Wayneston Bears 8th Anniversary Blog Give-Away! =)

Hi everyone! We are pleased to share our Anniversary Blog Give-away before our trip to USA!

Without further ado, we shall now announce the details of our 8th Anniversary Blog Give-away!

We want to specially thank you for being with us these eight years. Having an annual give-away is a token of appreciation and thank you for your continued support.

This year, the Grand Prizes is going to be two bears namely Zinnias and Marcus.

Below are the 5 steps to increase your chances to win our two grand prizes! (Includes free shipping worldwide)

Below are the 6 extra chances for you to win! Good Luck!

1) Leave a comment here and you will be added into the draw list.
2) Become a follower of this blog (Let us know if you have done so).

3) Become a fan on "Wayneston Bears" Facebook Fan Page (Let me know your user name) and MUST post a comment on the Facebook Give-away Photo.

4) Become a fan on "Wayneston Studios" Facebook Fan Page (Let me know your user name)

5) Join our mailing list.
6) Share my give-away button on your blog or website/facebook (Kindly let us know your blog/website link)

The draw will be on 27 May and winners announce on 28 May 2017.

The Grand Winner will receive Wayneston Bear (Zinnias) and the 2nd Winner will receive Marcus. All shipping fee will be fully paid by us ^.^

Emails will be sent to the winners on that day, if there is no reply from the winner/s within 2 days, the next winner will be drawn. Good Luck! =)

Hugs, Wayne

Names that have been added into the draw list ^.^ , I will update periodically:

1. Danyel Hocking
2. Dale Edney
3. Paula Loh
4. Lily Poh
5. Andrea Shinn
6. Amanda Lee
7. Esther Lee
8. Kitty Ann
9.  Irina Saarenmaki
10. Marcia Zanin
11. Ying Yip Cheng
12. Lily Poh
13. Barbara Hodgetts
14. Linda Hearn
15. Sandra piper 

Make-a-Bear Workshop in June

Make-a-Bear Workshop is back in June!

You can now select either White or Gold Mohair for your workshop bear.

In 2 sessions, you will learn how to complete a 7 inch tall Teddy Bear from scratch.

Register your interest now with Wayne at waynestonbears@yahoo.com.sg

We are all packed and ready to go!

Wayneston bears will be participating in the

Susan Quinlan Doll & Bear Convention on May 4 - 6, 2017
Venue: Clarion Hotel & Convention Center
USA, Philadelphia

We will be displaying our Bears and other Critters at the show.
Pop by to say hi to us!

For more info about the show visit:
http://www.quinlanmuseum.com/convention.html

See you at Philadelphia!

Hugs,
Wayne

4 new bears ready for Philly Show!

Hooray! We are so glad to have another 4 additional bears ready to join us for our trip to USA! Counting down 10 more days!!! Whoooo Hooo!

We are so looking forward to meeting our Facebook friends, namely Joanne Livingston, Kelly Dean, Lisa Heiland, Ginger Brame, Tyler Crain-Davis, Michelle Lamb and many more!

We are also excited that we will be making our trip to R John Wright Studios as well to visit their factory! And of course, attending bear-making classes taught by two famous teachers.(Will announce the names later!)

Hope you like our new bears below!

Have a great week ahead!

Cheers,
Wayne

Trevor and Teddey

Lovee

Star Gazer

Join us @ Fun Fur Day on Saturday, 10 June!

The long awaited Fun Fur Day is back with more activities! This time, we have invited 3 speakers to share their creative experiences with us! Join us for an evening of fun and creativity! Bring along your teddies and dolls too! See you there!

RVSP and Payment by Friday,26 May 2017

Register your interest with Wayne at: waynestonbears@yahoo.com.sg

*Payment needs to be made via bank transfer and a confirmation email will be sent to you.

Make-a-Bear Workshop 2 & 9 April 2017

We are so proud to see three little bears born on 9 April, each individually handcrafted by three apprentices namely, Michelle, Amanda and Anna.

L-R: Bears made by Wayne, Amanda, Michelle and Anna

It was the first time all three of them learned to make a bear.

The 3 students were very patient and listen attentively to Wayne's instruction. Wayne demonstrated how to perform a nose embroidery on the bear and soon they started sewing themselves. Anna was adventurous and decided to stitch a heart-shape nose for her bear! It wasn't an easy attempt; she started some stitches and Wayne assisted to complete the nose later on.

Happy Bear Making Day with the ladies

The most challenging process which the students faced were sewing the ears onto their bear's head. The ears need to be visually balanced and symmetrical. Wayne pinned the ears on the bear's head and demonstrated how to sew the ear with ladder stitching technique.

Amanda is closing the bear after stuffing

Anna is stitching the arms of her bear (Bruce)

Michelle is patiently sewing, keeping her stitches neat and tight

After their bears were completed, the students used markers to gave their bears some light shadings to enhance the overall appearance and accessorise them with ribbons.

L-R: Michelle, Anna, Wayne and Amanda

We even took an outdoor group photo together with our prized ones!

Thank you Michelle, Amanda and Anna for joining our bear workshop. We hope you enjoyed the workshop and look forward to seeing you make more bears next time!

Hugs,

Wayne

Busy is good! Preparing for our next event!

We really enjoy our time working with bears. These are the last 2 chaps which we are making for the Susan Quinlan Doll & Teddy Convention happening next month in Philadelphia.

For those (bear artists) who has not attended the Susan Quinlan Doll & Teddy Convention before, you must have at least 80% of your display mainly just bears, then you are allowed to have 20% for your other animals on display for sale. To be flank, it's a little bit tough for us as we make lots of other animals.

But anyway, we decided to take the challenge!

Sharing today is two of our latest WIP bears.

We hope to complete them end of this week and take some photographs of them and prepare the certificates next week.

Hope you will enjoy our WIP pictures.

Have a great day.

Cheers,
Wayne