Fifteen Minutes

This is a bear I made. He’s in a magazine!

my bear

Buttercream Bear is the high end Teddy Bear in the article “Behind the Price Tag” in the March 2010 issue of American Baby Magazine. This distinction is well deserved – hand knit with cashmere makes anything pricey. And that’s awesome. Or it would be awesome if the attribution wasn’t completely wrong (even in the buyer’s guide, so good luck to anyone who wants one) because of failure to fact check or figure out how Etsy works or ask or even read the bear’s tag.

I’ve been in touch with editors and there have been apologies all around. Which is nice. Hopefully there is some kind of correction in the near future. Which will be nicer. But still.

I’m not over the angry yet and you can’t help feeling how you feel.

Many thanks to my Darling Sister (Maintaining Sanity) for the pictures and for procuring multiple copies of the magazine. I can’t wait for them to get here so I can see him in person.

My bear (my former bear – he was bought from my shop last month) is famous!

10 thoughts on “Fifteen Minutes”

  2. MJ

    How simply frustrating and unprofessional that the magazine didn’t double-check their research!

    Congratulations, Emily! Anyone who gets that bear will have a soft cuddly treasure for years to come. I bet it was pure heaven knitting it!

  4. Judi

    You just let us know if we need to start a letter-writing/spamming campaign on your behalf!! Your etsy store should get a full-page ad in the next issue!! 🙂

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  8. Teyani

    How fabulous!.
    the beginning of great things to come, do doubt!!

    and I just caught up on all the Miss Ellie pictures. Omgosh, she is so fabulous!

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