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Your monthly online
Teddy Bear Magazine
available 365 days,
24 hours a day
for your reading enjoyment. |
September 2010
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.
Passwords are required for some sections.
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Super Monthly Features
Bears&Buds is packed with entertaining features for everyone to enjoy! |
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Featured Artist: Tatiana Scalozub
TS mini bears
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What's New! Bears and Buds frolic in this issue. See what our Professional Artists are showcasing this month. |
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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! Take a LOOK! |
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Vote for your favorite in the SECOND Round of URSA Awards Competition. Now and until Sept. 10th. Link below. Only ONE Vote! |
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Join and receive your password to access more pages than shown here! |
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Global Directory and Buyers Guide Find teddy bear artists and suppliers by searching our directory. |
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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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Show Reviews You could not come to a teddy bear show?
Read about the show activities. |
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Show Calendar
Find a teddy bear show in your area and meet the artists in person! |
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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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Club News Happenings and news from Good Bears of the World and other teddy bear clubs too! |
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Meet our Members
Put a face with a name when you page through the photo gallery. |
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Contributing Writer's Features |
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Features writers Terry and Doris Michaud talk about teddy bears plus an
archive of their past articles for you to enjoy. |
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Classified Ads See what the artists and advertisers are offering. |
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Ken Yenke Visit and read the current and archived articles about the value of collecting and history of teddy bears. |
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Bobbie Ripperger is our contributing features writer and her detailed articles will educate and inspire you. Some articles require a password. |
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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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Cindy McGuire is a features writer too. Read her informative articles and learn more about teddy bear making. |
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Un-Covered See the making of the Bears&Buds front covers and how our creative designer comes up with her ideas. |
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Bear and Panda feature articles and videos found in the News and Kid's Corner Sections. |
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September
Sweepstakes Give-Away
"Froggy Bear"
by Sandra Czaja of Notchlok Bears
And the Winner is . . .
Maria J. - Port Saint Lucy, Florida!
Look for our next Sweepstakes coming in November
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View the past Bears&Bud's Sweepstakes Give-Away and the winners!  |
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Knowledge Within Easy Reach
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Tea Dyeing Ever wonder how to use tea to dye fabrics? Find out how.
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Photography How to get the best photos of your bears and buds with the latest techniques. |
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Within our pages are many articles on making bears, how to start a business and lots
of How-To information from our Professional Artists. Passwords are required. Join now. |
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Fiber Dyeing
Orata's adventures in the fiber arts.
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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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URSA Awards Competition |
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See the Finalist's entries on YouTube video |
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And the Winners Are . . . Meet the winners of the 2009 URSA Awards Competition |
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2010 URSA Award Prizes. See all the wonderful prizes donated by our supporters and associates. |
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First Place URSA 2009 Awards Winner's Entry Photographs.
Thank you to all who voted and congratulations to all who entered. |
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2009 URSA Awards Winners at a Glance. See what positions they won in each of the categories. |
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URSA Award 2008 Winners!
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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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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Bears&Buds has a wealth of archived information right at your fingertips! |
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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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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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Banner Advertising Rates Bears&Buds is seen around the world and a perfect opportunity to advertise with us. |
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Let your dreams be your north star! |
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Established in Jan 2005, first publication on March 2005
Copyrighted 2005 - 2010 BearsandBuds
DBA Bright Star Promotions, Inc. State of Kentucky Since 1981 |
| The articles, features, products and links found on Bearsandbuds do not constitute endorsement or guarantee of artist's workmanship or merchandise quality. The informative articles are designed to enrich the reader's knowledge and to introduce the many talented and varied artists-members that make up the teddy bear world. Bearsandbuds is not responsible for errors or omission. If you find a broken link, please email us. |
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