<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8604589515536397149</id><updated>2012-02-15T19:01:42.146-08:00</updated><category term='flowerumi'/><category term='crocheted toys'/><category term='teddy bears'/><category term='crocheted bears.'/><category term='bears'/><category term='amigurumi'/><category term='flowerumiplace'/><category term='cherry flowerumi bear'/><category term='craftybegonia'/><title type='text'>FlowerumiPlace</title><subtitle type='html'>A Sweet Spot for Handmade Bear Lovers</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flowerumiplace.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8604589515536397149/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flowerumiplace.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Craftybegonia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01873176762991601294</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='15' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_a1oV0AA2UT4/SG2AyvT5nlI/AAAAAAAAAAg/fnoWTcxesyc/S220/crochet+stitch3.bmp'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>3</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8604589515536397149.post-4799231613206854726</id><published>2011-12-15T17:50:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-11T19:53:14.085-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='flowerumiplace'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='crocheted toys'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cherry flowerumi bear'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='crocheted bears.'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='craftybegonia'/><title type='text'>Bear of the Week: Cherry Flowerumi Bear</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IOLXPKGKXbg/TuaHC8Z1VAI/AAAAAAAAEXE/htCFBZ0IFvk/s1600/cherry%2Bflowerumi%2Bbear1a.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IOLXPKGKXbg/TuaHC8Z1VAI/AAAAAAAAEXE/htCFBZ0IFvk/s320/cherry%2Bflowerumi%2Bbear1a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685380064245797890" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With her funny little smile and big eyes, Cherry is a delightful and cute little bear, her flower hairdo and pretty colors add to the effect, &lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;w:worddocument&gt;   &lt;w:view&gt;Normal&lt;/w:View&gt;   &lt;w:zoom&gt;0&lt;/w:Zoom&gt;   &lt;w:donotoptimizeforbrowser/&gt;  &lt;/w:WordDocument&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;making her just like a delicious cherry ice cream! Cute as a button, sweet as a cherry slurpee, she's bound to become a loved friend of your favorite bear lover of any age.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;w:worddocument&gt;   &lt;w:view&gt;Normal&lt;/w:View&gt;   &lt;w:zoom&gt;0&lt;/w:Zoom&gt;   &lt;w:donotoptimizeforbrowser/&gt;  &lt;/w:WordDocument&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Size:&lt;/b&gt; Cherry is approximately 6 ½” wide x 9" tall.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Flowerumi style:&lt;/b&gt; variegated.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Skill level:&lt;/span&gt; Advanced beginner.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;PDF Pattern Price: &lt;/span&gt;$3.50 USD&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please allow 24 hours for delivery of your electronic goods, and furnish an email address that will not bounce back delivery of your purchase.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Please, be aware that this pattern will be available only from Monday through Thursday, weekly!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;To purchase this pattern, please click the link below:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="cmd" value="_s-xclick" type="hidden"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="hosted_button_id" value="U63NHARTKDFXN" type="hidden"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_buynowCC_LG.gif" name="submit" alt="PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!" border="0" type="image"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" border="0" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/form&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Thank you for supporting Craftybegonia's efforts to bring you great crafts!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8604589515536397149-4799231613206854726?l=flowerumiplace.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flowerumiplace.blogspot.com/feeds/4799231613206854726/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://flowerumiplace.blogspot.com/2011/12/cherry-flowerumi-bear.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8604589515536397149/posts/default/4799231613206854726'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8604589515536397149/posts/default/4799231613206854726'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flowerumiplace.blogspot.com/2011/12/cherry-flowerumi-bear.html' title='Bear of the Week: Cherry Flowerumi Bear'/><author><name>Craftybegonia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01873176762991601294</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='15' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_a1oV0AA2UT4/SG2AyvT5nlI/AAAAAAAAAAg/fnoWTcxesyc/S220/crochet+stitch3.bmp'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IOLXPKGKXbg/TuaHC8Z1VAI/AAAAAAAAEXE/htCFBZ0IFvk/s72-c/cherry%2Bflowerumi%2Bbear1a.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8604589515536397149.post-1357506710313922154</id><published>2011-01-23T15:36:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-23T15:45:40.751-08:00</updated><title type='text'>New Flowerumi Bears!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_a1oV0AA2UT4/TTy8RrLAKSI/AAAAAAAAC8o/slni8MeJknI/s1600/flowerumi1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565530251355760930" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_a1oV0AA2UT4/TTy8RrLAKSI/AAAAAAAAC8o/slni8MeJknI/s320/flowerumi1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;My flowerumi bears struck a chord of love in many. And I have been asked over and over again, to share the patterns. I designed my Flowerumi as exclusive bears, so I cannot share the original desings of all those beloved bears. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I have decided to make new ones to share the patterns, and these too will be exclusive in the sense that they are made especially to give you, bear lovers, an opportunity to make these cute and lovable little bears whose hair is made up by flowers and e working on designs that are new, fresh and not owned by others yet.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Stay tuned!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8604589515536397149-1357506710313922154?l=flowerumiplace.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flowerumiplace.blogspot.com/feeds/1357506710313922154/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://flowerumiplace.blogspot.com/2011/01/new-flowerumi-bears.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8604589515536397149/posts/default/1357506710313922154'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8604589515536397149/posts/default/1357506710313922154'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flowerumiplace.blogspot.com/2011/01/new-flowerumi-bears.html' title='New Flowerumi Bears!'/><author><name>Craftybegonia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01873176762991601294</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='15' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_a1oV0AA2UT4/SG2AyvT5nlI/AAAAAAAAAAg/fnoWTcxesyc/S220/crochet+stitch3.bmp'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_a1oV0AA2UT4/TTy8RrLAKSI/AAAAAAAAC8o/slni8MeJknI/s72-c/flowerumi1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8604589515536397149.post-1014812635738972084</id><published>2010-10-17T17:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-17T17:24:24.480-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='flowerumiplace'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='crocheted toys'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='flowerumi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='amigurumi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bears'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='teddy bears'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='craftybegonia'/><title type='text'>Flowerumi!</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;OUR HOME PAGE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_a1oV0AA2UT4/So3_QwVyzOI/AAAAAAAABcA/crOTppfMDkw/s1600-h/flowerumi+bears3.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372230593842171106" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_a1oV0AA2UT4/So3_QwVyzOI/AAAAAAAABcA/crOTppfMDkw/s200/flowerumi+bears3.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a title="Our Story" href="http://sites.google.com/site/flowerumiourstory/our-story" target="_blank"&gt;Our Story&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;&lt;a title="Store Policies" href="http://sites.google.com/site/flowerumiplace/" target="_blank"&gt;Store Policies&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;It was a hard day, unusual for his toddler life. Today he was sitting on the high chair facing a tough challenge: Peas!&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Mommy wasn't in the mood to play teaspoon airlplane and he wimpered terribly as his chubby little hands waved in the air for the comfort of his favorite stuffed toy.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;The comfort of a stuffed animal is wonderful. It can turn a tearful lunch&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt; of hated peas into giggles and smiles as mommy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_a1oV0AA2UT4/So36ru5vkqI/AAAAAAAABb4/5SoUkDnI-r0/s1600-h/flowerumi+bears1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372225559754412706" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_a1oV0AA2UT4/So36ru5vkqI/AAAAAAAABb4/5SoUkDnI-r0/s200/flowerumi+bears1.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt; tries to feed baby's favorite toy a small bi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;te of his hated peas in between teaspoonfuls to him, peas won't taste so bad then..&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;What are FLOWERUMI?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;They are special, crocheted stuffed bears in the Amigurumi style. I call them Flowerumi because flowers form their "hair." I came up with these cute little bears. They are all darling ladies. Each one has a personality and a face all her own.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;They are handmade from start to finish, and are not repeated.&lt;/span&gt; Each one is unique and one-of-a-kind.&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt; The design is mine and I give each one its unique&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_a1oV0AA2UT4/So4EjSlE5yI/AAAAAAAABcI/cK2qrjUAuWE/s1600-h/blossom2b.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 134px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372236409828861730" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_a1oV0AA2UT4/So4EjSlE5yI/AAAAAAAABcI/cK2qrjUAuWE/s200/blossom2b.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt; look, so that is really no bear like one of these bears.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;These are some of my beautiful bears.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_a1oV0AA2UT4/SxXTXPO34CI/AAAAAAAABw4/rELY51RseIk/s1600/candy+flowerumi+bear+2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 150px" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410462923534884898" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_a1oV0AA2UT4/SxXTXPO34CI/AAAAAAAABw4/rELY51RseIk/s200/candy+flowerumi+bear+2.JPG" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_a1oV0AA2UT4/SxXTXPO34CI/AAAAAAAABw4/rELY51RseIk/s1600/candy+flowerumi+bear+2.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8604589515536397149-1014812635738972084?l=flowerumiplace.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flowerumiplace.blogspot.com/feeds/1014812635738972084/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://flowerumiplace.blogspot.com/2010/10/our-home-page-our-story-store-policies.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8604589515536397149/posts/default/1014812635738972084'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8604589515536397149/posts/default/1014812635738972084'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flowerumiplace.blogspot.com/2010/10/our-home-page-our-story-store-policies.html' title='Flowerumi!'/><author><name>Craftybegonia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01873176762991601294</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='15' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_a1oV0AA2UT4/SG2AyvT5nlI/AAAAAAAAAAg/fnoWTcxesyc/S220/crochet+stitch3.bmp'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_a1oV0AA2UT4/So3_QwVyzOI/AAAAAAAABcA/crOTppfMDkw/s72-c/flowerumi+bears3.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry></feed>
