Teddy Talk: Creating, Collecting, Connecting

What a sweetie! Great coloring and expression.

Love your sunrise pics. I have several sunset photos on the wall of my office....calming effect.  My blog is www.dogpatchcritters.blogspot.com

I purchased a sheet of old photos of children with teddy bears and dolls. I found them on etsy and they were sent via email attachment. My idea is to put them on a tag tied around a bears neck. But I'm not sure of the best way. I can crop & resize them in my photo program. If I print them and then glue them onto the tag what would be the best kind of glue? Any other ideas?

I want to thank Tammy for posting about the free book at Snapfish. I worked on mine for 2 hours, arranging photos and backgrounds. Well, it arrived yesterday and it's wonderful. It is much better than I expected. A photo of the book just wouldn't do it justice. I hope I'm not the only one that took advantage of the offer.

She's beautiful!  I just love terrier faces. They are so expressive.

Yep, I have found it is a good way to keep up with family and friends. I don't get into a whole lot of stuff there but I check in frequently. I wouldn't know anything about what my granddaughter is into without facebbook. She doesn't live close and although I don't post much on her page I can see what she posts.

WOW! The tree is really filling up. It's beautiful! :clap:

My ornament arrived today-all the way from the Phillipines! Thanks so much Carolynn of Teeny Tiny Teddy Bears! This little Santa Bear was so well packaged it seemed to take forever to get him unwrapped. He even has a little tummy pillow under his Santa coat.

Great makeover! I've been thinking of doing the same thing to some of my earlier bears.

Great site! I looked at some of the dog pics and laughed all afternoon. I thought you would like this one Lisa.

My set for the Christmas Carol feature was returned shortly after the photo shoot but I haven't heard anything about the Rock Star feature. Mindy requested they have them by Sept 1. I don't know who to contact since Mindy moved to the other mag.

I left a comment on your blog post. Just want to make sure you have me on the list. I experimented with an old recipe yesterday. I was going to post it but my experiment was a failure. Going to dig out another favorite.

I have used kool aid a number of times. I still have a dog I did in lime green(Frankenwiener) and there is no odor now. It definately fades with time.

Lexi & Lucy pose(much to their dismay) for a Christmas card every year.

I was called for jury duty too(the second time in a year) luckily I checked in each night and didn't have to report.
Ornament is ready to ship as soon as I pack it up.

Ditto!! I usually make my cards -so I'm working on them. My ornament is ready, but hasn't been sent yet. Getting ready for the TBCA Valentine show too and the TT swap. Family coming next week... have to clean house

Put Lati in search on ebay. Some great pics to look at on flickr. You might find a connection to someone that blogs about them via flickr too. I just keep looking at the photos and wishing.

Minty sweet Patti is getting ready for Christmas.

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An email came today about the TOBYs. I was wondering how you decide which of your creations to submit. Do you design something just for the competition? Or when something turns out really well?

I found several threads about distressing mohair but I want to make some little dresses look sorta vintage. Besides tea dying any hints??? Would you work on the fabric or make the dress first then distress it?

I just started doing swaps with some others on flickr. It's a lot of fun and I would love to do a bear swap. Feb/March is fine with me.

I really like the way it's organized. So many of them you have to click through everything to find what you want.

I have noticed that some artists give a certificate of authenticity with their bears. What information should be on one? How detailed? Obviously the name of the bear and artist. Date? made or sold? Bear statistics(size, fur, filling?) If a hang tag has these details do they need to be repeated on a certificate?

When your hubby asks if it's ok to hug you because he's afraid of getting stabbed with a needle.