Comments for Once Upon a Needle http://pleasantridgecollection.com/wordpress Three Friends and the Interests That Draw Us Together - Artist Teddy Bears and Santas, Creativity, Antiques, Gardening Mon, 13 Sep 2010 03:01:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Comment on Antiquing in Fremont, NE by Peggy http://pleasantridgecollection.com/wordpress/?p=145#comment-34 Peggy Mon, 13 Sep 2010 03:01:22 +0000 http://pleasantridgecollection.com/wordpress/?p=145#comment-34 We went there, but I must have lost that paragraph. The hotel internet connection was wired and it wouldn't work with my computer. We tried with our mini and it froze as I was adding photos - had to try to recreate and I lost some of it. I'll post later. We went there, but I must have lost that paragraph. The hotel internet connection was wired and it wouldn’t work with my computer. We tried with our mini and it froze as I was adding photos – had to try to recreate and I lost some of it. I’ll post later.

]]> Comment on Antiquing in Fremont, NE by Terri http://pleasantridgecollection.com/wordpress/?p=145#comment-32 Terri Sat, 11 Sep 2010 15:11:27 +0000 http://pleasantridgecollection.com/wordpress/?p=145#comment-32 I think you missed my favorite shop which is around the corner from Dime Store Days. I can't remember the name. It would be easy to spend most of a day antiquing in Fremont! I think you missed my favorite shop which is around the corner from Dime Store Days. I can’t remember the name. It would be easy to spend most of a day antiquing in Fremont!

]]> Comment on Do you “Just Make Wonderful”? by joel http://pleasantridgecollection.com/wordpress/?p=6#comment-2 joel Sun, 04 Jan 2009 22:36:09 +0000 http://pleasantridgecollection.com/wordpress/?p=6#comment-2 I think it would be terribly difficult to start a full-time teddy bear business right now. Those who are working at it full-time have my admiration and my best wishes. Even when I was making bears full-time, it was never a particularly profitable venture. There are so many costs that go unnoticed by most folks. The cost of travel and the cost of registration for shows, alone was enough to make a person take a pause or two. There came a time when it made more sense to work full-time in a job with benefits and a 401K, than continue the bears full-time. I have never stopped making bears. I continue to make things for certain customers who email on occasion asking for something special. I have found the need for that creative outlet increasing. I am working on new designs, new ideas...having fun. I am lucky to have a partner and friends who encourage me, as I try to encourage them. But back to the question....full-time? I am not sure this is the right time. I am happy with it being my part-time job. I think it would be terribly difficult to start a full-time teddy bear business right now. Those who are working at it full-time have my admiration and my best wishes.

Even when I was making bears full-time, it was never a particularly profitable venture. There are so many costs that go unnoticed by most folks. The cost of travel and the cost of registration for shows, alone was enough to make a person take a pause or two. There came a time when it made more sense to work full-time in a job with benefits and a 401K, than continue the bears full-time. I have never stopped making bears. I continue to make things for certain customers who email on occasion asking for something special.

I have found the need for that creative outlet increasing. I am working on new designs, new ideas…having fun. I am lucky to have a partner and friends who encourage me, as I try to encourage them.

But back to the question….full-time? I am not sure this is the right time. I am happy with it being my part-time job.

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