The CraftStar: The Teddy Bear Project

The Teddy Bear Project

Now this is what a community is all about and The CraftStar community has rocked it teddy bear style!

A couple of weeks ago, Luanne (Tupper’s Perch) posted a story on our Facebook page about her husband:

Tupper's Perch:  We were stationed overseas during the early part of the 1990's. The first Iraq war took my military husband and many friends away for long stretches of time. I made these bears for them to take along as a secret comfort from home. Hidden in a small pocket of many uniforms, nobody knew these dedicated military members had teddy bears along on their missions. My husband continued to carry his Tiny Teddy in a flight suit pocket until his retirement 12 years later.

http://thecraftstar.com/miniatures-and-dolls/bears/bitty-teddy-pocket-pal-hand-stitched.html

Amber left a response:

I wish I could afford to buy my husbands whole platoon these! They are about to deploy:(

We contacted Amber, asked her how many men in the platoon … 37.

That seemed do-able, so we went back to Luanne who was delighted to pull this together, and was very generous with the cost.  She has just returned from vacation stitching together teddys!

Many in The CraftStar community jumped in and have sponsored up to 5 each and we will be sending Amber’s husband and his platoon off with 37 bears!

We would like to give HUGE appreciation to :

Tracey: Bottle Cap Shack

http://thecraftstar.com/users/tracyleslie1.html

Pam: Big Doggy Bling 

http://thecraftstar.com/users/bigdoggybling.html

Anne:  Anne's Knits

http://thecraftstar.com/users/Annesknits.html

Sheila and Sarah:  Hip Earth Designs

http://thecraftstar.com/users/HipEarthDesigns.html

Carol: Yankee Girl Watercolors and Photography

http://thecraftstar.com/users/yankeegirl.html

Terresa:  Southern Sisters

http://thecraftstar.com/users/SouthernSisters.html

Jennifer:  SoulFire Artisan 

http://thecraftstar.com/users/soulfireartisan.html

Kim: Queen of De Tile  

http://thecraftstar.com/users/QueenofDeTile.html

Darlene:  Dars Butterfly and Wings

http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Dars-Butterflys-wings-n-gifts/185827918174509

And of course, Luanne!

Tupper’s Perch

http://thecraftstar.com/users/TuppersPerch.html