URSA Awards 2015
10th Annual
Competition

"Reach Beyond The Stars"

 

Category 17

 

"Let's Party!"

Celebrating Bears&Buds
10th year!

 

Bears or Buds in all sizes,
all Materials


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Entries are in order by the date they were received.

  Vote for your favorite - see link at the bottom of this page.

 

17.1

17.1

Bella Flora is 17” tall, made with German mohair. Fully jointed with lock-line in both arms and legs. Filled with poly-fil and beads. Ultra-suede paw pads, glass eyes and an embroidered nose with needle-felted eye shadow. Her party dress is decorated with layers of floral lace ribbon and she wears a matching head piece made from an over-size flower. She has dressed up to attend the Bears&Buds’ 10th birthday party! She made a cake with tailor-made embroidery with a congratulatory message.

Angela Yip

Purple Bean Bear - Hong Kong

 

17.2

17.2

Party Boy is 13" (33cm) tall made from mohair. He is ready to party and eat lots of cake!

 

Kay Cooper - Cooper Bears

Kelmscott, Western Australia

 

17.3

17.3

Elsa " I'm wearing my very best outfit to the birthday party! I've picked sweet-peas from my garden!" Elsa is 9" tall and made from Schulte cream mohair with antique boot button eyes and an open mouth. She wears a jacket made from a piece of vintage blanket hand dyed to match her dress which has been made from a piece of vintage French lace. She wears a pair of matching French knickers.

 

Jan Cuming - Jinglebers

Wellington, New Zealand

 

 

 

17.4

17.4

la Cherie is a 14" bear created from a butter cream yellow, hand dyed viscose. Double jointed neck and armature in her front legs which allows for greater posing. She wears a hand knitted party hat.
To help celebrate Bears&buds birthday she brings a bag filled with French macaroons from the famous Laudree shop in Paris. Her macaroon have been hand felted and come in Blue, mint and lavender colour. la Cherie is filled with cotton and granules. Glass eyes with felt lids, felt paw pads on her back legs and a tail!

Michele Seraphim Rees - Seraphim's World of Whimsy

Ontario, Canada

 

 

 

17.5

17.5

Romeo is 19” OOAK made from a long soft mohair that has been hand dyed. He has a embroider perle cotton nose with ultra-suede paw pads that have been trapunto and appliqueed. Scissor sculpted and air brushed for added detail. He brought a rose as he's hoping
to meet some ladies at the party!

Marilyn Wagner - Quilts-N-Critters
Ohio, USA

 

 

 

17.6

17.6

Kaspar  is a 9" silly little clown bear. He's practicing somersaults and handstands for the party! Made from mohair that has been hand dyed in a spring pastel.  Black glass eyes, fully cotter pin jointed and stuffed with polly and plastic pellets.  He wants the party to begin
so he can perform and eat cake!  Maybe hide some cake under his
hat for later!

 

Ingrid Gluppe - Ingrid's Bears

Ontario, Canada

 

 

17.7

17.7

Reese is a OOAK 8.5" bear created from plush synthetic fur with ultra-suede paw pads. 5-way jointed with bent arms and legs and filled with a combination of poly-fil and glass beads. Needle and scissor sculpted face. Hand-embroidered perle cotton nose. Cording eyelids above hand painted German glass eyes. Light shading. Reese wears
a chocolate brown satin ruff and matching ear bow. Chocolate scented cupcake candle is for the party, and she hopes no one will try to eat it!

Brenda Parker - BrendaBears

Wyoming, USA

 

 

 

17.8

17.8

Spumoni is 10" tall OOAK and made with chocolate, cherry and pistachio coloured German mohair. German glass eyes and a black embroidered nose. 5-way jointed and filled with fiber-fil and stone pellets. Her spumoni icecream cone is wool felt with a tiny red bell for the cherry on top. Spumoni is wearing a pink satin ribbon with a cherry charm pendant around her neck.


Erin Roy - Bears*n*Bling
Ontario - Canada

 

At a Glance - All Entries in Category 17

 

17.1

Flora Belle

17.2

Party Boy

17.3

Elsa

17.4

la Cherie

17.5

Romeo

17.6

Kaspar

17.7

Reese

17.8
Spumoni

You helped pick to top winners! 

 

Vote now for your favorite in Category 17

Thank you for Voting

in the Worldwide 2015 URSA Awards Competition.

 

 

 

Round 2 of voting begins August 9th

You'll then be voting for only ONE bear or bud

that you like best from the top winners!

The winner receives the prestigious
URSA Major - Best Overall Award!

Winners announced in October's Bears&Buds Webzine

 

A Special Thank You to all the contestants representing 21 countries!

 

Australia
Austria
Canada
China
Estonia
France
Germany
Hong Kong
Italy
Lithuania
Macao
21
Netherlands
New Zealand
Rep Moldova
Russia
Singapore
Spain
Switzerland
Ukraine
England
USA

 

Cast your Votes in these active categories (number of entries in each category)  
  1 - Wee Little Bare Bears-Bud - 5" & Under (6)     Contact the Contestants
  2 - Wee Little Outfitted Bears-Bud - 5" & under (5)      
  3 - Medium Bare Bears-Bud - 6-12" (16)     See the Awards & Prizes
  4 - Medium Outfitted Bear-Bud - 6-12 " (6)      
  5 - Large Bare Bear-Bud - 13-20"  (15)     Join Bears&Buds
  6 - Large Outfitted Bear-Bud - 3-20"  (8)      
  7 - Huge Hugs - 21" or greater (6)     Home
  8 - Fairies & Princesses - All sizes (8)      
  9 - Friends & Pairs Vignettes - All sizes (14)      
  10 - Fairytale Characters-Childhood Memories (6)     Contact
  11 - Polar Bears - All sizes  (9)    

 

  12 - Panda Bears - All sizes (8)     Statistics: 
  14 - What Does The Fox Say? - All sizes (5)     65 Artist competing from 21 Countries
  15 - Hippity-Hop Bunnies - All sizes (10)      Total of 138  Entries
  16 - Furry Pals - Cats & Dogs - All sizes (11)        18 - Vintage Style Bears  (Canceled)
  17 - Let's Party! Bears&Buds is 10 years old (8)        Note: We never use category 13

 

 

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