Focus on the Teddy Bear Artists
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Meet Irina Hoppie, of Oddkin Toys and learn how helping others lead her to become
a teddy bear artist.
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Now we can reveal what was
in the Santa's Surprise® gift boxes that were featured in Bright Star Promotion's Online Bear Blitz Teddy Bear Show! |
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Online Teddy Bear Appraisals |
Ever wondered about the life
of your beloved old bear?
Online appraisal offer you the bears history along with its current value. Ask Brenda! |
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Meet the artists at teddy bear shows. Find a show close to you
or to shop online.
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You'll never miss a thing when you go to the archive to enjoy all the past featured articles. |
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Free to read. |
Collector password required.
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How to protect your patterns and your art. |
Meet many of the Bears&Buds and Bright Star Promotions' artists in each of the 8 yearly online shows.
Buying bears safely online, is fun. |
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Receive early announcements of coming teddy bear events
and online shows.
Our mailing list is private and secure.
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Order mohair
online from Dale
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Meet Dave Stack
the developer
of
BearPile
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Check out the list of trusted suppliers artists use. Check out the list of trusted suppliers artists use. |
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The shows change and grow, read about Bright Stars success, having produced and sponsored 700 doll house miniatures shows, teddy bear shows,
and online shows worldwide over the last 8 years. |
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Out in the Wild . . .
What to do when you meet
a live bear.
How to survive a bear attack. |
All About Grizzly Bears
by Animal Facts Guide |
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What is the difference between these two titles?
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Award winning artist from Australia teaches you. |
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Artist password required. |
Adding airbrushing details to your creations enhances personality
and character! |
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Thirty year show comes
to an end in Ann Arbor. |
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| URSA Awards Archive . . . |
It is our pleasure to introduce to you, the winners of the 19th Annual URSA Awards along with the
URSA Major - Best Over All winner.
Applause for all who entered and all who won!
Two ways to meet the winners . . . |
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Meet the winners . . .
in our new flip magazine |
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Meet the winners . . .
in our web page format |
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2023
It is our pleasure to introduce to you, the winners of the 18th Annual URSA Awards along with the
URSA Major - Best Over All winner.
Applause for all who entered and all who won! |
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A very special thank you goes
to all our
URSA Awards sponsors.
Please visit their web sites. |
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Ever wonder where mohair came from?
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The artists work hard preparing for a show. |
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The story behind how
Gollies became teddy bears best friends. |
A Star in the World
of Teddy Bears . . .Winnie the Pooh |
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Learn to take beautiful
photographs of your bears |
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The most expensive teddy ever sold at auction was manufactured by Steiff. The particular bear was made
by Louis Vuitton and fetched $2.1 million dollars in 2000.
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