I made them for all my grandsons and my daughters and friends, as well as for just me. Then like most artists, I got inspired and decided to try to sell them. Well, they sold very well! I was wonderfully surprised! So I continued to sell at teddy bear shows and now on the internet as well.

I joint them all using nuts and bolts (sounds funny, but they work great!) and make very tight joints as well as they will loosen a bit in time. Some are "floppy" jointed. 

Between designing and making my bears, I found time to write a cookbook! It has been on the market for just a few years now and is doing really great. "The Best of Vermont Country Cooking" is the title, and has 400 recipes. I have many favorites in that book as I love to cook, and a few of my own recipes are in there as well! 

Website designing is my main business. I have a love of graphic design; another form of art that I enjoy. You can see what I do if you visit www.ktwebdesigns.com   

Each bear I design has a little part of me inside, and when I see someone smile at my bears, it puts a smile on me as well.