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Ah, my dear friends, i would like you to have a look at my first and third bears.
I like very much Bonjour, my first one: i made it using a kit from a french artist (Laurence Veron) and added some features like mouth, paw pads feet pads, claws, clothes...
The third one is very .... hummm: well just see by yourlseves. I named him Ugly.
Beary hugs,
Sophie.
YesSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!
Great, giant idea!
i totally agree with it, Paula!
Let's go for it, dear friends!
Beary hugs,
Sophie.
Tell your hubs he is wonderful! so wonderful bears for your Christmas!
Beary hugs,
Sophie.
Many thanks, girls!
I have registered on freewebs.com and began to build my website. Not that simple, but fine.
Beary hugs,
Sophie.
Hum.... I will have first to check if I have kept the pattern... 
Beary hugs,
Sophie.
Oh dear! i am far far behind you all!
I don't think i have made much more 12 bears in the year...
I need 15 days to entirely design handsew one bear plus making him clothes.
I kknow have a sewing machine, so I should be able to work faster.
I noticed I could make a baby bear in a bit less than one week... but I don't make clothes for my baby bears.
Beary hugs,
Sophie.
I would to know too about that... Never heard about it before... :wacko:
Beary hugs,
Sophie.
Well girls and guys, i am thinking about making my own website and eventually selling some bears.
I have already found a nice name for me, but I don't know whether I can use it without first asking for copyrights. Problem is that copyrights are far too expensive... And I definitely cannot afford it!!! 
I won't do it as business. I don't make many bears a month and just do it as a hobby. I would like to sell just a few to please myself and to reimburse teddy bear making materials. I would like to sell bears directly from my website using PayPal.
What about you?
Any advice?
Thanks,
Beary hugs,
Sophie.
Julia!!!! Are you kidding?? He has an horrible head! and look at his feet: look like old chinese women' ones!
his arms and legs are too slim: not any muscle there! In addition, the fabric was too fragil: this is boiled wool which is not dense enough for the weight of the bear...
Beary hugs,
Sophie.
Well, look at this one!
His name is Oscar: the first bear I entirely designed!!!
Beary hugs,
Sophie.
No, I have not tried the ko Hair, Fran. To be honnest, the problem with Beary cheap, is that postage cost is very high for me. As long as I don't order a lot of teddy bear making materials at the same time, it doe not worth buying there. They have an amazing choice of plushes and synthetic furs. So far, I managed to find synthetic furs in local tissue fabric stores. They generally have nice synthetic furs in Winter only, none or almost none the rest of the year. So I have bought a lot of the ones I prefered and have enough for a while. I will go back to these stores next week for the sales to see if they lowered prices for the sythetic furs (if they have some left!!!). Unfortunately, i did not buy a lot of the brown one (when I bought it, I did not know that the shop was not always refurnishing its stocks!). So I have bought a fat quarter of a black one from Bear Country UK to try it: it should be quite similar. The pink synthetic fur comes for Bear Country UK and is so soft!
My other problem with Beary Cheap is that they have so much choice that I cannot decide what to buy! My concern too is that I cannot touch the plushes to know if they are as soft as I want. So the day i will decide to shop there, I will ask on the forum who can help me to choose!!!
Beary hugs,
Sophie.
Thanks, girls!
Heather, they are not exclusively for children!!! The next I will make is for my sweetheart Malko, who definitely is not a child!!!
Bronwen, if you tell me mohair and lushes can be as good as each other for children, my worries can vanish! I suddenly feel better!
Beary hugs,
Sophie.
I have not even think about adding tails to my bears!!! :redface:
Beary hugs,
Sophie.
Forget that, girls!
Listen to Dr sophie: the best diet ever is to listen to your stomach! If your stomach begs you to eat some chocolates, JUST EAT SOME CHOCOLATE! We are not cats: we have only ONE life, so better die our stomach full of chocolate than die with tasteless diet food or no food at all.
For chocolate hip hip hip, houra! 
CHOCOLATE IS GOOD FOR HEALTH: LOTS OF MAGNESIUM: GOOD FOR SLEEPING BETTER AND RELAXING.
Who would say the contrary, hey?
CHOCOLATE IS GOOD FOR YOU
Beary hugs,
Sophie. 
That is great! We can change the display colour according to our mood of the day!!!! 
:clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:
Beary hugs,
Sophie.
Hi!
I have made 4 baby bears so far and gave them to my little cousins and niece who are from 3 years old to 5 years old. All of them are crazy about their bears. I was told by their mums that they were playing a lot with their bears.
Due to the success of these bears I am thinking about making more baby bears and selling them.
My concern is that I have no idea whether synthetic furs/plush are child safe or not. Out of that i use safety joints and eyes as well as polyester fibers, which are all safe for children...
I was thinking about just selling them to members of the forum, as all of you (or almost) are bear artists and all of you can decide or not whether you would give such bears to your children. But really i don't know what to decide...
Please help!
Beary hugs,
Sophie.
I think i will name him Ursule.
Look where he is standing now! This is the last clock my sweetheart bought on e-Bay. as soon as Malko finished to install the clock on the wall, Ursule asked to go on its top: "for the view point" he said. but once he glanced around in the living room, he said we would like to stay. He said too that from his place he could see almost all the bears around so this was the perfect place to stay. He even add that this was better for his bird friends who would feel safer!!!
Beary hugs,
Sophie.
Oh Jenn, that is so unfair!!! 
What i cannot understand is why did this person swap with you if she did not like your bears???
I know that I don't always like every bear from every artist: I always have favourites. Normal: we cannot all have the same tastes... But I have a lot of awe and friendship for EVERY artist there. I know that every artist is making each of his bears with all his love, including beginners. And I still consider myself as a beginner, cos I have not made many bears so far.
What I cannot understand either is why that person prefered talking to the help advisors rather than to you... 
I would never ever even think about behaving like this person.
Cheer up, Jenn! :hug: You've got all my support too.
I thought all teddy bear makers had a heart full of friendship and love...
Oh, by the way, I 'd love to see pics of your bears. I am sure they are sweet!
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Beary hugs,
Sophie.
i don't think that there was something in your chocolate. I noticed the same changes too!
Beary hugs,
Sophie.
Great dragon, Bronwen! Well done! i am sure your nepheq will love it!
:clap:
Beary hugs,
Sophie.
