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Finding Time to Make Teddy Bears

find time for bear making

I don’t know about you, but I used to have a hard time finding time to make teddy bears.  Back in 2000 I was find time for bear makingworking a full time job,  taking care of a home and my family including 2 dogs!  I loved making teddy bears, but just couldn’t find the time to do it.

Then I started trying to figure out how to work bear making into my busy life.

my bear making trayI had a craft tray from somewhere that worked very well as a place to hold my bear making things on my lap. (There are some craft trays on Amazon here.) Sometimes I needed extra light, and found these book lights by UltraBright worked very well!  They are LED and very bright.  I needed the freedom of no cords and these work on 3 AA batteries.

I started working on bears while relaxing with my family in the evenings.  I put my supplies, tools and tray in a tote bag and would bring it to work so I could work on bears at lunch.  If I had a doctor’s appointment, or if I had to take my daughter somewhere for extracurricular activities, I’d work on bears while I waiting.  Soon, I was finishing bears!

I hope this helps you with finding time to work on your bear making.  Stay tuned for more helpful hints!

 

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YOU – My Bear Making Students & Collectors – Made it Possible, thank you!

Full time teddy bear maker - thank you!

Today my heart is just so very full that I had to post.
Last Monday, my boyfriend hit his head very hard during a fall and landed in the ER.  Thankfully no fluid on the brain, no cracks in the scull.  But for the whole week he was having a very hard time with dizziness and then nausea.  He saw a doc and was diagnosed and treated for a form of positional vertigo.  He has to stay home for 3 more days and has restrictions on movement.  Thankfully I have been able to be there for him to to help with whatever needs doing.

3+ years ago my Mother had a brain aneurysm burst and was in the ICU for a month, another month in the hospital and 5 months in rehab.  I was so happy to be able to be there with her at the hospital every day for 2 months, then 2-3 times a week for 5 months at the rehab center 90 minutes away.

Quite a while ago my daughter was in high school…. right about when I started to go full time with bears.  For the first time in her life, I was able to be there for her after school.  I remember telling her that I was sorry I wasn’t there after school for her when she was younger.  She told me not to worry about it, that she REALLY liked coming home now and being able to talk with me about her day.

If it were not for all of my wonderful bear making students & teddy bear collectors… NONE of this would have been possible!  I would have had to go to work.  Thank you!!!!