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Small Keepsake Bears

Posted on May 12, 2014 By Blazer Bear


Small Keepsake Bears

Small keepsake bears made from school uniform filled our workshop last week! The little bears were as a result of a group order for leavers from a sixth form in Newcastle. We introduced this option for orders of 10 or more and they have proved a popular and affordable option for schools to give their pupils as leavers gifts!

 

The main body of the keepsake bears were made from the very smart bottle green skirts and the paws were created from the sky blue shirts and the ears with the gorgeous blue gingham material. We always love a bit of gingham! As the bears are smaller it is not possible to use the blazer badge so instead the school sent us 35 small hat badges which made a perfect addition to these special keepsakes. To add to this we created mini scarves from the schools green jumpers to complete the look.

We have had a lot of interest in our small bears from schools and the badges can be added from usually some aspect of the uniform. We can take the emblem or crest which often appears in smaller form from sports clothing or shirts. However the larger badge can also be sewn to  he back or incorporated in the scarf.

 

We felt we had a keepsake bear nursery for a week. As the bears were completed we carefully placed them together until we had quite a bundle of baby bears! All the bears are handmade so each bear is a little different with it’s own personality.

Once checked and tagged we packed them up into our Blazer Bear boxes and sent them off to their new home. We quite missed them! However, no sooner had the courier collected the boxes, we were straight back to our workshop. We have an order of 25 large Blazer Bears to complete for Year 8 leavers for a school in Kent. These bears are for boys and girls. The boys keepsake bears will all be made from the blazers and the girls from the kilt. They will also have fleece scarves and paws and ears made from ties and shirts. Green seems to be the colour this month as again the blazers for this large order are very smart green.

 

As well as making these large orders we have made some lovely keepsake bears for schools in Putney, Cornwall and Cambridge. We also loved making a bear a present for a husband made from his old rowing kit…photos to follow soon. Off to the workshop to get busy! Thank goodness for our lovely helpers who have been working so hard to make sure all our orders arrive in plenty of time.

How did it start?

tplFriends since their first children were born, Pru and Kathy are two mums whose children are now at secondary school. As a special keepsake Pru made each of her children a teddy bear out of their old school Blazers. Kathy loved the concept so they joined forces and Blazer Bear. was born.  Find out more

How does it work?

Whether it be a blazer, school uniform, rugby shirts, precious clothing babygros, the list is endless. Everything is lovingly handcrafted entirely from what you give us. If it is a group school order you are after, we can often source the fabrics and even incorporate a school emblem Find out 

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