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Every so often I decide to have a 'thinking' week ... apart from any higher intentions, it's a great excuse for mugs of coffee and cake! Those delights aside, it is also useful for deciding where I want my bear business to venture next.
The worst part of being a bear maker has to be the isolation which at the lowest points, can result in a lack of focus, which in turn plays havoc with motivation, so this week, I came to the conclusion I needed to find an event to work towards before Christmas. Yes, I could have created my own 'All Bear' gallery show, but that would be missing the point for me, because I really wanted to feel part of something.
By some stroke of coincidence, I had received an email from North Country Teddy Bears recently, inviting me to consider their Artist Guild membership: I re-read it, then spent some time yesterday in contact with Nancy Tillberg, the incredibly efficient and very friendly organiser, paid my dues and signed myself up! Now I have a ton of interesting stuff to get to grips with, a WIKI, galleries, membership classifications, members' chat, an exciting online show and so on and so forth! What fun! Thanks to the NCTB Artist Guild I'm all fired up and raring to go again! Wey hey!!!!!!! :dance:
Sophie Z'OursGreat choice, Paula.
I really love that place and enjoy a lot their megaphone on the wiki.
I will have at least three bears for the show and hope to have at least one more. Fingers crossed I will manage to make photos good enough, hehehehehe!
I am sure you can sell your gorgeous bears easily at the show.
Beary hugs,
Sophie.
Waggle BearsI'm so glad you joined, Paula. Your talent and experience will certainly be a benefit for new and aspiring artists such as me. I've loved being a member.
MerBear OriginalsIt's a fun and safe place to play :dance:
I've got two bears ready and hopefully another couple in the next month!
Marion
Dolls N DreamsHi Paula, was glad to see ya there! :hug:
HI Paula
I am also a member and very happy you have joined us
Hugs
Gail
:hug: Thanks for the welcome ladies! :hug: I'm really pleased to be a part of the NCTB. I spent ages finding my way around yesterday, there's a lot to take in and heaps to do. So far, I've managed to create a gallery, send Nancy a banner for the show, a bear pic for the show slideshow and a pic of me, fill in a form for the show and register with the Wiki. I haven't come across a WIKI before so that's been a bit of a learning curve! I love the shoutbox facility ... very immediate and fun! Now I need to put my thinking cap on and make some bears for the November show! Oh, I nearly forgot (busy day yesterday!) I also posted an entry about the online show on my blog and created a WIKI blog ... not sure how often I'll get to fill that in though, because my main blog takes such a lot of time. Will try and keep on top of everything - it's great to have a fresh focus! :dance:
