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| Sunflower Bear - $20.00 |
Almost 20 years ago, I combined my love of teddy bears with my love of fabric and started dressing teddy bears. I liked creating themes, wedding and baby gifts being the first among those themes. I added cross-stitching so I could personalize items, as well as spelling out names in alphabet blocks. I did some in home parties, and some crafts fairs, made a few sales, but most importantly got the bug to try to sell more. Then we got connected to the internet and a whole new world opened up for me. I tried some ad sites at first, then set up some websites on free web hosts (those existed at one time, along with the ads that paid for the spot). Eventually, I bought my domain name and set up my very own website (without other people's ads) and enjoyed selling my teddy bears, with a few rabbits thrown in. My customers helped me to add so many new items to my product line by asking for something I hadn't thought of. Soon I had hundreds of products, broken down into several dozen categories for easier shopping. Pages and pages of a website to keep up to date (more about that later) and orders to fill. There were slow times and super busy times, like most businesses. I have kept at it, even though keeping the website up to date, meeting Google requirements (if Google doesn't see you, neither will anyone else!) had become way too much for me. My little creative brain just couldn't wrap itself around mobile friendly code, security issues, privacy issues for customers in the EU, etc. It was all pretty simple when I first started out, but has become more than I care to keep up with. So....... the website is closing on June 1st. I have a few items left and they are on sale to move out! They need new homes. You can see the items left at my
Website Closing Sale page.
Just in time for July 4th, the
Patriotic Teddy Bears, have lowered prices plus a discount code for 20% off.
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| Patriotic Flag Bear-er - $12.50 |
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| Pink Ribbon and Butterflies Angel |
BUT, I want to be clear about something. I am NOT going out of business!!!!! My website will be closing, yes, but I am not going away. Simply moving to a different venue where I do not need to deal with all of those things that I do not understand about a website. If you have not heard of
Etsy, you really need to take a look at all of the talented artisans with a wide variety of skill sets. That is where I am moving, you can see what I have to offer so far at my shop:
bearfamilygifts.etsy.com . I only have about 30 items there now, but that will be growing once my website has closed.
Stop by anytime! I'm always open.
