Category Archives: Challenges

Rett Syndrome Benefit Show is Here

Well,  the big day is finally here.  We’ve been working for weeks on this project and now we see the fruits of our labor.  We’ve spent countless hours designing new pieces, creating them, photographing them, working on the website, spreading the … Continue reading

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March 2012 Craft Weekend in Lincoln

We had planned to have a OUAN craft weekend in Lincoln in February, but it was one of the few weekends this winter when we had a big snowstorm coming through, so we postponed it until March. The weather was … Continue reading

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Internet Gallery Show February 5

Our next Once Upon a Needle internet gallery show will be Saturday, February 5, 2011, opening up at 10:00am Central at www.onceuponaneedle.com  If you haven’t visited one of our shows yet, Joel and Terri and I each make three one … Continue reading

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Leaping Bear Project

Hello, my name is Joel and I am an over-achiever.   Terri and Peggy were recently at our house in Kansas City for the weekend.  Terri had an idea for a “not a bear, but bear related” project.  It would be … Continue reading

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Becoming “Once Upon a Needle”

The Pleasant Ridge Collection blog is welcoming Terri Larson and Joel Hoy and morphing into “Once Upon a Needle”.  The three of us have remained close friends despite the fact that we are no longer full-time teddy bear artists and … Continue reading

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