http://luxembears.com/Blog Fri, 01 May 2009 14:13:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Sugar Bear and Indy have been nominated for 2009 Golden Teddy Awards.  Sugar Bear was featured in a pattern article in a 2008 issue of Teddy Bear and Friends magazine.  Indy has been featured in Teddy Bear Review an Teddy Bear Club International magazines.  Both have been adopted. http://luxembears.com/Blog/?p=70 "Do You Hear What I Hear?" won a 2009 Teddy Bear of the Year (TOBY) Industry's Choice Award.  The bear, lamb and costuming are original designs.  This set was created for the 2008 Christmas edition of Teddy Bear and Friends magazine for a special article showing bears representing Christmas Carole's. http://luxembears.com/Blog/?p=68  I am so pleased to be able to offer my Snow Bear Princess and her two Bunnies for adoption.  First I would like to share with you something very special about this set.  Snow Bear and her Bunnies have won several awards, the most recent being a 2008 Golden Teddy Award. ... http://luxembears.com/Blog/?p=28 Here is an example of what one of my "big cats" looks like before I do the airbrushing. This cat is called Sarabi and she is a leopard. I made her from two lengths of German mohair and she is 18" tall. She is 100% airbrushed ... http://luxembears.com/Blog/?p=25 This is Furanda. She has been happily adopted by Buffy Kirby. Furnanda was created from a recycled fur coat and is over 24" tall. Her muzzle area is needle felted and her teeth and claws are hand sculpted. She is an original design by ....me. http://luxembears.com/Blog/?p=17 This has been an exciting year for me.  I am very happy to share my news that I have won Three British Bear Awards.  "Chocolate Thunder" won First Place in the large undressed bear category.  "Snow Bear Princess" won First Place in the groups-of-bears category, and Second place in the ... http://luxembears.com/Blog/?p=16 Hello. I am pleased to announce that my "Snow Bear Princess" and "Happy" bears have been awarded a 2008 TOBY Industry's Choice Awards. Also, I have four 2008 Golden Teddy Nominations:  "Siberian Girl" , "Chocolate Thunder" , "Snow Bear Princess",  and "Happy.""Chocolate  Thunder" " "Happy" "Snow Bear Princess" "Siberian Girl" http://luxembears.com/Blog/?p=11 Here is a photo of the latest creation by Luxembears. His name is King Tut and he is 15" tall. All of his costuming is original and made by hand by the artist. http://luxembears.com/Blog/?p=7 Hello. I am very excited to be able to blog and share news with you all. This is very new to me and I will try to keep this updated with any new happenings. I will start by posting a photo of the cover of Teddy ... http://luxembears.com/Blog/?p=5 Welcome to Judi's brand new Blog.  Please visit again later, so that she has a chance to start posting! For all your web design needs, and for special pricing on artist web packages,  please contact me at bears135@shaw.ca http://luxembears.com/Blog/?p=3