Brittany arrived home, yesterday

Brittany, my teddy bear arrived home yesterday ; for the story, we went to Moncton, to deliver her to her new Mom... She was not at her office, so we let the bear in her office...

Here is what she wrote, when she met her for the first time....
"Hi Chantal,

She is beautiful.. so elegant and just what I was hoping for. I hope she has it for a lifetime and hands it down to her children, and their children afterwards."

If I understand very well, my little Brittany will become a family treasure.....

Happy New Year !!!!! (long)

To all my blog readers, my fellow artists, Chantal Bears Collectors, and my friends, I wish you a peaceful and a very happy  New Year.

I want to end my 2011 blog with a collection of events that touched me a lot this year.

I have been very lucky to meet a teddy bear artist Elena Nikitina ; in August we decided to do a bears exchange.

When the parcel arrived in Russia, she sent me a lovely picture ;

I did the same thing when a parcel arrived in Canada :

Later, I received a surprise message from Jan Nethercut; Verena, my teddy bear girl arrived in US and all the bears had a party together.

Jan allowed me to publish the picture on my blog.

That's what she wrote : 

"Verena is a precious little girl-cub and was welcomed in my Hug by a party given by the bears.   Attached is a picture of Hitty taking charge of Verena, Crackers (by me), Janet (by Yvonne) with Lily (Mary R.) standing in back with balloons.  Of course, I didn't get pictures of all the fun.  You know how bears are, they don't stay still very long.  It was a great party and I think she enjoyed it all."

 

Thanks Jan for the lovely moment in my teddy bear life.

This year, Julie received an TBAAF award, a third place in miniatures category ;

And here is Julie

For my teddy bears, I decided to increase the size of my teddy bears ; I added knitted accessories to my miniatures bears ; a challenge I wanted to achieve and I did it.

I wrote a pattern for a knitted teddy bear.

The last challenge has been a 6 inches knitted teddy bear ; Aurelie was the last teddy bear  of the year.

For 2012, I still have new challenges and new projects in my head.

Thanks to you all ; I'm spoiled to have such great people around me and I am who I am because of you !!!

Now I must share with you some reactions from my family following me and the creation part of my life in the last 9 years :

When I complete a teddy bear, the first critic is Alain, my husband : "This one, for sure, he will find a new home !!!"

My daughters now :

Laura : she talks to the new bear : "Hi ..., you are so nice, such beautiful eyes.... you are such a cutie !!!"

Johannie in Belgium : "Mom, how can you do it? so detailed ? All teddies you make are more and more alive !!!!"

My sister Danielle, in Balgium : Chan, every time you sent me a picture of your teddies, they become more beautiful"

And now, I have new "fans", my grandchildren : Lola (5) who always ask me to show her my new creation (on Skype).

Darren (6) who is so proud to tell people that his grandma can design teddy bears !!!

As you see, my life is filled of love and teddy bears lovers !!!

 

Visit of our daughter Melody

Melody spent 4 days with us ; it was a long time that we were not together and it was very special for all of us.

A little baby

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I created a picture with my grandson and his sister and above, my daughter and grand daughter.

My granddaughter is there !!!!!

I'm pleased to announce the birth of Alison, my new grandchild.

YEP.. I'm grandmother for the third time... but still a teddy bear designer and still a child in my mind....

She is born today, a few hours ago. light brown hair, blue eyes and her weight is 7lbs25 or 3kgs 300.

Good for little girl.

I hope that tomorrow I will see her ; her brother is here with us ; poor little one, he doesn't know the news because he was sleeping when his Mom called me.

My little Darren will become a big brother....

A micro Teddy Bear

I finally found a wafor publishing a picture ; I asked Google help so many times and I never received an answer ; so I did it with photobucket and it works. A blog without pictures is not a blog !!!!
For this week, I decided to use a fine mohair thread for a teddy bear ; his size is only 1 inch.I hope that this time I will be able to publish a picture ; last week, it was impossible.No, it doesn't work ; GRRR, I'm not happy....Anyway, you can visit him at :http://cgi.ebay.com/OOAK-Micro-Mohair-Bear-by-Thread-Artist-Chantal-Bears_W0QQitemZ320356394005QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item320356394005&_trksid=p3911.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50

Happy New Year - my travel in Belgium

Happy New Year ! And Thank you...

Wishing you every happiness and prosperity in the New Year.

Thank you for being a reader of my blog.

All the best to you and your family.

I'm back from a travel to Belgium where I spent the end of the year with my family ; it was the first time after 10 years... It was a great moment in my life !!!!!

Here a picture of 4 generations, Mom in the center with Lola on her knee, my daughter on the right and me on the left.

A few pictures of Binche ; inside the City Hall.

Binche is well known for the Traditional Carnival.

Maredsous, known for the beer and the cheese (only cheese for me !!!)

A frosted fountain in Maredsous.

Here, my cockatiel, who is 20 years old ; she is staying with my parents in Belgium.

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