Let me introduce myself, my name is Paul Lakeman aka MrBearman of FlyingBears retailers and wholesalers of fine Teddy Bears and I've been Personalising Teddy Bears as gifts or great promational items and fund raisers for over 10 years. I must have personally processed over 20,000 Personalised Teddy Bears as Gifts, from preborn to Grannies 100th Bithrday, over 10,000 Teddy Bears for corporate customers and I've opened retail Teddy Bear units in Jersey, Benidorm and Blackpool. It's what I do I really enjoy it I get real satisfaction in producing some of the finest Personalised Teddy Bears in the World. These Teddy Bear Gifts allow you to be creative in your communication. Unlike other Personalised Teddy Bear offerings that only allow three lines of text in Block capitals we offer a far more complex and engaging Teddy Bear Gift that allows you the customer to express yourself in a meaningful and sincere way. I refer to it a double personalisation, it's not only the recipients name that is personalised on the Teddy Bear jumper or Teddy Bear hoodie but the name(s) of the giver (s) can also be added making a complete Personalised Teddy Bear Gift.

I've set up a number of website dedicated to producing the very best Personalising Teddy Bears www.funkybears.com www.funkybears.com.pt www.design-a-bear.co.uk www.topteddy.com.pt and this TopTeddy site was set up because many customers asked if us if we could produce a much larger Personalised Teddy Bear Gift. I will endeavour to update this Blog frequently and let you know what personalised messages people are requesting for their Teddy Bear Gifts.

After an extremely busy period personalising Valentine's Teddy Bear Gifts the next big occasion for Teddy Bear Gifts is Mother's Day on the 2nd of March and I've already processed numerous Mothers Day Teddy Bear Gifts (you can see an example on our Home page). Whilst Happy Mothers Day 2008 is the most requested message The Best Mum in the World Teddy Bear Gift comes a very close second and not very far behind our best selling Heart Teddy Bear Gift (a name running through a heart). I'm just embroidering one at the moment and it is one of my favorite combinations a Honey coloured Teddy Bear from the FunkyBears Ko-Hair range with a Emerald Green Hoodie. The Heart is embroidered in red and I've used metallic gold thread for the personalised name, Kath. The metallic gold thread superbly complements the Honey coloured Teddy Bear. I've also made a couple of Happy Easter Teddy Bears ordered from the Design a Bear site, which sells a range of super soft limited edition plush Teddy Bears with Teddy Bear jumpers. The choice for this order was our best selling smoothie Teddy Bear with again the Emerald Green Teddy Bear jumper (rather than the hoodie) and another with a navy Teddy Bear Jumper. I've used the same thread combinations and it has produced two really lovely Teddy Bear Easter Gifts. Among the other Teddy Bear Gifts I'm producing today are: To a special Cousin (on your Christening) and a Congratulations Teddy Bear Gift for a wedding (Bridesmaid Teddy Bears, Page boy Teddy Bears, & Flower Girl Thank you Teddy Bear gifts still remain our best sellers) along with a couple of Teddy Bear Birth Gifts with the name of the child and date of birth. Michaela recently produced a large quantity of Teddy Bears for a Bat miztvah and I've just sampled A Teddy bear or mossbank Bulldogs rugby team. I remember when David Beckhams latest was born Michaela from our Blackpool office sent a personalised Birth Teddy Bear to Beckingham Palace. She was both surprised and extremely delighted when Victoria's mother phoned her and said ' We received hundreds of gifts for the Baby but the Teddy Bear Gift you sent was so nice I must have a couple more personalised Teddy Bears for the other boys! Their personalised Teddy Bears were made and sent and we received a cheque and a lovely signed photo from David and Victoria thanking us for the Teddy Bears. For examples of our FunkyBears Teddy bear gifts please visit

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Whichever of our sites you use for your Personalised Teddy Bears Gifts we always say this' We will do the utmost to supply a superb gift that will tug on the heart strings of the recipient. It's is your input and our obsessive attention to detail that will make your Teddy Bear Gift so very special.

People often forget our Teddy Bears make superb promotional Gifts and today we have received an order for 10 Teddy Bear for a local kitchen company, we have also processed 25 Teddy Bears for a local 5 star Hotel and Spar and 12 Teddy Bears for a local Golf club. More details of our promotional Teddy Bear can be seen at www.flyingbears.net and Michaela at our Blackpool office will help with any questions 01253 408666. We supply Teddy Bears to many of the UK's leading Hotel chains including Hiltons, Thistle group. Menzies, Barcelo, Mercure, MacDonalds, Copthorne, Millenium Group, Best Western and Hand Picked. We also produce small 3inch message Teddy Bears, our Thank You message Teddy Bear is used my many of our clients and the local branch of RBS encourage their staff to use them to thank other staff members who have exceeded expectations. A small 'Jersey' Teddy Bear is one of our best sellers as people find it an ideal gift if they have to buy multiple gifts that are extremely affordable. The benefits of using Teddy Bears as a corporate promotional tool is many but most importantly a Teddy Bear is likely to remain on view unlike many other promo items. We regularly produce Teddy Bears for dance clubs, football teams, charities and organisations of every description.

One of the Top Teddy orders received today was for a Creamy Teddy Bear it was for a much belated Valentines Teddy Bear Gift! To my Star on Valentines Day and more orders are coming in for Mothers Day Teddy Bear Gifts. If you need any help with your choice of Gift please do not hesitate to call me on 01534 856931, We are in the Teddy Bear personalisation business and we like to get personal with our customers and for any you that are unsure about the quality of or product please visit www.funkybears.com/comments.aspx where you find customer feedback. This is some feedback on one of our first personalised Top Teddy’s:
Thank you SO much Mr. Bearman for once again provides a swift, fast and rewarding delivery service!!!I was really pleased and surprised that my order came quicker than expected. In addition the 'extra' surprises and Teddy Bear cards I received were a special treat this latest order for a larger Teddy Bear was just as delightful as the one we ordered from funkybears last year for our other daughter. Once again I will not hesitate to use your personalised Teddy Bear services again. You will truly make our Valentine Birthday daughter a very Happy 40 year old!! Warmest regards Margaret.

It makes my day when I receive feedback from delighted customers who have received their Teddy Bear Gifts. Don't forget if you order from our sites you will have a choice of a Free Personalised Teddy Bear card and the FunkyBears and Design-a-Bear sites have Free Teddy Bear passports with every gift. Customers have contacted us to say that they have had their Teddy Bear passports stamped by customs officers the latest from Russia!

Don't forget to visit

www.funkybears.com/teddybear/gift/personalised/refer.aspx

and enter YOUR name in our Free Prize draw for a massive Teddy Bear no purchase is necessary.

Our Teddy Bear Affiliate programme will go live in the next few days so anyone out here who has a website suitable for selling personalised Teddy Bear Gifts please contact me on 01534 856931

Tomorrow we will look at how your Special Tedy Bear Gift is created, from the selecting of the Teddy Bear fabric, selecting the Teddy bear shape and stuffing to the final unique Teddy Bear personalisation