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...

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

Henry 16" When I was first introduced to the world of artist bears way back in the 1990's, the bears that always captured my heart ...

Over the past twenty five years, I have been blessed by the support I have received from the lovely people who have collected my teddy bea...

After twenty five years of creating teddy bears and sending them all around the world to live, I was excited to add a new country to add t...

Time is a funny old thing isn't it ... I was hunting through some old photographs for pictures of my biggest bears and came across thi...

From time to time, I receive a telephone call reminding me exactly why I am a bear maker.  Today was one such day.  The 'phone rang ju...

Rica & Willi by Rita Diesing of Ridibears Do you remember me telling you about little Rica at Christmas?  He was a special present from...

Look who's peeking out from under my Christmas tree ... isn't he adorable?!  Little 'Rica' was created by Rita Diesing in Ge...

If I remember back to my childhood in the 60's, I think even then I had the first stirrings of magpie instinct. I recall saving pennies...