An Award for City Mouse

I am proud to announce that my darling little 

City Mouse took 3rd place 

 at the I/NTBAA Awards in England last month!  

And even more pleased to say she and her 

country cousin have found a home.

Another award for me!

So proud to say my Felicity has won a 

2013 TBAAF Award! 

 Thank-you to everyone who voted. 

Photo Competition ~ Please vote!

Have you voted in the British NTBAA Photo Contest yet?
National Teddy Bear Artists' Awards 

My Eugenia Bobbington is entered in the Dressed Bear category.

I hope you have a moment to pop in to see her 
before Dec 1st when the voting will be closed.

http://www.picturecompetition.com/ntbaa/index.php?%2Fcategory%2F174

You have to register before you can vote ~ a simple
username/password/email deal.

Once you have registered, you need to log in (under 
Identification near the bottom of the red sidebar) and 
then click on a photo to vote (star rating) 
or leave a comment.

Enjoy looking at all the entries!

Museum Bound!

It is a phrase commonly heard in the world of 

artist bears ~ "Don't worry that he hasn't sold, 

the right buyer just hasn't come along yet."  

Yeah, people in the artist bear community are nice like that.

Recently those kind words hit home for me.

Perhaps you will remember my 1960's hippie bear, 

Norman Meadowlark, who traveled to England 

for the NTBAA Awards, won 3rd place in his category,
 and was subsequently purchased by the award organizers 
for their shop, Brewins' Bruins in Swanage.  

Well, after being in that shop during their Summer season, 

he remained unsold, so the shop owners took him with them 

to Hugglets.  Yes, you read that right ~ 

one of my bears was at Hugglets!  

For those of you who may be unfamiliar, 

Hugglets is one of the premier bear fairs in the 

wonderfully bear-loving United Kingdom.  

I was thrilled ~ a bit miffed that he got to go 

without me ~ but all the same simply thrilled 

to have one of my pieces there.

Here he is ~ front and center on the display table, 

along with a duplicate of his trophy 

and a copy of the issue of Teddy Bear Times  

in which he is pictured.

If that wasn't exciting enough, Norman found a 

home that day!  And not just any ol' home ~ nosiree ~ 

Norman is to be part of a new

Teddy Bear Museum in  Edinburgh, Scotland! 

I could not be more proud!

Thank-you, Deirdre!!!!

Deirdre Howie, the museum owner, holding Norman    

If you are interested in viewing the NTBAA Awards, 

it is available  here.

Norman shows up around the 6 minute mark.

An award for me!

As I shared earlier, I had entered the British National Teddy Bear Artists' Awards (NTBAA) this year.  My Norman Meadowlark was in the Category Hippie Bear Representing 1960s Flower Power.  

Well, dear ol' Norman won third place!  
And this week I received my lovely award in the mail.

 I am even more pleased to let you know that 
Brewin's Bruins have purchased Norman for their shop,
located in Swanage, Dorset in the UK.  

There he will be displayed for sale 
along with a duplicate award plaque.   

So if you're in the neighborhood, 
stop on by and say Hi to Norman. 

For your Thanksgiving Table

Please meet a very special set of bears to add to the warmth of your home during this holiday ~ a Pilgrim Boy and Indian Princess.  

  

They are now available on my website.

And don't forget to vote in the French Teddy Awards!!!

French Teddy Awards

Do you want to see some gorgeous bears and maybe find an artist you had not known before?  Well, have I got a deal for you.

Between now and Nov 16th you can visit the site of the French Teddy Awards and see many lovely bears and friends.  And you can VOTE on your favorites too.

Since the contest is run from France, and in the French  language, here is a simple breakdown of the instructions.

Go to the site:

http://www.french-teddy-awards.fr/

 

Across the top in the brown border are the 7 categories.

When you click on the category, you will see the bears entered there.  You will need to mark on a piece of paper which one in each category is your favorite as the actual voting in done on another webpage. 

Some categories have more than others, but I have the 

pages to load fairly quickly on my computer.  

(Undressed 45, Dressed 63, Panda 29, Mini 31, Duos 32, Realistic 11, Other 44)

I have noticed that the tiny house icon next to the bear photo will take you to that artist's website where you can see even more of their work.

 Once you have looked at all the categories, click on Vote.

On the vote page each category has a dropdown box where you select your favorite in each category.

 Fill in the information at the bottom and click on Submit.

It looks like you must select a favorite in each category for your vote to count, and please honor the organizers' wishes by voting only once.

Enjoy!

http://www.french-teddy-awards.fr/

I want to remind you to remember to not forget . . .

Hello friends!

There are so many things to talk about today.  First, I need to remind you that this oppressive Summer heat and humidity will not last forever.  On our bike ride the other night, Mr. Cobblestone and I saw them!  We saw leaves that are starting to change color!  I watch for these as most people watch for the first signs of Spring ~ and I can tell you now ~ Fall is a comin'! 
As soon as I get my fresh corn from the farmer down the way, Jack Frost has my permission to get to work.

Secondly, the sale at Cobblestone Creations is ending Sunday night, July 31st. 
All the remaining items are now on eBay.
The Buy-It-Now prices are the same as are on the Shop page of my website, but the starting bids are much lower ~ up to 55% off the original prices ~ and there's no reserve on any of them.

Click Pic to Visit the Ebay Auctions

The voting for the URSA awards also ends Sunday July 31st so hop on over there to cast your votes!  I know you will enjoy seeing some very enchanting pieces in that competition.
My Virgina Hamilton is in category 6.

Click Pic to go to voting pages

A friend of mine, very talented artist, Patrick Gill, has started a new Halloween Site called EVERY WITCH WAY LANE.  It is in its early stages, but is a fantastic place to find all sorts of Halloween Art from well known artists.  There is a link in my sidebar and when I have some little witch mice and trick-or-treaters, they will be available there.
Oh yes ~ Fall is a comin'!

Click Pic to Visit the site

Lastly, I have some pics of the new scene from my buyer's mice display. 
This one is Fergus Peabody, the train engineer from Cobblestone Circle ~ and now he's got a steam engine! 
Gerald Lusk, the artist, is really blowing my mind with these creations.
I'm looking forward to seeing who's next!

SALE and Awards

I have two exciting things to share with you today.

I started working on two new bears that I am planning to use for my ad in the December issue of Teddy Bear Review.  These darling Bear Carolers have really put me in the mood for Winter.  Thoughts of lovely cold weather with snowflakes dancing merrily in the air have helped get me through this latest round of oppressive summer weather, and so I thought I'd pass along this refreshment with you by having a SALE on the wintry items on my website.  But as I was revamping that page, I decided to include ALL the items in the sale.  Prices are in effect until July 31st ~ and include Free Shipping!!

Shop the Sale now!

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Secondly, I want to let you know that I have entered the URSA awards this year.  Voting is taking place now through July 31st ~ and anyone can vote!

There are so many lovely creations to see ~ I do hope you will visit the site and vote for your favorites in the 13 categories ~ you will find my entry in Category 6.  But please vote only once ~ here's an excerpt from what they sent to the entrants:

We monitor the voting daily and any entry with multiple votes from the same computer will be given a warning and if it continues, will be disqualified. The voting software has certain safeguards built in to allow only one vote in each category, but there are some bright people who have figured out how to by-pass the software and vote multiple times for the same entry. We track the voting and can follow a computer's signature, we then can tell when a discrepancy happens. Some 'friends' or collectors reallllllly want you to win by voting multiple times but they are really putting you in jeopardy of being disqualified.

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Once again I find my work table is very crowded ~ aside from the caroling bears, I've got a potbelly mouse, the newest Cobblestone Circle citizen and two commissions all waiting to be completed ~ oh, and that poor dear with the baby carriage too ~ must not forget her!

Time for me to get back to work!!!

YOU can vote in the TBAAF Awards!

Teddy Bear Artists And Friends (TBAAF) are holding their Summer 2010 Awards now through Friday July 16th and YOU can vote!

Teddy Bear Artists and Friends

TBAAF provides Teddy Bear and Doll collectors with detailed

profiles to some of the finest Artists worldwide
Teddy Bear Artist and Friends provides every avid artist Teddy Bear and artist Doll collector and enthusiast, with informative interesting profiled web pages, to some of the finest Teddy Bear artists and Doll artists and their websites or blogs worldwide.

Each of the artists listed on this site are masters of their own craft.

They personally design and handcraft from there very own original designs.

Our mission is to build a fully comprehensive information site for all Teddy bear and Doll collectors.
We have chosen to make it available at no cost, to encourage everyone to
take part in creating this friendly non elitist group.

This site allows you to interact with some amazing artists ~ and it is FREE to join!  Once you become a member you will be able to vote in the awards.  I have three of my little furry friends entered.  I'm sure you'll be able to spot them. ;)

And ~ there is more exciting news brewing at Cobblestone Creations!  Watch for another post in a few days explaining how you can enter to win my next Mouse Giveaway!!!