Well, Hugglets has been and gone so it really feels that we are slipping into the autumn season, how sad to say goodbye to the lovely evening light to sew by. Still, there are evenings by the fire to look forward to. I am well on the way with the production of two entries for […]
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Woburn Abbey – British Teddy Bear Artist Awards – Highly Commended in Two Categories!
Great achievement in British Teddy Bear Awards 2018! Two separate Classes, Two Bears, Two Highly Commended !! Robin Hood and Johnny Bearstow! You may be able to guess which is which……. Robin Hood was so great to make! His expression came out so nicely as sweetly menacing I thought if there is such a […]
TeddyBar Total, Munster, Germany
Well, after an absence of some weeks, it is more than time I added a post of news! We had a lovely trip to the TeddyBar Total event in Germany in April for the very first time. It is rather an Arctophile’s heaven! There were over 250 stalls of teddy bears and paraphanalia to wander […]
Woburn Abbey Teddy Bear Festival
How time flies – I’ve been working on the final bears for the Woburn Abbey Teddy Bear Festival which takes place in June again, on the second Sunday, 10th at, of course, Woburn Abbey. Entries close at the end of this month and fiddling with the final bits to get the bears as great as […]
Meet our Easter Bunny Gertrude….
Lovely little Gertrude is one of the little rabbits we are making, She stands 21cm tall on her little gold satin pads. She is made from an heirloom blue long fur mohair for her body and the rest of her is made from a beautifully soft white-seal plush fur which has a dense deep feel. […]
Sparkle
I thought you may like to see Sparkle. She is a 10 1/2″ bear made from a soft brown mohair that has a silver sparkle running through it which means she glitters gently and sparkles in the light. As one of the Fairy Bears, she has detachable glittery chiffon wings and wears a silver net […]
Snow Bear and Philippe
Two more new bears for you to see that will make their debut at Hugglets on 25 February. These delightful 8″ little bears are both very soft and cuddly. We have Philippe who is of hazelnut alpaca, a lovely soft material, dense and super to hold and cuddle… […]
Shortlisted in the Golden George Awards 2018!!
We are delighted to let you know that our entry into the Golden George International Teddy Bear Awards has been shortlisted into the finals! These are held in Germany in April and we are off there for the ‘Teddybear Total’ event in Munster. Fingers Crossed everyone!! Cant show you the bear of course – that […]
New Bears ready in time for Hugglets on 25 February
We have a number of new bears ready now which we will be airing for the first time at the show in London. I would like to introduce one of them to you, we have the fairy bear Damson who is made from a lovely dense velvet alpaca – she is about 11″ tall and […]
Nessa Bears Workshop – the inside story!
Good News – we have been aired on Iranian TV channel Manoto+ and are now endeavouring to add the piece to our website. In the meantime, here are some stills of the workshop for you to see – the bears are out for a shake up and brush as we ready them for the Hugglets […]