Teddy Talk: Creating, Collecting, Connecting

Thank you! I've never had any problems with the ultrasuede wrinkling. It's absolutely the best material out there for these dragons. I use the thinnest ultrasuede I can find, and I've found it's very forgiving. It hides the seams well because it just blends into itself so well. It also stays soft and flexible and fills out really well when stuffed. For this kind of project, at least, it's perfect. I don't know how it would work on something else. These guys are handsewn and average about 4 inches long, from nose to tip of tail.

Hi everyone,
Here's another painted dragon who was given away for Christmas. His wings are meant to look sort of like a leaf changing colors.
Enjoy :)

Thanks, Jenbee! Glad you like them so much!

I made a few dragons as Christmas presents this year, and I wanted to show them off I'll probably be putting them all up over the next few days. This first one is named Aurora. She's an all-white dragon painted with accents that fade from blue to purple.

Thanks, Jenbee! Looks like that link will be really helpful

Hi everyone,
At the end of February, I'll be moving to Scotland. As far as I know, it'll be permanent. I know there are quite a few artists in the UK, and I was wondering if anyone would have any tips or knowledge they could share about how selling works in the UK? Or if anyone would know where I could look some things up? I'm mainly wondering what the rules would be about operating my etsy shop there, VAT, general tax laws, shipping advice, or anything else I might need to know about that I can't think of at the moment? I'm a US citizen, but I have a UK marriage visa, so I'm allowed to work over there.
Also, does anyone have any experience with moving lots of personal possessions over to the UK? I think we've mostly sorted out how we'll get everything over, and it's not like we have to move furniture or anything, but does anyone have any ideas/experience?
Thanks!

Thank you! He was fun to play with

This is Holly, a good friend of Jolly. He's all set for helping with some Christmas decorations! He'll come with his very own string of 24 mini Christmas lights and a mini wreath. Holly is made of ultrasuede, has glass eyes, and is fully posable.

Holly is available etsy here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/169874323/ … ure-dragon

You can read his story here: http://dragonsofcwmjones.blogspot.com/2 … tions.html

Thanks for looking!

Hi everyone,
I'd like you to meet Jolly, one of my latest little dragons! He has a friend named Holly, who will be getting his own post on here. They're both very excited to help with Christmas decorating, and will both come with their very own string of 24 mini Christmas lights and a mini wreath. Jolly is made of ultrasuede, has glass eyes, and is fully posable.

Jolly is available etsy here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/169861576/ … ure-dragon

You can read his story here: http://dragonsofcwmjones.blogspot.com/2 … tions.html

Thanks for looking!

Thank you!!

I'd like you to meet Gingerbread, my first Christmasy dragon hatchling! His "icing" is white ultrasuede on his spikes, belly, and feet. The rest of his icing has been hand-painted on. He is 4.25 inches long and has a wingspan of 3.5 inches.

Gingerbread hatched in the kitchen while gingbread cookies were baking. You can read the full story here:
http://dragonsofcwmjones.blogspot.com/2 … okies.html

Gingerbread is available on etsy here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/168664141/ … -sculpture

Thanks for looking!

Oh wow, just love your bears! What sweet faces! They're just asking for a cuddle  

Oh wow, he's just wonderful! Well done! 

Thank you!

Here's my latest shiny dragon! This is Pearl. She's 4.25 inches long and has a wingspan of 3.25 inches. The shiny/pearly patterning has all been painted on. Like all my other dragons, she is fully posable, though that's not obvious from this set of pictures. You can visit her (and see more pictures) on etsy here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set … c04aad05c7

Thank you!

I'd like you to meet Titan, my first painted dragon to be offered for sale! He was made all blue, then the metallic blue was painted on. He's 4.25 inches long and has a 4-inch wingspan.

Unfortunately, Titan doesn't have a hatching story yet, though he is related to the other dragons. I haven't decided yet whether he hatched next to the blue flame of a gas stove, or whether he's part of a metallic breed of dragons that lives in a very rocky area of the mountains above Cwm Jones. Other dragons stories are here: http://dragonsofcwmjones.blogspot.com/

Titan is on etsy here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/165493747/ … ure-dragon

Aw, he's cute I like making scrappy animals

Here's another new dragon! This is Sunny, a cheery little fella He's 4 inches long, under 1 inch wide (not counting his wings), and has a wingspan of 3.5 inches.

Sunny hatched on a warm day in the sunshine. He also quite likes candy corn. You can read his full story here: http://dragonsofcwmjones.blogspot.com/2 … shine.html

You can visit him on etsy here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/165755999/ … ure-dragon

Thanks for looking!

Following on the pumpkin theme, here's Punkin! He is 2 inches long, half an inch tall when on all fours, about 1 1/4 inches tall when standing on his hind legs, and his nose is just under 1/4 of an inch wide. He has a full inner armature, so he's fully posable!

You can visit him on etsy here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/165494653/ … agon-fully

Here he is with his friend, Pum'kin:

There's just something that I like about pumpkins. They're one of the great things about fall Accordingly, I had to make some pumpkin dragons. Linus is the 'big' one (4.5 inches long), and Pum'kin is the micro one (2 inches long).

They are both listed separately on etsy. Linus is here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/162408905/ … ling-fully and Pum'kin is here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/162859634/ … agon-fully

Linus also has his own little story here: http://dragonsofcwmjones.blogspot.com/2 … pkins.html

Here are pictures of Linus:

And here's Pum'kin:

Thanks for looking!

Awww, he's so cute and fluffy! Love the color too! 

Thank you!

I've just listed two more tiny dragons! These are a two of my microdragons, so they are each only two inches long. I decided to put them up here together because I just like their names together. They are listed separately. Here's the link that lets you visit Volt: https://www.etsy.com/listing/162408255/ … ly-posable and here's the link to Bolt: https://www.etsy.com/listing/162397752/ … ly-posable

Volt:

Bolt:

Thanks for looking!

I've finally been able to settle down and re-open my etsy shop! Here's one of my newest dragons. His name is Spots He is made of ultrasuede and is fully posable, thanks to a full inner armature of wire, so he's very interactive and playful. He has lovely, green glass eyes. Spots is 4.5 inches long, under 1 inch wide (not counting his wings when folded), and has a wingspan just under 4.5 inches.
You can visit him and learn more about him here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/164747373/ … ure-dragon

Thanks for looking!