ArtFire

Well, I've just joined yet another new venue for selling my bears and I must say I think it's fab!! It's called ArtFire and it's along similar sort of lines as Etsy, but with people behind the scenes who listen to you.........which can only be a good thing :o)

They're running a special promotion just now and the first 5,000 people who sign up for an account get it at the special rate of $7 a month compared to $20 when all these slots are taken. There's also a chance to 'earn' a free ride which means you get it free for life!!!!

Why not take a look for yourself, it looks to be quite a promising site and one which is going to be very well promoted.

Register on ArtFire-Jigpaws.com

Hugs
Janice

Christmas Parade now open!!!

Hi everyone,

Just wanted to let you all know Ellen Borggreve's Christmas Parade is now OPEN :o)

Ellen is running a lovely parade on her blog site which features bear artists' favourite bears. Why not pop along and pay her blog a visit!!!

Hope you all have a fantastic christmas and a wonderful new year :o)

Hugs
Janice

I've just listed my last 2 bears of 2008 on ebay :o)

There's one of my usual style of bears called Rusty who's made from a lovely deluxe faux fur and a more traditional style bear called William who's made from a delicious brown dense mohair.














I know they'd be thrilled if you stopped by to pay them a visit (just click on their photos) :o)

I'd just like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a very merry Christmas, I hope you have a wonderful time :o)



Hugs
Janice x

New record!!

WOW.......2 posts in one week :o)

I've just listed another bear for sale but this time on ebay. He's called Crispin and he's a lovely little 10" mohair bear with the loveliest hand painted glass eyes. I hope you can pop by to pay him a little visit :o)

Hugs
Janice

Benjamin on Bid4Bears

I've just listed a lovely little 4.5" bear called Benjamin on Bid4Bears. If you would like to pop in and pay him a visit just click on the Bid4Bears logo on the right hand side :o)

I've also signed up for the Holly Jolly Holiday campaign on Bid4Bears which looks to be quite exciting!! It runs from 20th November to 20th December and artists from all over the world are participating. What makes it extra exciting is santa will be popping buy every so often to give random shoppers and browsers gifts.......you don't even need to buy anything :o)

There's some very exciting bear artists signed up for the event so I hope you can pop by and pay the bears a visit.......you never know, you might even win a prize!!!

Just click on the link on the right hand side if you fancy taking a look :o)

Take care all and speak to you all soon.

Hugs
Janice

New Jigpaws LolliShop coming soon!!

I'm sooo excited to be part of a brand new shopping site coming soon. It's called LolliShops and is a juried site where artists sell their hand crafted creations. I'm really looking forward to this site being up and running as there's some fantastically talented artists on it. It's due to open to the public at the end of November and I'm sure it's going to be fab!!!



On another exciting note I've been invited to attend 2 bear events next year. The first event I'll be attending is the Teddy Bear Artist Event in June which is organised by Samantha Potter of Mary Myrtle Miniatures. It's only the second year this event has been run but last year it had rave reviews by so many people so I'm really looking forward to attending.


The second event I'll be attending is the Hugglets festival in September. I'm sure this event needs no introduction to all you bear collectors out there but to those of you who don't collect bears it is the biggest teddy bear fair in the UK which is attended by around 150 bear artists, so it's very exciting (and quite daunting) to be invited to attend.





Hopefully I'll get the chance to meet one or two of you at one of these events :o)

Hugs
Janice

New bear on ebay!!!

Hi all,

I've just added a new bear to ebay. He's a 14" halloween bear made from the most deliciously soft deluxe faux fur :o)

He'd love it if you popped along for a visit :o)

Don't you just love halloween :o) It's not as big a thing here in the UK as it is in other parts of the world. Our kids go out 'guising' (trick or treating) but they just don't go all out like they do in the US for example. I suppose it doesn't help that it's usually raining here and sooooo cold...kind of puts a bit of a dampener on things!!!

Anyway.....hope you like Spookie :o)

Hugs
Janice