Maple

Maple is a 10" tall boy cub weighing 1KG. I named this boy and colour schemed him to reflect the Autumnal leaves of the Maple tree.
ADOPTED.

My Halloween PUMPKIN!

My Halloween creation, born October 16th, 2009. Her full details can be found on my website! :-)

It's A Girl!!!!

Meet Alyssum...a 7" blonde mohair girl bear.
She was born earlier today.

Alyssum is a traditionally designed bear with a centre head seam. She's filled with polyfil and steel shot giving her a 250gm weight in the palm of your hand.

She has an embroidered, glossed nose and black glass eyes. I've kept things simple with this little lady and given her a brown gauze ribbon bow!

See more pictures and details about her on my website where she's looking for a new Mum :-)
ADOPTED.

Nimblewill

This is Nimblewill...He was born on the 11th July, 2009 and weighs 100gms. He's a lovely little bear although a bit of a scruffy one and so named after a grassweed.
Created with Helmbold mohair, deliberately distressed for an aged/well-loved look, he stands at 6 inches, he is five-way cotter pin jointed, filled with woodwool, polyfil and steel shot. Nimblewill's heart is made of suede and stitched onto his chest. His footpads are distressed, the woodwool stuffing is almost visible and held in with stitches.
He has black glass eyes with stitched detail for his upper and lower eyelids. He has also got embroidered claw details and an embroidered, glossed nose and mouth with some 'age' shading to his face, paw and footpads. Nimblewill wears a brown satin ribbon ruff.
He is available on my website.

BRACKEN - born June 18th

I'd like you to meet Bracken, he was only born yesterday! An 8" tall tan mohair boy with a tactile weight of 500gms. He feels quite substantial sitting in the palm of your hand! Steel shot gives him his added weight and I've waxed his nose and shaded features of his face paws and feet. He also has stitched claw details, glass eyes and he wears his velvet collar and bells.
He'll be making his debut on my website and Bear Pile :-) ADOPTED.

Latest addition to my hug!

I'm so happy to have this bear as part of my hug! He's a lovely replica bear specially commissioned by Steiff for Ian Pout of Teddy Bears of Witney. He comes in his own special malachite printed box along with a lovely book telling the story of his life and that of Princess Xenia whom the original Steiff Alfonzo belonged to in 1908.
George Mikhailovich, Grand Duke of Russia purchased a bright red 33cm Steiff bear. He gave the colourful little bear to his daughter, Princess Xenia. She called him Alfonzo. Her nanny, Miss Ball, made him a bright cotton Cossack tunic and trousers.
Centenary Alfonzo has taken more time to create than any other Steiff replica, his mohair has been specially woven and coloured to achieve his aged appearance. The wood shaving filling shows through the holes in his footpads, and both the foot pads and wood shavings are age painted.
His cossack tunic is made of natural cotton. Each tunic is dressed on the bear before being airbrushed around the fall of the creases to achieve a naturally aged look.
The Centenary Alfonzo has a pewter coloured button with the final 'f' underscoring the last four letters, and his label printed with the bears edition number and the date 2008 is sewn into his left side seam.
Centenary Alfonzo is made in a LIMITED EDITION of 1908 and comes with a limited edition book, written and signed by Ian Pout telling the history of Alfonzo.

My latest creation

Introducing Sweet William...a true gentleman!
You can check out his details on my website :-)