Norah

Poor Norah didn´t get the chance to go to the final...
Well we are still happy and not too upset. There were sssooo many great bears and this was only my second competition. But I had so much fun creating Norah and I will for sure enter more cometitions in the future.....
Well Norah is up for adoption on my website if you are interested. You can read more there.
Have a nice week!!!!

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Ann-Marie

Sneak peek!

Here are my bears for the online Show "The fine art of teddy bear making" on the 5th-6th of September. I hope you will all come and join ous and I for one can not wait!
The link to the show is here.

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Ann-Marie

The online show

The bears for the online show on the 5th and 6th of September are done! I sent the picture to Karin at "Who is Who in Bearmaking" yesterday and she gave me a yes that I can put the pictures here as well. BUT it will only be a sneak preview...I have to tease you a little too!
You won´t be able to see the bears until the show opens so I hope you will like them. I will put it on my blog as soon as I am done and that will probably be with in 2 days.
So please stay tuned.

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Ann-Marie

15 years...

Today me and my husband has been married for 15 years. Yes, I know that is a very long time and my husbands answer to this is: I would have got less time for murder....He was just joking and it was quite funny.
We met when we were both on holiday with our friends on Corfu back in 1993. He spotted me on the beach his first day down there( I was there 2 days before him). And we meet again later that night... He came up to me and started to talk and we spent all the days together after that. Three days after meeting he asked me the BIG question and my answer was yes.
I went home after that not knowing if I would ever see him again and he was there for another week. When he got home to England he got on the phone and phoned me and I went ove to see him again. And from that we have been together all the time. AAAAHHHHhhhhh.....

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Ann-Marie

Old looking bear

I have grown a love for antique bears and old things. It started about 6 months ago and gradually I have feelt that I want to do a bear that is a bit old looking...
I really like old pictures and scrap booking that you can do so it looks "old".
So, I have been sewing a prototype and finally I am very satisfied with the way it looks. I have only been working on the head so I have still the body to do.
But it is fun and a bit different from what I normally do, with my needle felted faces.
Hopefully I will have at least one ready when it is time to go over to the Hugglets fair. It feels like the more I have to do the more fun I have doing it. Does this make any sense at all???????
I mean I have enough doing the bears for the two shows coming up but still I am working on this new bear....
Well, when it is time for the old looking bear to make it´s debut you will have to tell me if you like him/ her or not.(please)
For now, have a nice evening!

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Ann-Marie

A blog award!

My blog has recieved a "Uber Amazing Blog Award". It is the lovely Claudia over at Federbärchen that has nominated me and my blog with this nice award. Thank you so much Claudia!
Claudia makes the most beautiful bears so don´t forget to pop over and check out her blog and bears!
It has made me so happy and proud to get this award. To think that some one out there likes to visit my world and read about my work and creations, that has made my day!!!

I would like to pass this Award on to some ones that I like to read about on there blogs! I admire them for their creativity and amusing blogs.

So here they are:
Tammy- Beckoning Bears
Tami- Dolls N Dreams
Sue- Fenbeary Folk
Elanor- Shantock Bears
Melanie- Bear Treasures

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Ann-Marie

I love...

I am working really hard to finnish all the bears that are going with me to the Hugglets Show in London. I love this show so much and it is sooo exciting to go there every time. To see all the lovely teddy bears and all the mohair you can buy....
And of course to meet all the poeple that are there, it is such a friendly atmospher.
I love when some one comes up to me and talks about bears as there are not many here where I live I can tell you...
The bear industry hardly exist in Sweden and that is such a shame I think. People doesn´t know what they are missing here, hi, hi...
Well I have to get back to my bears so please have a nice evening!

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Ann-Marie

My holiday...

As I told you in the earlier post I have been on holiday in England. You might know all ready that my husband is English so we went to visit his parents and the rest of the family. I really love England and I feel like at home when ever we go there. So we had a really nice time and we did a lot too (well if I can include shopping in that?).... And NO my husband doesn´t like it!

I love to do shopping in England, the shops has a lot more to choose between so it is more fun then in Sweden. The shops that I like the best is Next and Monsoon and they both had a sale on!!! Lucky me!!
I have never been to the Next sale before and I couldn´t believe that it started 5 in the morning. But I put the alarm on 5.30 and I was there at 6 0´clock all ready to put my hands on some nice things.
And I did too, a nice jacket and a handbag, a woman can never have to many handbags...
Isn´t that so???

Shopping wasn´t all we did, we went to the Twycross Zoo and a park called Coombe Abbey. It was so nice there and of course I forgot my camera so I can´t show you any pictures, sorry.....
But we had a nice day at both places and we were very lucky with the weather. It was rain most days but those days we did see the sun!

I bought some new mohair as well so I have to start sewing now after this break. Well it is back to work again on Monday for me but I will keep you posted as there are two big shows coming up soon.....
I hope you will have a nice Sunday!

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Ann-Marie

I am back!

I haven´t been posting for some time now because I have been on holiday. But I am back now and I will tell you all about it as soon as I have unpacked and done some washing. I feel that I have to sort it out first as it is soooo much.
But I promise I will be back on the computer later today.

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Ann-Marie

Teddy Bear Times!

I was asked by editor Kirste McCool some time ago if she could do an artist profile of me and my bears in the English magazine Teddy Bear Times...
Who would say no to that?? NOT ME!!! I was over the moon that she wanted to do a profile, and I am now in the latest issue 183. I know that the magazine isn´t out in the shops yet but those of you that subscribe to the i-mag has proberbly read it.

I am so happy to cover 5 pages and I hope that you enjoy reading it.
There are some of my Teddy bears too in the Hugglets preview pages but there will be more preview pictures of them later here on my blog. I am not sure just yet WHEN I will put the pictures up so you will have to come back and see. September is coming fast and there are still so much to do I just hope I will finnish everything in time.

As you know there will be a show on the 5-6th of September: Who is who in Bearmaking so please mark your calender for that....
Have a great week!

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Ann-Marie