collection

I'm a little late on this post, but Nancy asked for pictures of what we collect. Ever since I was little I have loved Teddy Bears. Every Christmas, birthday or other special occasion everyone knows what they can get me that I will love. I have brought one or more from most of my trips. When I was selling Longaberger I found a great place in Dresden that I went to when I was at the Bee where the woman made them herself. She did a wonderful job and some of my favorites were made by her. You will find bears tucked into every book case, sitting in baskets, cradles and chairs and along all the mantles in my house.
The small chair was a chair my dad got when he was a boy in Sunday School. It's perfect for a mohair bear that I found at a garage sale. That is one of the bears from Dresden, OH sitting on his lap. On top of my jelly cupboard is the bear I brought from Monaco when DD was in a ballet program there. The one in the chair my DH gave me a couple of Christmases ago.
In this book case is another bear from Dresden with the red basket. The mohair one on the shelf above is actually made by Pleasant Company for one of their American Girl dolls. When DD was into those I came across this when I was looking for Christmas presents for her one year and I "helped" DH with some of his shopping and this was in my stocking.
This is just a very small sampling of the bears that live in my house. You may notice that none of my bears are wearing clothes. I like mine to look more like bears and you always see bears in the wild holding a Longaberger basket don't you? ;cD