Fresh from my work basket is 'Noah', so named because if it rains much more this week, I'll be needing an ark to leave my house...

I have lost count of the number of times I've been asked about where I find inspiration for my designs.  In fact, ' where don't...

Isn't it strange in life, how one minute you can be washing the kitchen floor, changing a toilet roll, or stripping bed linen, then ano...

The Spring/Summer issue of 'The Teddy Bear' magazine will be published on the 25th May, so this morning, I have been busy creating ...

In these days of such creative bear artistry and fancy modern techniques, it can feel good to create 'just-a-bear' ... a simple ted...

It was my son's 27th birthday on Friday, so together with a gathering of family and friends and at the invitation of his lovely girlfri...

Spring has sprung here in the UK and I absolutely love it ... the countryside is bursting back to life and it is so good to see flowers eve...

It rained here over Easter, which wasn't so bad as we're facing water restrictions and rain is very much needed - my roses were cer...

I had been looking forward to last Saturday since Christmas, when my daughter gave me tickets to see 'Phantom of the Opera' in the ...

As I was saying yesterday, I've been hard at work on my latest project, a 'Scrap Heap' bear for the Guild of Master Bearcrafter...

Once every quarter, I put my thinking cap on and try to come up with an interesting challenge for the Guild of Master Bearcrafters; somethi...

I have lived in Maidstone, with the brief exception of a couple of years spent in London, since I was a mere snippet of just twelve, which ...

Making and selling teddy bears might seem like a dream job and in many ways it can be, but believe me, it certainly isn't all about sew...

Up, up and away?  Well maybe if my vertigo would permit me the freedom to cut loose and soar, but given that I'm the kind of girl who f...

This little fellow made his way to my website for adoption this morning and was adopted so quickly I'm sure my head spun!  It seems my ...

I have been itching to start work on the new little bears mentioned in my previous post, but restrained the impulse until today, to make su...

After a major show, I always feel the need to take a few days away from bear-making to recharge my batteries, so this week I have been work...

In my humble opinion, when it comes to teddy bear competitions here in the UK, we have been lacking anything significant since the fabulou...

There is something more than a little disconcerting about reluctantly hauling yourself from your pillows at 6.30am, driving to London whils...