Cy Bear back again - and so pleased to be too. Thought I'd begin by showing you this: the beginning of a new look for Coldham Cuddlies.
Currently, this is only visible at the head of our Shop Page - and is the result of wonderful help provided by one of Isobel's Etsy friends and a Leader in one of the Teams of which Isobel is a member. We've retained the original Orange, Green and White of our corporate colours (if you can call us "corporate"!!). Our friend has always been there for Isobel when she gets into Team technical difficulties (rather more frequently than Isobel likes, really!).
We've had the banner you can see at the head of this post since the early days of ColdhamCuddlies in 2010 (provided, then as well, by a kind fellow Etsian - because we wouldn't have known where to begin!) and Isobel decided that the arrival of 2019 was perhaps a good time for a change of "look"! We plan using a version of the new banner here soon - when we're sure that technical glitches are over - and also with our business cards. But we've got a large number of those with our existing design to hand out, so that will have to wait for a bit.
Sorry we were missing last week, but yet again, a technical glitch caused Isobel to be temporarily deprived of access to the laptop. She has, however, been getting better acquainted with her smartphone (about time, I would say - given that she's had one since it was acquired in November 2017 - in time for the Winter Christmas Bazaar at Thoresby Hall!). That's happened, because she's found some books that explain exactly how to use a smartphone, and they've really helped her! That did enable her to keep abreast of some developments in our Shop, even though all is not well there, either. The listing pages for the Shop are subject to hiccups (caused since technical changes by Etsy itself - the platform from which all the Coldham Cuddlies' activities are launched) Everyone involved with Etsy.com have been affected in one way or another, and it's taking time for us to all get used to the new changes.
As regular readers of this blog will know, we do make Bears that are bigger than the recently introduced Clerical Bears, and in recent months, we've made three of our Big Plush/Faux Fur Bears - as well as having a couple of Patients staying in our Stuffed Animal Hospital -https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/670854959/ (that's another story, though!). We have also been asked to make an Elizabethan Bear (see photograph below), using the Clerical Bear pattern as a base.
This was the result of an order from our good friend, MsKA - who asked Isobel to make seven versions of my good friend, Oscar Blue Rabbit early last year (2018).
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| One of the Oscar Rabbits - under construction |
Then one of Isobel's Friends from St. Barnabas Cathedral - and a long time family friend of the family - asked us to provide two plush Teddy Bears for young friends of hers who were leaving the UK to live with their parents in Papua New Guinea. This she did, and here is a photograph of the two of them before they left us to meet their Forever Friends.
Finally (for this week, anyway), yesterday, Isobel was able to hand over the most recently created Coldham Cuddlies Bear - who is actually the 15th version of our Hairy Bear:
It looks as though this Bear is going to become a Lady Bear - which is a somewhat unusual outcome for us Coldham Cuddlies! She is possibly going to be named "Izy" - according to MrsGW, who has become a friend of Isobel over recent months, while both of them attended the weekly session of one of the local Slimming World groups. She loved a farewell photo she was shown, before the 14th Hairy Bear left us - just before Christmas 2018 to live somewhere in Leicestershire, UK. Izy was handed over yesterday (and is due to join a seemingly large collection of Teddy Bears). With that outcome, I'll end this week's post.
We're gradually catching up with the events of the last few months when this blog was temporarily off line. But there are still a few more items to tell you about, and I hope to be back again next week - provided there are no further technical hitches!
Until then, have a great week, Everyone!
Your Friend, Cy Bear.
It looks as though this Bear is going to become a Lady Bear - which is a somewhat unusual outcome for us Coldham Cuddlies! She is possibly going to be named "Izy" - according to MrsGW, who has become a friend of Isobel over recent months, while both of them attended the weekly session of one of the local Slimming World groups. She loved a farewell photo she was shown, before the 14th Hairy Bear left us - just before Christmas 2018 to live somewhere in Leicestershire, UK. Izy was handed over yesterday (and is due to join a seemingly large collection of Teddy Bears). With that outcome, I'll end this week's post.
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| Getting Acquainted |
Until then, have a great week, Everyone!
Your Friend, Cy Bear.
