19th Annual Columbus
Teddy Bear Show on July 15, 2007
Sponsored by Bright Star Promotions, Inc.
Brian Rueby, the card-carrying magician and
husband of Kimberly (K's Kritters) performs magic
with a teddy bear who is levitating while he passes the ring around the
unsupported bear.
K's Kritters
Kimberly Rueby
rbrueby@yahoo.com
Photo Memories
Before the show opened, Valerie Rogers the show's promoter, presented Donna Nielsen a Certificate acknowledging her bear photo used on the invitation postcards.
Donna's bear on the postcard front. Congratulations!
Coffee, pastries, cheese bits attracts the artists as they find a few minutes to socialize before the show opens.
Bears from the auction found their way to new and loving homes.
Good Bears of The World
Beary Good Friends Den beary.good.friends@earthlink.net
Sandy and Meg spread good cheer and plenty of bear
hugs for
Good Bears of The World
goodbears1@sbcglobal.net
A Walk in the Woods
Karen Wallace
jkkwallace@sbcglobal.net
Karen loves selling at Teddy Bear Shows "because I love meeting, talking
and forming friendships with my customers, I have made some very dear
friends at shows."
The Bear Basket Sharon Dressman
kdthetree@aol.com
"Ken and I enjoy meeting new collectors and socializing with the
other artists at the shows. It is a great opportunity to learn."
Bears & Stuff
Ali Dohner rdohner@woh.rr.com
Ali will show her bear night lights in 8 more shows this year.
Bainbridge Bears
Donna Hinkelman
donna@bainbridgebears.com
Donna is planning for a few more shows this year and "doing
more in 2008."
Bear Street
Dale Junker
bearst@pixelgate.net
Jeni helps sell 'flat bears' in theform of yards of mohair.
"They all start out lat before the artists bring the materials to life."
Bears by Beth Anne
Beth Anne Martin
bethanne@bearsbybethanne.com
Beth Anne and her mother Donna Hinkelman travel to bear shows
together and she says, "I truly enjoy talking and sharing time
with our collectors and they tell me how much they enjoy meeting us
personally."
Cookie's Critters
Donna Nielsen
ccritter@frontiernet.net
As the collectors approached the Holiday Inn Ft. Rapids they were a bit taken back by the landscaping, the building design and the fort look. The hotel lent itself to having fun what with all the amenities of a resort plus a water park for the children.
Dealers put the final touches on their display tables and the doors opened to the area collectors. They are always impressed with the quality, the creativity and the workmanship each artist puts into their bears.
Good Bears of the World's Beary Goof Friends Den conducted their yearly silent auction. Bears lined six tables and collectors bid!
Throughout the day door prizes were announced and happy collectors received wonderful surprises from the artists.
The artists love attending the shows, meeting the collectors and getting to know them better and the same feeling the collectors have; getting to know the artists who created the unique bears for them to love.
What vision the artist have when they run their hands over a flat piece of mohair and visualize it in a 3-D teddy bear.
Artists often come to town early so they can scour antique malls for costumes, accessories to add to their designs which adds to their story line about their bears.
We hope you enjoyed the show and will join us next year
when we celebrate the 20th Annual show!
Gilmur Rudley Bears
Jackie Melerski
gilmurrudley@aol.com
There was laughter at Jackie's booth along with smiles
over the clown bears. "Collectors can not only see the artist's work but
they can meet the artist's heart behind them."
China Cupboard Bears
Cindy McGuire chinacupboardbears@
hotmail.com
Cindy travels around the world teaching bear making and sharing her
love of teddy bears. "I have a 'real' job now so I won't be attending as
many shows next year."
Billy Bears by Carolyn
Carolyn Jacobsen
She and her husband traveled to the show bringing vintage Stieff
Bears, antique accessories and her big bears too!
Judy's Raggedy Country
Judy Mathis
judithmarlene@
hotmail.com
Ashenberry Collectible Bears
Judy Eppolito
ashenberry@ntelos.net
CMR Huggables Ltd
Celia Roberts
nroberts3@woh.rr.com
Always a smile for everyone, Celia greets her loyal collectors at
several shows a year.
A familiar site at the Columbus Teddy Bear show is a buggy filled with collectible bears. "Great conversations are started over the buggy and bears," said John Fey member of the Beary Good Friends: Good Bears of the World Columbus Den.
LinaBears, LLC
Caroline Hulse hande4me@yahoo.com
"I enjoy meeting new people and learning from the other artists,"
remarks Caroline.
DiBears
Diana Watts
dibears@aol.com
Diana makes a variety of bears, bunnies and lions from real fur or
recycled furs. She pops on a plane and attends many shows a year.
Mare's Bears 'n more
Mary M Ortwine maryortwine@wowway.com
Purely Neysa
Neysa Phillippi neysa@purelyneysa.com
Quilts n Critters
Marilyn Wagner
mwaggs2@aol.com
Randi Bears
Randi Robinson wvteddy@hotmail.com
Teds 'n Such
Tyler Crain
e4zat@hotmail.com
Tyler is a full time student studying computers and
"still willing to travel to show and interact with the collectors."
Threadbears
Jacquie Pollitt
rpollitt@aol.com
Jackie plans to keep traveling to shows and seeing other parts of
the country. "I enjoy selling at the shows and the personal contact with
the collectors."
BeBe Bears
Linda Fulmer lfulmersbears@aol.com
Camera Shy:
Bentley & Buddies
Nancy & Doug Dane
bentbears@aol.com
Bearscape Bears
Linda Alston
linalston@aol.com
Chris' Creations
Chris Herron herronbears@yahoo.com
Bill & Carol Heller
Village Bears and More
Sherry S. of Columbus, OH discovered an old leather doll of hers was an A&M German doll with a French celluloid head.
Chloe H. from Hamilton, OH traveling with her grand mother presented Ken with a 1960 Herman, blue eyed Zodi for appraisal.
Gary D. from drove from Dayton, OH to show Ken a 1906-07 American Ideal teddy bear that was his grand mother's. The 100 year old bear was in wonderful condition.
Author/Appraiser Ken Yenke
kenyenke@aol.com
We hope you enjoyed the show!
Please check our show listings for shows in your area too and join us then.