Technically speaking, both of these stuffed black bears [below] are old bears, sold as souvenir toys at Yellowstone Park gift shop in the 1960s.
These are my favorite kind of stuffed animal I've discovered, and I have four more waiting in the wings. They are plentiful and can be found in number on eBay. (Don't pay more than $10.)
I kind of want a hundred, to fix each one up differently.
The one I restored (no name) is keeping company with the newly arrived one, almost dry after its bath (named by bink Louis-Louis). Those are L-L's ears in front--they're only glued in so they come off in water. The extra fabric comes in handy for patches.
The bears don't like the red plastic collars & leashes they came with, naturally, now they are no longer attached to children.
Off they come.
But someone gave this bear a necklace of a red cotton potholder loop--one of those loops for weaving hot pads. That will stay.
It's nice to have backed off from eBay a bit.
Instead, besides Bear Repair, I hope to volunteer at the St Vincent de Paul Thrift Store.
In the long run, I didn't fit in at Steeple People (too elitist), nor, in the sort run, at Goodwill (too corporate).
Maybe this one I will fit just right?
SVDP's an old favorite of mine.
It's more, um, small-c catholic* than the others. I mean, it's in a poorer neighborhood, is less picky about what goes out for sale (which means more interesting stuff gets put out), and there's always a grocery cart of free donated bread by the cash register.
It makes no pretense of being an antique store, and appears to have no profit motive.
The last time I was there, I was a dollar short, so I gave an item back. The cashier deducted a dollar and then gave me the thing. I would have gotten fired if I'd done that at Goodwill.
I seem to have an enduring interest in this work. I have an interview at SVDP this week. Fingers crossed.
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* "catholic", from Greek, katholikos:
kata or kath (meaning “through” or “throughout”) + holos (meaning “whole”). This notion of “throughout-the-whole” carries no notion of boundary or lines drawn that demarcate those who are “in” and those who are “out.”
via HuffPo
These are my favorite kind of stuffed animal I've discovered, and I have four more waiting in the wings. They are plentiful and can be found in number on eBay. (Don't pay more than $10.)
I kind of want a hundred, to fix each one up differently.
The one I restored (no name) is keeping company with the newly arrived one, almost dry after its bath (named by bink Louis-Louis). Those are L-L's ears in front--they're only glued in so they come off in water. The extra fabric comes in handy for patches.
The bears don't like the red plastic collars & leashes they came with, naturally, now they are no longer attached to children.
Off they come.
But someone gave this bear a necklace of a red cotton potholder loop--one of those loops for weaving hot pads. That will stay.
It's nice to have backed off from eBay a bit.
Instead, besides Bear Repair, I hope to volunteer at the St Vincent de Paul Thrift Store.
In the long run, I didn't fit in at Steeple People (too elitist), nor, in the sort run, at Goodwill (too corporate).
Maybe this one I will fit just right?
SVDP's an old favorite of mine.
It's more, um, small-c catholic* than the others. I mean, it's in a poorer neighborhood, is less picky about what goes out for sale (which means more interesting stuff gets put out), and there's always a grocery cart of free donated bread by the cash register.
It makes no pretense of being an antique store, and appears to have no profit motive.
The last time I was there, I was a dollar short, so I gave an item back. The cashier deducted a dollar and then gave me the thing. I would have gotten fired if I'd done that at Goodwill.
I seem to have an enduring interest in this work. I have an interview at SVDP this week. Fingers crossed.
______________________________
* "catholic", from Greek, katholikos:
kata or kath (meaning “through” or “throughout”) + holos (meaning “whole”). This notion of “throughout-the-whole” carries no notion of boundary or lines drawn that demarcate those who are “in” and those who are “out.”
via HuffPo
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