C & M's Bear Hugs
News Bulletins 2005
| 22nd November 2005 |
Maria and John (with help from Robert) spent the last two
weekends decorating the studio for the Christmas Market and putting lights
up around the Farmhouse. A
microlight landed in the field on Saturday, no doubt confused by the
lights - we are now watching out for our first
747. New Editions: Trixiebelle and Jingle No longer available: Jester |
| 6th November 2005 |
What a wet and windy day! Maria is quite disappointed
today as some of the lights she brought to put up for Christmas don't work,
also she forgot her staple gun - so Christmas decorations are postponed
until next weekend. On the bright side Maria finished a bear called
Sparkler yesterday and another bear
earlier in the week. New editions: Wesley and Sparkler |
| 5th November 2005 |
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| 27th October 2005 |
 Maria attended an evening at the Soroptomists where she had a stall. She raffled a special bear called "The Soroptomist" to support them and she sold lots of pipe cleaner bears on boxes and on cards. |
| 4th September 2005 |
Congratulations to Molly Penford of Mansfield for winning
the Spot the Bear competition. A £25 Patchings voucher is on the way
to you. No longer available: Raspbeary Candy |
| 3rd September 2005 |
We had a very successful bear fair - there was a Spot
the Bear competition which encouraged visitors to see the whole of
Patchings. The winner will be drawn tomorrow - the winners name will appear
on this site. New editions: Stripe, Silver, Dottie, Freckle, Shamrock, Annabelle, Annette, Alistair and Andrew No longer available: Nolita, Tallulah, Burton, Pumpernickel, Wooster, Seth, Bloomingdale, Madison, Washington, Ellis, Liberty, Mishko |
| 7th August 2005 |
John has been very busy for the summer and so this update
is well overdue - sorry. We had a record festival this year - more visitors
than ever! The exhibition at
Rufford Art Centre
went well and we are now gearing up for the
Nottingham Bear Fair.
As if she did not have enough to do Maria has been experimenting with some
trolls - see the pictures here.
Claire has got a job and left home - heaven be praised. She has moved to
Galway to take up a
post-doctorate position at the
National Centre for
Biomedical Engineering Science, part of the
National University of
Ireland. As her apartment has a spare bedroom we look upon it not so
much as losing a daughter but gaining a holiday home. There are cheap
flights available between
Nottingham East
Midlands Airport and
Shannon so she
will be coming home frequently, if you want to see her then ask
Maria as we will know her
schedule. New editions: Aran No longer available: SoHo, Choco, Crocus, Harlem, Newark, Tribeca, Brooklyn, Astor, Samuel, Mignon Adopted before appearing on the web site: George II, Mignette |
| 30th May 2005 |
Maria has spent 9 weeks so far in New York and whilst
there she made loads of bears as the list below shows. You can track
Wilbeary and Maria's travels in Wilbeary's blog.
She also is exhibiting in a
Textile Artist exhibition at
Rufford Art Centre, this runs
until 3rd July 2005. The bears on display at Rufford are
Tennyson,
the Jazz band,
Madison,
Tribeca and
Pumpernickel. Both Claire and Maria are now busy preparing for the Festival. New editions: Tardy, Madison, Bronx, Chelsea, Hudson, Brooklyn, SoHo, Tribeca, Ellis, Harlem, Hoboken, Guggenheim, Penn, Mishko, Zorba, Pushkin, Burton, Nolita, Staton, Mignon, Liberty, Colombia, Lincoln, Macy, Washington, Bloomingdale, Rockefeller, Franklin, Newark and Astor. No longer available: Snowflake, Tinkerbear, Algie, Pudding, Chocolate Pudding, Sweetie, Truffle, Bauble, Putney and Simon. Adopted before appearing on the web site: Barrie, Lafayette and Lexington |
| 20th February 2005 | The Bear Blog is now live! |
| 20th February 2005 |
We have had a very quiet start to the year with the cold
weather keeping people away. The studio opening times have changed (see
front page) as Maria is spending a lot of time in
New York this year. We are taking a new bear (Wilbeary) who will shortly be
starting a web log (blog) on this site. We should see some interesting bears
soon. New editions: Bauble, Chocolate Pudding, Pudding, Snowflake, Jester and Jessie No longer available: Truffle, Cocoa, Mi-Mi, Kumquat and Raphael Adopted before appearing on the web site: Fru-Fru |
We had a lovely day down at Alexandra Palace, here is a picture of Maria's
stall. Maria is now busy decorating the studio ready for the
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