New teddy bear shed

There is a new teddy bear shed under construction as I type! we are building a new house at East Burra, down Meadows Road, and are including a big new shiny Workshop for me, although I will always refer to it as the 'teddy bear shed', it will have a lot more room to work and a small shop area for visitors, something I don't really have at the moment as my current 'shed' is way too small. We are down by the sea and will get fantastic views over Papil and out the voe, I can't wait, I am soooo excited, hopefully we will be in by the end of the year, here's a sneak preview....

This is the view from the window of the new 'teddy shed' or will be the view once the big pile of earth has been removed!

Events this year

Flavour of Shetland is a major outdoor event showcasing some of the very best food, drink, music, craft and culture on Victoria Pier in Lerwick http://www.flavourofshetland.com/. Burra Bears will be at this years event running from Thursday 25th until Sunday 28th June, hoping to have a new collection, watch this space.

Also later in the year will be the Annual Craft Fair hosted by the Shetland Arts & Crafts Association http://www.shetlandartsandcrafts.co.uk/index.html , this event showcases some of the best arts & crafts folk living and working in Shetland, runs from Friday 13th until Sunday 15th November and is held at Clickimin Leisure Centre in Lerwick.

Burra Bears are now on Facebook, have a look and become a fan! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Burra-Bears/75155439505?ref=s

Tweed collection

Having been asked in the past about Shetland Tweed bears I decided to start a new range, using the same Burra Bear design but working in a different fabric, Shetland Tweed made from wool from Shetland Sheep which is dyed, spun and woven in the Islands, this fabric is produced by Jamieson's Spinning http://jamiesonsshetland.co.uk/jamiesons/ they have a gorgeous array of pure wool fabrics, have a look at some I have made so far! I launched them at Flavour of Shetland 08, and they went down really well!

Flavour of Shetland 08

Flavour of Shetland 2008, what can I say, wet, wet, wet, that was about it, we set up on the Wednesday night which was fantastic, warm, dry, but the next day the rain came, it did let up on Saturday (thankfully!), there were quite a few folk around and it was a good atmosphere but Sunday made up for it, with galeforce winds and driving rain, we packed up early, got a takeaway and came home to warm up!

Burra Bears diary

Hey, just started to have a Bear blog, have had my own ranting blog for years now, but thought it was about time I added this, to let you all know how we are doing, would be great to hear from all you original Shetland Teddy Bears!