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Dilu, I am no expert in these things, but I will try to contribute what little I know. The little tedhead is called a bookmark icon. I see it in my bookmarks (in Explorer those are called Favorites, I think and the tedhead would be a fav icon) and next to the address at the top of my window. I am on Macintosh and no ten horses would get me to use a Microsoft programme such as Explorer (well I have to use Office at work, but under protest) and these things depend on the browser you use. Anyway, two of my browsers (Safari and Camino) don't let me set preferences for bookmark icons, but in Netscape I can configure every bookmark so that the web page is regularly checked for updates and I can make it change the icon in my bookmarks.
All I can say is dig in Explorer's preferences and Favorites configs and find bookmark icons or maybe fav icons. You may be able to change the behaviour of Explorer. My recommendation is to abandon Explorer, because it is just an unsafe programme. Use Firefox instead, although I have no idea if the PC version of Firefox has icon configs.
Are the toes healing well? Wouldn't want them all crooked like a witch's toes, now would we? 
Hugs
Sabine
I make bears for a hobby and have kept most of them. My avatar was one of my first designs (third or so). Almost all the bears on my website are still with me and many more, which were made before I got a digital camera. There must be some 70-80 bears, fortunately mostly miniatures. Most are made from other artists patterns. If I do give a bear away it is a present (my mom has most of them) and I have to decide from the beginning that this bear will go to a particular person. Otherwise I am not able to part with them. They are my pride and joy (can you tell i don't have children :lol:). I do swap and I could probably be persuaded to make a bear to sell, but not one of the already existing bears.
Hmm, there is a childhood photo of me holding a huge pile of stuffed animals on my lap. Those belonged to my cousins, but I wanted them all. Seems my bear hording is genetic 
Hugs
Sabine
Awww, beautiful bear Clare and Aleta. Congratulations Clare! You must be so thrilled.
Sabine
I've got a program that snipes for me. I just set my max. bid and how many seconds before end of auction and then it does it all on its own. Um, unless I let my computer go to sleep. :doh:
Sabine
Wonderful bear Kim. I love his ruffles with beads. Might need to steal that idea some day soon.
Cheers
Sabine
Shantell, I am not exactly sure I understand what you mean, but to make a ruffled collar from ribbon such as you might see on e.g. a clown bear I use a ribbon of desired width and sew a simple running stitch along one edge, pull hard and - voila, I have a ruffle to be joined at the ends. Make the stitches longer for larger ruffles, shorter for small ruffles. Keep sewing and pulling until you get the length and density of ruffles you want to go around the neck of the bear.
Does this help at all?
Sabine
Thank you Dilu. Sounds like the stuff you use for decoupage work, which I haven't tried yet. Had the starter kit lying around for years, hmm. There are always at least two uses for everything.
Cheers
Sabine
Sabine, I try, using routine hair-removal maintenance techniques, to be more hairless than that avatar bear can seem to manage.
:)
Didn't mean to call you hairy Shelli
Sabine
Millie, my heart goes out to you and Tiffany. My mother had breast cancer when I was still a child, luckily she is still with us. My grandmother died of lung cancer. So cancer has always been one of my greatest fears. I so hope Tiffany will be ok.
Big hugs
Sabine
I totally agree. So that's who you are didn't recognize you with that new pandy.
Shelli if you read this, I totally think of you as that cutie in your avatar. I'd expect to see that face if I ever met you in person, hahaha
I have a hard time remembering everyone's names (except some celebrities), but I do remember your avatars. Don't change, please.
Cheers
Sabine
I don't search at all. I have a few categories saved and check those regularly, among them artist bears. But then, I haven't yet bought a bear. I just like making them and looking at other's bears.
Sabine
Awwww. so adorable. I want to cuddle him.:love: :hug:
Foreigners question: doxie means dachshund, yes?
Sabine
Awww Stephanie, the new version is so cute. With a litle egg tooth on his snout, funny. Do you sell the fabric? Are there other colours (I like my dragons green)?
Dilu - I have turned to free-crochet my animals without a pattern after having done Berta's and Debi McCarthy's patterns. Once you get the hang of it it isn't difficult. Just need to do the arms and legs quickly one after the other before i forget how i did the first LOL
Sabine
Stephanie, your dragon is cute. I love all the ideas coming in here. Dragons are fun. I plan to sew one, but so far I have only crocheted one (no pattern if anyone was wondering).
Sabine
Thanks for the compliments everybody. I can't take too much credit though since I followed Elke's instructions to make him. The booklet also includes instructions for a bunny btw.
Dilu, the bear is about 1.75 in high sitting. Since pipecleaner bears arent' jointed, he can't stand.
Berta Hesen-Minten also does cute pipecleaner bears. Check out her website http://www.threadteds.com
Cheers
Sabine
Hi Kim, check out the web page of the lady who makes these. She sells her book and supplies on ebay. http://www.tinyteddies.150m.com/
Sabine
Since we are talking about other than sewn bears, I thought I'd ask if anyone else is making pipecleaner bears. I have a booklet from a British woman on how to make them and this is my first try.
Sabine
Hi Judi,
I make thread bears as well. I don't think there is a size limit, but large bears are rather made from yarn than thread. Anyway, the term thread bear is trademark/copyright protected and can not be used in any ebay listings or other "official" context. On one of the thread animal groups I belong to the term fiber bear was suggested as an alternative.
Cheers
Sabine
This bear is from Debi McCarthy's latest pattern.
We had 3-4 inches of snow today. Of course, the drivers are unprepared as every year :doh:
Not very cold here though and it will probably melt again before Christmas. I want a white Christmas!
Throwing snowballs 
:whistle:
Sabine
