First Ellie 'Elliott' available!

At long last I can show you Elliott! The very first elephant from me!

It took a lot of fiddling around to try and get good photos of him and to be honest, I'm not overly pleased with these either, but I thought I would let him make a sneak preview, before he appears on my website.

I'm really pleased with how he turned out.

His brief details are:

12 inches tall (to the top of the pom poms on his hat, which is removeable)
Schulte German viscose (greyer than it appears in the photo)
Handpainted eyes in a warm brown
Seriously cute blue elephant fabric for his hat and ruff (removeable), all the way from Thailand!

£120.00 + p&p.

If you would like him to softly pad his way to your home before he appears on my website, get in touch at sarah@sarahsbruins.co.uk

Hope you like him!

Hugs, Sarah x

Second time lucky

Hopefully these lovely bears will find a home second time around.

They are on ebay until the 26th Jan and are available to all countries.

They seem to have more 'watchers' this time around, so fingers crossed for them!

All there details are on their individual ebay listings HERE.

If anyone knows who made the lovely little needlefelted bear at the bottom of the photo I would love to know. He came to me with no details and I would like to credit the artist. Thank you!

Reluctant sale

I have three lovely bears from my own collection available on ebay HERE

It's a reluctant sale and I would love them to go to a home where they can be displayed and loved.

The first two bears are Lediteds by the talented Leny van der Eijk. I just love the first bears paper hat and his dungarees! The girl bear wears a fabulous dress. I am not sure if this is a vintage doll dress, but to my eye it looks to be. Unfortunately these two bears come with no hang tags.

The third bear is a A.S. Baeren bear 'Lewis', a sweetheart in baby blue alpaca from talented artist Anika Stalzenberger. Lewis comes with his hang tag as shown in the photo. I would like to point out that in the photo Lewis is perched on a fire grate, which is non working and painted!

I've started all these lovelies at the low price of £40.00.

I shall be having a rummage through my mohair and may possibly be putting some on ebay, if I can bear to part with it!

I will keep you updated!

Hugs, Sarah x

Seasons Greetings

A little late in the day but...........Seasons Greetings from me!

I've been a bit absent from blogger as I tend to get a bit absorbed by Christmas. I've never been very good at juggling things and tend to be able to focus only on one thing at a time!

I thought the delightful victorian picture of the birds above was rather apt, as we have blue tits and long tailed tits in our garden. Along with territorial blackbirds, a lone robin, ring necked doves and waddling wood pigeons.

I shall be giving a lot of thought to my bear making and soft sculpture in the new year and giving my website another make over and developing some new designs. The elephant I've been making is completed and sits patiently on my desk waiting for his collar! I'm rather pleased with the way he has turned out.

Well, enjoy your festive breaks everyone and the biggest of thanks to those of you that have given a home to my bears or rabbits and thanks also to those of you who pop by and read my rabblings.

Hearty holiday hugs,

Sarah x

Fudge listed on ebay!

The lovely Fudge is now on ebay and hoping for a home for Christmas.

Here is his listing link

I hope you can pop by and visit him. He has a sweet wistful expression and I love his vintage look I've given him. He's starting much lower than his original website price. So if you've always toyed with the idea of giving him a home, maybe now could be the right time ;)

I'm busy here in my corner of the world! I've just finished another article for a collector's teddy bear magazine. This time New Zealand Teds magazine! It was a pleasure to do and I look forward to receiving my copy!

Busy in the garden getting everything ready for winter. I've been giving the chickens house a lick of fence paint, so its nice and tidy and extra protected from the apparently harse winter we are going to get here in the UK. The chickens will be getting some fatty treats to keep them warm and cosy!

I'm still working on my very first elephant! Where does the time go?

Anyway, I hope all of you that read this are well and happy.

Bye for now!

Hugs, Sarah xxx

Honey now on ebay!

Honey is now sold. Thank you Susan!


The lovely Honey is now on ebay! He's such a sweet little bear with big character.

I'm starting him at £50, so lower than his original website price.

Some of his brief details are;

6 inches seated, 8 inches tall
fabulous dense faux fur
lovely green eyes

For more details visit his listing HERE

Hope you have all had a lovely weekend!

Hugs, Sarah x

Winter's ebay listing ends today!

Winter's ebay listing ends today, Sunday 23rd October, 6pm BST. To visit his listing click HERE

I've started him at £80.00 and his usual price is £120.00, which he will revert back to if he goes unsold. He's a very pretty bear and far more twinkly than his photos show!

Hope you are all having a lovely weekend.

Hugs, Sarah x