Another sweltering hot afternoon in the All Bear workroom... So hot in fact, I pulled the window blind down (I let it up for a moment to t...

  Sign 'o the times Very sad to learn Teddy Bear Times magazine ceased publication in 2026. It was the last of our specialist teddy bear...

  Clowning Around In 1999 I was inspired to create my first clown teddy bear, a big, bendy legged, red 'n white fellow called PaZaZZ. At...

  Here we are in June and after the heatwave ... it now feels like autumn! What is happening with the UK weather?! Last week I was gasping f...

    I had a secret commission to fulfil last week. A couple of months ago, my Granddaughter asked if she could special request a yellow Nana...

    Noses of Distinction As anyone who knows me will tell you, I have a soft spot for the Chiltern Hugmee teddy bear and have had a love aff...

  Back in the early 1980's, my sister knitted a Jean Greenhowe scarecrow for my daughter as a gift. 'Crowman' as he became known...

When I was a small girl, there was a low gate at the end of our garden and sometimes Dad would take us through that gate to play in the wood...

  Those who have followed my teddy bears since the mid 90's, will best know me for creating large, traditional teddy bears with soulful ...

  Hibearnation So far, January has been mostly a cold, muddy, grey month here in my little corner of Kent. We missed the excitement of the h...

Christmas Wrapping As our thoughts turn towards Christmas wrapping and all things festive, I would like to take a moment to say my heartfelt...

  Dilys and the Ellie-bears I have had a soft spot for elephants ever since I was a very little girl. My uncle made my first elephant many y...

  Spellbound When I was a child, way, way, way back in the 60's, Halloween wasn't especially celebrated where we lived but buried de...

  After a lovely holiday away in Devon with my family and our five dogs, I am now catching up with website updates, orders and life in gener...

  We're having a heatwave As I sit here, relishing the breeze wafting across my shoulders from the fan conveniently placed behind me, wi...

  1930's Chiltern Hugmee restoration project Nothing ventured! Those who know me well, know I was a collector, long before I was a bearm...

  A teddy bear expert I have been re-reading my teddy bear reference books lately and adding a few more titles to my bookshelf. There are so...

  Featured Artist! A little plug for the Teddy Bear Times magazine, which has kindly featured a lovely multi-page article about my work as a...

  Retired teddy bears of distinction After thirty years of creating teddy bears for adult collectors, I thought it was time to remind myself...

  Where it began... Where it all began. This photo is an important element of my bearmaking journey over the past thirty years. My connectio...

  Full Circle One for vintage teddy bear admirers... a proud moment in my bear making history. My first childhood teddy bear, a fine 1950...

  The art of... The art of creating artist teddy bears follows a long road of trial, error, determination to improve and the gift of a creat...

  The centre-seam design I think I designed my very first centre-seam teddy bear under my 'Auntie Bears by Paula Carter' label, way ...

  Thirty years, in print! I have some exciting news to share this week... I was sworn to secrecy until the 'Teddy Bear Times and Friends...