Spooky Collection
Hello welcome to our latest designs...
SPOOKY COLLECTION
MISS HAVERSHAM
Miss Haversham stands at 6.5" high created from antique mohair in old white.
She is a spooky bride with a nod to the character from great expectations by Dickens.
She wears a fine antique lace wedding dress trimmed with vintage white satin ribbon.
Her tiara is aged from antique marriage dome trimmed with vintage velvet flowers.
The antique veil is again from a wedding costume and trimmed with cobwebs.
She has antique leather shoes made from victorian gloves.Hand stitched with leather soles.
Miss Haversham carries a vintage floral wedding bouquet.
ONE OFF 1/1 ADOPTED
SPIDER
Spider is 4.5" high and created from antique mohair in faded cinnamon.
A centre head seam. The faded mohair is worn away with age.
He is trimmed with a spider web and comes with his own pet spider EEK!
ONE OFF 1/1 ADOPTED
MAEVE
Maeve is 4.5"high made from antique mohair is dusty fade gold.
She has a centre head seam and is loosely jointed.
Maeve is a Irish country witch she wears a black & white loose weave
dress from vintage fabric.
Her witches hat is antique black linen and she comes with her broomstick.
ONE OFF 1/1 ADOPTED
Rowan stands at 3.5" created from hand dyed antique mohair in faded brown.
He wears a pumpkin orange cotton jersey t-shirt.
Striped brown dungarees trimmed with antique black glass buttons.
Leather shoes in dark brown hand stitched with leather soles.
Comes with his tiny orange velvet pumpkin
ONE OFF 1/1 ADOPTED
OLLIVANDER
Ollivander stands at 3.25"high to the tip of his wizard hat 4''.
He is created from hand dyed mohair in cinnamon.
Ollivander wears a pagan star t-shirt which is age tinted in places.
Antique linen dugaress in old black with antique glass buttons.
His wizard hat is antique velvet trimmed with antique black star button.
He comes with his wooden magic wand.
ONE OFF 1/1 ADOPTED
PICKLE PUMPKIN
Pickle Pumpkin is 3" high and created from dense black mohair.
He wears a vintage trim collar and antique linen spooky hat with antique linen buttons.
Pickle can sit inside his sculpted 3"high pumpkin or can be filled with halloween treats.
These spooky pumpkins are a new design made by Simon created from antique glove leather.
ONE OFF1/1 ADOPTED
SPOOKY MOON
Spooky Moon a sculpted wall art design by Simon.
Created in antique silver lame & sequinned textile trimmed with antique net.
5" diameter in vintage black domed glass frame.
ONE OFF 1/1 SOLD
FLASH
Flash is a halloween bat we were asked to create and his pumpkin.
Sorry but he is already adopted we just want to show him giving you a spooky flash!
Sorry ADOPTED
Wishing you all a Spooktacular Halloween.
Thank you for visiting our blog.
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Should you wish to adopt any of the designs please contact me by email.
paulastrethillsmith@btinternet.com
or message me on facebook or instagram.
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Spooky Collection coming next week....
Hello lovely collectors.
Just a note to say we will have some new designs available next week on our blog.
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Spooky Collection
Thursday 23rd October
From 7.30pm
Witching you a Happy Halloween!
Paula & Simon
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Summer Collection
SUMMER COLLECTION
WILD STRAWBERRY
Wild Strawberry is 3.5" high and created from hand dyed antique mohair in a berry red.
She sits in a vintage wicker basket decorated with antique wild strawberries and cream velvet roses.
The basket measures 5" from the base to top of handle.
Miss Wild Strawberry wears a antique french silk green ribbon.
She can also be displayed along side the basket with the postcard that inspired her design.
ONE OFF 1/1 ADOPTED
SILENE
Silene is 4.5 high and created from antique mohair in pale honey gold.
This gorgeous antique mohair was originally a victorian table cover
quite worn in places so perfect for a old bear look.
She has a centre seam head and is stuffed with fine wood wool.
Silene is named after Silene Pendula flower.
She comes with a vintage French flower seed packet of Silene Pendula
and a small posy of vintage millinery flowers.
ONE OFF 1/1 ADOPTED
PETUNIA
Petunia is 4.5"high and created from antique mohair hand dyed in pale dusty pink.
She has a centre head seam and is stuffed with fine wood wool.
Petunia wears a hand dyed vintage linen dress with embroidered flower motif.
She comes in a vintage wicker basket with a Vintage French Seed Packet of Petunia flowers
and decorated with antique velvet millinery flowers.
ONE OFF 1/1 ADOPTED
Monsieur BLANC
Monsieur Blanc stands at 3.25" created from antique mohair in pale honey gold.
Antique mohair from the victorian table cover nicely aged in places.
He wears antique indigo dungarees and hand made tan leather shoes.
Monsieur Blanc a keen gardener has grown his own pot of Myosotis Des Alpes Blanc.
He comes with a tiny vintage terracotta pot and small packet of vintage French seeds.
ONE OFF 1/1 ADOPTED
OLD MARINER
Old Mariner is 7" high created from antique mohair in pale honey ash blonde.
Antique mohair originally from a victorian table cover in dense mohair.
Old Mariner wears an antique linen sailor jacket
with a indigo blue cotton collar which ties with red ribbon.
On the reverse of his collar he has a lovely vintage clothing label Ship'n Shore.
ONE OFF 1/1 ADOPTED
STRAWBERRY THIEF
Strawberry Thief art bird stands 4" high and created from
antique velvet, antique mohair & vintage plush.
This is a new art bird design inspired by William Morris Strawberry Thief print.
We used a mix of vintage and antique textiles some hand dyed to give a really aged look.
The antique velvet for the wings were originally antique French Chateau curtains.
Strawberry Thief has a sculpted head and hand carved wooden beak all hand crafted by Simon.
His slippers are in dark burgundy antique velvet hand stitched with leather soles.
He carries his stolen antique wild strawberry in his beak.
Limited Edition of 3 Number 1 ADOPTED 2,3 available for order.
CELESTIAL SUN
Celestial Sun is a new wall art design created from antique velvet.
This wall art design is hand sculpted by Simon.
The velvet was originally from French Chateau Curtain is most gorgeous colour and pile.
Trimmed with antique gold lame fringing and mounted on textured silk velvet
in colour tones of the sunset.
Vintage matt black round frame with domed glass.
Limited Edition of 3 Number 1 ADOPTED 2,3 available for order.
Diameter Size 8" or 20cm
Frame may vary in size as these are vintage finds.
FLORAL SACRED HEART
FLORAL SACRED HEART
Floral Sacred Heart is a new wall art design created from antique velvet.
This wall art design is hand sculpted by Simon.
The velvet was originally from French Chateau Curtain is most gorgeous colour and pile.
This Floral Winged Sacred Heart trimmed
with antique gold lame fringing and antique millinery flowers.
Vintage matt black round frame with domed glass.
Diameter Size 6" or 15cm
Limited Edition ONE OFF 1/1
Frame may vary in size as these are vintage finds.
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Thank you for visiting our blog should you need further information please contact me.
Email : paulastrethillsmith@btinternet.com
Or message me on facebook or Instagram
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Summer Collection coming soon....
Summer Collection coming soon....
Hello just to let you know that we will have some new summer designs next week on our blog.
Summer Collection
Thursday 14th August
7.30pm
Wishing you summer wishes
& strawberry kisses
Paula & Simon
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Spring Collection
Hello and welcome to our Spring Collection....
BASIL
Basil stands 3.5" or 9cm high created from hand dyed old gold mohair.
He wears cream jersey shirt with antique hemp dungarees.
I hand dyed these a moss green with tiny vintage flower motif.
His brown leather shoes are hand made by Simon with leather soles.
Basil comes with a small bouquet of yellow vintage millinery flowers.
ONE OFF 1/1 ADOPTED
ODELETTE
Odelette (little spring in French) is a very tiny bear at just 3" or 7.5cm.
Egg measures 3.5" or 9cm.
Created from very soft vintage mohair in chalky white.
She can sleep inside her antique faded pink satin easter egg or displayed along side,
I have trimmed the egg with antique lace and vintage velvet millinery flowers.
ONE OFF 1/1 ADOPTED
SPRING CHICK
Spring Chick stands at 3.5" or 9cm high created from the softest japanese silk alpaca.
I have hand dyed her fluffy plumage to a very pale lemon.
She has glass eyes with hand carved tinted beak.
Her tiny wings are jointed and are hand sculpted by Simon.
She stands in tiny velvet shoes with leather soles also sculpted and hand stitched by Simon.
Spring chick comes with a silk velvet egg which I have created from a vintage easter egg.
I have trimmed with lace,vintage velvet millinery flowers and ribbon.
ONE OFF 1/1 RESERVED
BELLA
Bella is 6"or 15cm high to tip of her ears.
Created from antique velveteen in old white.
I have airbrushed her with black patches and pink blush tones.
She has wired ears that are lined in velvet.
She wears a antique net ruffle trimmed with vintage pink ribbon and bell.
Bella comes with a bouquet of millinery flowers.
ONE OFF 1/1
INDIGO BUNNY
Indigo bunny stands at 4"to the very tip of his ears.
Created from soft alpaca and mohair in taupe.
This sweet bunny has with wired ears lined in velvet and fluffy white tail.
He wears antique indigo dungarees in a gorgeous shade of indigo blue.
He comes with antique millinery bouquet of blue velvet flowers.
His shoes are brown leather sculpted by Simon hand stitched with leather soles.
ONE OFF 1/1 ADOPTED
OLD JOSHUA
Old Joshua measures 4.5" or 11cm high.
Created from hand dyed antique mohair in a cinnamon brown.
Traditional old teddy bear look with a centre head seam.
Antique fur which has some worn patches.
ONE OFF 1/1 ADOPTED
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Thank you for visiting our blog.
Should you wish to adopt any of the designs or for further info please email.
Please use this email paulastrethillsmith@gmail.com
or message me on facebook or instagram.
Warmest spring wishes
Paula & Simon
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About Me
Hello I am a soft sculpture teddy bear artist/designer creating vintage looking teddy bears and animal characters. I love using antique fabrics and trimmings and spend many happy hours looking for these treasures! The Teddy Bears I make have the look of well loved and cherished companions.I use antique mohair and vintage plush I adore the look of early old antique bears from Germany and ours have all the same attributes of those traditional classic bears with long arms and spoon shaped paws,centre seam noses,boot button eyes and with a slight raised hump on the back.We are delighted that a large collection of our designs are on display at the wonderful spielzeug-welten-museum-Basel Switzerland and the Izu Museum Tokyo Japan I hope you enjoy my blog....thank you for visiting.
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