Candy Month!

Hello!

June is Candy Month! Here are some ways to celebrate it with your bears!

1. Give candy to your bears! Make sure you don't give them too many though, since they may develop a tooth ache!

2. Name a bear "Candy"! Perhaps one that reminds you of a candy?

3. Save up candy money and buy a bear!

4. Take the bears out on picnic and bring lots of candy! June 21st, the first day of summer, may just be the perfect day for that! This year, it falls on a sunday too!

5. Have a candy themed party for the bears!

6. Gift a bear and a candy to a child and spread the joy!

7. Post a blog about your beary special candy month!

8. Take pictures of your bears with lots of candy!

9. Get together with fellow bear collectors and arrange a candy themed teddy bear picnic!

10. Write in your own creative candy month bear experiences as comments!

Cheers!

2009 June - Bear of the Month

Drum Roll please... The bear of the month of June 2009 is Russ Ebbets Teddy Bear, a Limited Edition 14" winner.

Ebbets is a very special stuffed bear. Don't miss an opportunity to own this Limited Edition bear, named by Russ Berrie for his favorite Brooklyn, NY baseball field. Ebbets is made of Mystic Minque, has jointed neck, arms and legs and features a flocked ribbon tie and personal signature of Russ Berrie embroidered on his paw pad.

A 10th Anniversary Signature Bear limited to only 5000 pieces, this heirloom quality teddy comes with a hand numbered certificate that includes images of all ten of the Signature Collection Bears. Wrapped in tissue and gift boxed, each hand numbered Ebbets carries the personal signature of Russ Berrie...and is sure to become a treasured companion for you or someone special!

Cheers!

Organize your bear collection

Hello!

Are you addicted to bears? Do you have so many bears in your collection that you don't know what to do with them? Here are some tips to organize your bear collection.

1. Create a bear catalogue.
This will come really handy not just to identify your bears even after the tags wear out, but also in valuing them later on. You can create a simple catalogue in a notepad or in your computer as an excel sheet. The name of the bear, manufacturer/artist, purchase date, purchase place, bill number, price and any other comment can be included in your catalogue. Don't worry if you don't have the details of any of your bears so far, you can always just write down the names of the bears you own, and fill in the details for the bears you buy from now on. It would be a good idea to save the bill too, by affixing it to your bear's page in the catalogue.

2. Decide on an organizing theme.
You can organize your bears in so many different ways. It would be a good idea to decide how you are going to classify your bears. You can do it by color, by manufacturer, by age (antique, vintage, modern), by artist, by size etc. Once you have decided on a theme of your choice, you can go about classifying each bear to its group. If you have a bear catalogue in place, you can include the classification also in it.

3. Decide which bears to store away.
Often, our collections get too huge and our space too small. In such cases, we may have to store some of our precious friends away in an attic or basement temporarily. Remember to store them in moisture free places, after wrapping each one in a white cloth, and away from direct sunlight and pests. If you have decided on a theme, you can decide to display one particular group only for now, and store all the rest away.

4. Display your bears.
You would be left with some choice bears which you are going to display. You can arrange these bears around your house, or collect them all in one show case. Remember to clean each chosen bear before display. Make sure you display them out of reach of pets and pests. Remember that every once in a while, the bears would love it if you would take them down from display positions and play with them!

5. Rotate your display.
The fun part about your displaying your collection is in rotating. You can rotate your bear display every month, every season (summer, autumn etc), every year or just whenever you feel like it. Rotating your display helps to liven up your living space and give it a touch of freshness. Also, it will make sure that no bear gets stored away for too long, because they do love attention and company! If you have classified your bears into groups, you can rotate each group in a period of time. For example, you may have divided your bears according to color. Perhaps you can display all your white bears in January, red bears in February, yellow ones in March and so on! Have fun with your display, enjoy your collection.

Hope these tips are helpful in organizing your collection and enjoying it more!

Cheers!

2009 May - Bear of the Month

Hello!

May is the month of Mother's Day. So, for 2009 May, our bear of the month is a Mother's Day special bear.

She is a 15" "Home is Where Your Mom Is" Vermont Teddy Bear. She comes with a yellow hair bow, a green petticoat and a yellow smock sundress. This decidedly supercute bear comes in 7 possible fur colors - Vanilla, Buttercream, Honey, Dark Chocolate, Snow, Mable and Espresso.

She is the best possible gift to say "I love you, Mom"!

Cheers!

Teddy Bear Names

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I have so many bear names that I love, which are yet to be used. Hopefully I will use them on some bears I own in the future! 

The names I have in mind include: Honey, Pebble, Caramel, Cashew, Tiffany, Bell, Bubbles, Buttercup etc. 

I haven't named my duty free bears yet - I may name them Caramel and Honey. Caramel for the boy, of course. They do have light honey colored fur, so it will suit them. Yup, decided then. Caramel for the boy bear and Honey for the girl bear. Great! That means I have crossed off two more names from my list.

Pebble is a great name, I must adopt a bear who suits that name some day...

Cheers!

Teddy Bear Care - Cleaning a bear

Hello!

Today let us go through the ways to clean our bears, especially old and dusty ones. The bears in my hug are very tickled by the cleaning process, but they love the sparkling feel once it is done! 

1. If the bear has the manufacturer's tag, please follow the instructions in it for cleaning. It is the safest way.

2. You can take a white washcloth (it shouldn't be colored, please), wet it, wring it out and wipe the whole body of the bear softly. A lot of surface dirt comes of this way. Repeat if needed. Allow the bear to dry indoors overnight, please do not sun-dry or use blow driers.

3. Brush the bear fur with a soft and wide brush. 

4. Play with the bear often and move him/her around every once in a while, to avoid dust. 

5. I wouldn't recommend throwing even the sturdiest bear in a washing machine, even in gentle cycle. But if the bear is so dirty that you can't help it, then put the bear inside a wire mesh bag and do it. 

6. You can use the upholstery attachment of a vacuum cleaner or a handheld vacuum cleaner to vacuum the bear. 

Hope these tips help you!

Cheers!

Blog linked to from I Love Teddies site!

Hello! 

I have some good news. The Teddy Bear Collection Blog has been linked to from the I Love Teddies website! You can see the link in this page: http://www.iloveteddies.com/documents/document_549.php

The teddies in my home are all real excited! They are holding a party in honor of the blog. :) Yay!

Keep reading the blog for more updates!

Cheers!