We’re very happy to have a beautiful photo of our exclusive Kaycee Bears to share - with big thanks to our lovely customer, Doreen Nicholson, who photographed her happy pair for us.

Lucky was introduced at our Kaycee Bears signing back in April 2011.  She was our very first mohair Kaycee Bear designed by Kelsey Cunningham especially for us, with special requests from Hayley!  Lucky was created from fantastic, long-pile, wavy mohair in golden blond.  She sold out in a flash!

Kaycee Bears Charmer is the perfect partner for Lucky.  He is made from a similar mohair, but with a contrasting colour reminiscent of delicious chocolate!  He has paw pads made from luxurious cashmere, expressive eyes backed with a little white felt and the unmistakable Kaycee Bears bold, needle-felted nose.  He is accessorised with a lovely silver-colour pendant with a collection of pretty charms.

We’re really proud of our exclusive couple and we’re sure you will like them too!  Click here for more details of Kaycee Bears Charmer

Charlie Bears 2011 Collection Part 2 and Isabelle Collection 2011 Part 2 are here and they are fabulous!  We know you’ve all been waiting with baited breath and hammering the phones if you’re a Charlie Bears club member who received the catalogue last week!

In the plush range we have the beautiful and very popular Heidi who we have already taken so many pre-orders on that we have stopped in an attempt to fulfill them all on our initial delivery (we hope!).  Lawrence is a gorgeous cuddly bear with unusual fur.

We have two limited edition plumo bears in this collection - Buddy is a smaller bear with a round tummy and Hubble is a big boy with beautiful brindled fur pattern.  These are both limited to 3000 each and made from plush fur with a mohair muzzle.

Panda fans are well catered for - we have Jayden, Higgins, Huey, Hattie and the rather delicate Hector!

The collection is completed with three smaller bears - Squidge with lovely, wavy patchwork fur, deep brown Eddie and the posable Jenkins.  For those who like a larger cuddle we have the fluffly lady Lorna, big Donnie who must be related to Charlie 2011 and the fantastic grizzly Benson.

In the mohair Isabelle Collection we are treated to some really big bears, adorable mice and some mohair relatives of our favourite Charlie Bears plush teddy bears and pandas.

The mice troop is comprised of Cheese and Pickle, Crumb and Cracker.  Unfortunately our entire allocation of these irresistible rodents is already sold out!  Unfortunately also fully pre-ordered already are Comet and Conker, Earl and Endeavour, Mulligan, Muddle, Mr Pickwick, Hercule, Forrest, Hetty and Figgy Pudding.  As you can tell this is a highly sought after collection and we expect the full range to be fully pre-sold within days!

Happily we do still have available to pre-order (in very limited quantities) Toodlepip, Muppet, Dickens and Milton; the gorgeous Arkwright who is definitely a mohair relation of the gorgeous plush Manfred!  And finally the stunning Isabelle Masterpiece 2011 - a fantastic panda made from a combination of mohair and cuddly alpaca.  Could this be a series of special Isabelle bears to keep an eye out for in each collection?!

We’re excited to announce our second competition, starting today!  The lucky winner will win £100 to spend on Charlie Bears, Steiff, Kaycee Bears, Artist teddy bears, animals, baby-safe teddies or anything else in our shop or on our website.

To enter the competition you will need to read each of our 12 poetic clues over the next 12 weeks and search through the products on our website to find the answer.  Then, email the answer to us each week - we’ll collect all of your answers and choose the winner in the middle of July.

The email address to send your answers to is corfebears (at) googlemail.com.  Please include your name!

We’ll post each clue on our Corfe Bears page on Facebook - come and ‘like’ us if you haven’t already for regular updates on teddy bear deliveries and new products!  The clues will also be added to this page each week.

Here’s the first clue below.  Good Luck!! (more…)

We are very excited to introduce some fantastic Steiff Limited Edition Bears who are brand new for 2011.  These bears are all due to arrive over the next few months, so you can pre-order to secure yours now and pay when they are ready to be dispatched to you.

Our first new additions are a pair of lovely brothers - Steiff Jakob and Josef Bear.  They are both classic bears related to the 1906 replica teddy bears with their lightly air-brushed features and their squeakers!  Steiff’s Vincent Bear is a ‘cone nose’ bear with that very prominent and distinctive muzzle.

Steiff’s Marmaduke bear is absolutely irresistible - he has such sparkling eyes and open arms just asking for a cuddle.  His friendly facial expression is similar to that of Steiff’s 1926 replica bear.  This bear is based on one that was given to loyal Steiff employees who had served the first 25 years of the company’s manufacturing.

There are three lovely ladies in the latest collection of limited editions.  The first, Steiff’s Pearl teddy bear is made from a beautiful soft ivory mohair; she wears a string of elegant faux pearls and has a special Swarovski crystal button in ear.

Steiff’s Wizard of Oz tribute, Dorothy, is a bear full of fantastic features - she wears a blue gingham dress just like the one worn by Judy Garland in the 1939 film, sports Swarovski Elements crystals on her paw pad and is hiding a music box in her tummy which plays ‘Somewhere Over the Rainbow’.

Anni Bear is a dainty bear with a very sweet face.  She has been made from vintage-look mohair complete with little stitched ‘repairs’ and she wears a pretty jacket of crochet lace-trimmed cashmere.

Finally we are introducing two special bears for winter.  Steiff Eskimo Bears have become a regular tradition and 2011 sees the finely-dressed eskimo accompanied by a cute polar bear cub made from alpaca.  Also very well-accessorised is Steiff’s Mistletoe Teddy Bear who is wearing a sprig of mistletoe made from green and white felt.  Both perfect bears for seasonal gifts or displays!

We will have more Steiff limited editions available for order very soon so watch this space!

We are delighted to be celebrating the forthcoming Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton with this fantastic, limited edition pair of teddy bears by Kaycee Bears.

The Royal Wedding bears have both been hand-made from beautifully soft curly kid mohair in warm winter white.  Kate has been airbrushed around her paw pads, nose and eyes with burgundy, which matches her flower.  William is airbrushed by hand with royal blue.  Each of the fully-jointed bears carries the trademark Kaycee Bears crystal in their cashmere paw pad. (more…)

It may be late this year, but Easter is nearly here and what will your Easter bunny be bringing?  Will it be mountains of chocolate or something to be treasured?

We have some lovely toys and collectables that would make a perfect Easter present whether for a newborn baby or a more mature teddy bear collector (and everyone in between)!  So we thought we would tell you all about our bunnies… (more…)

Kaycee Bears brand new collection for 2011 is now live!  We are very proud to present Kelsey Cunningham’s latest gorgeous designs of bunnies, bears and more. 

Kaycee Bears are designed, made and finished by hand in England, from the very finest plush and materials, mostly sourced by Kelsey personally.  This collection is the most exciting yet and includes limited edition plush AND mohair characters.

Following in the footsteps of the very popular plush bears that have come before are Cherry Pie and Plum Puddin’ - soft and cuddly bears made from lovely woven fur with delicious colours and great detail.  There are some big chaps, Merlin the husky dog and Elwood bear, both of whom will make good sofa companions!  Chocolate Brownie rabbit and Marshmallow bunny are deliciously squishy bunnies with great big feet.

The Limited Edition plush range also includes some more gorgeous bunny rabbits, Parsley and Sage, as well as the fantastic Winston teddy bear who stand at 4 foot and 6 inches!  Mr Mistoffelees is a Persian cat with attitude - remember a cat owns you - not the other way around!

Kaycee Bears’ limited edition mohair collection has some really special bears that will tug at your heart-strings.  Simkin and Peekin’ are very cute pandas made from beautiful mohair fabrics.  Paris the cat and Rome the dog are city animals without a doubt, wearing their sparkly accessories with effortless glamour!  Lucy Locket has lovely violet highlights and Harvey teddy bear is a long-haired softie.  Bramble bunny rabbit is Kaycee Bears’ first limited edition, luxurious mohair bunny rabbit.

All of the newest Kaycee Bears feature the trademark crystal on their paw pad and come complete with a hand-written swing tag, which is individually numbered for limited editions. 

We are also thrilled to show you our exclusive Corfe bunny rabbit, created especially for us by Kelsey for our Kaycee Bears signing which takes place on Sunday the 17th of April.  For more details please join our Corfe Bears Facebook page.

Well it’s that time of year and we’ve got lots of new bears for you to browse.  Our latest additions are Steiff Bears Limited Editions for 2011 and there are some really stunning bears that we will have in the shop very shortly.

Sapphire teddy bear is made from a brand new plush fur made from 100% woven silk!  She is a really special bear with Swarovski Elements crystals adorning her paw pads and a unique Swarovski crystal ‘button in ear’.  Steiff’s Dante is another innovative teddy bear - his plush fur has been dyed using the Indonesian batik technique, giving a varied effect that means no two Dante bears will be the same.

Steiff have brought us some lovely traditional and replica teddy bears in this collection.  We have a 1906 Replica teddy bear with a very kind face and a 1925 replica teddy bear with specially ’sun-bleached’ mohair fur.  Leopold teddy bear and Pepe teddy bears have beautiful hand-shading enhancing their kind faces.

It is unusual for Steiff Bears to produce a dressed teddy bear so April is even more special.  Limited to just 1500, April is a very sweet bear made from  a unique golden blond mohair and beautifully dressed for spring in a floral dress.

New to Steiff’s Masterpiece range of realistic, detailed animals is Bobby Husky Masterpiece.  Steiff has a history of making beautiful husky dogs and the breed certainly lends itself well to creation in mohair!  Bobby is fully jointed so he can be posed in many, very canine poses.

Johann teddy bear is rather special.  Surprisingly Steiff’s designers stalk auctions and sales just like other Steiff collectors!  They look for original Steiff bears and designs from years gone by.  The inspiration for Johann was found in a country sale.  He has traditional long arms and of course a growler in his tummy!

For UK collectors we are treated exclusively to some beautiful new Steiff Bears.  Toffee Ted is a lovely, friendly bear made from mohair the colour of treacle toffee and with gently airbrushed paws. The Steiff British Collector’s Bear for 2011 is made from stunning, thick black mohair, with a brown nose and collar.

Bound to be a firm favourite of this collection and one we can hardly wait for is the well-loved British teddy bear Sooty!  Made from a beautiful golden yellow mohair with his trademark black ears, Sooty is a true teddy bear icon and certainly deserves his special place as a Steiff UK exclusive teddy bear!

All of Steiff Bears’ limited edition teddy bears and animals are presented in their own printed Steiff gift box with an individually numbered certificate of authenticity which will preserve their heritage and value for years to come.  AND we will deliver your bear free of charge in the UK and EU.

It’s here!  Charlie Bears 2011 Collection Part 1 is now live for you to browse and pre-order the bears of your choice - or make a list to ‘accidentally’ leave lying around for someone to see!  There are some fantastic additions with limited editions, lovely pandas and some rather special bunny rabbits!

We are treated to three limited edition Charlie Bears in this collection - Charlie 2011 is a ‘plumo’ bear made from a clever combination of plush and mohair fur.  She will only be available during 2011 (and likely to sell out before the end of the year) and she is named after Charlotte Morris, founder of Charlie Bears.  William IV (the 4th) is of course named after Charlie’s husband William and is also a plumo bear, limited to just 4000.  Puddifoot is also a limited edition of 3000; he is made from exquisite Belgian Tyber plush fur which is unbelievably soft.

For the panda fans we have the gorgeous Yvette who is bound to be extremely popular, along with George who is the biggest of the pandas, Phoenix with his beautiful colours, wild Xena, dainty Tracy, the impressive Quentin, pretty Naomi and the lovely chocolatey Caleb.

Charlie Bears have used some new kinds of plush fur in this collection.  The first is warm and long and cuddly and a little bit wild!  You can see the new fur on Grant, Merlin and some of the pandas.  While Parkin and Torquil have a lovely curl to their fur.

There are some BIG Charlie Bears to choose from - Trevor is a grizzly bear with a wise face, Tony has gorgeous bright yellow paw pads, Michael is a ‘tickly toes’ bear, Hamish has thick, warm fur, as does Ballantyne and Lita is the largest lady bear.

The littler bears are not likely to take a back seat - Tess, Olly, and Molly; and you must have a look at Kitty and Shreddie’s beautiful, unusual fur.  Dolce and Philip maybe related with their lovely patchwork fur.  The smaller stars have to be Riley and Parker with their magnetic paws - they can be posed in all different postions including covering their eyes!

Charlie Bears fans are likely to see a family resemblance in Cody who has a similar look to the very popular Chocolate Fondue Isabelle Collection mohair Charlie Bear.

Finally the piece de resistance!  We have three gorgeous bunny rabbits joining the Charlie Bears family!  Thumper, Caitlin and Cotton Sox are fully jointed, plush bunnies with great long ears that are poseable!.

We’ll certainly have trouble choosing our bears from this Charlie Bears 2011 Collection, so we wish you the very best of luck too!  XX

All of us at Corfe Bears would like to wish our friends and customers a very Happy and Healthy New Year!

There will be lots of exciting news in 2011 and we hope you’ll join us on our Corfe Bears Facebook page to be the first to find out what’s happening and to benefit from exclusive offers.  If you also visit our website regularly you will see our latest special offers highlighted on our home page.

2011 will see us celebrating the second birthday of our Swanage teddy bear shop and we hope that even more of our bear friends will visit our sunny seaside spot to help us celebrate.

We are looking forward to new ranges of Charlie Bears plush and mohair Isabelle Collection bears this year, as well as brand new creations from Kaycee Bears.  Our visit to the Spring Fair in the Birmingham NEC in February is bound to result in a big influx of new brands and bears to both the shop and the website - we are always really excited to see the newest manufacturer and artist bears, and often meet personally with their creators.

In April we will be very pleased to welcome Kelsey Cunningham to our Swanage shop for a Kaycee Bears signing day.  You can meet Kelsey in person and take photographs, and we will have a fantastic EXCLUSIVE Kaycee Bears bunny rabbit available for Kelsey to personally sign for you - details to come soon!