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Bears&Buds - Your Online, Monthly

Teddy Bear Magazine

Hopping into Spring!

We hope you enjoy our latest issue, with bunnies hopping around the pages and teddy bears galore. More news stories, videos and links. Learn more about teddy bear collecting with the pages of Bears&Buds. Have fun hopping around in all the pages!

Our featured artist this month is Susan Leigh of Bearleigh Bears from Australia. Deprived of a teddy bear when she was a youngster, she is now creates over 100 teddy bears a year! You'll enjoy meeting her and discovering her involvement in the teddy bear world.

We need your help! Please take our survey on bear collecting. It's easy and it is anonymous. Terry Michaud is compiling a feature article on our beloved teddy bear industry and the it will be published later this year.

See the What's New section. You'll be amazed at the creativity coming from the hands of our Professional Members.

Wishing for more bears? Look in the 'The Wish List' and buy directly from the artist.

Meet the artists at a show. Look for a show near you in our complete 'Show Calendar'; see the 'Show Review' page too.

'The News Section' and the 'Kid's Corner' have more interesting articles about bears and bear happenings. wonderful links to bear videos, new articles and photo essays.

Look for the new Sweepstakes Give-away coming in Mid-April.

You could be the lucky winner! No purchase is necessary.

As always, the pages of BearsandBuds' Webzine are bursting with information, pictures and stories. We hope that you will enjoy the fun packed Webzine and soon realize why Bears&Buds is the place to be and the place to return to often. We are always available 24/7 for your reading pleasure.

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To navigate throughout the site, just click on the icons or photographs. Bears&Buds' Webzine is read around the world in 109 countries! Use the Babelfish link to interpret the site in other languages. See the banner on the lower right panel.

Special Thank you’s go to all who contribute to BearsandBuds.com; our artists, collectors, readers, advertisers, cub reporters, writers and digital imaging creators. All of you keep this hobby exciting, on the cutting edge, fun, friendly and thriving.

Bearhugs,

Valerie Rogers - Publisher/Executive Editor

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Introduction from the publisher

The articles, features, products and links found on Bearsandbuds do not constitute endorsement or guarantee of artist's workmanship or merchandise quality. The informative articles are designed to enrich the reader's knowledge and to introduce the many talented and varied artists-members that make up the teddy bear world. Bearsandbuds is not responsible for errors or omission.

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