On the website www.bearhollow.net You can see a clear example of a true teddy bear toy collector, enthusiast and teddy lover. With just a glimpse at this website You will see that this teddy collector has adopted and shared his home with quite a few stuffed bear friends. In the “BearHollow” You are shown where these ‘adopted children’ make themselves comfortable around the house and grounds.

You will find links to the dining room, the sitting room, the archives, the work room, the stuffed teddy room, the den, the dining room, the powder room, the garage, the picnic area, the guest room, the stairs, the lily pond, the sun room, the laundry room, the entry and two stuffed teddy bear hollow rooms. You may wonder with a family like that how much the honey bill is J

This website however http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Nook/8514/ will lead you to “The Beary Blue Bear Nook”. A site owned by Trish, a woman of 37, who loves collecting stuffed toy bears. There she will show you her entire collection, and also offer you link to websites where you can find kits and accessories to make your own teddy bear. She also has links to teddy artists, and the “World of Miniatures” page will link you to miniature artists.

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Expert Australian teddy bear maker Jennifer Laing shows you her techniques for sewing the world’s most huggable bears! This brand new book is the long awaited sequel to Jennifer’s The Art of Making Teddy Bears, Crafts / Hobbies, Teddy Bear Art: How to Design & Make Great Teddy Bears

Lorie’s Stuffed bear toy Shelf is a website owned by another teddy admirer. Her name is Lorie Barnhill and You can visit her website by going to: http://www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/greenlawn/994/. Lori will show you her collection of over 200 teddies.Some teddy bear artists sell teddy collections. Meaning, they sell certain groups of similar teddies they have designed to go together. Others sell unique teddy bears just right for you so You can start your own collection.

On “Sun Kid Store” website there are offers for some adorable, miniature stuffed toy bears. My favorite teddy here is Pico, a really adorable miniature teddy. Even the smallest size Pico has a distinct expressive face. He is fully jointed and of very soft plush. Pico’s great cinnamon color and lovely gingham bow makes this teddy bear a perfect gift choice! The Sun Kid Store also has a good collection of classic, plush, polar and valentine’s bears.

Elizabeth Mowatt has a website www.tailoredteddies.com, where she offers one-of-a-kind, hand sewn teddies. Each teddy is numbered and signed on the paw by the maker. Each stuffed teddy bear has it’s own unique accessories. Another great web site is www.tbears.de

Owned by Karin Jehle this site offers stuffed bear toys with their own personality. Karin spends hours creating each stuffed bear toys face. “Valdemar”, a 13 inch tall teddy made from shining white faux hair. His eyes appear as if they are alive. This is also due to no small help from upper and lower eye lids. Valdemar teddy bear wears soft, brown leather trousers.Karin also creates miniature, crocheted stuffed toy bears. “Thomas”, a 4 inch crocheted stuffed teddy and “Minty”, a 3.3 inch crocheted stuffed teddy bear, go together just perfectly. They both wear soft leather pants of different colors. “Red Fred” teddy bear is a red crocheted teddy that is only 3 inches tall.

You may begin your collection with any size teddy bears that You’d like. The teddy groups are miniature, regular, figurines or giant teddy bear toys. Maybe You like diversity like me so you can build a collection that has a little bit of every-bear in it. Since this is Your hobby naturally the choice is all yours.

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