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 Bucket's Adventure
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World Record Setting Teddy Bears
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 Our members celebrating
achievements and
doing the Happy Dance! |
 Learn to make a little crochet bear. Chantal's patterns are now available! |
 Direct from
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 First 100 days of Pandas Mei Lun and Mei Huan |
 URSA Awards Competition entry forms, for world wide teddy bear artists, available March 15th |
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Book Published
 Children's book tells how Bucket's world adventures began.
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Black Bear with Rare White Cub |
 A Visit to Bear Country. Travel from the comfort of your home and enjoy this bear adventure.
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10 Facts About Bears |
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Meet Dave Stack the
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About Mohair
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 2013 URSA Awards Competition
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Meet the winners of the 8th Annual URSA Award Competition
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2013 results URSA Award
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View all the URSA awards and prizes that the artists are vying for this year! |
| URSA Awards Competition 2012 Winners |
Meet the 2012 URSA Award Competition Winners plus see past 7 years' winners too! |
Meet the 2012 URSA Award Competition Winners! |
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Contributing Writers |
 Terry and Doris Michaud talk about teddy bears.
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large archive of their past articles for you to enjoy. |
 Ken Yenke wrote many articles for us.
On March 19, 2014 he passed away.
He left is knowledge with us. RIP Ken.
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 Cindy McGuire writes informative articles and explains more about
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 Kay Cooper asks:
What Makes People
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 Michele Seraphim teaches you about working with real fur in her online blog!
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 Monica Spicer
Award winning artist from Australia teaches
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 Neysa Phillippi's
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Hooked on Felting.
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 Bobbie Ripperger features include detailed articles that will educate and inspire you. Some articles require a B2B password.
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 Airbrushing Learn techniques for accenting your bears/buds with links to airbrushing sites.
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 How to identify Steiff Bears
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 Fiber Dyeing
Orata's adventures in the fiber arts.
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