Paula Strethill-Smith

Hugglets and the 2013 Winter BearFest.

A Big THANK YOU to everyone who visited our stand at the Hugglets Winter Bearfest.
We had a wonderful time and it was so nice to meet up with all our lovely collectors and meet new ones too.!
For those of you who could not make it here is a picture of part of our collection we took with us.

Left to right Pascal,Sidonie,Vincent,Serge and Edith.

We created a Parisian street scene complete with street buskers,Vincent played accordian,Serge on double bass,and Edith vocals.

They were joined at the cafe by Pascal and Sidonie. There was also a Citroen car driven by Michel but he sped off before we could get a picture of him but that's French drivers for you!

Francoise

Serge

Edith.

We do have a few bears that are available and will be sending pictures to our mailing list shortly.
x on both cheeks
Paula
x

This is the month of Valentines and also Hugglets Winter BearFest

You are welcome to come visit us on

stand 56

Kensington Town Hall on the 24th February 2013.

We look forward to sharing with you our latest designs some of which have a most romantic Parisian theme

Mademoiselle Juliette

4.5" made from antique mohair dressed in vintage embroidery anglais dress trimmed

with vintage pink silk rosette broach..

One of a Kind.

Christmas greetings...

Wishing all our collectors & teddy bear friends

Merry Christmas

& Happy New Year!

bear hugs & mistletoe kisses.

Paula & Simon

Christmas Collection

*Welcome to our Christmas Collection*

*OLD SANTA*

10" created from cream mohair and gently aged and tinted.

Comes with removable red wool cape trimmed with alpaca and vintage bottle brush tree.

One of a Kind.

Limited Edition 1/1 ADOPTED

*OLD SANTA*

*SANTA'S LITTLE HELPER*

3.5" created from genuine antique mohair in old gold.

Wears wool felt elf hat and collar trimmed with vintage beads.

Sits inside pottery boot which i have trimmed with alpaca fur.

One of a Kind

Limited Edition 1/1 RESERVED

*PRANCER*

3.5" created from cinnamon colour mohair.

Wears wool knit jumper and our vintage leather ice skates hand made by ourselves.

One of a Kind

Limited Edition 1/1 ADOPTED

* HOLLY*

3.5" created from red and old white mohair.

Trimmed with felt holly leaves,silk ribbon and vintage cotton beads.

One of a Kind

Limited Edition 1/1 ADOPTED

*TINY TIM*

3.5" created from antique plush with wobble neck joint.

Comes with a tiny glass candle stick.

One of a Kind

Limited Edition 1/1 ADOPTED

*ROBIN*

4.5" created from old gold mohair over aged and tinted.Matt glass eyes.

Wears a wool jumper with reindeer trimming.

One of a kind

Limited Edition 1/1 ADOPTED

* TODDY*

4.5" created from ginger antique mohair.

Toddy has wobble neck joint and

centre seam head.

Limited Edition Number 1 of 3

Number 1 ADOPTED

END OF SHOW

Thank you for visiting our Winter Collection should you wish to adopt any of the available designs.

Please contact me on:

info@paulastrethill-smith.com

Wishing you all a

*MERRY CHRISTMAS*

From

Paula & Simon

You are cordially invited to view our Christmas Collection

Sunday 16th December 2012 at 7pm.

We will feature the new designs here on our blog and later on the website.

We hope that you can join us.

Warmest Wishes & Mistletoe kisses.

We are going to Hugglets Teddies 2012...see you there!

Hugglets Teddies 2012

Kensington Town Hall,Hornton St.,London W8 7NX

Sunday 9th September 10.30am-4.00pm

Stand 56

www.hugglets.co.uk

We are looking forward to meeting collectors at the

Hugglets Teddies 2012 this Sunday.

We shall be bringing a selection of our new designs that are based on vintage style teddy bears and some other friends....see you there.

Paula & Simon

Best of British Summer Collection 2012

By Paula & Simon Strethill-Smith

Welcome to our summer collection.......

Lilibet...the queens childhood name.

12" high created from soft old white mohair.New pattern inspired from 1908 Farnell teddy bear.

Loose jointed and with a wobble neck joint.Antique boot button eyes.

Lilibet wears vintage wool jacket with silk floral embrodery and diamante broach.

One of a Kind. ADOPTED

Old Jack

12" high made from pale honey mohair which has been aged and worn.

New Design inspired by 1908 Farnell Teddy Bear.

Wears Union Jack linen waistcoat with antique pearl and brass buttons.

Old Jack

Antique boot button eyes and wobble neck joint.Saggy crunchy tummy and a well loved nose.

One of a kind. ADOPTED

Grenadier

This queens guard has been marching up and down through all the Diamond Jubilee Celebrations.

9" high created from pale gold mohair aged and worn.Matt glass eyes.

Grenadier wears full uniform of red and black wool felt jacket,with lots of details,brass buttons,vintage piping,leather belt etc.His smart black and red trousers are from vintage fabrics and our signature leather boots are hand stitched by Simon.

Grenadier

Busby hat made from antique fur collar chin strap is made from real gold chain.

Number 1 of a Limited edition of 3 pieces. EDITION IS SOLD OUT.

Pearl

Pearly Queen,these wonderful characters still make Londoners proud to be British.

8" high created from pearly beige mohair.New design inspired by 1908 Farnell Teddy Bear.

Pearl wears vintage black jacket and skirt embellished with antique buttons and beaded trim.

Her black straw hat is trimmed with vintage velvet bow and ostrich feather.She also wears our signature leather boots hand stitched by Simon.

One of a Kind. ADOPTED

Buckingham

6" created from mohair in sepia brown.New smaller design inspired by 1908 Farnell Teddy Bear.

Buckingham is very loose jointed with wobble neck joint.His fur is aged and airbrushed in places.

Buckingham

Has a faded vintage thread stitched nose and wears his red white and blue rosette pin with pride.

One of a kind .ADOPTED

Piccadilly

4" high created from genuine antique mohair in pale gold which is shows signs of worn patches.

Piccadilly is our smallest design to which we have made a new design inspired by 1908 Farnell teddy bear.

He is loose jointed with wobble neck joint and saggy tummy.Vintage silk thread nose in a faded black.

Wears a vintage silver enamel stick pin with Union Jack design.

One of a kind. ADOPTED

Britannia

3.5" high created from genuine antique red and blue mohair.

Britannia has a wobble neck joint, and is weighted with a little steel shot.

Vintage silk thread stitched nose in old white.Has a antique brass button with crown stitched to his heart.

Wears red white and blue ribbon.

One of a kind. ADOPTED

True Brit

3.5" created from genuine antique mohair which shows signs of gentle wear.

True Brit is loose jointed with a wobble neck joint.He has matt glass eyes with a waxed linen thread nose.

Stuffed with wood wool and weighted with a small amount of steel shot.

True Brit is proudly wearing his MADE IN BRITAIN sash.

One of a kind. ADOPTED

END OF SHOW........

Thank you for visiting our Best of British Summer Collection

We hope you enjoyed viewing our latest designs.

should you wish to adopt any of the bears

please contact me at info@paulastrethill-smith.com

Warm Wishes Paula & Simon

Inspiration from Antique Farnell 1908

Last summer on our holidays we stopped for lunch on our travels to Cornwall at vintage and antiques market and were lucky enough to find a beautiful 1908 Farnell Teddy Bear.We thought at first we had struck gold with a antique steiff bear but we were equally delighted to find that this stunning bears true identity was in fact a British Bear.
He is still in need of a little restoration and when time permits I am going to tidy him up a bit.
I adore this bears proportions and they are very much like the early steiff bears and very sought after by teddy bear collectors.
As Farnell was a British teddy bear manufacturer it seems only fitting that some of our inspiration for this Best of British summer collection should come from this bear.....We have based a few of our new designs on this early Farnell bear and hope you can join us here on the blog June 29th at 7pm to see the results.

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Hugglets and the 2013 Winter BearFest.

Christmas greetings...

Christmas Collection

We are going to Hugglets Teddies 2012...see you there!

Hugglets Teddies 2012

Kensington Town Hall,Hornton St.,London W8 7NX

Sunday 9th September 10.30am-4.00pm

Stand 56

www.hugglets.co.uk

Best of British Summer Collection 2012

Inspiration from Antique Farnell 1908

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Hugglets and the 2013 Winter BearFest.

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Hugglets Teddies 2012

Kensington Town Hall,Hornton St.,London W8 7NX

Sunday 9th September 10.30am-4.00pm

Stand 56

www.hugglets.co.uk

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Inspiration from Antique Farnell 1908

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