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Welcome to my online Folksy shop and thank you for popping by.
USA CUSTOMERS - The shipping prices in my shop now include the new UK/USA shipping tariff & postal delivery duties paid.
Postal Delivery Duties Paid (PDDP) is a service whereby duties are handled by Royal Mail and the overseas delivery partner so that the recipient does not incur any additional cost at the doorstep. Instead, VAT and duties are calculated and collected at the point of sale and paid to the relevant tax authorities locally via Royal Mail.
If I overcharge on postage I will refund the excess.

Due to new regulations sadly I can no longer post to Europe or NI.
Thank you, Debby

Beautifully detailed Heirloom Gifts & Unique Keepsakes designed for the Adult Collector.

I'm Debby, I live in a small village on the East Coast of Yorkshire and work full time as a Bear & Textile Artist.
I love the intricate details found in Victorian and Heritage styles and this influence can be seen throughout my work, hand embroidery is my passion and I love to create one off pieces that will be treasured for many years to come.
I have City & Guilds 'Design for Fashion' 1 & 11 which required high levels of accuracy whilst designing and creating haute couture standard garments, other than that I am self taught through many years of trial and error.
I began making bears to sell in 2014 whilst working locally for a steel fabrication company, in September of the same year my first spine operation failed and I was forced to retire from the clerical position I had enjoyed for 14 years. Not ready to accept retirement I began creating, firstly as 'Designs by Debby' then in 2015 I joined Facebook, renamed to Bearlescent (purely a made up name) and threw myself into full time designing and bear making.

I was extremely honoured to have my bears chosen for the largest teddy bear magazine in the world (January 2025) 'Teddy Bear Times & Friends', it was definitely one of the highlights since starting this journey. I was also approached by Hochandra TV in 2020 with a view to selling my kits, after the initial excitement and plenty of thought I had to decline the offer as I was way too nervous to appear on TV and would have needed a huge amount of stock ready which at the time was out of my reach.
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November 2025, over 700 bears and dozens of dolls later, not forgetting the hundreds of smaller hand embroidered gifts including pincushions, woodland animals and letterbox gifts and I've come full circle again and currently planning my return to full time bear and doll making (plus a few hearts perhaps) for 2026. I thoroughly enjoy making the smaller embroidered items but for now it's time to move on with my main creations again and hopefully take them to a higher level.

A few things you might not know about me, I love music, my bears are never born to peace and quiet, they start life rocking to the sounds of metal, goth and rock. We love live music, regularly attend concerts and enjoy Whitby Goth Festival twice a year. I'm mum to two grown up children and grandma to one little boy.

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