Teddies Worldwide Teddy Bear EXTRAVAGANZA

Hello Everyone: Seraphim Bears will have SIX never before seen bears this weekend beginning Friday March 22nd at 4:00pm NEW YORK - Eastern Standard time! Here is your link for the show:

 TEDDIES WORLDWIDE - EXTRAVAGANZA


This is the preview bear for Seraphim Bears: Her name is Roselyn and you can place your votes for your favourite bear on the Teddies Worldwide site until March 22 at noon!

 The show ends on March 24th!

Wishing you all a very wonderful weekend and I hope you enjoy the show!

Sneak Peak - Teddy Bears on Vacation show 2012

I think it is  time to begin sharing with you some of the bears that will be heading to the Toronto - Teddy Bears on Vacation show with me in just three weeks time. A nice little sneak peak that will include the video of the song they are named after! As most of you will remember but some of you may be new to Seraphim Bears blog; all of the 2012 bears were named after songs or two mini's singers for this years hug.

The first bear up is a big bear at 21 inches and really heavy. He is one of my new Chainmaille bears - created to represent a little boy playing knights in shining armor! A gorgeous charcoal (almost black) bear named The Duke of Earl! He comes with his wooden spoon (sword) and his tin oil funnel hat and vest are removable too. He has hand felted MS feature paws, black English glass eyes and a big grey embroidered and waxed nose. He even has felted grey freckles and a bit of grey felted under his eyes to help you find them in all that dark mysterious fur!

Hidden Gem - A local show

Yesterday I found a little gem of a show right here in my town. Here is a little something about me that many of you do not know... I don't read the newspaper. I am very sensitive and like to have my news censored so I have my people (LOL, my husband and mother in law) who do read the paper daily, and they tell me anything they think I might need to know. I do watch the big city news on TV but only the morning news which is much tamer! It has helped with stress in my life tremendously.
Back to the gem: There was a doll and teddy bear show right here in my town yesterday and even better it was just minutes away from home!

Here are some of the fabulous finds that I saw there:

While there I found just the right thing for my bear Maybelline to give her the finishing touch. She now wears a beautiful, authentic 1930's style wool swing coat which suits her to a tea. As you can see she is ready to head off to the factory to help her men at war.

The new bears still have the same traditional style but I have changed the way they are shaded and used much smaller eyes.

After finding Maybelline's new coat I came home, dressed her and went back to the show to share her with the lady I purchased the coat from. She was a big hit at the show and met many people. She is now reserved for a very special buyer... the lady who sold me the coat! They fell in love and looked so happy together. How fabulous! When Maybelline makes her journey to her home I will be sure to get photos for you all to see. We have been invited for tea to browse through her antique clothing and fit some more bears with fabulous outfits! As it turns out Joyce lives only minutes away from my Mum so I will be delivering Maybelline in person. Joyce is a beautiful lady and I am very excited to join her in her home and get to know each other better.

Here I am with Maybelline on our way back to the show. I will post more photos of Maybelline soon ... after our photo session.

Fur Friday - Postponed due to online bear show

Hello Everyone:

I just wanted to let you all know that today's Fur Friday post will be postponed till next week as this weekend ... Starting today at 4:00pm Eastern Standard Time, the Teddies Worldwide Bear show - Teddy Bears Tea Party is beginning and Seraphim Bears is exhibiting!

I look forward to seeing you all there and I will have 8 bears to offer in the MINIATURE category! Two are a bit larger in size but most are minis!

Here is your link to the show:

TEDDY BEARS TEA PARTY

I will be back next week with a proper FUR FRIDAY post!

Preview bear for Teddies Worldwide show

Here is my preview bear for the Teddies Worldwide show coming up March 23rd to the 25th!

This is Earl and he has a twin brother Grey but you will have to wait to meet him till the show!

Earl comes with his quilted tea cup and saucer and a lavender tea bag sachet too! He is only 4" tall!

Teddy Bear'sTea Party with Teddies Worldwide

I am thrilled to announce that Seraphim Bears will be participating in the Teddies Worldwide "Teddy Bears Tea Part" this March!

There will be 100 artist participating in the show and with such a fabulous theme it is bound to be the best show yet!

Seraphim Bears will be participating this time in a NEW category! I will be in the miniature category so look for me there! Don't worry, I'll remind you when it's getting closer to the time!

Oh oh... I heard a few groans among those many cheers. For all those of you who have been asking me when I will do my mini bears again... this is for you!

FOR ALL THOSE OF YOU WHO collect my full size bears... they will be in the show too... you just need to look for me in the miniature section of the show. And also note that there will be more mini bears than full sized bears this time around!

I have reworked my mini bears to reflect the new Melancholy style as well as the original minis in the traditional style so this will be a fabulous show for all of you who have been patiently waiting for the mini to return.

And there may even be a rabbit ... it is a tea party so one never knows!

I cannot tell you how excited I am to be a part of this show... just as much as Alice going to Wonderland!

Now... lots of work to be done before now and show day!

Big Bear Hugs from me and the bears

Mark the date on your calendar and I will see you all there!

MARCH 23 - 25 2012

 Teddy Bear's Tea Party

You're invited to the Seraphim Bears 1st adoption sale - Tomorrow!

Hello Everyone

Tomorrow is the big day!
Seraphim Bears 1st private online adoption sale!

This is the first time I will be having an official sale on my new website and I hope you can all make it! I will have four bears up for adoption and they are all so excited to find their new forever homes!

Just head on over to my Website and click on the AVAILABLE tab!
It's that easy! I am loving my new website... everything's is easy to use and easy to navigate.

See you tomorrow

Pirates and Parrots

Ahoy me heartys:

With a theme likes pirates you can imagine how fun the costumes were... but why leave it to the imagination

Me and my Parrot

My Mum after she received her tattoo!

Tracy Lee and Family... do you know I talked to Tracy throughout the weekend but this was the first night there and it took me till I got home to realize that this was her! Awesome costumes!

Dancing to the YMCA...

My favourite hat of the weekend

See that BIG bag... inside was a parrot egg and she was dressed as a parrot with fabulous wings!

If you were lucky enough to find her other half you could adopt a bird. You got a little egg that you opened and inside was either a boy or girl rubber ducky. It had a name and if you wanted you could change that name on your adoption paper that came with your bird! I got a boy... his name is Merl!

There was a stage filled with teddy bear pirates...

And lots of loot too...

Here is a lady who was throwing away money coins all night speaking of loot! She was fabulous! And of course the lovely and talented Darlene Allen from Raspbeary Bears

One of the raffle bears

This bear was on the sneak peek table the first night... please let me know if you know who the artist was! He is fabulous!

Check out those costumes ! Fabulous!

Captain Jack Bearrow by Sharron Barron... he stole my heart from the first time I saw him online...

He was to be auctioned off the night of the dinner.

 Here is the lovely and talented Sharron Barron with me saying hello to Captain Jack!

An excerpt from my Bear journal:

on the night of the dinner:

After we got through all the draws it was time for the auction of the two beautiful pieces of work by two different artists. One was a gorgeous miniature Hansel and Gretel set. The next was a beautiful pirate bear that was created by Sharron Barron of Barron's Bears.  The auctioneer (Martha Burch of Martha's Bears) started the bidding request and so I raised my hand to get things going. Then it took off like wild fire... bids being yelled from here and over there. Then suddenly it stopped...

This bear was worth far more and my heart began to race... should I bid again? 

Then I heard "Yep" just like Dave from "Storage Wars". And suddenly I realized that "Yep" came from me!

I am thrilled to say that this beautiful bear is now a member of my hug and was welcomed with open paws by all his brothers and sisters. 

Thank you Sharron for such a beautiful creation. He sits in a place of honour in my home.

TBAI #1 - The Gallery night

The opening night Gala:

There are so many photos to show and so very many artists. Please do not take offence if you are not shown here... as a matter of fact... my entry is not about to be shown here... hahahaha

The room was filled with excitement and magic was in the air! The collectors and artists alike were bustling about looking for that perfect bear. We were all casting our votes on which bears we thought were the best of the best and let me tell you, the choice was not an easy one to make!

Many of us came in full costume - Pirates and landlubbers were everywhere and the atmosphere was like a ship about to enter a stormy sea... we were ready for the challenge and all hands were on deck!

Cheryl Hutchinson

Cindy MaGuire

Allen Hsu

Armelia Dana

Barbara Burke

Bev White

 

Dianna Watts

Cindy working away as usual! She put on a fabulous show! Thank you Cindy for all your hard work! It truly paid off!

Okay I guess I should really post a shot of my entry... hahahaha

Michele Seraphim (that's me) hahaha

Many of my bears found their new homes but Magic has not found her forever home yet so I will be listing her shortly! All the detail of this very special Fairy Godmother bear will be listed at that time.

More to come but for now I am off to spend some time with my family! Be back soon with more from the show!