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...

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...

  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...

  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 ...

  Memory Lane This morning it occurred to me, that I have forgotten to share my Facebook page here with you... If you are a teddy bear colle...

  Peonies, an inspiration Over the years, I have often been asked by collectors and writers, what inspires me to create my own style of tedd...

  The original 'Ellie' wasn't made by me, it was in fact given to me by an uncle in 1963, the year of my birth. Back in those di...

  THE LAUGHING BEARS I was recently reminded of some of my more unusual teddy bear designs by a regular collector, who was thrilled to have ...

  You may have spotted 'Jellybean' on my website yesterday, a bubblegum pink and yellow elephant-teddy I created earlier this week. ...

BACK TO THE FUTURE Phyllis was made as a commission order for a collector in the US. I recently received an email containing a photograph of...

I fell in love with this Harris Tweed the second I saw it and just knew it would make a stunning Tweedy Ted ...   18" Mackenzie...

Reminding myself of the bear maker I truly am, with this fabulous new big bear! 22" Gulliver Those who have followed my ted...

After finding some old photographs, it occurred to me this week, I made my very first teddy bear 25 years ago!  My goodness, it is hard to...

As I was updating the Guild of Master Bearcrafters' blog earlier this week ( www.masterbearcrafters.blogspot.co.uk ) it dawned on me t...