Teddy Talk: Creating, Collecting, Connecting

Prayers & huggs your well beary soon.
Donna a.

I have a small pair of lederhosen  to trade.  Good condition.
Donna Armstrong

What is it with lip balms that KIDS love ?
My 2 1/2 yr old grandson applied an entire soft tube of lip balm to vanilla wafers and fed them to his 17 month old sister.
ewwwwwwwwwww !...  Got the stuff all in her hair. It don't wash out easily !
Donna A.

I pray God gives you strength, as he wraps his arms around you. Gives your doctors knowledge that they can diagnosis your illness.
Please know that you are LOVED.
Donna A.

Thought of another idea.  I make little toys for my cat out of small scraps of mohair. stuff a but of catnip along with the stuffing.
They make great stocking stuffers for Christmas. I even make a few to give away to my 'grandkitties' and friends pets.
OK.............. YES, my cats & dog have their very own Christmas stockings cross stitched by my daughter. 

And another :
I took some scraps and cut them into 4 X 4 inch squares sew them together 4 squares across & 4 down...  Make a cushion for my studio chair.
Using the chair seat as a pattern I cut out a back for the cushion out of ulpolstery fabric. Stuffed it firmly. Added  4 buttons on the seams of the
mohair so the stuffing wouldnt bunch up.... OR you can cheat. Purchase a chair cushion and use it as your base & make a cover.

Donna a.

During spring I put out tiny scraps for birds. They love it for lining their nests !
I saw a squirel grab a few pieces I put out on the fence.
Donna A.

Hi,
I love ordering from Sassy fabric. The magic fabric fixer is truly "MAGIC" :clap:  LOVE IT.  Follow directions and you'll not have any problems.
Donna A.

On the other side of the coin, I've purchased artist bears off Ebay that the collector is reselling. In fact I keep watch out for them. Its a great way for me to afford owning bears made by my favorite artists.  When possible I send a email to the artist and thank them for making the beautiful bear. Letting her know just what I like about the bear and attach a photo of my new bear at home with new hugg friends.  I am wondering now if I have offended the original artists.

Donna a.

Three women die together in an accident and go to heaven.
When they get there, St. Peter says, "We only have one rule here in heaven:
Don't step on the ducks!"
So they enter heaven, and sure enough, there are ducks all over the place.
It is almost impossible not to step on a duck, and although they try their best to avoid them,
the first woman accidentally steps on one.
Along comes St. Peter with the ugliest man she ever saw.
St. Peter chains them together and says, "Your punishment for stepping on a duck is to spend eternity chained to this ugly man!"
The next day, the second woman steps accidentally on a duck and along comes St. Peter, who doesn't miss a thing.
With him is another extremely ugly man. He chains them together with the same admonishment as for the first woman.
The third woman has observed all this and, not wanting to be chained for all eternity to an ugly man, is very, VERY careful where she steps.
She manages to go months without stepping on any ducks, but one day St. Peter comes up to her with the most handsome man she has ever laid eyes on...
Very tall, long eyelashes, muscular, and thin. St. Peter chains them together without saying a word.
The happy woman says, "I wonder what I did to deserve being chained to you for all of eternity?"
The guy says, "I don't know about you, but I stepped on a duck!"

Donna A.

Congratulations!!!    Well deserved. 
:dance:
Donna a.

Bobbie,
From what I've been told for years.... I assUmed they were hand blown glass.  Gosh do I feel rather um........dumb & nieve.
I'll be paying close attention  to this tread !
Donna A.

Oh what a beautiful bride.  My 2 1/2 yr. old grandson is looking at the photos with me.. He said "  a princess" !
Thanks for sharing your special day.
Donna A.

Thank you Brenda for sharing your bad experience. I'm  new at mailing bears out of the country. Unless y'all share your experiences good and bad others wont know what options are available to us.
Showing my naive side - I had NO idea about custom charges.  I'm so sorry to hear about your
problems and hope that you can get them worked out. Thank you again for sharing and
educating me.

I would definately trade web site work for a Beary good plumber.
No only will you get work done on your bathroom but you'll get some great pubilcity.
He'll tell his friends - you Know how GUYS love to show off their newest gadgets !
Donna A.

Congradulations on your first award. With your talent they'll be many more.
Your bears are wonderful.
Donna A.

You can view the Magizine on line :  http://www.planet-teddybear.com/
and down load tips, techniques & patterns.
Donna A.

hope the upload works this time.
Photo of Bear made from the black Mink.
Donna A.

Sorry. Having problem uploading.
Check you email address.
Donna A.

I posted PM photo of the black mink & beaver to you.
Do you see it ?
Donna.

Ohhhhhhhhh how beautiful.  I'd love some.
Thank you thank you.

Would anyone be interested in swapping a bit of 'real' fur with me? 
After 6 months of unemployment my husband has landed his dream job. He's a IT contractor and will be returning
to work This Friday. YEA !  :dance: At Company he's work at previously, co-workers he knows and a job he really loved.
When a recruiter would call or send email about a job opportunity I would remind him to mention the 'contest'. 
Whomever, including friends and family submitted his resume resulting in a job offer, I would make them THE
most beautiful bear I've ever made.... AND now that's just what I want to do. The person who "won"  is my husbands
X-boss and friend. He's got 3 kids and a lovely wife.  I have a black 16 inch mink Panda bear in mind to make.  I've got lots of black mink but no white/light colored fur. Our money has been really tight these last few months.
Would anyone be interested in swapping me for some black mink or  chocolate brown sheared beaver fur for a bit of light colored
real fur ?  or one of my crocheted bears ?
Donna A.

   So Very very true !....

If you don't laugh out loud after you read this you are in a coma! This is even funnier when you realize it's real! Next time you have a bad day at work think of this guy.

Rob is a commercial saturation diver for Global Divers in Louisiana. He performs underwater repairs on offshore drilling rigs.

Hi Sue,
Just another note from your bottom-dwelling brother.
Last week I had a bad day at the office. I know you've been feeling down lately at work, so I thought I would share my dilemma with you to make you realize it's not so bad after all .
Before I can tell you what happened to me, I first must bore you with a few technicalities of my job.
As you know, my office lies at the bottom of the sea. I wear a suit to the office. It's a wet suit.
This time of year the water is quite cool. So what we do to keep warm is this: We have a diesel powered industrial water heater. This $20,000 piece of equipment that sucks the water out of the sea. It heats it to a delightful temperature. It then pumps it down to the diver through a garden hose, which is taped to the air hose.
Now, this all sounds like a darn good plan, and I've used it several times with no complaints.
What I do when I get to the bottom and start working, is take the hose and stuff it down the back of my wet suit. This floods my whole suit with warm water. It's fantastic...it's like working in a Jacuzzi.

Everything was going well until all of a sudden, my butt started to itch. So, of course, I scratched it. This, of course, only made things worse. Within a few seconds my bottom started to feel a burning sensation. I pulled the hose out from my back, thinking that maybe the water was too hot, but the damage was done.
In agony, I realized what had happened.
The hot water machine had sucked up a jellyfish and pumped it directly into my suit. Now, since I don't have any hair on my back, so the jellyfish couldn't stick to it. However, the crack of my butt was not as fortunate.
When I had scratched what I thought was an itch, I was actually grinding the jellyfish, and all of its poisonous, stinging tentacles, into the crack of my bottom.
I immediately informed the dive supervisor of my dilemma over the communicator. His instructions were unclear due to the fact that he, along with five other divers, were all laughing hysterically.

Needless to say, I aborted the dive. I was instructed to make three agonizing in-water decompression stops totaling thirty-five minutes before I could reach the surface to begin my chamber dry decompression. When I arrived at the surface, I was wearing nothing but my brass helmet.

As I climbed out of the water, the medic, with tears of laughter running down his face, handed me a tube of cream and told me to rub it on my butt as soon as I got in the chamber.
The cream put the fire out, but I couldn't poop for two days because my bottom was swollen shut.

So, next time you're having a bad day at work, think about how much worse it would be if you had a jellyfish shoved up your bottom.

Now repeat to yourself, "I love my job, I love my job, I love my job."

Now whenever you have a bad day, ask yourself, is this a jellyfish bad day?

May you NEVER have a jellyfish bad day.

I suggest vinegar. Spray it around your yard full strength. WILL NOT hurt flowers, grass or vegetation.
Cats don't like the smell. Garlic works too. Sprinkled around bushes. Good for keeping away bugs.
Theres always commercial sprays that advertise keeping cats off furniture.
A DOG will keep a cat away. My daughter had a problem with the neighbor cats spraying her front door !
When she got up in the morning to get ready for work she'd bring her big Rottweiler from the back yard
to the front yard. Tie him to the tree. When hubby got up later he'd put the dogs back in the back yard. Some days they would bring the dog to the front yard and play with him. Once his smell was noticeable to the cat the cat stayed away.  They have to do this once a week or so.
Meet SusieByrd   Mexican Redhead (Amazon Parrot). Yes she talks. laughs. whistles.  Had her
almost 17 years. We are animal lovers and always have at least 2 cats & a dog.  NONE have ever
bothered the bird. We 'introduce' them. We let SusieByrd scare them. She'll scream and spread her wings out. Of course that  only makes the kitten curious. When the kitten goes near the cage SusieByrd lets us know with a noise. We get her out and let her scare the kitten. Put them on the floor together. SusieByrd will chase the kitten... wings spread out screeching loudly.  If the kitten does not run SusieByrd will nip at it. Works every time.  This teaches the kitten that the Byrd BITES !  They get used to each other. Our cats
are inside/outside cats, we've seen them chase birds and bring us lizards & bugs.
SusieByrd cage has open doors she climbs out and sits on the top looking out the window into the front
yard. She loves watching kids and will scream and laugh at them. Our cats like to look and sun them selves from the same window. Strange Cats come around once in a while to our house. SusieByrd lets us know. Screams.  She knows which cats are "HERS".  When this happens we let our Cocker Spaniel dog out and he chases the cat out of the yard. Our cats are not afraid of him. 
Yes Birds are noisy. Every evening around 5 pm SusieByrd YELLS.  I'm cooking dinner and she wants some. We feed her (along with bird food) what we eat - rice, corn, potatoes, veggies, she loves spicey
hot foods. Chicken leg bones. No meat. raisins, cereal. fruit.
Donna A.

Krista,
Ahhhh just the word I wuz looking for. Thank you. 
I found lots of techniques. 
Donna A