C & M's Bear Hugs

News Bulletins 2009-2013

 

1st September 2013 After a long delay (sorry about that) I am now updating the website. All bears that are no longer available are marked as such. Over the next couple of weeks I will update the site with all the new bears.
15th July 2012 Maria is gearing up for the August Bear Fair, new bears are being produced at quite a rate.
New editions:
Eton Mess, Barley, Aztec, Sorrel, Accrington, Artichoke and Porcini

Adopted before appearing on the web site: Pippin
No longer available: Saffron
5th July 2012 New editions: Steel and Coral
No longer available: Tequila Sunrise
25 June 2012 New editions: Marlon, Harvest, Cream, Cara, Saffron, Tequila Sunrise, Malt, Cobalt, Bryn, Turpin and Alpaca
22 June 2012 A long overdue update and stock take. I will post up the new bears tomorrow.
No longer available: Apricot, Noah, Arthur, Borgia, Char Sui, Colombia, Crumpet, Daisy, Freddy, Jumble Beary, Kate, Lilac, Mango, Mocha, Whisky Girly, Shadrach, Sidney, Smokey, Sun-Lee, Vodka, Xanadu.
30th November 2011 We had a very busy Christmas Market, Maria made 8 choristers which look very nice

The Friday was good but slightly spoilt by someone doing a bit of Christmas thievery, two of the choristers went missing!
I will do a post before Christmas to detail the new bears Maria has made and the ones which are no longer available, Maria and all the family are off to the Christmas Market in Budapest for the first few days in December.
  Maria has been experimenting with dying her own fur - Dreamer is the first result of this.
New editions: Boris and Dreamer
17th July 2011 A mixed summer so far, some days quite busy and then a week hardly seeing anyone! The weather is not helping - either too wet or too hot.
No longer available: Bertha, Champagne, Judd, Scone, Radish, Dim Sum, Tilda, Thyme, Staton, Theodore and Ronnie
26th April 2011 We had a good bear very busy bear fair. Looking forward to the next Nottingham Bear Fair on Monday 29th August.
No longer available: Murgatroyd, Jack, Joseph and Edelweiss
24th April 2011 Maria has just finished two stunning bears
New editions: Judd and Ronnie
17th April 2011 Maria has released a number of new bears ready for the bear fair on Easter Monday.
New editions: Sidney, Scone, Pickle, Geranium, Jumble Beary, Tilda, Char Sui, Geoff, Apricot, Dim Sum, Lilac and Archibald
Adopted before appearing on this site: Gus
13th April 2011 The first update for ages and ages, Maria was ill for much of last year and then I got snowed under with pressure from work, the size of the update got larger and larger and so it got delayed even longer. So at last here we are almost ready for the bear fair at Easter.
New editions:
Shadrach, Xanadu, Thyme, Kate, Borgia, Bamboo Jnr, Bianco, Smokey, Joseph, Jenson, Gerard, Radish, Bluebell, Murgatroyd and Wholegrain
Adopted before appearing on this site:
Arctus, Monty, Grasshopper, Dicky, Meshach, Babbage, Lewis, Noeline, Fidgit, Cyril, Abednego, Shitake, Ash, Pursey and Chickpea
No longer available:
Alfred, Basil, Boadicea, Cardamon, Charles, Domino, Faith, Gerald, Grizzle, Jasper, Lentil, Liquorice, Loganbeary, Nibbles, Oliver, Patricia, Pushkin, Quartz, Rozy, Spearmint, Teddy, Trixie, Walter,  Autumn Berry, Bruce Koala, Spiced Beary, Cherry Blossom, Brendan, Mason, Milly, Molly, Flutter,  d'Ache and Arctic
1st December 2009

The Christmas market was very busy, we are now looking forward to the holiday.
No longer available: Beowulf, Tuppence, Fortnum, Willpot, Rudyard, Vivien, Jingle, Tango and Dusk

27th November 2009 The Christmas market starts today, it looks to be the best yet. Maria and Claire are in the studio so be sure to drop by as say hello.
New Editions: Lentil, Willpot and Nibbles
24th November 2009 Looking forward to next weekend and the Patchings Christmas Market. Maria has been very busy making bears.
New Editions: Boadicea, Loganbeary, Beowulf, Aleksander, Arthur, Charles, Patricia, Duke, Fortnum, Mason, Walter, Vivien, Tango and  Tuppence.
Adopted before appearing on this site: Barty, Morel, Benjamin, Séamus
No longer available: Milton, Garrison, Chas, Hector, Chiang, Aidan, Madge, Dilbert, Nettle and Sheila Koala, ,
30th August 2009 Maria and Claire are running textile workshops at Patchings on the second Saturday of every month. Details here.
25th May 2009 New Editions: Teddy, Milton, Madge, Chas, Spiced Beary, Cherry Blossom and Sheila Koala
Adopted before appearing on this site: Harold and Minnie
No longer available: Christmas Pudding, Sugar Plum, Violet, Plum, Flutter, Anemone, Wilde, Anya, Couscous, Willow and Beijing
24th May 2009  
For those who don't know, we have a nest box with a camera in in the garden at Patchings. This year a pair of Great Tits took up residence, they had 10 eggs by 23rd April, Maria then said we had 10 chicks by the 6th May.
The parents were run ragged feeding them, there seems to have been plenty of food this year because a week later we still had ten healthy chicks.
Yesterday they were peeking out of the nest box and inside  there was no nest visible - just 10 very large chicks. This morning when we arrived they had all flown the nest.
22nd May 2009 Wilbeary has just been to the Chelsea Flower Show - you can catch up with his adventures in his blog here.
21st February 2009 A belated Happy New Year to everybody. As usual life has been hectic and I am remiss in not updating the web site. Still better late than never. I have also taken this opportunity to update the Commissions Gallery.
Commissions: Clapton, Bob, June, Rob, Truffle, Briar Elissa, Bart, Lily Rose, Heather, Ellis Rachel, Edmund, Jacob RS, Mrs, Master and Miss Grizzle, Earnest and Uddley
New Editions:
Sugar Plum, Autumn Berry, Violet, Hector, Garrison, Crumpet, RudyardChiang, Aidan, Brendan, Jasper and Dilbert
Adopted before appearing on this site:  Silky, Dafydd, Jessica, Rollo and Caitlin Laura
No longer available:
Elgar, Audrey,
Fuchsia, Rose Bud, Bee and Theodore

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