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Your monthly online
Teddy Bear Magazine
available 365 days,
24 hours a day
for your reading enjoyment. |
July 2009
Webzine |
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Bears&Buds is a Green Magazine. |
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Click on the photo-icons and read each of the articles.
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Super Monthly Features
Bears&Buds is packed with entertaining features for everyone to enjoy! |
Featured Artist: Elaine Douglas
Grannies Memory Bears
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The Wish List
Is the place to buy bears directly from our Professional Artists Members.
You've been wishing for these bears and buds! |
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What's New! Begin with a Tribute to Those Who Serve and continue on enjoying the latest creations our Artists-members. |
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Show Calendar
Find a teddy bear show in your area and meet the artists in person! |
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Meet the founder of the Hong Kong Teddy Bear Association and see the year long exhibit at the airport. |
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Show Reviews You could not come to a teddy bear show?
Read about the show activities. |
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Enjoy the England Tour with Terry and Doris Michaud |
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Vote for the bears/buds you love best! The first round of voting begins in the
URSA Awards Competition! |
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Focus on the Bear News |
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News Articles Follow current news reports about bears, animals and people that you'll find very interesting and inspiring. |
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Kid's Corner is for everyone to enjoy. Interesting articles and links for you to discover, no matter what your age! |
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Collector's Corner is filled with interesting articles regarding your passion for collecting.
Collector Members sign in! |
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B 2 B - Business to Business pages are filled with tips, ideas and techniques for our Professional Members.
Artist-Members sign in! |
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What is Your Bear Worth? Terry and Doris Michaud's feature article shines light on your collectibles value. |
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Club News Happenings and news from Good Bears of the World and other teddy bear clubs too! |
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Panda Movie Link to a wonderful movie about real pandas. Worth the wait to load. |
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BearPile.com A cool place to buy and sell artists' bears. Search the site for a new hug |
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Meet our Members
Put a face with a name when you page through ithe photo gallery. |
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Global Directory and Buyers Guide
Find artists by searching our directory. |
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Classified Ads See what the artists and advertisers are offering. |
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Gollies and how they came to be teddy's best friend.
by Dawn Emerson |
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Ken Yenke Encourages you with his Bright Idea and suggestions to take a road trip and discover teddy bears. |
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Me and My Teddy Bear Take a walk down memory lane. Childhood memories of our artists and their teddy bears. |
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June Sweepstakes Give-Away
The winner is: Pam Dhillon from England!
Cogratulations on winning Bobbie Ripperger's Polar Bear Pendant & Kit.
Come back soon and register for the next Sweepstakes-Give-away!
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Knowledge Within Easy Reach
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Care and Cleaning of Your Treasures Brenda Yenke's begins a two part article on the care and cleaning of your bears and buds. |
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What is a chatelaine? Bobbie Ripperger discovers a friend's treasure. Learn more about these vintage collectibles. |
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Stuffing 101: The Noun Cindy McGuire's uncovers the secrets to various types of stuffing.
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Bobbie Ripperger is our contributing features writer and her detailed articles educate and inspire. Some articles require a password. |
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Photography How to get the best photos of your bears and buds with the latest techniques. |
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About Mohair Where does it come from and how is it made?
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Airbrushing Learn techniques for accenting your bears/buds with links to airbrushing sites and magazines. |
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Hooked on Felting Neysa Phillippi shows you how with step by step instructions in 3 continuing chapters. |
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Fiber Dyeing
Orata's adventures in the fiber arts.
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Hand Dyeing Kicking it up a notch by adding color, Kathy Glenn explains.
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Tea Dyeing Ever wonder how to use tea to dye fabrics? Find out how.
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In The Loop Crocheting tips from Samantha Lutterotti.
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Teaching Your Bears To Sell Linda Mead's selling ideas and suggestions.
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Aerianna's Photo and Web Tips Ideas on how to present your best on the Net.
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URSA 2009 Awards Competition
"Reach Way Beyond the Stars"
First round of voting begins July 2, 2009 when your votes help determine the winners! It's fun, it's easy! |
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URSA Awards, Prizes & Cash
See what the artists will win in the 2009 competition. |
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All about the URSA Awards!
We are proud to present the 2008 winners, their placement in the competition! Your votes helped determine the winners! |
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See the 2008 URSA Awards Presentation on YouTube.com |
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See the 2007 URSA Awards Presentation on YouTube.com |
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Archives & Information |
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Past Articles. In the archive you can enjoy all the past articles so you haven't miss a thing! |
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Past Cover Art - Each cover is art in itself and a trip down memory lane for all of us. |
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Bear Magazines Locate printed magazines published around the world. |
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Find a Doctor Has your beloved teddy bear come 'undone'? Help is right here! |
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Applause - Compliments and comments from our readers about Bears&Buds. |
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Happy Dance excitement from our Professional Artists as they share their good news with you. |
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Bears&Buds Connections |
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Link to Us Place our link on your web site. Let's grow together on the Net! |
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Write Articles For Us Do you have something to share with our readers and collectors? |
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Write to Us - We'd love to hear from you. |
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We Want You! Come be a part of the popular and fastest growing online teddy bear magazine. |
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We have always been a "green" magazine, by being an online magazine and not a printed publication which helps our planet's environment. |
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