/tags/stuffed-toy/Recent content in Stuffed Toy on Gromet's Plaza ArchiveHugoen-usFri, 16 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0000/stories/2010/04/16/ted-to-teddy/Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0000/stories/2010/04/16/ted-to-teddy/<p>I got the idea because of Valentine’s Day.  For weeks we had been turning out hundreds of the cutest little teddy bears holding a little lace heart that said &ldquo;Im yours&rdquo; at our stuffed animal factory.</p> <p>We had started the company soon after Ted and I got married out of college.  It had seemed like the perfect business for us.  I liked to use my design skills and Ted loved stuffed animals and had worked at a toy factory during college.</p>