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!

Good news Charlie Bears Collectors! Today we launch the brand new Charlie Bears Little Baby Organics collection, along with the new Charlie Bears Home range and 2010 Plush Collection Part 2.

Charlie Bears Baby Organics toys are safe for babies right from birth and all machine washable. They are made from organic cotton, with organic dyes and filled with recycled stuffing. Each cute character is available in three sizes - Barley Lamb, Marley Mouse, MeMe Monkey, Fifi Buny Rabbit, Poppa Dog, Larlie Bear AND My First Charlie Bear! Each one comes with it’s own Charlie Bears canvas bag and qualifies for our free first class delivery. Perfect gifts for newborns, christenings or for anyone who loves Charlie Bears.

In the Charlie Bears Home range we have a choice of four cute, knitted door stops that also make ideal book-ends - Bertrum Bear, Claude Cat, Dougie the Dog and Marcel Mouse. We also have a soft and cuddly Charlie Bears Hot Water Bottle, complete with removable teddy bear in the pocket.

Charlie Bears 2010 Plush Collection Part 2 has some fantastic new bears, new sizes and new plush fur. There are three sweet knitted teddy bear - Bobbin, Knitty and Knotty. Each one is fully jointed and has the Charlie Bears logo patch on their bottom! Oakley has a look rather reminiscent of the popular grizzly bear Diesel, while Ebony is the latest fantastic, big standing bear related to Big Dave and Nicholas. Dyfrig, Jackie, Lauren and Dorothy are very different, but equally gorgeous new bears and at least one is bound to steal your heart! Chumley is an all new, great big teddy bear with wobble joints that ensure he gives a really good cuddle - make sure you have plenty of room for him!

The final new bears for 2010 are made from a brand new, luxurious plush fur for Charlie Bears. European Tyber Plush is woven imitation fur made in Belgium and supplied to fashion houses and the finest bear makers. Tiana and Troy are panda bears with beautiful animal prints, and Dottie Lottie is a little bigger and can stand and watch over your new wild collection! Have fun browsing the new arrivals!

On our recent trip to the Hugglets Teddy Bear Fair we met some lovely teddy bear artists whose bears have now joined our collection in our Swanage teddy bear shop and on the website.

Jo-Anne Bears are made from the world-famous German Schulte mohair and feature fantastic sculpted leather noses.  The attention to detail on these bears is amazing, with needle-sculpted paws, beautiful glass eyes and open mouths, complete with pink tongue!

HM Bears are a very well known name in the teddy bear world and their introduction to our range has been very popular already!  We have chosen Ches and Iris Chesney’s ‘Bears with Attitude’ - big, wild bears with a glint in their eye.  You can choose the attitude to go with your bear, whether it is for yourself or a gift.  These bears have had lots of attention in the shop and we’re already waiting for some new arrivals in the next week, as we have almost sold out!

We also have brand new creations from Hardy Bears, Westie Bears and Ellie Bears, including a fantastic new Jack Russell Dog.  Andy West’s latest characters include Bobby Bucket - complete with buckets and Hero the war veteran.  June Kendall’s Hardy Bears are beautiful little characters and some are exquisitely dressed.  So there’s lots to look at in the shop and the website right now, with more to come!

We are delighted to announce the launch of the Isabelle Collection 2010!  Twenty four brand new, collectable Charlie Bears are now available to view and pre-order.

The teddy bears range from just 8 inches tall to a huge 23 inches!  They have some fantastic features including brand new mohair fur colours and styles, padded, touchable feet & toes and beautiful hand-made necklaces.

In order of size from the smallest to the largest the brand new teddy bears are Puck, Priscilla, Jolene, Honeysuckle, Emmeline, Ernie, Pomegranate, Shay, Eilish, Furnackerpan, Gulliver, Harmony, Hazelnut, Wilfred, Lemon Popsicle, Lili B, Serena (who is made from alpaca), Smithy, Indigo, Moonshadow, Amos, Jonesy, Huckleberry and the great big Mr Wilkes.

We have fully pre-sold some of the new bears, but have more than half still available for pre-order.  View the full range - click for the Charlie Bears 2010 Isabelle Collection

We’re very excited about a nice, big Charlie Bears delivery that’s winging it’s way to us next week. As usual, lots of the bears will be packed up safely in their boxes and put straight back in the post to the Charlie Bear collectors who have pre-ordered them and have been waiting patiently. But we will have some lovely bears that will have their first chance to be on display on the shop, or make a welcome return.

We will have our first few bears of the new 2010 collection bears which are all destined for new homes with the people who have been waiting patiently for them. Betty, Cooper, Fuddy, Gareth, Graeme, Izzy, Samantha and Seren will make a guest appearance - we can’t wait to get our hands on them - however briefly!

From the mohair Charlie Bears Isabelle Collection we will have available the sweet Pandora with wavy grey fur, honey-beige Curtis, beautiful red panda Dandelion, endearing little sandy-brown Annie and her vintage-look sister, Peggy, cuddly panda Twizzle, standing panda bear Isla and finally, pretty Felicity, who really has to be seen in the fur to be appreciated.

Also back in stock is Kenny the Kermode bear.  Kermode Bears are related to the American Black Bear and live in the British Columbia area of Canada.  One in ten Kermode bears are born with a beautiful creamy white coat and you can see that Kenny is one of those rare bears.  He will be joined by Nicholas - the Daddy of the 2009 Charlie Bears Collection.  Like his predecessors Big Dave and Martha, Nicholas is a great big bear, standing unaided at an amazing 76 centimetres tall!  We love having a big bear in the shop to keep an eye on the other teddy bears and animals!

So it’s a great time to come and visit us in our Swanage Teddy Bear Shop, or take a look at these new arrivals below.

We are very excited to introduce the fantastic Kaycee Bears.  Designed and made by Kelsey Cunningham - a well-known name in the UK teddy bear world - this is Kelsey’s very first collection of plush bears and we are delighted to be one of the very first stockists.

Kaycee teddy bears are made from plush fur with luxurious cashmere pads on their feet.  All of the materials are sourced in the UK and the bears are made by hand by a very small team, including Kelsey’s Mum and Dad!  They are traditionally jointed and each bear features a pretty, trade-mark crystal at the back of their ear.  Kelsey personally finishes all of the bears, including airbrushing and shading. (more…)