Teddy Talk: Creating, Collecting, Connecting

OMG I melt whenever I see puppy's. They are adorable.     
Oh you are so lucky!!!
I am doggie mad myself. Had them for more then 25 yrs and could not live a single day without them.

I was playing with my new compact camera and all of a sudden I came up with this idea to see if I could
manage to make a picture of myself and Lewis the Christmas Mouse.
I had my camera in one hand, had to hold Lewis on my shoulder so it was a little gamble to see
whether I would succeed.
And voila  the picture above is the result of my lucky shot.
I think I did a pretty good job don't you think, he he he!!

This is Lewis the Christmas Mouse. Hope you like him.

WOW Lisa, he is soooooooooooo cute I really love him.
You make such beautiful creations!!! I love and admire your work!!     

Wow they are amazing and I loveeeeeeeeee the clothes you made for them     

Oh how adorable she is. I love little bears........I just made one myself, not so little as yours, but now I know how much work this is!!!

I was wondering what I must do to give NEW mohair and antique felted look. I have heard you can
use the washing machine and tumble dry the mohair.

At what temperature should I wash the mohair in the washing machine and what if I use the dryer.
I have open sparse mohair which I dyed with coffee. The colour is perfect but the mohair didn't felt
as much as I wanted. I've washed it at 30 degrees (European temp.)
I've never done this before and was a bit scared to use a higher temp.      .

Who has tips & trics..........????? Love to hear about your experiences.

Hugs,
Thea

Very well done!!!!!!        I really like them......they make me smile with their super noses!!! Too cute.

Very cute and well well done Beth. I can imagine that these three took a lot of time to create them. But they are really beautiful.   

Wow gorgeous bear Sylvia......you are really improving your skills!!!     
BOL with your auction on Ebay!!!!

OMG what a cutie pie...........I'm melting...............    
Great job     

Very very beautiful. I love everything......    
I like mouses very much!!!

Wonderfull as ever!!!!!!!!!  He is soooooooooooo cute!!!

WOW he's great and I really like the jointed legs. This makes him posable in many ways...
Great job    

AWWWWWWWWW what a cutie pie!!! 
I love the colours, so the mohair swap was a great success.

I just got home yesterday. We stayed a couple of days longer.

I visited the exhibition in Wiesbaden for the first time and it was FANTASTIC!!! I've seen so many beautiful bears and talked to a lot of people.

It was very nice to meet you Andrea!! Thanks a lot Bod and Tatjana for sharing the pictures with us!!!

Yep we are looking forward to Rheda-Wiedenbrück!!! Approx. 6 weeks to go and I'm looking forward already. Yippie!!! So I will meet you there Ines.

BOAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I'm coming too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We are leaving tomorrow (friday).....!!

I've rented a nice house very close to Wiesbaden.
Hubby and my doggie (Münsterlander) are coming too. They love to have nice long distance walks and the environment of Wiesbaden must be beautiful.
The weather is going to be great I hear. So............... I think that we are all having fun.   :dance:  :dance:  :dance:

I do speak German and understand it very well! So no problems here. Only my dutch accent......lol.
I will be visiting the show for two days and I am really looking forward.
It must be great from what I've been told from several traders who are going and which I know quite well.

ALSO: ES FREUT MICH SEHR EUCH ZU BEGRÜßEN....!!!!!! 

Me too...................!!!!!!!!!!!!!

When I see my dog I see a pattern.......LOL!! After I followed my first teddybear classes I suddenly realized that I see patterns while looking at my dog
Before I took classes I never looked at her like this.

So I guess that our animals are very inspiring!!!

Thank you very much for you lovely comments

Plucking her muzzle was quite a lot of work. It was the first time that I did it. As a bearmaker I'm pretty new. But I love it soooooooo much.

Ophelia is the 3th bear that I made. I enjoyed it very much to bring her " to life" .
I need to learn much more teddybear techniques and practice a lot. I don't know what my "style" will be, but I love these "classical" teddies very much.

Gosh it seems that a lot of you are inspired by springtime which is coming soon.........I love those colorfull bears. They really make you happy.

She is beautiful Paula............here are some matching flowers for you and the bear......

Awwwwwww she's really a cute teddybear....    

GREAT JOB ON BOTH OF THEM!!!!!!!!!!!       

I love your owl Manuela. And I am really looking forward to see your creations in Wiesbaden.

I know how you must feel about your Maxi. I've been having dogs all my life so I know what it is if they are having serious problems. When our dogs were sick, I was feeling sick too.
" Ich drücke dir die Däumen!!!!!!!! "

I  love the colours you used for him. He's lovely