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Why do you make bears, toys and dolls?

Posted by Rikey Austin on

Why do you make bears, toys and dolls?
When I first started working at Alice’s Bear Shop I started as admin and opposite the desk was the doll in the bear onesie.  I couldn’t take my eyes off him.  I’m sure he was asking me to take him off the shelf and sit him on my desk. When I picked him up he felt lovely in my arms, he was the tradition doll, he had ginger hair poking out from under the hood on the onesie. I knew I needed to make my own doll and then the obsession started.

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A belated Happy New Year.

Posted by Rikey Austin on

A belated Happy New Year.
I know! It's awful late and I honestly won't make excuses. Just dance like nobody's watching!

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