when you are stressed. Take care of yourself first off, treat yourself kindly, treat yourself. Hopefully when things ease up, you'll find your furry friends hammering inside the room in your head where you keep them. I know this sounds waffy, but in your article you said you were happiest following your own drum and those words were inspirational :clap: , thankyou for them.
Huge :hug:
Andrea
DENBY BEARS 
Lisa, I am sorry to hear about your decision to quit bear making, what brought this on? You know we will all miss those wonderful little creatures you make and we also enjoy your blog and your giving nature. Please say it isn't so.
Give yourself some time and one day the feelings will return and we will have our Lisa back again. In the mean time, take care and enjoy what life has to offer.
I am so sorry you are feeling this way but I have to say I have been there. In 98 I was doing the Timonium show and found myself just pacing the parking lot, wanting the day to be over. My break lasted a couple of years but I came back more juiced that ever. You just do what is best for you and your girls. What will be will be!
PS: Is the Thankgiving parade still on?
q.D.paToOtieS
Actually, it's been coming on gradually for some time now. It wasn't one singular thing that started it but a whole bunch of different things combined that made me reach my decision.
Is the Thankgiving parade still on?
Oh DEFINITELY! The Thanksgiving and Easter Parades were the highlight of my year!!! I didn't have to make a thing but could just sit back and watch all the talent go by....
The group to post photos for Flickr as well as the rules/categories etc. will probably be up in September sometime.
Patsy Lake BearsDitto to what everyone has said Lisa, but I am not really supprised no one can work as tirelessly as you have with all that you do and keep at it for ever. Given time Lisa I think you will be back as you have too much talent not to be, as Shelli put it just say see you later.
Bears by EdieSorry to hear that you are quitting bear making, Lisa - we will miss you. I wish you lots of luck with your future endeavours.
Posts: 151Lisa - I know how you feel on being stressed out. I had a hard time getting back in the swing of things from last summers surgery and changing meds for several months. I can only focus on one thing at a time. If I get to much on my plate I shut down. I finally picked back up my bear making this year. It was truly hard! I'm glad I did though. If it wasn't for the support of friends, family, and customers I probably would have thrown in the towel. I hope you will just take a break and every now and then make a wonderful creation that wows us all from your talent. You are a wonderful artist! You take a good rest and I hope to see and hear from you again.
Best Of Luck,
Melissa Zemeski :hug: :hug: :hug:
Nooooooo Lisa....please don't quit 
....just take a break for a while....I adore your sweet cutest creations and we would miss you so .....you're just in a dip and will come bouncing back I'm sure...........please....... 
Hugs Lynne :hug:
puca bearsLisa.........I am so sorry that your muse (or whatever) has gone walkabout.............and very sorry that you feel like quitting..........
I'm sure we all have tales of times when we wonder just where we are going with our bears, and even - WHY are we doing it?
You are such a creative and inspired artist, so whether you come back to bears or go onto something new, you will be a huge success, I'm certain.......... but we'd all miss you if you don't come back - you are one of the sweetest and most caring persons I know.
lots of huggies
Maria :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug:
Laurie Lou BearsI hope that you will come back to bears at some point Lisa as you make such lovely little bears and other fun characters.I wish you all the best in your new venture 
Laurie :hug:
Mikki, Cripple Creek Creativelisa,
Just recently became aware of your work with the magazine article and I loved it! Your creations have such personality and appeal ...shall miss you and them..................Mikki
Lisa,
I ditto everyone's sentiments here. You need to follow your heart and see where that takes you. We all hope you are just taking a break and will come back to us. I will definitely miss seeing your marvelous creations as they always give me a smile.
Hugs,
Matilda Huggington-beareSuch an amazing quirky talent will be sorely missed Lisa. It has been lovely to have made your aquaintance. :hug:
Lisa, I will really miss seeing your adorable bears . They have such great personality. Your softies are so cute too. But, you have so much unique talent that I'm sure you will find another outlet to showcase your gift. I am always amazed at how much you accomplished with 3 young girls at home. Best of luck with whatever direction you decide to go :hug:
Pandy Potter BearsI had a sort of 'life got in the way' break last year, a whole year. But when I did get back this year, its all on track and fun. What ever you decide, I hope everything works out. Just to say one thing I would have made the most awful bears last year if I had made any as I was under stress for other things. So maybe a break is what you need. :hug:
q.D.paToOtieSThanks so much for all the words of support and all the kind comments. I think for the time being I will just take a break until I figure out how much time I will have once my girls are in school this Fall and what I really want to be when I grow up (LOL!). I definitely won't be doing any more shows. While I love visiting with collectors, it's just too much stress trying to get ready for one with the girls being small and then too much stress leaving them and coming home to a very grumpy hubby (LOL! - he gets a taste of my 6-days a week with them medicine for one day and whew! is his hair gray now!!!).
Anyway, thanks again. Your messages have warmed my heart!
Miss Dorothy's TeddyFolkLisa it's called "bear burnout" an ailment that affects only teddy bear artists for some reason 
I too have suffered and recovered numerous times... My advice is to do something else, another craft perhaps, long walks, writing in a journel, reading good books (Billie Letts, Connie May Fowler) are good authors. Take good care of yourself, explore, play. 
hugs, Dorothy
Baird'sBears Lisa, I can't imagine how you get anything creative done whilst caring for three little girls!
I more or less waited until mine were grown up.
Your story of Daddy's initiation into Mommyhood reminds me of the first afternoon my son-in-law spent alone with our little grandson. Mommy returned to find little Jason tear-streaked and red-rimmed, and Daddy shell-shocked, with shoulders up to his ears. :crackup:
q.D.paToOtieS:)
Your story of Daddy's initiation into Mommyhood reminds me of the first afternoon my son-in-law spent alone with our little grandson. Mommy returned to find little Jason tear-streaked and red-rimmed, and Daddy shell-shocked, with shoulders up to his ears. :crackup:
:crackup: Funny, that's the way my husband looks most Saturdays when I get home from Grocery Shopping!
Baird'sBears When it was my Hubby's turn, he always took the Little Darlings with him to do some shopping at the local fruit stands and delis.
This was about 25 years ago, when you rarely saw a Daddy pushing a stroller, so rarely that some of the shopkeepers assumed he had to be a widower. He was famous . . . and probably considered highly eligible :crackup:
When I turned up with Wee Three at the local cheese shop, the lady behind the counter asked me, "Are you the girl who looks after them?" :crackup:
They'll grow . . . you'll be back!
Jellybelly BearsAwww, Lisa thats sad...you've been one of my favourite artists with all your creative flare...... I'll miss you!!!! Don't be a stranger k :hug: :hug: :hug:
