Emma's Bears

Emma's Bears

Emma's Bears are one of a kind artist bears handmade in Queensland, Australia by husband and wife te

Welcome to our little corner of the internet. 'Emma's Bears' consist of a husband and wife team - Mark and Emma Nicholson - who create one of a kind collectable designer teddy bears. Emma's has been making bears since 1998, and designing her own patterns since 2000. All of her bears are painstakingly hand drawn, cut, pinned and sewn in the 'Emma's Bears Studio' (which is really our spare room/stud

Photos from Emma's Bears's post 09/09/2024

His commissioning collector has named him ‘Sterling’ and he’s just darling!!

07/09/2024

I do love it when a beautiful accessory is just a perfect fit for a custom bear.

It can often be a bit of challenge to find the right piece when working with more unusual teddy colours. So I can’t wait to show you guys the rest of this big handsome grey and teal boy!!

06/09/2024

*** Bear now SOLD.
*** All kits SOLD

‘Millie Sunset’ is now available for adoption, along with a limited number of kits if you’d like to make your own colourful cutie!

Bear: https://furaddictionstore.com/collections/artist-bears

Kits: https://furaddictionstore.com/collections/kits

05/09/2024

Our colourful Kit example bear is ready to say hi!

We’ve named her ‘Millie Sunset’ after the two gorgeous faux fur fabrics we’ve used to create her.

This beautiful bear herself, and a limited number of kits to make your own version of her, will be listed for sale at this time tomorrow- 2pm AEST Friday the 6th September on our www.FurAddiction.com website!

Photos from Emma's Bears's post 04/09/2024

So begins the process of making our next Kit example bear!

This little cutie will be made in a mix of our ‘Summer Sunset’ tipped faux fur, paired with some of our newest arrived faux fur in deep pink! This pink/sunset colour combo is to die for - I can’t wait to show you the bear fully assembled!

The pattern we have used is a slight reduction of our ‘Free Design’ producing a petite 9” bear, which will make these limited edition kits very affordable and perfect for beginner bear makers.

More photos to follow tomorrow! 😉🩷🌅

Photos from Emma's Bears's post 02/09/2024

Hey commissioning collector has named her ‘Lumi’. And isn’t she just so divine!! 😍

29/08/2024

Just look at that face!!! 😍😍😍

29/08/2024

Well hello there little cutie 🥰

Just you guys wait to see how much this chubby face is going to change by our next post!! 🤩

27/08/2024

*** Now SOLD

‘Koda’ is now available for adoption: https://furaddictionstore.com/products/koda-7-mohair-artist-bear-by-emmas-bears-ooak

26/08/2024

The commissioning collector has chosen ‘Knut’ (the fluffier bear) as her pick of these two tiny 7”handsome boys.

Which means darling ‘Koda’ will be available for general adoption at this time tomorrow: 8pm AEST Tuesday the 27th of August on our www.FurAddiction.com website.

Which one would you have chosen!?

23/08/2024

Our next custom order request is for a tiny brown mohair bear, but I couldn’t decide which mohair would work best. So I made two! 🧸🧸

Once the commissioning collector has chosen her favourite, the remaining teddy will be available for general adoption! 🥳

Photos from Emma's Bears's post 21/08/2024

Here they are! 😍

Now named ‘Teddy Diva’ and ‘Rainbow Dash’ by their commissioning collector. 🌸🌈

They’re both slightly different enlargements of our classic ‘Jonah’ bear design - which gives them a more traditional teddy shape with much more modern colouring!

(Our original Jonah design is available for purchase on our website if you’d like to work with it yourself as well: https://furaddictionstore.com/products/pattern-14-old-style-jonas-bear)

20/08/2024

Such gorgeous soft colours on this bear! I do love it when a custom ordered vision turns out so nicely!!

19/08/2024

The second bear in our current custom ordered pair is being made in our long pile alpaca. She is looking lovely with her lilac nose.

18/08/2024

This guy *needed* the most glorious turquoise nose to compliment his gorgeous hand-dyed mohair!

16/08/2024

Just the most beautiful pastel rainbow teddy head, waiting for his face to emerge! 😍

15/08/2024

Our next two custom orders are going to be pretty colourful!! 🌈😍

Photos from Emma's Bears's post 12/08/2024

*** ALL THREE BEARS NOW SOLD

We named this gorgeous vibrant green girl ‘Willowlime’ and she’s now available for adoption, along with her two little siblings shown in our last post 😍💚💜

https://furaddictionstore.com/collections/artist-bears

11/08/2024

Here’s our finished trio!!

We’ll have them listed for general adoption on our www.FurAddiction.com website at this time tomorrow- 8pm AEST Monday the 12th August.

Now to give them some appropriately gorgeous names! 😍

10/08/2024

And this is the third cutie patootie in our current trio of bears that will be available for general adoption shortly.

She is made in a gorgeous hand-dyed multi-tonal lilac purple mohair with hints of ivory white. And a gorgeous big matching hand-embroidered Emma’s Bears nose!

We hope to be able to share the finished photos of all three bears tomorrow, and they’ll likely be listed for sale early next week! 🌸

08/08/2024

Inspired by the gorgeous Tibouchina tree currently in full bloom that we planted outside my studio window, here we have the second of our upcoming general adoption bears in a glorious green and purple mix! 💚💜

07/08/2024

It has been a minute since we had a batch of general adoption bears available!

We’ve been quite busy working through the custom order list (we’ve gotten the wait time down to around 10 months for orders placed now too!).

So we decided it was time to offer a sneaky trio of general adoption bears before we move on to the next batch of custom orders. And what better colour to work with than this deliciously happy bright lime green!! (With some hints of lilac in the background there 😉).

Photos from Emma's Bears's post 04/08/2024

Our custom ordered duo are done!

Their new mum has named them ‘Heather Lily’ and ‘Moonlight Jet’. And didn’t they just turn out so nicely!! 😍

02/08/2024

And this little handful of fluff is the second of the two current custom bears. He’s a petite 8” tall, and just too cute!!

31/07/2024

How much more alert and *alive* does she look now!?

I never tire of bringing these bears into existence! What a privilege 😍

30/07/2024

Another absolute cutie in the works!

This lovely lady is part of an upcoming custom ordered teddy pair. 💜🖤

Photos from Emma's Bears's post 26/07/2024

*** Now SOLD!

‘Flutterby’ is now available for adoption.

https://furaddictionstore.com/products/flutterby-15-rainbow-faux-fur-artist-bear-by-emmas-bears-ooak

25/07/2024

Here they are!!! And aren’t they just the sweetest little pair!

The commissioning collector has chosen the bear with the green nose and unicorn paws (and named her ‘Fable’), which means her butterfly-themed friend will be available for general adoption.

We will list her at this time tomorrow morning - 9:30am AEST Saturday the 27th July on our www.FurAddiction.com website.

What should the butterfly bear be named?

24/07/2024

And the rainbow nose belonging to our second current custom bear in the works.

I’m loving the pops of green on this one! 🌈💚🌸

23/07/2024

The commissioning collector of our current project bears requested multi-coloured noses to match the rainbow faux fur we’ll be using on their limbs!

How pretty are these colours 😍

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