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

PURRING PERFECTION I ummed and ahhed for a while, asked a friend or two (thank you!) browsed, Googled and so on and so on, until a magic lig...

CATCHING UP If you are keen to adopt a traditional teddy bear, I am happy to tell you there are three lovely mohair bears, sized between 12...

  MAGIC RAINBOW BUTTONS After a busy Easter away from my bears, today I am back at my desk having a tidy up and looking forward to a (hopefu...

  ELIZABETH TWEEDY After the very sad loss of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on September 8th 2022, I was delighted to be invited to create ...

  TEDDY BEARS, A BRITISH TRADITION. As a British teddy bear maker, no matter how many years of bear-making and design I tuck under my belt, ...

  THE BEAR SHOP I am delighted to tell you my next shipment of teddies, a trio of traditional gold teddy bears, will be wending their way to...

  A FLYING START 2023 is off to a flying start, but aside from the rather dashing Albert teddy bear I introduced at the start of the year, I...

  A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU! Thanking you all hugely for 2022!  I couldn't have done it without you! I am so grateful to my All Bear adopt...

  A TRIO OF TEDDY BEARS This trio of lovely traditional teddy bears will be wending their way to 'The Bear Shop' in Norwich next wee...

As you know, a black bear is a rare bear from All Bear.. but with Halloween approaching, I couldn't resist squeezing this fine fellow in...

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...

PEGGY Earlier this year, I told you about my Grandmother's childhood doll Peggy, a 1920's Armand Marseille doll, manufactured in Ger...

  'SUMMER SMILES' This summery trio of 18" teddy bears, was recently commissioned by an overseas collector. I was so pleased wi...

  PEGGY I first met my Grandmother's childhood doll Peggy many years ago. She was carefully wrapped in a soft white cloth and lived in a...

  A BLACK AND WHITE MEMORY There is something so appealing about a panda bear don't you think?! I don't make many each year, but as ...

  LONESOME LONNIE I found myself at a loose end for a few hours over the Easter break, so decided to give Lonnie bear's nose a beautiful...

  THIRTY NINE YEARS.. I was just twenty years old when my baby girl was first placed in my arms, not much more than a girl myself. Thirty ni...

  A MOMENT TO RECHARGE So what do teddy bear makers do in their free time? Well, Leeds Castle is not far from where I live, the perfect plac...

  DOLLY DAYS I wonder if you recognise this dolly? If you do, I am guessing you were probably a child of the fifties or sixties, like myself...

  WEAVING A GENTLE MAGIC.. Years ago I established 'The Guild of Master Bearcrafters', celebrating the work of teddy bear artists ar...

  TEDDY BEARS, A TRADITION Not that I don't enjoy the challenge of contemporary design, I do very much, but traditional bears were my fi...

  CHERISH.. THE LOVE A simple red heart says so much doesn't it? A teddy bear made with love, a gift given with love, a hug shared with ...

  THE GREEN SHOOTS OF HOPE I always think there is something so fresh and hopeful about a green teddy bear and this new year, found myself d...

  PORTFOLIO OF A NUMPTY Over the Christmas holiday I have been busy creating my annual portfolio of teddy bears. This is something I have do...

  RUDOLPH, THE RED-NOSED TEDDY BEAR Sometimes it is fun to incorporate a little contemporary design flair into a traditional teddy bear and ...

  WHERE THERE IS A WILL.. Here we are with less than two weeks until Christmas Day and no team of elves to weave magic in my workroom! No ma...

  WELL DONE MEG! It is always a thrill to see one of my teddy bears in print, so as you can imagine, I was delighted to discover 'Meg...

  THE BIG 'UNS When I first began collecting vintage and artist designed teddy bears over thirty years ago, it was always the big tradit...