A beary happy family

When we visited Kilkenny recently, we went to a picturesque town called Inistioge where Michael had lovely childhood memories of the 'town that he once passed by in the family car'...Upon reaching Inistioge, what caught my attention was this giant bear made of straw sitting right smack in the middle of an open field. I couldn't resist rushing up to the bear and snuggled close to it.

Hey bear, you're a hay bear!

So upon coming home I decided to make some bears in remembrance of the great bear that I fell in love with.

Mumsie bear in an oriental vest with frog button

Baby blue bear. She'll never have to worry about shoes.

Mumsie bear and baby blue bear

Baby Carte Postale bear (made from Paul Costelloe's print). 

Baby Carte Postale bear will be going places as I'm giving him away to one very deserving baby who will travel much. So I thought the Carte Postale print would be most appropriate. Papa bear is still in the pipeline, so he'll be joining the family pretty soon....