Dazey collects...

teddies!

Parsley is my very beloved first teddy, and I hold her nearest and dearest to my heart. She’s been through a lot, including surviving being cut open by my older sister (there used to be a rattle inside), left at the park for a couple hours and got rained on, snatched up by our dog and ran around the neighborhood.. it goes on. She’s had lots of lil (mis)adventures! Parsley has been by my side in every stage of my life & I'm beyond thankful that she's still here with me. I don't like to be parted from her for very long, and I still like to include her & sit her with me whenever I'm working on something, or just to have her company.
Fun fact: she’s bigender! When I used to play with her in scenerios when I was a kid I would make her either a girl or a boy, for no reason other than what felt right at the time. I didn't have the words for it but it made perfect sense to me even back then.

2021 is the year I found Clover, a perfect duplicate of Parsley, after years and years of searching. I would constantly have dreams of finding one. I saved the search keywords on eBay and got emails whenever a new listing showed up for pastel teddy bears made of terry cloth with rattles, but none of them would be right. There were near matches, but I really wanted one with the exact colors. I was starting to give up, until on evening it happened!!!!

When it got to me and I put the two of them together I cried for so long :’) Seeing them side by side, the physical differnces due to the years of play

Scoot is a Doodle Bear that i bought in 2016! She came from eBay, I was actually looking for a blue one as a duplicate of one we had as kids (his name was Blue Man), but saw a listing for a purple one and bought it immediately. Scoot is a huge comfort for me because when I got her, I was going though a difficult time in my life. She brought me a lot of peace. I sleep with her every single night, and I like to put dryer sheets in her pocket so she smells good whenever I cuddle with her.

Today she mainly wears this flower dress that belongs to Bonnie (shown below) I like it on her because it matches with the flowers on her!

Bonnie Baba Camillia or just Bonnie was a surprise birthday gift from my awesome irl buddy!! She's my darling sweet baby and I love her so much! Most of her wardrobe is actually clothes that I bought previously for Scoot, but ofcourse they never fit her quite right.

I had gotten more confident being out in public with a plushie with Bonnie. I have a shoulder bag that she can sit comfortably in if I choose to bring her out. It's freeing to not have to hide my interests just because I'm an adult. Besides, who wouldn't wanna see this cute lil' face??

Roscoe is a Build-a-Bear that I adopted from a Goodwill store in September 2024!! He was named by my best friend and I love him to bits!! In November I made Roscoe an outfit consisting of a shirt and a pair of overalls which were recycled from an old pair of jeans. I decorated her with rainbow accessories!