Mohair snuffles with his best friends.
(photo courtesy of Karen and Vinnie)
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Mohair snuffles and his best friends
Mohair snuffles with his best friends.
(photo courtesy of Karen and Vinnie)
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Gund and snuffles wallpaper for a childs room
To the comment poster regarding Gund wallpapers for a childs room, I am not sure where to find some, my best bet would be to contact Jan at www.jansbearessentials.com. I hope she can help.
Rosemerta
Last year, a reader of my blog emailed me a beautiful story of him and snuffles. Well, he sent me another story as posted below.
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Readers, as you know, my first Gund Snuffles was Sherry. A wonderful lovable white bear that was especially friendly and a great help to me when I was sad about the end of my relationship. Time heals all wounds, but the summer before my second year of college, I still had not gotten over everything. I was in town still taking summer courses and trying to keep my mind off of everything.
I was considering quitting summer school after a particularly difficult day. Not only had my professor embarrassed me in front of the class, but also I found myself thinking about my former girlfriend. Whenever I let myself think about her, I just got more and more depressed and lost sight of my long term goals.
After school that day, I went into town and got something to eat. I visited a newly opened toy store across the street, after spying another white Snuffles bear in the window. You see, Sherry was already getting beaten up after a whole year in the university dorms and I already needed a replacement body for her. I looked into the store and found a very pink, very fluffy, very cute bear saying hello to me. I picked her up and noticed that she was the blush, 25th anniversary bear. Looking around the store, I noticed that she was the very last one. It was as though it was our destiny to be together.
There was a problem though. Besides the issue of being away from home, missing my former girlfriend, and academic pressures, I also had to worry about spending money. My parents were generous enough letting me take summer classes, allowing me to share a bedroom with a friend, and giving me some spending money. It was difficult to scrape together the $25 I would need to pay to get the blush bear.
I stashed the blush bear deep inside towards the back of the shelf behind all the other white Snuffles and walked out vowing I would somehow figure out a way to buy her. When I went home, I thought of various ways I could come up with the money. Absentmindedly, I looked through a drawer for something and saw a red envelope poking out.
In Chinese culture, red envelopes are given at the Lunar New Year by parents to children. These red envelopes contained money in the hopes of fortune, prosperity, and good luck. Trembling, I opened the red envelope not knowing whether I had forgotten it or not. There was a $50 bill inside of it! Finally, something had gone right that day.
The very next day, I went back to the store and looked for the blush pink bear. I hoped that no one had taken her away. Sure enough, she was sitting right behind all the white snuffles. I picked up a white snuffles bear and the blush bear and walked straight to the counter plopping down the $50 bill. I walked away happily thinking of a new name for my bear. As I stopped in front of my apartment building, I noticed pink roses blooming outside and decided on Rosemerta or Rosie for short.
I like to think that Rosie came to me, much like my other snuffle bear Sherry came to me, in a time of need. Both Rosie and Sherry helped me forget about the worst part of being a student and being lonely. Rosie was incredibly smart and helped me with my homework. Whenever I was stuck, Rosie would wait patiently next to me. If I threatened to fall asleep, Rosie would jump on my lap waking me up. Rosie and Sherry watched movies with me when we needed a break. Rosie listened to me complain about my professor and school. And, finally, when I graduated and the time came to apply for professional school, Rosie and Sherry both helped me get over the mountain of applications and essays I had to write.
Rosie is a unique individual and has a much more different personality than Sherry. Rosie is much more spunky and mischievous. However, Sherry and I still tolerate her because she is fiercely loyal and friendly to us! Although most of the time Rosie gets her way, Sherry still likes her and is appreciative of having a sister to play with.
Without Gund and without Snuffles, I probably would have dropped out of college and remained inconsolable about my past. I think that it was the lowest point in my life when the two bears almost magically appeared to make me feel better. They helped me find my way when everything around me seemed so dark. I guess these bears are really magical. (the writer of this story still prefers to stay anonymous, I will post a photo of Rosie and Sherry as soon as I receive it)
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Readers, as you know, my first Gund Snuffles was Sherry. A wonderful lovable white bear that was especially friendly and a great help to me when I was sad about the end of my relationship. Time heals all wounds, but the summer before my second year of college, I still had not gotten over everything. I was in town still taking summer courses and trying to keep my mind off of everything.
I was considering quitting summer school after a particularly difficult day. Not only had my professor embarrassed me in front of the class, but also I found myself thinking about my former girlfriend. Whenever I let myself think about her, I just got more and more depressed and lost sight of my long term goals.
After school that day, I went into town and got something to eat. I visited a newly opened toy store across the street, after spying another white Snuffles bear in the window. You see, Sherry was already getting beaten up after a whole year in the university dorms and I already needed a replacement body for her. I looked into the store and found a very pink, very fluffy, very cute bear saying hello to me. I picked her up and noticed that she was the blush, 25th anniversary bear. Looking around the store, I noticed that she was the very last one. It was as though it was our destiny to be together.
There was a problem though. Besides the issue of being away from home, missing my former girlfriend, and academic pressures, I also had to worry about spending money. My parents were generous enough letting me take summer classes, allowing me to share a bedroom with a friend, and giving me some spending money. It was difficult to scrape together the $25 I would need to pay to get the blush bear.
I stashed the blush bear deep inside towards the back of the shelf behind all the other white Snuffles and walked out vowing I would somehow figure out a way to buy her. When I went home, I thought of various ways I could come up with the money. Absentmindedly, I looked through a drawer for something and saw a red envelope poking out.
In Chinese culture, red envelopes are given at the Lunar New Year by parents to children. These red envelopes contained money in the hopes of fortune, prosperity, and good luck. Trembling, I opened the red envelope not knowing whether I had forgotten it or not. There was a $50 bill inside of it! Finally, something had gone right that day.
The very next day, I went back to the store and looked for the blush pink bear. I hoped that no one had taken her away. Sure enough, she was sitting right behind all the white snuffles. I picked up a white snuffles bear and the blush bear and walked straight to the counter plopping down the $50 bill. I walked away happily thinking of a new name for my bear. As I stopped in front of my apartment building, I noticed pink roses blooming outside and decided on Rosemerta or Rosie for short.
I like to think that Rosie came to me, much like my other snuffle bear Sherry came to me, in a time of need. Both Rosie and Sherry helped me forget about the worst part of being a student and being lonely. Rosie was incredibly smart and helped me with my homework. Whenever I was stuck, Rosie would wait patiently next to me. If I threatened to fall asleep, Rosie would jump on my lap waking me up. Rosie and Sherry watched movies with me when we needed a break. Rosie listened to me complain about my professor and school. And, finally, when I graduated and the time came to apply for professional school, Rosie and Sherry both helped me get over the mountain of applications and essays I had to write.
Rosie is a unique individual and has a much more different personality than Sherry. Rosie is much more spunky and mischievous. However, Sherry and I still tolerate her because she is fiercely loyal and friendly to us! Although most of the time Rosie gets her way, Sherry still likes her and is appreciative of having a sister to play with.
Without Gund and without Snuffles, I probably would have dropped out of college and remained inconsolable about my past. I think that it was the lowest point in my life when the two bears almost magically appeared to make me feel better. They helped me find my way when everything around me seemed so dark. I guess these bears are really magical. (the writer of this story still prefers to stay anonymous, I will post a photo of Rosie and Sherry as soon as I receive it)
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Japanese Snuffles Blog is so cute
Every once in a while I like to look at this Japanese lady's snuffles blog, she does such a great job.
http://blog.livedoor.jp/modernblog/
I have mentioned it in the past, just want to bring it up again, and I think it is truly amazing that snuffles has his following even in Japan.
http://blog.livedoor.jp/modernblog/
I have mentioned it in the past, just want to bring it up again, and I think it is truly amazing that snuffles has his following even in Japan.
The newest upcoming snuffles will be mega huge!
The rumour mill has been going around for quite a while, but now it is firm, Gund is releasing a new snuffles in 2011, probably later in March or April if all goes well. We will see, and I will update here as soon as I know more. Stay on the lookout for pictures of the new snuffles.
This new snuffles will be in the normal beige color measuring about 32"-34". Retail price is set at $300.00. It will not be a limited edition snuffles, however, the number they will be producing will be limited.
Since I order my new snuffles bears generally from Jan, I can only recommend her for your preorders. Her homepage is at www.jansbearessentials.com. Her service is impeccable, and I have always been very satisfied with her.
Since I order my new snuffles bears generally from Jan, I can only recommend her for your preorders. Her homepage is at www.jansbearessentials.com. Her service is impeccable, and I have always been very satisfied with her.
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Giorgio is wishing all his Snuffles buddies a Happy New Year
Giorgio and his two buddies from California, Whitey and Blanchey, are wishing all Snuffles a Happy New Year. And we know already, there is a new Snuffles in the works, and I hope that I will be able to post pictures soon... stay tuned... it will be big... ;)
Awesome video, snow plowing train...
Even though this video has nothing to do with Snuffles, it is simply amazing and somehow magical watching the train plowing through the snow, partly a high speed... wonderful filming...
Friday, December 31, 2010
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Friday, December 24, 2010
Snuffles enjoying traditional German Christmasstollen
Here you see snuffles enjoying traditional German Christstollen (a traditional German Christmas cake). 
Thursday, December 23, 2010
And before everybody gets sad around Christmas...
Van Halen, this is FUN: JUMP!
Merry Christmas to all the people who enjoy my blog, who love Snuffles, and who supported me during my move back to Germany and who posted wonderful pictures and stories and therefore helped me keep this blog alive. Happy New Year 2011, may god bless all of us.
Merry Christmas to all the people who enjoy my blog, who love Snuffles, and who supported me during my move back to Germany and who posted wonderful pictures and stories and therefore helped me keep this blog alive. Happy New Year 2011, may god bless all of us.
Friday, December 17, 2010
Teddybears raining... look at the videio
This is such a cool video... tons of teddybears... what a tradition...
http://de.eurosport.yahoo.com/17122010/73/buntes-platzregen-plueschtieren.html
http://de.eurosport.yahoo.com/17122010/73/buntes-platzregen-plueschtieren.html
(Source: Yahoo! Video)
Monday, December 13, 2010
What a beautiful story of snuffles...
A reader of my blog who would like to stay anonymous, and I will grant him his wish, sent me such a wonderful story of how he got his first snuffles. I will not say anything more, just read below for his story:
Hello everyone,
I have something to share about the wonderful, mysterious, special bear that snuffles can be in our hearts and in our minds.
This story needs a little background context. I first met snuffles in a Bloo cotton body. My older sister had named him “Cloud.” I was 12 at the time and wanted him more than anything in the world, since not only was he a blue colored bear, but he also looked kindly and had a moon on his stomach. As I grew older, I didn’t think about him anymore.
In my senior year at high school, I had my first real relationships. And, as all first relationships seem to go, it was tumultuous and ended horribly. When I was about to attend a university that was several hundred miles away from home, all I could do was think about my ex girlfriend. I confided to my sister my own feelings of sadness and depression. My sister told me late in February that a surprise was arriving in the mail.
On February 2, 2005, I opened up the fedexed box and look inside to see a brand new Snuffles bear! Sherry was ten inches, completely white like the moon, incredibly soft, and very friendly looking. I couldn’t hold back after seeing the happy little bear staring back at me and started to cry. My sister remembered how much I loved Cloud and realized that a little tender loving care from another Snuffles might soothe my heartache.
For months, the little white bear and I would sit in front of my computer monitor typing away essays, curling up together to study for exams, or sitting together watching a movie. When I slept and she fell off the bed in the middle of the night, I would look for her. When I was sad and needed a hug, she smiled and opened up her arms to me. And when I didn’t have anyone to talk to, I talked to her and told her my dreams, hopes, and wishes. Sherry saved me. She saved me from my sadness and loneliness.
Today, I have a new girlfriend who loves me for me, and I’m attending professional school, which is another stressing problem. However, Sherry still sits on my bed waiting for me to hug her and sleeps next to me every day. Shari still studies for exams with me. And, she still watches TV with me. Shari is as large a part of me as she was a long time and since then we’ve expanded her family to include other Snuffles (most notably my own Bloo cotton Snuffles, a 25th anniversary blush snuffles, a 30th anniversary 15” dark brown Snuffles, and a 30th anniversary limited edition 13” silver tipped Snuffles body replacement for my Sherry).
Snuffles is truly a great bear. What other bear listens to your secrets and never wants more than to hug you? What other bear looks up to the sky and sends your wishes and dreams to the moon? What other bear could love you more?
Thank you Gund. Thank you Snuffles. Thank you Sherry!
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Thursday, December 2, 2010
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Two original Snuffles watercolors offered
Jan at www.jansbearessentials.com is offering these two unique original watercolor paintings by a famous Canadian artist for sale. (3000 USD each). These were made for the 1999 Gund Calendar.
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