A rose by any other name ...

Roses, roses, roses! As you can see, they've been the inspiration for my two latest shop exclusive bears, both destined for www.edwinasfriends.co.uk early next week. Rosa and her little friend Rosita are lovely summery bears, I hope you enjoy their preview today!

20" Rosa

14" Rosita

Shop exclusive Sophia!

20" 'Sophia', my new shop exclusive for Edwina's Friends

I'm so pleased with this new bear! 'Sophia' is my latest shop exclusive for Edwina's Friends and she'll be making her way to Kathy's webstore over the Easter weekend. If you'd like to visit Edwina's Friends for an Easter treat, please pop over to: www.edwinasfriends.co.uk

Spring has almost sprung!

Spring has very almost sprung at Edwina's Friends and so I can now share a little peek of my latest two exclusive offerings for my friend Kathy's online bear shop! Both bears will be available from www.edwinasfriends.co.uk early next week.

14" Buttercup wears a beautiful hand dyed silk bow around her chest

20" Pansy, a centre seam bear, wears a beautiful vintage crochet lace collar

New shop exclusives for Edwina's Friends

20" Dolores, exclusive to Edwina's Friends

Pretty Dolores (20") and her handsome pal Berrin (23") are just about to hop into their box to travel to Kathy, the proprietor of Edwina's Friends. I created this lovely pair of big 'uns especially for the shop and am delighted to say, they will debut at www.edwinasfriends.co.uk in the next few days!

23" Berrin, exclusive to Edwina's Friends

Hey, who stole Autumn?!

Would you believe it's only 11am and already I have the lounge lamps on? It is so dark today and the rain is hammering down outside - definitely a 'pull up the drawbridge' Saturday! In fact, I may even pull the curtains early and light a few scented candles later. I love cosy candlelit November evenings, don't you?

Now that the Ho Ho Oh Bearz show specials are sat patiently on my shelves waiting for their big day, it's time to complete one or two outstanding projects before I turn my thoughts back to the website and inevitably, to the prospect of Christmas! I can hardly believe there are less than eight weeks to go ... for goodness sakes, I still need to find time to mix my Christmas cake and pud - own up, who stole Autumn?!

'Berrin', 23" shop exclusive for 'Edwina's Friends'

I have been working on a gorgeous ivory mohair shop exclusive bear this week and I am delighted to tell you, he will soon be making his way to Edwina's Friends. At 23" this bear is a real statement piece! I also have a 20" bear in the pipeline, so please check out www.edwinasfriends.co.uk in a week or two, to see both bears featured in their full glory and available for pre-Christmas delivery. In the meantime, I hope you enjoy this preview of 'Berrin', a fine figure of a bear, even if I do say so myself!

Introducing Edwina's Friends

I have some exciting news today! I would like to take this opportunity to introduce you to a brand new bear venture based here in the UK. 'Edwina's Friends', is an online teddy bear shop, with a special gallery room which will soon be open for visits in person, made by appointment. It is the brainchild of Kathy Martin (previously editor of Teddy Bear Scene magazine and writer of 'A collectible history of the teddy bear') and is now open for the business of selling wonderful bears!

www.edwinasfriends.co.uk

Kathy has commissioned an outstanding collection of beautiful artist bears to offer for sale online at Edwina's Friends, together with a selection of vintage bears and fascinating bearabilia. I was delighted to be invited to participate in the launch of this fabulous new project and as my contribution, have created 'Seth & Amos' and 'Violetta', now available exclusively through Edwina's Friends.

Seth & Amos, exclusive to Edwina's Friends

'Violetta', exclusive to Edwina's Friends

Please take a moment to visit Kathy's new website to find out more!