I entered this year's 'Teddy Bear Artists and Friends' awards several months ago and had all but forgotten the competition, so to learn my bears won 1st place and 3rd place in their respective categories, came as rather a lovely surprise this morning!
'Kingsley' was voted a 1st place winner in the 'Rustic Bears' category and this delighted me as he was one of the few bears I really wish I had kept.
You may remember 'Chester' from the front cover of Hugglets' 2013 UK Teddy Bear Guide; as you can imagine, I am thrilled he has also been awarded 3rd place in the 'Touching Tradition' category of the TBAAF Awards this year!
And as a firm supporter of our traditional teddy bears, I am even more delighted this particular category has been so well subscribed with gorgeous traditional bears from all around the world. It is good to know the traditional teddy bear never grows old!
A big thank you to Lanie and Darren for organising this lovely competition to help promote teddy bear artists. :-)
Huge and hearty congratulations to you and your sweet bears! I too love the traditional teddy bear; he will always have a place in my heart. And when I create bears, they are in the traditional vein because I'm so enamored with the oldies. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you Debora!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations your bears are stunning and I'm not surprised you won!
ReplyDeleteMargaret x