eBay My World: janne23lee( 288)

I am a teddy bear artist. I have been designing and making teddies for over 25 years. I have four children and five grandchildren. I also live with an assortment of critters, dogs, cats and birds. I work from a studio in my home. I love creating!

One of a Kind teddy bears, monkeys, dogs, cats, ducks, rabbits, critters, teddy bears

Teddy bears, tea pots, unusual items, whimsical things, books

English

Books, books, books

Look Homeward Angel by Thomas Wolfe, Chocolat by Joanne Harris, Walden by Henry David Thoreau, The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd, Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather, The Pig Who Sang to the Moon by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, Simple Living by Frank Levering and Wanda Urbanska, just to name a few.

Bringing Up Baby, Chocolat, Amadeus, Walk the Line, Witness, Smokey and the Bandit, Pirates of the Caribbean, Mostly Martha, Grease, Moonstruck, Fiddler on The Roof, Goin South, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Some Like It Hot, Indiana Jones, Serenity, What's Up, Doc?, Harry Potter, Beetlejuice

Guns N' Roses, Johnny Cash, Beatles, HIM, Bonnie Raitt, John Cougar Mellencamp, Cher, Nine Inch Nails, Maria Muldaur, The Everly Brothers, Pink Floyd, The Chieftains, Joan Baez, Mozart and the Rolling Stones

Serenity, Columbo, Dead Like Me

I was born and grew up in New Mexico, so I have a deep love of the colors of the earth and nature. I grew up in small towns and spent a lot of time reading and playing on my own. I learned early to appreciate the beauty of trees, sky and earth. I read lots of comic books when I was growing up such as Katy Keene, Little Audrey, Brenda Starr, Archie, and a series called The Classics. I am a very organic and tactile person and I think it shows in my work. I love to create things from scratch. I keep a sketch book where I draw out my ideas, and I also carry around a blank book for jotting down things I see when I am out. I am into different and whimsical things. I love to shop for remnants and have a large collection. I find inspiration in a number of different places, my pets, children's books I read, an old blanket, a pair of worn jeans or any peice of fabric. I read lots of children's books, I just love the illustrations.

I was born In Clovis, New Mexico and moved to the East Coast with my Mom when I was fourteen. I have been married twice and have four children, and five grandchildren. I started making teddy bears in 1980 and had to make my own discs for the joints. I used a door knob cutter and cut them from particle board, then sanded them smooth with sandpaper. I bought nuts and bolts from the local hardware store. I didn't know how to get mohair, so I started making my teddy bears from upholstery fabric. The faux furs that were available were awful, so I stayed away from them. I discovered recycled denim when I realized how many people loved their worn jeans and hated to throw them away. I started asking my family and friends to save their worn out jeans and give them to me. Denim fabric is quite wonderful and each pair of jeans makes quite a different bear. I consider myself a sculpture artist who uses fabric for my art.

I accept money orders, personal checks (I wait until they clear before I ship), but I prefer Paypal. I also accept special orders.

I prefer to ship USPS Priority mail, as I have found it to be the most reliable and resonable in cost. I will ship World Wide.

If you are unhappy in any way with a teddy bear your purchase from me, I will refund your money, minus shipping costs, if you return the bear to me in the original condition it was sold to you. I want you to be happy with your jannebears creation.

Your may e-mail me at any time with any question you might have about my work or a particular teddy bear.

Please visit my website and check out all the critters that have been adopted on E-bay in the past. Visit jannebears.com and visit my gallery.