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Monday, October 22nd, 2007When you first gaze upon leather-clad Larry the BikerWorlds Bear, it’s hard not to hear Steppenwolf’s “Born to Be Wild” in your head…along with the low-throated roar of a Harley on the road. (Larry’s pictured here with his VTB host Patty Brosseau.)
But if you look closer, you may instead hear a hip-hop beat, because that [...]
Getting Blood from The Teddy Bear
Thursday, October 18th, 2007Putting the “drive” in blood drive, the Red Cross bus pulled into the parking lot this morning for a day of blood donations from the Bear Crew.
I recruited Michelle Delisle’s own Rasta-”Bear”-ian Teddy Bear to lively up the bus. Friendly Red Cross staff members got into the spirit, and before too long this little dreadlocked [...]
Scarecrows Gettin’ Down
Monday, October 15th, 2007(Cue Bee Gees.)
Ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh, stayin’ aliiiiiiiive!
That’s what I heard in my head the other day when I came to work and saw Gerry Blair’s latest handiwork: Two scarecrows added to the harvest display, their fingers pointing skyward as if in a disco dance competition.
When I first saw it two weeks ago, I thought [...]
Buses, Bears ‘n’ Bake Sales
Thursday, October 4th, 2007The Fourth of October. Nine separate bus tours. One bake sale.
It’s leaf-peeping season here in Vermont, and we welcome hundreds and hundreds of visitors to the Vermont Teddy Bear Factory. Today we’re expecting nine tours, and each tour can have more than one bus. In the spirit of making it better together (a major component [...]
Helllllo, October
Friday, September 28th, 2007I was walking to my car yesterday when I was startled to see an artful display of hay bales, corn stalks, and pumpkins arrayed around our Factory sign. I said, “Helllllo, October.”
So whose job is it to set up this righteous display? I know we have a staff of talented product developers, graphic designers, and [...]
Yard Sale!
Wednesday, September 19th, 2007When you need to make room in your garage, you have a garage sale. When we need to make some room in our factory, we have a factory yard sale.
The late summer sun rose on a bustling yard sale hosted by our Green Team. It was nice enough outside that we coulda had it on [...]
Bear Shop View from the North
Friday, August 31st, 2007Anyone looking forward to Labor Day weekend? OK, stupid question. In any event, if you have a favorite “laborer”, I know a place where you can pick up some fun gifts for workers. Starting with…this building.
Here’s a shot of the Bear Shop taken from inside the Teddy Bear Factory. I know, Ansel Adams I ain’t. [...]