Lily Anna Bears

18/01/2024

Feel like I'm on the great British sewing bee I've watched so many episodes 🤣🤣🤣🪡🧵

13/01/2024

This wee trio of beautiful bears were gifted to my customers daughter and nieces at Christmas. Quite often I'm asked to make the bears all the same so it was lovely to be given the challenge of making them all completely different! 🩷 ❤️ 💜

13/01/2024

13/01/2024

This order kept me very busy! Love love love a wee koala I must say. 🐨 They were made from my customers much missed and loved mums clothing. The lovely green koalas are actually made from a special dress that my customers Mum had worn to a family wedding. Memory makes are a great way to not only remember the person but their presence at a special occasion. ###

13/01/2024

❤️ Pat ❤️

What a beautiful jersey to work with, belonging to my customers dad. I couldn't resist incorporating the detail into his wee ear.

13/01/2024

My customers Mum and Nannie received these cushions on Christmas day. I loved how the shirt and jersey combo worked so well together.

Was so lovely to hear back from my customer who had previously ordered cushions from me earlier on in the year.

Really grateful for all the repeat orders and recommendations. Thank you! 🩶

13/01/2024

This wee precious bear traveled all the way to Cornwall before Christmas! If there's a detail to be had from an item I'll find it and use it where I can to add something special to your memory makes! 🐻❤️

Have loved hearing back from customers of how well received their memory makes were at Christmas. Makes it all worth while 🥰

01/01/2024

🐻Happy new year! 🐻

Hope you've all had a wonderful time over Christmas and have a happy and healthy 2024!!!!!

📸 If you've gifted your order let me know and I'll share pics! 📸

The schools don't go back until the 8th but I'll be starting orders before then and so keep an eye out for a msg from me if you've got an order booked in for January!

But for now a few days of eating quality street and trying to tidy/chill is called for.

Speak soon January customers ###

27/12/2023

Wow so pleased to receive this kind of feedback! 🥰🥰🥰🥰

"Absolutely stunning, my mum was overwhelmed and hasn’t let the bear out her sight and my boys just loved them, to quote “the best present ever” and that was competing with a PS5. The attention to detail and love put into each bear is priceless, thank you so much for bringing so much joy and keeping the memories alive."

Thank you so much for sharing these with us Roseann and for trusting me with your Dad's precious clothes. 🐻❤️ ###

27/12/2023

🩶 Andy 🩶

What a handsome bear this turned out to be. My customer had ordered this bear as a gift for her mum, made from her dad's clothing. Loved the addition of a wee special embroidered heart and how the fabrics worked together 🩶

27/12/2023

Hope you all had a lovely Christmas!

I'm hoping to now be able to start sharing some order fotos with you all now that they've been gifted!

Starting with this order made from the clothes and costume of a much missed and loved Papabear. I was so excited/nervous about the beast (beauty &the beast) costume as the fabrics were a bit more fragile. Taking wee bits of details from here and there to complete the bear I think have made it all come together. I love how the other makes have turned out too! Hope you all love them!

Feel free to share pics of your orders being gifted or let me know and I can share them.

22/12/2023

Well what a busy time it's been! This week's been particularly crazy with orders to finish and a poorly Anna at home! Thank you to everyone for their patience and understanding when I've met them looking a tad frazzled!

I've not been able to share orders for what feels like forever as most have been Christmas presents. So thought I'd share this wee gem with you, this said gem is Emma 🤣 a lovely friend who trusted me with her wee smudgers first clothes. Hope you'll agree it turned out very cute! When I took the pic I couldn't help but laugh as it looks like she's wearing a tiny shirt 🤣🙈
(Her love for Harry Potter and Schitts Creek can be seen throughout 🥰)

Thank you for all your orders and support this first year back doing the memory makes. Can't believe it will be a year in January! I have a very healthily looking order book already for January thank you!!!

Merry Christmas everyone & a very happy and healthy 2024... Now to finish Christmas shopping and wrapping and cleaning and aaahhhhh! Wish me luck! 🙈

15/12/2023

So Anna makes a wee stocking at nursery and knowing that I sew says zilch about this!!! Inside was a wee photo of her at a sewing machine. My heart just about burst. ❤️🪡🧵 I said to her I could teach you how to sew and she said but I've done it. 😂🙈 She's some girl.

Still working every minute to get orders finished! ⌛🎄🕛 Eeek busy busy ###

10/12/2023

Eeeekkk the countdown is on til Christmas. Sorry I've been quiet just working hard to get all orders finished in good time. 3 wee bears picked up today. Can't wait to share these with you all but for now they are a wee surprise. 3 more to start tomorrow. Busy busy busy.

January orders are bursting at the seams (see what I did there 🤣) if you would like to book in for February then please don't hesitate to get in touch.

Hope you are all enjoying the festive period
🎅🎄❄️🤶🎁

18/11/2023

Happy Saturday peeps! Sorry I've been so quiet! Working hard to get orders finished in time for Christmas! Just thought I'd pop on and let everyone know that I've not ran away 🤣 and also to let you know of a wee deal my friend has running for black Friday. Check her out. She can post too if you aren't local!...

📸 Look at this post on Facebook
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=837016358404029&id=100062870173128&sfnsn=scwspmo

Also a wee shout out to E. C. Sketch for my wee slips that will now go in with beE. C. Sketchost them. Love them ❤️ wee order posted off yesterday ###

10/11/2023

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06/11/2023

Something a wee bit different today! Happy Monday peeps. 🪡🧵###

06/11/2023

🩷 Nurse Caitlin 🩷

This wee bear was ordered by a very proud mum who's daughter is graduating this month! What a great way to congratulate and put to use a uniform that would never be worn again. Lovely wee reminder of all the hard work Caitlin put in to qualify! Well done! ###

04/11/2023

💜 Gran/Mum 💜

Two very different bears made from one very special lady's clothing. Mini neck scarf made from a full sized one 💜

My customer and her daughter loved them 🐻 ###

22/10/2023

🐻🩷Nana🩷🐨

"Love always"

So pleased that my lovely customer said I could share these with you today!

All carefully made from a much loved and missed Nana's special clothing.

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School holidays prove to be a very slow time for Lily Anna Bears however it has been lovely spending time with the kids. Hope whatever you've been up to this week you've had a lovely time! Kids are back to school and nursery Tuesday and then it will be full steam ahead til Christmas 🙈 to make sure all orders are finished in time!

14/10/2023

Now taking orders for January! Can't believe how busy I've been kept! I now have a very healthy waiting list/order book! 🫶

So if you'd like to order and have your order completed early 2024 then get in touch asap! £10 per item deposit to secure your spot! (You don't need to have your items ready until December)

If my current list doesn't take me as long as I'm predicting January orders would be started early ###

14/10/2023

Wow! What a lovely surprise this morning! Just so thankful to get paid from people never mind gifts like these! Never expected or needed but very much appreciated 😘

14/10/2023

🐻💙 Grandma 🩷🐻

I was delighted to be asked to make this order. I knew as soon as my customer showed me the clothes that belonged to her much loved Grandma it would be so cute. I was asked if I could try and make a wee gilet from her Grandma's gilet. I found a pattern for a teddy bear waist coat and adapted it to make an adorable even if I do say so myself mini version. Inside is the original clothing label and her name 🥰🩷 but I can't give this photo away just yet as they are gifts! 🤫

Love getting the opportunity to learn about the person behind the clothing and who they were and what they meant to my customers. 🥰❤️🐻

13/10/2023

Busy weekend ahead 🐨🐻

13/10/2023

🦁💙Cooper 💙🦁

Ok so I might have a new fave pattern!*

I met wee Cooper today to hand over his Lion made from his baby clothes! Eek hope you all like it too.

Lots of orders being worked on at the moment which I can't post as they are being kept for Christmas presents!

*Pattern bought from Funky Friends Factory*
**Please remember your memory makes are keepsakes only not toys when ordering**

10/10/2023

Love a wee bit of Lily Anna Bears stationery 🥰❤️ thanks to Emma @ E. C. Sketch for these beauts! ###

03/10/2023

I still wait for people's first response to seeing their memory makes like this...🤞😬🫣 so it's so so lovely and much appreciated to get feedback like this!

03/10/2023

92 hand drawn and cut pieces of interfacing can only mean one thing... 4 super cute bears 🐻🐻🐻🐻

02/10/2023

🐻🦄🐿️🩷 Mum 🩷🐿️🦄🐻

I've met lots of lovely customers since starting back with Memory makes. But what's really lovely is that some of my customers are actually cake customers of mine from pre Lily & Anna days when I ran a cake company! Catriona asked me to make these in memory of her much loved and missed Mum. All so different but all very precious to each person they are being gifted to. 🥰 ###