Teddy Talk: Creating, Collecting, Connecting

Thank you for the sweet comments.....~~~I appreciate it very much!~~~Sharie

~~~Thank you so much!~~~Mister Hugs is now adopted and will be traveling to his new home in NewYork ....Sharie

Isn't he sweet~~~I love this little size and what a cute name!(the other bunny is just as cute )~~~Sharie

Hi Eliza,she is just wonderful,love the color!I love all your bears ~~~Sharie

Bernhard is so cute~~~love his facial features and his feet!The others are very cute and whimsical,love their expressions.~~~~Sharie

Thank you for the wonderful compliments~~~I'm so happy you like her And thank you Karen,that's exactly what I was trying to bring out in this kitty!Vintage and whimsical,yet realistic at the same time!~~~~sharie

Thank you so much Catherine~~~your so sweet!Thank you for adopting him and all the kind comments.So sorry for the late response****overslept this morning,late night getting listings on ebay!****Biggest hugsxxxxSharie

This is Jewel,my newest kitty design and was two weeks in the making.I tried to bring out a realistic kitty look but with fun,whimsical features.Jewel is 8 inches tall and completely jointed.I have given her blue glass eyes with a hand scutlpted nose.She even has tiny little toes that were also sculpted and applied to the pawpads.She is now on ebay if you would like to see additional photos!~~~Sharie

This is Mister Hugs,a prim old vintage style teddy bear clown,made to cheer you up on those not so happy days!He is made from mohair with handtinted details and is now on ebay if you would like to see more pics~~~~Sharie

This is Blossum,a happy blue/violet colored panda bear clown  listed on ebay.He is 9 inches tall and created from mohair with hand tinted details.He is now on ebay auction if you would like to see more pics.HugsxxxxSharie

How cute Tami!I wonder if the snow is making him jump to avoid touching the ground :)very cute. Hi Jane,what adorable dogs they are,and the pic of the closeup is so sweet,looks like she wants a hug!

Hi Daphne......you are oh so right on that one..lol.With blogging,doing flickr photos&groups,updating websites and so on it does become a challange.I do think every little thing we do to get our names out there will help us out a little.I checked your twitter page and the photos are showing up.I will be adding you to my follow list shortly!~~~Sharie

Hi everyone and thanks for the giggles!I was cracking up over the panic of adding backgrounds and Cyndee,that reminds me of something I have did many times with passwords!(also glad to hear Herbie is enjoying his kitty..hehe)Sorry to hear you may have to move and have so many of your bears packed up.As for photos I need to learn how to do that next.Hi Ellen,great to see you are on twitter also!I am now following you,Brenda and Erin.This is fun isn't it?!

Hi Cyndee(and Herbie in your avatar!hehe)Yes,I know what you mean about facebook.I joined to be able to talk with some friends who invited me(wonder who...giggle)but I lost my password to log on,silly me!I also found facebook to be a bit complicating.Twitter does seem to be so easy to use and if you are not promoting your work such as bearmaking or arts and crafts ect,you can keep your updates private among yourself , friends and family.~~~~Sharie

Hi Vicki,it is wonderful and I just love it!Hi Marilyn,thank you for the info!How on earth did I miss the other links?!I'm off to check them out now.~~~Sharie

Hi Brenda,I like it so far but as I said I'm still learning...just joined about 4 days ago lol.I do like to follow arts and crafts in general but you do have to be a bit choosey in who you follow as some just advertise thier newest items for sale and don't really chat much.~~~Sharie

I just wanted to share this wonderful blog widget with everyone as it is such a worthy cause and a free way to help feed animals in shelters.To participate,just go to the site and click"link to us"and you are able to link this site on your blog.With every click,the sponsers of this site will donate food for dogs and kitties in shelters for free!I just love it and its a feel good thing to do~~~here is the link http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/clic … ous_125_01  ~~Sharie

Hi!It's been sooo long since I posted but I have been peeking in on occasion to see all the new creations(beautiful as always ).I have been consumed with blogging designing flickering and have recently joining twitter ,so I was wondering if anyone else has joined and maybe we could follow each other!I really didn't understand the concept of twitter at first but I know that it has been all the talk of how it such a popular site and a great way to promote so I said why not!It is fun  and I am still learning the ropes.Mine is https://twitter.com/SReetzBears  Well I'm off to change my avatar and will pop in a bit later!HugsxxxSharie

Hi Daphne,I think your blog looks fantastic,great job!I wish I had  the knack  for that type of work but I don't! It took me 5 hours of fiddling around just to use a pre-made template  for mine lol.I will be sure to add you to my bloglist right away ~~~Sharie

Thank you Paula for coming up with such a wonderful idea for us all! I have also just joined and hope I can figure out how to get my banner on as well.I will get busy on getting the link added to my blog! Thanks again~~~Sharie

Hi Kelly,yes I definitily noticed it and mentioned this on a recent post.I believe it is because ebay does not want any outside links to websites or other sites where we might be able to offer our items for sale.They might lose out on their fees...like they need more lol!I also agree that we should continue to offer our bears on ebay as long as we are still able to be seen.I say milk them like they do their sellers,get our mailing lists larger through our auctions and if they change and don't want the smaller sellers good....so be it,we will do just fine on our own!On a lighter note,your sweet bunny is just adorable.I love the realism you put into your designs...awesome!Brenda,no problem posting the letter...I don't mind at all,and Kathy what a sweet panda...I love them all!~~~~~Sharie

Hi Kelly,I did a little researching for you and I'm sorry to say you made the same mistake I did a couple of weeks ago.Your listing is appearing,but under gallery featured.To find it,go to the main listing page where all the bears are in auction.Above the lists you will find"view"choose"gallery"and there it is!I was so mad when I made this mistake I could have kicked myself in the behind!I thought who in the heck would even know to choose that view!The bad part is ebay will not refund a penny,and like I told myself what an  expensive lesson  to learn...never again ~gallery~ with featured plus   Your ducklings are beautiful and best of luck with the remainder of their auctionxxxxxSharie

Hi Joanne,I'm sorry if my post sounded threatning in any way!I don't think we should be scared,just informed on whats going on so we have a backup plan for the future....should we need it!Even if ebay will do the major changes that we hear might occur,I think we still have plenty of time to find a good venue other than ebay.As long as we stick together and have a common goal,we will do just fine xxxxSharie

Hi again everyone!  I just posted a thread on my blog taken from the  ebay community boards that was posted a few months ago.It could help explain what is happening with ebay and how it will be in the future.I don't regard it as gospel,but it really seems some of the changes are already happening.It's long,but a great read! HugsxxxxSharie

Hi everyone!Jenny,I was hoping someone would post about the "new ebay pulse page"About a year ago when I joined tt,I came in to tell all of the bear artists about the dreaded news I read on ebay on how they wanted to put the dolls and bears (including artist!)into the toys and hobbies catagory.At first I thought maybe they changed their mind about doing this,as almost a year had passed,but with all the changes they are making now,I truely believe they are going to do it.I know they want mega powersellers to take over the site and having artist dolls and bears looks like it wont fit into that plan.I do believe that they will do away with the stores in favor of the buy it now good for 30 days or until cancelled.Another thing that is changing is the auction page itself(the new listing page) where the photos only show on the top left of the page,and descriptions on the bottom only.If you use html templates,your auction will still look nice.On this new listing page,I don't think anyone will be able to see our me pages either.I always read the community boards on ebay as many of the sellers in seller central and the stores discussion boards are very knowlageable people.I have also heard it said that ebay will not be recognizeable by 2009~~~~maybe their right!I do know that I am so sick of  so many new changes,rules,dsrs.paypal only ect ect...I am focusing more on my etsy shop each day!We have a new etsy  bear artists team and are working on a new category for our bears besides toys.You can visit the link on my blog if you are interested..... hugs...xxx...sharie