Meet a Bear Monday

Hi Ya'll.....I hope this finds you all in a good mood!

I don't know about you all, but I've had trouble

posting.....Last night I was posting about all the neat

things I got at the fleamarket and Microsoft had an

error and had to close on me and I lost the post....

Then this morning, I clicked on a blog in the window

of my dashboard and it came up and froze.....Then I

opened another for the dashboard and it did it again!

I had to restart the computer to get rid of it all!  It is

working fine, now....Geeeezzzeee, what a pain!

Well, it is Monday, again....Seems like they are

coming around faster and faster!  So, I want to show

you another bear in my collection.  I have a lot of

"patriotic" bears and this one is one of my favorites!

Her name is ....Ann I. Bearsary....She was made to

celebrate Boyd's 1st Anniversary of the Big Ole Barn

in Gettysburg, PA....It's on the label on her foot. She

is 12" tall and is wearing a red top with stars and navy

blue bloomers.  The embroidered stars on the collar

just makes it stand out.  Her hat has the same star print

on the top, with a big blue bow, although you cannot see

it in the picture....

A close up of her cute little face....

I thought about showing her in July, but I have plenty of

patriotic ones to show you for the whole month of July!

I don't know who I will show you next, but next month,

being April, (the Civil War started in the month of April)

I will show you my bears dressed in Civil War outfits....

I have several pictures of things that I have found at GW

and other places that I haven't posted, so I show you all

that, soon and a picture of an Easter Bonnet, on Easter,

that I made for my Mom to wear in the "Easter Bonnet"

contest.....She won 1st prize!

Well, I need to get to painting, I want to get a project done

for a blogging buddy.....

Also, I won at BINGO on Willow Bend Prims.....I can't

wait to see what she is sending me!!!  I will be posting

that as soon as I get it!

As T. J. does....WOOT....WOOT...WOOT!!!!

Hope ya'll  have a great week!

Until next time....

Bear Hugs~Karen

My Sewing/Craft/Computer Room & Tipsy Thursday~

Good Evening Friends....

I thought I would show you all what took me 5 days to
do!  I had so much stuff in this room that I could hardly get
around the computer chair to the table I painted at, under
the Marilyn Monroe plates.....So, I bought the sewing table,
moved things around, took things out of the room and I
took over the book case in the corner, for material.

We stacked the file cabinets to make more floor space....

The white table you can see a little of, is made from an old

treadle sewing machine stand....The table with the paints

and brushes was free, hubby brought that home....I had to

organize stuff on it to have room to paint.  I bought 3 little

 pink crates to put paint in and they work better than

the shoe boxes.

I didn't know that I had this much material,

it was in tubs, like the gray ones you see under

the window.  As I was sorting, I decided on what

to keep here and what to take back to Texas....

The boxes are full of stuff to decorate with, or to

paint on....Don't laugh, the closet is full, too!

I said on my last post, I think it was, I have that

disease called "Packratitis".......Come on now, I

bet some of you out there also have this disease, but

you just don't want to admit it!

This is the shelf over the computer....One of my bears

has her own sewing machine!  Well, I hope you enjoyed the

tour of my room, it is very small, but I think now I can make

it work....

Since I am posting tonight, I am going to post you a tip for

tomorrow. 

Todays tip:

To ripen tomatoes, put them in a brown paper bag in a

dark pantry, and they will ripen.  You can also ripen

bananas this way.

Thanks for making my blog part of your day!

Until next time~

Bear Hugs~Karen

Meet a Bear Monday

Hi ya'll.....It is Monday already?  Boy the time

is flying by!  Today's bear for "Meet a Bear

Monday" is Barbara T. Bearsley.....She is

wearing red print blouse under a denim jumper.

She has cute eyes, that you can't see because

of the big straw hat she is wearing. 

Here is a close up of the hat adorned with a red

carnation.

I will have to look around to see if I have any more bears

with the last name of "Bearsley".....Well, I finally got the

craft/sewing/computer room all done, so I will post some

pictures of it, soon.  I don't know why I have so much stuff!

I think I have a disease, called packratitis!!!  Is there a cure

for it???  A pill?    If anyone out there knows of any, please

let me know, I am sure my husband has it, too!

Well, I smell the roast cooking and so I need to get the rest

of the meal on.....mashed potatoes, gravy etc......mmmm, it

is making me hungry!

Hope you all have a great week and thanks for stoppin' by!

Bear Hugs~Karen

Sunshine Award & Tipsy Thursday!

Hello Blogging Buddies, I would first like to thank

Andy of  Andy's Primitive Home for thinking of

me when she chose the ones she wanted to receive this

award!  Even though I have an award free,  tag free blog,

 I didn't really think I would receive one anyway!  Although

I am not going to pass this on, I feel honored that she

thought of me!  Thank you Andy, you are one of my

best friends in blogging!  Now, on to the rest of this post.

Now I need to post the tip for this Thursday's tip: 

This is what you do if you have a problem with

your drinking glasses sticking together, when you

have them stacked in the cabinet.  You put some cold

water in the inside glass and then set them in some

 hot water.  The outside one will warm and expand and

the inside one will get cold and shrink.  Walla, they

should come apart without any problem.  I have done

this before and it works like a charm!

Well, it is warm out and I am going for a walk!

I hope Spring is coming soon,  for all of us!

Until next time!

Bear Hugs~Karen

Warren Kimble Prints

Hello Blogging Buddies!   I thought I would share with

you all the prints that I have been collecting....I started

with this book about Warren Kimble, the famous folk artist.

I bought a few of his flag dishes, I only got 4 mugs and 4

cake plates at the time, when I went back, they were no

 longer stocking them....You know what they say, "If you

see it and want it, you better buy it because it will be gone

when you go back."

YUP, THAT'S RIGHT!!!

I bought the large print in Texas, last summer and I just

got the smaller ones when I was back in February, to

check on my house.....The frame on the large print is

black, but the smaller ones have brown frames, so I am

going to paint them black one of these days....I am not

 going to keep them on the mantel though, I will put the

pair on the wall on one side of the fireplace, after we move

the big shelves with the books.....I want to do some work

on the walls when it warms up a bit, so them I want to

move the shelves to the back wall and put them together...

Then the TV and other furniture with have to move, so....I

am thinking that I will paint the wall around the fireplace

dark red and the wall on the opposite end of the room, red

 to make the room not look so long......This fireplace is in

what used to be the garage. It makes the living room huge,

with it taking up what used to be the livingroom and

 garage, but it makes it hard to arrange the furniture.

Anyway,  I will be on the lookout for more prints and

whatever, by Warren Kimble....I was looking in the book

and there are patterns in there for projects to make,

so I think I will try some of them.....While I was looking for

his book, I came across some other folkart books that I

am going to check out to see what I can find in them to

make.....So, I better get off here, I have some thingsI need

to paint for someone......

Hope you all are having a great week.....

Bear Hugs~Karen

Meet a Bear Monday

Hello Everyone!  I hope this finds you all doing

ok!  I am late posting this "Meet a Bear Monday"

post since I was gone this afternoon and tonight I

had a bad headache, that is just now letting up.....Well,

tonight's bear is not a Boyd's bear, it is a Steiff bear.

If you know anything about how the bear came to be,

it was named "Teddy Bear" because Teddy Roosevelt

was out bear hunting and when he came up on one, he

didn't shoot it, so the papers called it, "Teddy's Bear"...

(This is how I heard the story, anyway)

Steiff is a German company that started  in 1880  and

in 1902,  they started making teddy bears, which they are

still doing today, plus all kinds of other animals.

http://www.steiffusa.com/AboutSteiff/Foundation.aspx

I bought this one in an antique mall in Texas several

years ago, all the owner of the shop could tell me about

 it was, that she was told that it was from the 1970's...

Steiff is known for the tag in the ear,  which this one

has....I believe he is made of mohair....I just checked

on the back of the tag, it says he is made of cotton &

wool......I would love togo to an "Antiques Roadshow"

to see what he is worth. I know he won't be worth what

the old ones are worth, but I would still like to find out....

Do any of you bear collectors out there, collect Steiff? 

This is the only one that I have...

Well, that is it for tonight...

Until next time~

Bear Hugs~Karen

Goodies in the Mail

I wanted to show you all what my buddy, Gina sent me!

I got this in the mail, just before I left for Texas....As you

can see, there aren't any M n Ms, she sent a couple
packs and hubby and I shared them.....How sweet of her to
send me all this stuff!   She made me the candle mat with a
bear, you can see a close up picture of it, below. Thanks so
 much, Gina, I love it all!  Gina makes some wonderful
prims, if you haven't been on her blog, go check it out!  You
can find her at Cat Nap Inn Primitives and check out her
selling blog, while you are there for a visit!

I am trying to figure out this updated version of editor.....

I think I might have it figured out.....I think I'll try larger

font next time......Well, I hope you all have a great weekend.

Next time I will be posting some prints that I got in Texas!

Thanks for stopping by...

Until next time~

Bear Hugs~Karen

Tipsy Thursday

Hello friends, this thing isn't working right, but
I will try to post this tip....Tip for today: Hot
water kills yeast. One way to tell the correct
temperature is to pour the water over your forearm.
If you cannot feel either hot or cold, the temperature
is just right. I haven't tried this one, but I will.
Hope you are all having a great week!

Bear Hugs~Karen

Treasures I Found

Hello every one, I thought I would make a

quick post to show you all some things I have

found on my hunts....I got these 3 graniteware

pie pans at a fleamarket in Michingan when I

was up there last summer. I tell ya I was finding

some stuff, cheap! I saw one of these in an antique

mall, last week, for $12.....I got the three of them

for $7.....One had $2.50 on it and I paid $2 and the

other two I got for $5.....They are in great shape, only

have some tiny chips and the brown on one of them

might come off with an SOS pad. I even got a big crock

that I wrapped in bubble wrap, then I put in a cloth

tote bag and carried it on the plane....I put it under

the seat in front of me, not overhead....I didn't want

it to fall out on my head! I love the little fleamarket

that we go to while there, trouble is I am always

finding things I want to get, but can't take on

the plane.....Oh well, guess I didn't need what ever

it was, anyway. I can't remember now, so I guess

it wasn't that important.

I found an old basket at a sale, up in a storage

building at a great price......25 cents! The metal

tin punch is open at the bottom, so I thought I would

paint it and make a hanging light for over my kitchen

sink.....I can't find my hanging light kit, so I will have

to buy another one.....I thought I would also add some

links to the chandelier, in the dining room, to make it

hang a little lower.

Well, I better get back to work on this room, I haven't

gotten much done, today....As soon as I get it done, I will

post some pictures....Then I will be able to paint and sew

and I won't have to take stuff out to the dining room to

work....Yippee!

Until next time~

Bear Hugs~Karen

Meet a Bear Monday

Hello everyone, it's time to meet another

bear....I don't think I posted a Bearheart

bear on the first Monday of the month and

I have two left, so you get to meet both of

of them today....The first one is Patricia P.

Bearheart, she is 12" tall & is wearing a navy

blue jumper with red trim and a cute little

heart on the bodice. Underneath she is wearing

red bloomers with blue trim and on her head

she has a red headband with a blue print bow.

She of course, has a star on her foot. Below is

her little sister, Maggie B. Bearheart.....

Maggie is a tomboy and loves to dress like a

boy! She is smaller at 10" tall and she is

wearing red denim bib overalls with a star

on her pocket. She has on underneath a navy

blue print blouse, like Jennifer's and a cute

red demim, floppy hat, also with a star. She

has two tiny hearts on her foot....Maggie was

a present from a friend who came down to help

me celebrate my birthday, several years ago...

...shhhhh.....Don't tell anyone, it was my 50th!

Well, I have been working on this computer/
craft room for 3 days now and I'm still not done!
I am sorting as I organize, so I can take some
more stuff to Texas to get it out of my way! It was
hard to get around in here, let alone find anything
I wanted....There are a lot of bloggers having give-
aways, so check them out and sign up for some of
the fantastic crafts and prims....

I hope you are all having a great week, stay warm.

Until next time~Thanks for stopping by!

Bear Hugs~Karen