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BeauT Bears
Hi all,
Do you need to be experienced to make a lovely bear? And does age matter? Well, I can tell you the answer to both questions is : NO!!! :dance:
These pictures illustrate what I mean. They show Rozemarijn, the 45cm bear my 10-year young nextdoor (or actually next-boat) neighbour Fenna recently made, with some guidance of me 
Also showing pictures of Fenna embroidering Rozemarijn's nose, and what a fine nose it turned out for a first-ever bear nose! I can tell you my first bear-nose was a real disaster!
When Fenna showed her bear at school, one of her classmates told her that she also would like to have a bear like Rozemarijn, which made Fenna answer: 'Well, bad luck, cause this is a one-off and there is not going to be a second Rozemarijn in the whole wide world." so she is very aware of her bear being unique.
What do you think of Fenna's work?
Hugs,
Marianne
Boechout, AntwerpWoohoo! Well done, Fenna (and Marianne) ! :clap: :clap:
I am glad to see that there is a future generation of teddy bear artists in the making ! 
Hugs, :hug:
Peter & the bears
I love Fenna's bear! 
It's remarkably good work, and I hope that she decides to make more. 
Becky
Past Time BearsOutstanding work, Fenna . . . so much better than my first bear!! :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:
The Littlest ThistleFenna's bear is beuatiful, well done to both of you
desertmountainbearWhat an incredible job this young girl has done. Start em young and keep um going ;)
Joanne
BeauT BearsThank you so much for your enthousiastic and positive reactions! Fenna will be thrilled when she is told about the warm welcome by the TT folk. She has just started learning English at school but for the time being her mum and me will have to do some translating 
. Fenna's really been the perfect pupil; no need to explain details twice, she just understood the first time I told her. Sometimes it wasn't even necessary to explain things because she understood them just by carefully looking :dance: .
Hugs,
Marianne
aRTy BearsOh my gosh! That bear is brilliant. I wished i could have done this at 10 years old hehe. Absolutely gorgeous bear. That is one talented little seamstress.
Richard
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Benson BearsWOW WOW WOW! If you can do that well at aged 10, Fenna, just imagine what you can do in years to come! I certainly hope you stay with it and I will look forward to perhaps seeing more of your work (I love the concentration in Fenna's face when she embroidered that wonderful nose, she's obviously a natural!)
Gresswell Forest Bearsoh she did a wonderful job!!
What a beautiful bear - the face is so precious! She did a remarkable job!
Great work, Fenna!
Hugs,
Janice
Such beautiful work! Wow! I hope she makes more.
Ahh, fabulous job by Fenna, I hope she keeps it up, it's lovely to see young ones with an interest in crafts. And how lovely of you Marianne to spend time helping her, it must be very rewarding for you as well.
Wow, that's a great bear! Better than the ones I make!
BeauT BearsHi everyone! I talked to Fenna today and we went through all your lovely comments
She was impressed to have received so many reactions on her work and she specifically asked me to thank you all very very much! 
and to tell you that she absolutely intends to make more bears 
in future. Seems we've got another one hooked to bearmaking 
We'll keep you posted on the progress
@Karen: you are so right about spending time on this to be such a rewarding activity I really enjoy it :dance:
:hug: :hug:
Marianne
PS: Fenna is fond of the beary smilies 
so I put some extra ones for her in this post.
Tami Eveslage Original Teddy BearsWow! What a lovely bear! Fenna has doen a wonderful job! She has a great teacher!
Good grief. That's amazing. I'm really impressed with teddy's nose being made, that's some detail! :)
-- Thomas Adam
Wow amazing work Fenna! :dance: ...and well done to her great teacher Marianne! :clap: :hug:
