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

For 30 years, Glenn and Irene Jackman, organisers of our much loved 'Hugglets Festivals', have painstakingly created this fabulous...

The Winter Bearfest will be taking place in London tomorrow but sadly I won't be among the exhibitors this time.  Rather than worry ab...

I um-med ah-ed for quite some time when invitations for next year's Hugglets' shows arrived, because after so many years exhibitin...

I should probably mention I will be taking a break from this year's 'Winter Bearfest' show at Kensington Town Hall in London a...

Last minute dash to submit my artwork for advertising in the 2015 'UK Teddy Bear Guide'!  The annual guide, published by H...

So that's Kensington done for another year! My exhibition stand I think my first Hugglets' show would have been back i...

Autumn is my favourite creative season, I love the colour, the smell, the dewy sense of anticipation ...  An Autumn Celebration ...

This may well qualify as my smallest show update ever, but nonetheless, it IS a show update! 8" 'Thimbleberry' will be...

Let's just say, there have been times when I have been better organised before a show ... Here comes Hugglets and yet I am stil...

After receiving fabric samples from a couch maker recently, I couldn't resist ordering a cosy old fashioned wing chair and cushions to...

I spy with my little eye, blackberries ripening in the summer sunshine!   It isn't yet quite time, but those blackberries leave...

The All Bear stand With four large halls full of visitors and exhibitors at the Winter Bearfest show in London on Sunday, it was a go...

Talk about cutting it fine!  I am ploughing on with show preparations and there is still so much do, so please forgive me for keeping this ...

Only a few more days until my trip up to the 'Big Smoke' with my first bears of 2014 ... the days are flying past. Show-bear-...

It's funny how twenty years of bear-making works ... I started out mastering traditional teddy bears, then discovered new techniques so...

As certain years have drawn to a close, I have pondered whether my bear making was all it should have been during that year ... last year w...

I have been fortunate enough to have my work recognised many times over the years with various international awards, published articles and...

After missing the past two Hugglets' shows through illness and my wedding, it felt as though I'd been out of the loop for far too l...