Paula Strethill-Smith

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Hello welcome to our latest spring teddy bear collection.....

MISTER FOR-GET-ME-NOT

MISTER FOR-GET-ME-NOT

Mister For-get-me-not is 4.5"high and created from hand dyed mohair in faded blue.

He wears a vintage embroidered hand dyed waistcoat with tiny brass buttons.

Grey silk pantaloons with vintage velvet slippers with brass buckles.

Carries a posy of vintage for-get-me-nots.

ONE OFF Limited Edition 1/1 ADOPTED

MISS FLEURE

MISS FLEURE

Miss Fleure is 4.5" high and created from pale blonde mohair.

She wears a cream satin dress trimmed with vintage satin ribbon tape & crochet trim.

She carries a posy of vintage velvet blossoms.

ONE OFF Limited Edition 1/1 ADOPTED

CELESTE

Celeste is 4.5"high and created from hand dyed mohair.

Celeste is a beautiful hand dyed shade of turquoise or robins egg blue.

Her linen paw pads are also from the same dye bath.

ONE OFF Limited Edition 1/1 ADOPTED

MISS BLOSSOM

MISS BLOSSOM

Miss Blossom is 3.75" high and created from hand dyed mohair in pale peach pink.

She is wearing a vintage peach linen embroidered dress trimmed with silk ribbon.

Miss Blossom carries a vintage posy of peach blossoms.

ONE OFF 1/1 ADOPTED

VERDI

VERDI

Verdi is 3.5" high and created from hand dyed antique mohair in shades of jade green.

One of our very tiniest bears.

ONE OFF 1/1 ADOPTED

VERDI

PANDA BABE

PANDA BABE

PANDA BABE

Panda babe is a chubby 3.5"high created from cream and hand dyed pale blue mohair.

One of our tiny sized pandas.

Comes with a vintage posy of pink blossoms.

ONE OFF Limited 1/1 ADOPTED

MISS CHERRY PLUM

MISS CHERRY PLUM

MISS CHERRY PLUM

Miss Cherry Plumb is 3.5" high and created from hand dyed cherry pink mohair

One of our very tiny bears at 3.5"she has aged suede paw pads.

Carries a sprig of hand tinted cherry blossom.

ONE OFF Limited Edition 1/1 ADOPTED

END OF SHOW

Thank you for visiting our blog show.

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Should you wish to adopt any of the latest bears or would like more information

please contact me by.

email: info@paulastrethill-smith.com

or message me on facebook.

Hello.
Thank you to everyone who came and visited us at the Hugglets Winter Bear Fest.

We really enjoyed our time at the show and it was so nice to catch up with our friends and collectors.
A big thank you to those of you who adopted one of our designs.
Some of you made a very long journey to come visit us and on such a cold day we appreciate that.

Here are some of our latest designs that created for the show.
Some of which are already adopted but there are a few that are looking for their forever homes.

ZHEN ZHEN

ZHEN ZHEN

Zhen Zhen was one of our soft sculpture designs with a mannequin style body.

Vintage silk embroidered coat.

One Off.1/1 ADOPTED

CUTHBERT

One off 1/1 ADOPTED

ANTOINE

ANTOINE

Antoine is 4.5" high and created from vanilla cream hand dyed mohair.

He wears a vintage floral waistcoat and silk satin trousers.

His leather shoes with tiny brass buckles are hand stitched and made by ourselves.

One Off 1/1 ADOPTED

MUNGO

MUNGO

Mungo is 3.5" high and created from old gold mohair.

He wears silk striped waistcoat and taffetta trousers.

His shoes are navy blue velvet and hand stitched with leather soles.

Limited Edition 1/3 SOLD OUT

MASTER ELLIOT

MASTER ELLIOT

Master Elliot is one of our very tiny bear 3"in size

hand dyed pale shabby blue mohair.

He wears vintage flannel cotton sailor suit with antique crown button.

Limited Edition 1/2 ADOPTED

MISS TILLY

MISS TILLY

Miss Tilly is one of our very tiny bears at 3"size.Hand dyed shabby pink mohair.

Wears a vintage linen sailor suit and antique crown button.

One Off 1/1 ADOPTED

OLD FREDERICK

OLD FREDERICK

Old Frederick is one of our tiniest bears at 3"high.

Created from antique mohair in cinnamon colour

One Off 1/1 ADOPTED

MR RUSSELL

MR RUSSELL

Mr Russell stands at 7" or 8"to top of his top hat.

He is created from cream mohair with black airbrushed patches.

Mr Russell wears vintage harris tweed coat and trousers.

Antique velvet waistcoat,collar and silk cravat.

He has our hand stitched leather shoes in dark blue and carries a black brassed top cane.

ONE OFF 1/1

SHELBY

SHELBY

SHELBY

SHELBY

One of our soft sculpture designs and a larger studio design.

Shelby stands 14"high and is created from vintage llama wool.

He has a sculpted face with internal face sculpt and paw pads.

Glass topaz eyes with waxed nose.

He has been airbrushed with darker brown tones.

He has wire armature in his arms and legs.

Shelby has a look of the peaky blinders about him and is dressed in 1920's vintage clothing.

He is fashioned in antique cotton shirt with mop buttons,vintage silk bow tie.

Vintage braces with elastic and buckles with antique brass button studs.

Vintage baker boy or cap made from vintage fabrics.

He wears our trademark sculpted leather shoes which are hand stitched with leather soles.

ONE OFF 1/1 ADOPTED

Thanks for visiting

Should you wish to adopt any of the designs or need more information please contact me.

info@paulastrethill-smith.com

or message me on facebook.

xx

Vintage Teddy Bear Collection

Hello a warm welcome to our our Vintage Teddy Bear Collection.

These are our latest designs from our studio hope you enjoy them.

ENZO

ENZO

Enzo is just 3" high and created from old gold mohair which I have over aged and tinted.

He is one of our very tiniest bears that we make.

He is wearing a vintage linen sailor jacket made from a antique edwardian child sailor collar.

He sports a tiny antique button with crown.

ONE OFF 1/1 ADOPTED

REGINALD

REGINALD

Reginald is 3.5"high and created from antique plush in old gold.

I have further aged and tinted his fur to give him a vintage look.

He wears vintage wool felt moss green waistcoat with tiny brass buttons.

Scottish Harris tweed check trousers and our trademark leather shoes.

His shoes are made by ourselves and hand stitched with leather soles.

LIMITED EDITION NUMBER 1 of 1 ADOPTED

HUBERT

HUBERT

Hubert is 3.5"high and created from hand dyed mohair in sea foam green.

He wears a vintage embroidered waistcoat trimmed with antique silver beads and diamante.

He has soft cotton trousers with vintage velvet shoes with silvery buckles.

ONE OFF 1/1 ADOPTED

OLD FUZZY WUZZY

OLD FUZZY WUZZY

Old Fuzzy Wuzzy is 4.5"high and created from genuine antique mohair in a ginger gold.

He is loosely jointed and has a saggy tummy.

LIMITED EDITION Number 1 of 2 ADOPTED 1 Left to order.

PANDI PANDA

PANDI PANDA

Pandi Panda is 4"high and created from soft alpaca in old white and black.

This is a new smaller panda pattern with curved arms and paws.

LIMITED EDITION NUMBERS 1,2ADOPTED 1 left in the edition of 3

MISS BUBBLEGUM

MISS BUBBLEGUM

Miss Bubblegum is 4.5" high and created from hand dyed mohair in a bubblegum pink.

I have further aged and tinted her fur in places.

She is trimmed with a velvet pink viola with ribbon and diamente stud.

ONE OFF 1/1 ADOPTED

END OF SHOW

If you would like to adopt any of these bears please contact me for further details.

You can email me at:

info@paulastrethill-smith.com

or message me on facebook

Thanks for visiting our blog show.

All good wishes

Paula & Simon

xx

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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.