tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71993770343683215572024-03-05T05:27:27.645-08:00Seraphim Bears (Blog)Michele Seraphimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16040486518661219661noreply@blogger.comBlogger380125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7199377034368321557.post-81956286038927074852016-06-13T04:09:00.000-07:002016-06-13T04:09:03.829-07:00An entire weekend in the studio and a ton of work accomplished. New designs on the way, and BIG BIG news soon to be released... Please sign up for my newsletter to be the first to find out what's being released and about a new avenue for Seraphim's WOW.<br />
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In order to become a VIP and have first selection you just need to sign up for my newsletter... it's that simple. Just look over at my side bar and you will see the form.<br />
Be back soon with photos and lots of cute, cute new creations!<br />
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Also coming up very very soon.... a new look for my blog and website! The beautiful graphic work has been done by Karen Valentine and I can't wait to share it with you all! It's been a long time since I had a fresh new look for my site and I thought it was time... I hope you all like it's magical feel.<br />
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Don't forget to bookmark and save my new online shop too! <a href="http://www.worldofwhimsy.tictail.com/" target="_blank">Seraphim's World of Whimsy (WOW)</a><a href="http://www.worldofwhimsy.tictail.com/"></a><br />
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That is where you will find all of my new creations that are available for adoption!<br />
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Have a wonderful day!<br />
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My preview and first release of my new line is a kitty cat named Tuscany... she is made of hand dyed viscose and has a double jointed neck so she can look in many directions really adding to her character. Her front legs are armatured so you can bend them into position. Her eyes are blue glass buzzard eyes and she has a hand sculpted and painted nose. Her cloche hat is hand knitted and finished with lace and handmade ribbonwork flower. She comes with her lucky Canadian penny tied around her neck.<br />
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I will have two kitty cats and two pugs and one or two Italian greyhounds to offer you in this show... all of which are completely new designs!
See you at the show... <a href="http://www.teddiesworldwide.com/home/" target="_blank">Teddies Worldwide</a><br />
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I hope you are able to take a little time to visit the Teddies Worldwide show this weekend! It is great to be back and there are sooooo many beautiful bears to choose from!<br />
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Here are a few of the bears I have left from the show! Have a wonderful weekend! <br />
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I will be back soon with new Bears, Kitties and Puppies and maybe some Rats and Rabbits too!<br />
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I just wanted to send you a Valentine!<br />
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The bear featured here was named Le Vie en Rose... she is the epitome of love don't you agree?<br />
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I have been working each and every day getting ready to share with you the new collection of Seraphim Bears at this coming Teddies Worldwide show in March - Teddy Bear Extravaganza! I have FIVE bears prepared for the show and look forward to sharing this new Over Hugged bear design with you! Beautiful Victorian ribbonwork, vintage style bonnets, sleepy hats and bears of varying sizes... <br />
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It has been a really wonderful year so far... creativity is flowing here at Seraphim Bears Studio and the fun just keeps on coming...
I am thrilled to announce that I will also be participating in the up and coming Teddies Worldwide Pet Palooza show in April!<br />
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I have already begun design work on these new pet style artist toys based on our furry friends who make each and every moment of our lives a joy without judgement and giving us unconditional love! I am basing this years pets on my own so... if you know anything about me you'll know what's coming and if you don't it will be a surprise! I am going out on a limb with these artist toys and letting my artist doll background come out to play. These will be their own style separate from my bears and I hope you will enjoy them. I am in the final stages of development on one of the doggies coming to the show and then will begin work on another doggie style and hopefully a kitty cat and bunny too! <br />
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This is a brand new show for Teddies Worldwide all completely based on your pets and the love they share with us... there will be a "pet boutique" for both gifts for pet lovers and items for pets ... I will also be participating in the boutique and creating some crafty items for you to enjoy!!!<br />
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Really happy to back and creating again! Thank you for your support of Seraphim Bears and your patience over the last year while I and my husband and love of my life got through his cancer and my heart issues! I cherish you all and can't wait to share this year with you!<br />
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Well, It has definitely been some time since I was here... but I am back and making bears and a new design is on it's way!
I am thrilled to let you all know that my bears will be available at the March Teddies Worldwide show in 2015 and I can't wait to share them with you!<br />
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I will be on more often to update my blog and have some sales coming up soon of the bears you have grown to love.<br />
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Thank you for your patience over the past year as I was busy with family! I am happy to announce that my husband is now considered cancer free and no longer needs to have regular check ups... we are thrilled to share this news with you all at Christmas! What a gift to be told of this news just three weeks till the holidays!
Looking forward to sharing with you and getting back to my blog and bears!<br />
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Merry Christmas to you all!<br />
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<strong>March 20-22, 2015</strong> Teddy Bear Extravaganza online show and sale at <a href="http://www.teddiesworldwide.com/">teddiesworldwide.com</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7199377034368321557" target="_blank"><img src="http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt108/valentinestudio123/Client%20Blog%20Design/Signatures/Seraphim-Signature.png" style="background: transparent; border: none;" /></a>Michele Seraphimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16040486518661219661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7199377034368321557.post-68630432773636742042014-04-26T10:05:00.000-07:002014-04-26T10:05:01.743-07:00A touched heart is blessed!Surprisingly, and I know it will be hard to believe... lol, but on occasion I get asked why I continue to make bears, or just why I do in general...<br />
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Among many factors in reguards to this ... I received a beautiful email today from one of my collectors and wanted to share it with you...<br />
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This is why I make bears:<br />
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Hello Michele!!<br /></div>
I was so
excited when I finally picked her up last night at the post office. The
package was so pretty. You wrapped her especially nicely. Loved the
bear stickers, very detailed, and the leafy paper. Very thoughtful
touches. She had stayed very quiet behind the pretty tissue paper --
but I don't know how. (It was such a long wait.) She is absolutely
gorgeous. I can't believe I am holding this incredibly heavy delicious
bear!! I love her so so much. Really love her nose and her belly
BUTTON and that it is a button and her round round belly. Did I say
that I love her weight; it is just the perfect heavy weight. And her
face is absolutely special. I know she is mine to stay. The Milne
quote touches the heart. Thank you. And thank you for the lucky
pennies and heart pocket and tea and EVERYTHING wonderful about
Cordelia and that came in the box -- because I surely missed something.<br />
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have always admired your artistry. Always thought I'd wait and buy a
bear with clothes but she caught my eye. Even like your new babies with
the pursed lips and "funny" faces. Please keep well and sharing what
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Thank you so very much to Rose for her beautiful letter! It touches my heart and brings tears to my eye each and every time one of my bears is able to brighten someones day, warm their heart and bring joy to their home.<br />
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I am so very lucky to be able to do what I do and THANK YOU ALL for making it possible for me to follow in my grandmother's footsteps. I know she looks down and reads these letters also and is smilin from above!<br />
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This email made my day, my week, my year and years to come. I save them all! <br />
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<b>SAVE THE CANADIAN BEAR SHOW!!!</b><br />
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Okay so I am putting all this information out there for ALL CANADIAN bear artists or any artist for that matter. As you all know that Canadian bear show ended last year and I have been trying to get connected with a women in my area who has been hosting a doll and bear show for seven years... I have finally connected with her and will be helping her to run this show form now forward... <br />
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I want to get more bear artists to this show. It is a beautiful location in Belleville, Ontario. Applications are now being accepted for this <b>June 1st</b>. If you are interested in exhibiting please contact me asap. Table prices are extremely reasonable and I will email you the information.<br />
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Starting next year I will be beginning an online presence for this show as well as advertising in the bear magazines. My husband will be creating our graphic posters/ flyers and I will be asking for your help to spread the word!<br />
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If we hope to continue to have a Canadian presence in the bear world... this is a good start. Belleville is located in Prince Edward County area, wine country and beautiful scenery and very close to the US borders. We have gorgeous B&B locations for guests as well as comfortable hotels. We are right on walking trails and water routes ... there is so much to offer! It will be well worth the journey! <br />
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Please contact me if you are interested in getting a table this year or would like to be placed on a list for contacting for next year. If you are a collector and would like to be notified of this show in the future please send me your contact information via email.<br />
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I look forward to hearing back from you all!<br />
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7199377034368321557" target="_blank"><img src="http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt108/valentinestudio123/Client%20Blog%20Design/Signatures/Seraphim-Signature.png" style="background: transparent; border: none;" /></a>Michele Seraphimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16040486518661219661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7199377034368321557.post-19185414025952947992014-04-10T13:06:00.001-07:002014-04-10T13:06:27.540-07:00NEW SHOWSo today I was contacted by a local lady who holds a doll and bear show each year here in my town. People drive in from all over to attend this show and although I connected with this lady a year ago but never heard from her... she lost my contact info and I did not have hers. Yesterday she was in our local Staples and someone who works there told her she should contact me. How fun!<br />
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So on June 1st I will be at the Belleville doll and bear show and am so thrilled to be a part of this event. With no Canadian bear show in existence any longer this is such and important show.<br />
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That is the good news, the bad news is that I don't have time to do the show and do my Rapid Fire shows from now until then so .... Rapid Fire shows are on hold for a short time. <br />
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After June 1st I will have another show online.<br />
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I will be sending out a newsletter in the next couple of weeks for the next show!<br />
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Only one wee bear did not yet find his new home so he has been listed on BearPile. He is a sweet 10" bear made of sandy coloured alpaca!<br />
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<a href="http://www.bearpile.com/item/80337">Herman on Bearpile</a><br />
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I will keep the Newsletters as the main place to announce bear information such as shows, awards etc and use this blog as a forum for that and more personal things. This way if you are not interested in that aspect you don't need to find my news in your mailbox... you can choose to come here,<br />
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and on that note... I was called yesterday from the doctors office and asked to please come in right away. Unfortunately they did not have space for me yesterday so I will be going in today to find out what's up. At least only had to wait a day and my appointment is this morning so ... I will let you all know when I know. It will have something to do with the recent blood work I had done. This is the fastest I have ever seen blood-work done as it was only Thursday of last week that I went in for that. Anyway... this is the reason for the delay on a date for the next show... I just need to find out where we are on the tests and then I can base the date on that!<br />
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Thank you all again for your continued support of Seraphim Bears! This is a fun new aspect of my bear journey and I look forward to the next Rapid-Fire two day online show with you! I am almost completed the next show bears ... I will try to send a sneak peak at some time soon...<br />
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Big Hugs and have a great day!<br />
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All you need to do to join in that list is to sign up for my Newsletter! It's that easy!<br />
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And what do you get for signing up?<br />
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<li>You will be the first to know when Seraphim Bears has a new bear available through my two day Rapid-Fire online shows </li>
<li>You will have exclusive payment plans/ Layaway plans and choices of payment styles</li>
<li>You will be privileged to Free Giveaways held at Seraphim Bears</li>
<li>You will also receive special surprises in your packages when receiving an adopted bear! </li>
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This weekend, at the first Rapid-Fire online show, Cordelia found her new forever home... Thank you so much!<br />
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Just wanted to let everyone know that the first Rapid-Fire, bear show for Seraphim Bears is now on! If you have signed up for my NEWSLETTER you will already know this and will have already received your VIP link to the show in advance. If you are not on the VIP list you will not have received the link and will not have access to the show! <br />
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What does having access to Seraphim Bears Rapid-Fire online shows get you:<br />
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<li>You will be the first to see any new bear released</li>
<li>You will have access to adopt a bear before anyone who is not a VIP</li>
<li>You will have several buying options: BUY IT NOW, 2 or 3 payment layaway plans depending on the cost of the bear</li>
<li>You will have two days exclusive to VIP members to adopt these bears </li>
<li>Only NEW bears that have not been seen before will be featured in my Rapid-Fire shows</li>
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Once the show closes at the end of the two days any remaining bears will slowly be released to Bear Pile and/or my ETSY shop where they can be adopted at a BUY IT NOW price only.<br />
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My new bear with open mouth and trapunto paw pads found his new forever home this morning! <b>Thank you </b>.... he will be travelling soon to Louisville, Kentucky!<br />
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I have just today reopened my Bear Pile shop and currently have one bear available: This little man has been with me a while as he was shown in one online show but did not find his home and I became attached to him... so he stayed with me for awhile longer... but he is ready not to find his new forever home.<br />
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Thanks everyone and the next show should be in two to three weeks! Have a wonderful weekend!<br />
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If you are currently not signed up for my Newsletter ... Please take a minute to do so.<br />
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As of now, I will not be going any online shows or in person shows until further notice.<br />
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I am having some issues with my heart and until I know more on what is going on I cannot make the commitment to the deadline requirements of the shows.<br />
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I am on the waiting list to see another cardiologist which may take months to actually get in to see him and then it may be surgery needed so until I know what is happening I have cancelled all shows.<br />
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I will however still continue the bears and will be posting them up for adoption on my sale page online. I will send out a Newsletter notice when a bear comes available for adoption and a link to my sale page so if you are interested in adoption of a Seraphim Bear .... please sign up for my Newsletter.<br />
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I am sorry to bring you this news and want you to know that I too am so sad to have to cancel all the shows... but I have to realize that I cannot control what is going to happen and don't want to put the shows in a spot if I don't make the deadlines!<br />
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I will have a bear soon for you as all the bears are already in the works for the shows so I have many coming ready to offer...<br />
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Thank you for your support and understanding!<br />
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Just wanted to pop by to wish you all a very Happy Happy Happy New Year!<br />
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I have spent the last few days off work cleaning up all the Christmas decorations and cleaning house. That includes getting into the work studio to clean and sort and get everything prepared for the 2014 bears! Now that the holidays are nearly over and a new year soon upon us I wanted to have everything ready to get strait to work! I have several bears ready to sew and even a few heads ready to stuff! This is always an exciting time to see what and who will be born this year!<br />
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I wish you all good health, love and lots of laughter and prosperity this coming year! May your family be safe and blessed and joy ring out to close off this year of 2013! New beginnings are possible for anyone who seeks them... remember you are worthy of love and joy and I am grateful to know you!<br />
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I just got notice this morning reminding me that I have also been accepted for another online show in the early spring... I just simply had to mention it as I forgot it in my last post (yesterday).<br />
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Just so you all know, and I don't forget again... lol, I will also be exhibiting in the Spring Bear Hugs 4 U show from March 7th to 9th. It seems crazy to be planning for these shows already when I am still thinking about Christmas of this year but... I am meticulous about my work and dislike being rushed so I have begun cutting one bear as of last night, sewing the first bear of 2014 will begin shortly and as you may have read in the last post... the new design of my open mouth, padded pawed bear is almost completed. I will finish the new pattern today... I hope!<br />
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So thrilled to be able to share this new news with you today about another show... I just cannot wait to see who comes to life in the new bears this year!<br />
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Any ideas on what to base the new bears names on this year? I have done Downton Abby this year and in past years I have done chocolate, candy, Fringe (TV show but only in part) and more... I love picking a theme so if you would like to see names from something you love send me a comment and I will take it under advisement! Thanks for your input! <br />
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I was thinking maybe Coronation Street this year but who knows... looking forward to your ideas!<br />
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Big Hugs and I will be back soon with news and pictures. <br />
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Although the year was challenging with health issues with Jase etc we have pulled through it and are looking forward to the new year to come. It is only now that I am beginning to feel a sense of catching up and hope to maybe even get ahead with the gift wrapping and glide effortlessly into Christmas. It's a hope but I'm not holding my breath. I am further ahead than I have been all year which is a satisfying and delightful feeling.<br />
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Each year I create a year book of the bears I created that year and this year it took me until yesterday to get it near completion. I look back often on my books to see where it all began and compare it to where I am at today. This year there was a definate change in my bears. I love the new design and feel my work improved dramatically over the last few years.<br />
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A collector approached me at one of my shows this year and said... "you always do something different don't you?" I have heard that collectors might not like change but honestly... this is only going to be my fifth year creating bears. I know in the past I have talked extensively on the subject of finding "your" look when making bears and for some it comes immediately. For me however I wanted to try all that I was capable of before choosing an image for Seraphim Bears. I wanted to wet my feet in many ponds before I chose which one to swim in. I feel I am there now.. my bears have a distinctly different look to anyone else. Their body shape is simply adorable with their big fat bellies. They have personal touches that relate to me like their heart pockets and lucky Canadian pennies which will forever remind me and all my collectors of the experience I had of being diagnosed with my heart condition, making it through and wanting to share the luck with everyone I can. The bears have reached a place where I feel they are simply scrumptious and that is what I wanted to achieve. A bear that is unique to me and distinctly mine.<br />
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But that does not mean I am not going to try new things and take new avenues with the bears. That simply means I know the street I live on now... I know what I love and what I want to share with the world. So what are the plans for the coming year?<br />
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2014 will hold new adventures... I hope all good ones and fun ones! I have already begun to created an open mouth bear pattern with trapunto padded feet. These bears will be in the same pattern that I have spent the last four years creating ~ the Over Hugged style of Seraphim Bear. The new Huggy Baby bears will still remain a part of my line up as well as I love the freedom these dolly faced bears offer me.<br />
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I will be a part of the Teddies Worldwide online show in the spring and hope this will be the event for the release of the new open mouth bear... I hope. I will be attending the Binghamton show TBAI and have received confirmation of my theme for my gallery bear... I can't quite share that one in full detail but I can tell you my character is dear to my heart and I have been a fan for most of my life. I studied this person extensively over the years and am so looking forward to creating a bear in this persons likeness. The theme for this years show is "Rear View Mirror" and the theme in part that I have chose is Hooray for Hollywood. I cannot wait to get started on this bear!<br />
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Each year, we as artists, have a last piece... a piece that closes off the year for us. This year my last bear is super special... Last year I gave a bear to each of my aunts (except one whom... wasn't at the Christmas celebrations but I have not forgotten her) and my cousin Monica also received a bear as well as my Mother In Law and Step mother. After the festivities were completed I noticed a not so happy face in the group. It was my cousin Richard. He is a big lad and already in University. When I approached him to see what was the matter he meekly replied that all was well. Then it hit me... "Oh my God" I said "Did you want a bear?" He looked down at me and smiled and said "Yes please." It was the sweetest thing ever, this big man telling me he wanted one of my bears too. So this year, my last bear was created especially for him. He is all that I could have hoped him to be. He is big, fat and fabulous. He has touches of harlequin and carnival and has a name fit for a knight. I cannot tell you any more than that and of course, I cannot share a photo until after the holidays just in case he comes to read my blog. It's okay... if he finds out here that he is getting his bear... he still has to unveil him. The bear even has a growler... a feature that will forever remind me of my grandmother as she always put a growler in her bears.<br />
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So that's it... all that is left to be done is to take the photos of my last bear for this year and add them into the Year Book. Then it's off to print with the book and there will be another year to look back and reflect on. This year I created 34 bears and most have found homes with the exception of a few Huggy Babies and one wee bear. In total I have now created 163 bears! Whoowhoo!<br />
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Soon my post will be talking of the first bear of a New Year... but for now... it is a time of reflection. of contemplation of what is yet to come. A time to snuggle on the couch with my puppies and family under big fluffy blankets while the snow falls outside our windows and a time to quietly design for a the coming year.<br />
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THANK YOU EVERYONE for a wonderful year; for your support through my time with Jase and our cancer scare, for your adoptions and for your comments throughout the year that are always so very precious to me. Have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year everyone...I will be back with more before the new year but this is my BIG message to end off this year... my Hallmark moment... now it's onto fun and getting to know me stuff.<br />
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Just really wanted to stop in here to Thank EVERYONE who stopped by the Teddies Worldwide Christmas Treasures show this past weekend. All but one of my bears found new homes and I am so grateful for that. One has already been shipped and three others have taken advantage of the layaway plans that I always have available! I am so happy that those plans seem to help out. I simply cannot wait for all the bears to meet their new Mom's!<br />
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The show was a huge success and as always Daphne and Frank executed the show flawlessly. With the loss of the Canadian Bear show these online shows are so appreciated.<br />
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Big Hugs to all and I will be back soon. I want to change the things we talk about here on the blog... I plan to share more about me and possibly more about the bears too but mostly I want you to have a chance to get to know me a bit more personally.<br />
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<i><b>Today I am posting my latest Newsletter here on my blog... Please sign up for my Newsletter so you can be the first to know in the future as I usually do not post Newsletter information on my blog. But today I thought this Newsletter needed to reach as many people as possible!</b></i><br />
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It is hard to believe but the shows for 2013 are wrapping up! This will be Seraphim Bears last show for the year and I am thrilled to be ending it with the Teddies Worldwide show this weekend.<br />
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For me and many other Canadian bear artists it was a sad but hopeful show at Teddy Bears on Vacation when it was announced that there would be no show in 2014 for Canada. Mark and Susan McKay have gone back to the drawing board to see what can be done to reinvent the show and we all have our fingers crossed that something will be done but the show will never be the same as it was over the past years. It may be a show that includes bears and focuses on bears as a main factor but it will not be a true bear show. It may included other artists in different media that include bears in some format in their work. I hope this will be an exciting change and will get us attention for a brighter future and choose to look at it in that way. There will always need to be change in order to succeed. We have seen the onset of several online bear shows now that reach 100's of countries and even our competitions now are including photography contests for those who cannot attend the shows. Collectors across the board still fee they want a place to touch and feel the bears and meet the artists in person and that is why we desperately need our REAL shows. But it is my opinion that we also desperately need our online shows which give each of us, no matter where we live, a chance to reach out and meet, via email, an artist of our dreams and an opportunity to own one of their bears. Right now may not simply be a new step that is a fad as I have heard some collectors say... online shows may be the way of the future. If we want to keep the Teddy Bear as an original art form in the public eye and try to reach out to the new generation, we need to follow suit and try to reach them in a hip new way! People like Daphne Towle (Teddies Worldwide) and Dolores Austin ( Bear Hugs 4 U) are taking the steps required to make this a reality. Much like a "real" bear show, there should be no competition between show organizers... as at this point... we as a bear collective need all the outlets we can get. If we all work together to step out of our comfort zones we can hopefully SAVE THE BEARS so to speak!<br />
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Seraphim Bears has made a commitment to this industry for many years now and I hope to be able to continue to do so whether in Canada or not. The online shows provide me as an artist an outlet to continue to reach out to collectors across the world as I cannot travel as far as some. We still help to run a family business here in our town and I also have a commitment to my family and must be here. I do not have the luxury of travelling often as many of the Teddy Bear Artists do so the loss of our Canadian show was a real hit for me but I am still in this for the long haul. Seraphim Bears will continue to do approximately 2 online shows per years (possibly more, depending on sales) and will make every effort to travel to one show per year in person in the USA (most likely Binghamton, NY as I can drive there).<br />
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I wanted to send out this Newsletter to thank the show coordinators for their efforts in the past and for our futures. It takes a lot of innovation to look past what has always been done and have the courage to try something new. I too have put on my thinking cap over the years and tried my best to give my input to Mark McKay on ideas that may work for a future show and although I considered being the one to take over this new adventure, I have to be logical; with the commitment of the family business, my husband's recent cancer scare and a future for us now of checkup's every 6 months plus my recent heart condition diagnosis... it is just not possible right now for me to take on this role. I will always be here to help but cannot be the main coordinator.<br />
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I am making the same New Years Eve resolution I have made every year for years; I will continue to make beautiful creations be it bears or Huggy Baby bears or something new in hopes of touching someones heart and brightening someones day! I will continue to create my bears in the most professional way using the best materials and I will continue to make the adoption of a Seraphim Bear a full and enlightening experience with beautiful packaging and wee surprises included with each adoption. This has been my commitment to the industry and will be my commitment for as long as I can sew and design. I will continue to support the Teddy Bear Magazine industry by taking out ad space and reaching out to collectors in that way. I will travel when I can and support the new innovation of the online bear show by taking out virtual space with our online coordinators as often as I can. I will also always be here to help another bear artist in any way I can. This is my resolution for 2014 and the unforeseen future.<br />
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TODAY begining at 4:00pm New York time or Eastern Standard time please join me and the many other bear artists at the Teddies Worldwide online bear show Christmas Treasures! The show will run from November 15 to November 17th! This will be a glorious show as Daphne and Frank always put in such a lot of time preparing for each show as do all of the artists involved. Here is your link to the show: <a href="http://teddiesworldwide.com/"></a><br />
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This will be my last show this year and I cannot wait to share the bears and Huggy Baby bears that I have created for this show. Holly that you see above is my gallery bear and has been created out of alpaca. All Seraphim Bears have a nice fat belly and beautiful profile... lots of honey in those bellies... heehee. All of her leaves are each handmade and quilted and each leaf has a Swarovski crystal. Thank you to all of you who took the time to vote for your favourite bears in the two categories - winners will be announced at the show opening!<br />
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Have a glorious weekend at the show everyone and thank you for taking the time to read my newsletters and including Seraphim Bears in your experience of the Artist Teddy Bear!<br />
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Michele Seraphim and the Seraphim Bears<br />
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Here is your link to join me and all the other very talented artists at this show...<br />
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Have a great show and a wonderful weekend everyone!<br />
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Holidays season starts for me in the Fall as I love Halloween!<br />
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This Friday I will be participating in the Bear Hugs 4 U online show. You can find your link here or in my sidebar.<br />
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<a href="http://www.bearhugs4u.com/">Bear Hugs 4 U</a> </div>
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I will have 4 bears and one Huggy Baby to offer you this show and I am sooo excited to share them all with you!<br />
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Here is your preview bear: Barrett<br />
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