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Kassie Bears TM/Creations of Mysticismoh Aleta ...how beautiful!!!!!!!!
Dreams do come true..... how wonderful! 
I am very happy for you.
My husband and I are selling our home here and I am now even more excited about the possibilities.
Thank you for sharing your space with all of us.
Hugs Kassity
Shari
You are so funny...I can just picture you reclining on the couch, dressed a la "Room with a view" and handsewing away!
Aleta...no hate mail...just green eyed monster mail 
I live in a flat that has two rooms....so I am very envious.... and I can see why your bears are so beautiful...nothing ugly could ever be created in that space.
Dilu - I admire your organised-ness - I am a messie through and through. I am off to buy some new little things to organise my beads and charms in - does that count????
I like these glimpses into both your styles - thanks for sharing.
Lovely pics everyone and Aleta - what beautiful surroundings to work in ... it's just like my idea of heaven! No wonder you make such gorgeous bears.
Very lovely Bear studio's Aleta and Dilu - thanks so much for sharing.
Isn't it great to be able to picture where all your darling Teds and Gollys
come from.
bear hugs
Carolyn
Jellybelly BearsAleta!!!! wow!! I want to come live with you 
My studio is my dining room table which continues in a cycle of being messy as I'm creating and then tidy as I get ready to begin another bear lol
xo Sarah
Dilu,
I love how organized you are with everything in containers....and labeled! I have to try to remember which cubby I put things in in that big cabinet against the wall. Believe me, it's stuffed full! Come to think of it, all the cabinets are stuffed full. Yet I still continue to shop for the bears. Uh huh, that's right, shopping for the bears. 
Bonnie,
I was wondering if anyone would catch the phrase on the sign. My family thinks it was written for me exclusively. They're so funny. 
Lisa,
Put your pretties out!! I've always had my pretties out even when my children where little. Sticky fingers add to their charm!
Penny, Deb, Erin, Louise, Shari, and Marie, You're all adopted!
Marie,
I'm especially looking forward to your japanese cooking! 
Louise,
Do you think you could learn to love martinis instead of merlot? Merlot gives me sweaters on my teeth. 
Kassity,
You're moving? Are you staying in Salem or moving elsewhere?
Sue Ann,
You always say the kindest things to me and everyone here. Bless you.
Melissa, Paula, Carolyn, Sarah......I do hope I haven't left anyone out!! I'd love for everyone to come and visit and play in my world for a day. I am truly blessed. Thank you for all the kind thoughts. Now, where are the pictures of everyone elses studio/work spaces? Huh, huh, huh?
Warmest and biggest bear hugs, :hug:
Aleta
Posts: 3,177Louise,
Do you think you could learn to love martinis instead of merlot? Merlot gives me sweaters on my teeth.
Ha Ha Ha Aleta - i know what you mean but i never heard it put so well before
Penny - packing her bags - see you next week
Posts: 1,277Aleta, your studio is so gorgeous and charming! I'd love to be adopted too, but I'd have to bring a kid and a cat with me and I realize that's asking a bit much!
It really is no wonder that all of your bears are just beautiful!
I'd love to share pics of my studio...but my kitchen table isn't exactly worthy of posting pictures! That's where I work and I have store my goodies all over the house in different cabinets and drawers. It's no fun trying to find what I need.
Sandi,
For several years I worked on our kitchen table too. Like you, I had things stashed in every corner of the house. In a way it was kind of a good thing. I didn't realize how much "bearaphernalia" I had. Now it's in one room and a walk-in-closet. To most people it's a little overwhelming. Collectors who've come to visit like to stay for hours looking at every little thing. It really warms my heart to see the delight in their eyes. That's how I look at this room. It makes me tremendously happy to work in it.
Warmest bear hugs, :hug:
Aleta
Posts: 1,277I really don't mind having things stored all over the place if I actually had room for ALL of it! Well, all my bear stuff is where I can get to it, but I have boxes and boxes of crafty things in the basement. It's still packed from a year ago when we moved to this house.
Kim-Bee BearsAleta - you work area is BEAUTIFUL!!!
Dilu... You have a lot of supplies!!! I like that you have your sewing machine in front of the window 
I love your new kewpie golly dolly, Dilly!
Sophie Z'OursAleta, your studio looks like Paradize to me!
Beary hugs,
Sophie.
Posts: 3,177Join the queue Mel - we're all in the line for Aleta's guestrooms ha ha ha
You could play in there for hours could'nt you?
Penny :hug:
Kim-Bee Bears
I will share pics... my work area is kind of pathetic LOL..... I am going to be moving into the upstairs bedroom shortly but it needed to be painted.. this is the basement. I actually create on my sofa...
Kim-Bee BearsI will have to post pics when I move my "studio" into one of the bedrooms kinda like a before and after
Past Time BearsWow, Kim . . . I think it looks great! Again you neat and tidy people are giving me a huge complex! 
I'm with Sue Ann...please please tell me you tidied up for the pictures Kim? ohhh I am jealous of your "pathetic" space!!!
Kim-Bee BearsI tidied up a bit becuase my bear that I just made was done... I don't make that big of a mess, more a clutter but I am VERY organized and go nuts if things are too messy... I only put away the things I was done using.. This is normally how it looks, sorry to disappoint
Very nice workspace, Kim!
I'm in the process of moving mine... again. I have room to have a bedroom to myself but, honestly, I get kinda lonely and bummed out in there, especially when the kids are home and in the public areas of the house. So I'm moving all my stuff into the living room, across from but in the same room as the computer (hope THAT helps me with time management, as I can pop from the one to the other quicker this way!) I'm also moving all my scrapbooking supplies in here so it will be craft central. AND it puts me near one of our two big dining tables so I can do my pattern making/cutting in the same space as my sewing now, rather than dragging it across the entire house from room to room, depending on what I'm doing. AND my mailing stuff can be kept here too! So all in all it's a move to consolidating into a smaller, single space... but I don't love that it's showcasing my sewing mess in a public room. THat's the one drawback. Will be trying to keep neat!
Your bear studios look great, everyone! I'm ready to move in so I can immediately grab all your creations for myself! :twisted:
Dilu, those gollies just look like they're plotting something! Always up to no good!
Alexis Bears
I think Im nosey at heart, - I had so much fun looking through the pics of peoples studios and workspaces, that I thought it's only fair that I post pics of mine in return!
I took these photos this afternoon (while I was supposed to be hard at work creating!)
Rufnut Teddy'sI am jealous about everyones studio's, Aleta yours is definitely a dream, do you have room for me too?????
In the process of hopefully extending our house later this year, my fingers are still crossed. My stuff is everywhere at the moment.
LutonAleta,
Kick those guys to the curb ( he he he) and let me come and live with you. I will do all your housework so you can just concentrate on bears. Then I'll do all the annoying bear jobs, tracing patterns, cutting out and trimming the fur off the seam allowance !!!
I also make a fantastic Cheesecake and yummy chocolate fudge Brownies !!!
Adopt Me !!!
Kim: if Aleta kicks me to the curb (boo hoo) can I have your basement??
Hugs
Claire
MoonBeam BearsHi Aleta,
I agree with penny, beautiful house. I am sure I must be your long lost sister from Aussie land :dance: :dance:
Posts: 8,574Hows the new work room going? I thought your reasoning made perfect sense and suggested it to the hubs, and he looked around and then gave me one of those looks- :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh:
WHY IS MY SEWING ROOM LOOKING NEAT?
because I sew and then return to do everything else in the living room.....where the cats and bird and hubs and stereo and TV are. You know.....life.
I do try to clean up as I go and I vacuume every day....only since I screwed up my leg I don't get it done everyday, its more like every other day now.
But it is so much easier to do something right then and there when you first see it.....oh dear, I sound like my mom.
sigh
