A Vintage Style Bear/ Make over

It has been awhile since I posted a bear. I have several on the go at different stages to be finished. Here is May. A vintage style bear. This is my first vintage style bear. She is about 10" tall, made from mohair. May has loose joints and stuffed with steel shot and poly filling. She has a nice weight to her. It took me awhile to age her as I have not done that to a bear before. It is a bit scary to make a bear look old when I make bears look new, if you know what I mean. The funny thing is I had a job with the nose to make it look old.

I have made so changes with May. Trimming back the fur as it was too long. Making her a simple dress out of a vintage hanky. I like the new May better.

I am back!

The group at the table picture from our last night there.Me and my two bears and Joanne.

Well I am back from Philadelphia and had a blast! Met lots of wonderful people and got to meet Joanne Livington, Alison Mckee, Michell Lamb, Katherine Hallem and Bev White. I did bring home a couple of bears by Joanne. Here are a couple of pictures from the show. Everyone was so nice. If they have the show again next year I would go. It had dolls as well but not as many as there were bears. It is the biggest bear show I have been to. Joanne has posted more pictures here at TT. Thanks Joanne, click here

Giveaway from TS mini bears

This is eye candy! what a great give away. The draw is May 7th. So click on the picture to take you to TS mini bears blog to get all the info.

Philadelphia bear show May 12 - 14

I am so excited to go to the Philadelphia bear show in May. I we to the Toronto show a couple of weeks ago. This one is for bears and dolls. I won't have a table in the show but going to see what it is all about and may be bring home a furry friend. You should check out the site. Even better, why not just go and see all the great works of art. It should be good. I am going for the three days. Who knows what you may find to bring home.

Link to Bear History!

I had a email for an Elementart school teacher that has
found the information on my web page What's in a bear useful. So one of her
students found this link to the history of the
teddy bear and thought that other readers may
be interested in reading the history of
teddy bears.
So thank you Ashleigh for the website:) What a sweet thing to do. Maybe you will be a bear artist some day:)
http://www.costumesupercenter.com/csc_inc/html/static/btarticles/historyoftheteddybear.html

Books For Sale!!!

Here is the list of books I have for sale; The price does not include the shipping. You will be charged the acual shipping cost.

Making Teddy Bears- $10.00 SOLD

Easy-To-Make Teddy Bears & All The Trimmings- $10.00

The Bear Canvas ( guide to fabric painting and teddy-bear making)- $20.00

Teddy Bear Craft Book (hard cover, Thirty five projects)- $10.00

Two - Hour Teddy bears- (hard cover)- $6.00

2 books - Collecting Teddy Bears- (hard cover)- $10.00 each

Teddy Bears- (hard cover)( This delightfully illustrated book provides the ideal introduction to the world of the Teddy bear)- $10.00

Ultimate Teddy Bear Book- (hard cover)(The essential guide for all bear enthusiasts)- $10.00

The Teddy Bear Encyclopedia- (hard cover)- $10.00 SOLD

If you are interest in buying a book, please email me;

hearnlinda@hotmail.com

Clean Sweep!!!

Well here it is 2011 and it is time to get rid of stuff I no longer need. Some where along the way I seem to have lost this post so I am entering it again. This is not the way to start 2011 having things disappear. Lol I have a dozen bear books I am going to try and post here in the next few days for sale. So pop back and see whats up for grabs!