Janet Mollerups sent some clothing items from her late mother to have bears made for her daughters and granddaughters. She had a specific mix of the different fabrics in mind and we tried to give each individual bear its own personality.
Tina Bast sent her wedding dress to have a christening outfit made for her first grandson and any future grandchildren. We made our “Bishop” style gown. That allowed us to inset just a bit of the lace from the original WD. We also made matching booties, a...
Janet Riddick sent her wedding dress to have outfits made for grandchildren. Her dress had lots and lots of ruffles. We incorporated a layer of ruffles on the christening gown. We also used some of the lovely embroidery work on both the gown and romper. A bib, booties...
Sue Szymanski sent her wedding dress and her daughter’s first communion dress to have a baptism outfit made for her first grandchild. Although we used elements from both dresses, most of the outfit came from the wedding dress. We made a little bolero jacket and...
Cathy Mordente sent small fur pieces that belonged to her mother, grandmother and great-grandmother to have this little bear made for her first grandson. I had to sew strips of smaller pieces together to make large enough pieces for some of the parts. This does cost a...
Karyn True brought us her wedding dress to have outfits made for her granddaughter and future grandchildren. She wanted a total of three outfits from her gown. We had to cut very carefully to get all three outfits. There was literally just enough lace to be able to...
Karen McGill brought her wedding dress to us to have an outfit made for her grandchild. We made a unisex bishop style gown and then added an overlay/robe. Many of the gowns we receive from the 1970s and 1980s have some beautiful surface materials but use a stiff...
Andrea Rabiner sent us a Michigan Wolverines sweat shirt to have a memory bear made for a friend. We couldn’t fit all of the graphics from the shirt, but we did use some of them in the creation of this happy guy.
Julia Frei wanted a complete ensemble for her godson from her wedding dress. We used every bit of fabric we could to get a bishop style gown with a ceremonial robe, a bit, booties, bonnet and bow tie pin. We put pleats down the front of the gown and used the blue...
Joan Lombard sent her son’s 60-year-0ld teddy bear to have it refurbished for her great grandson who is scheduled to enter the world this month. Although we aren’t a doll or bear hospital, sometimes I will do a repair or refurbishing of an old bear or...
Kristine Hickey sent her 40-year-old wedding dress to have a dress made for her granddaughter. Even though the lace has colored with age, I thought it simply added to the heirloom quality of the dress. I incorporated elements from the original veil into the...
Kristen Leto sent her wedding dress to have this gown made for her daughter. We tried to capture as much of the beadwork as we felt we safely could.
Christine Sargent sent two furs, one from her mother and the other from her mother-in-law, to have these 16″ beauties made. We couldn’t get them all the same with the available fur, so we mixed the furs.
These bears are all fluff. Ed LaCroix sent his late wife’s coat to have these made for his granddaughters.
Amy Taylor sent her wedding dress to have converted to this outfit for her daughter. We tried to capture the lace while keeping the overall look youthful. The little bolero jacket allowed us to really emphasize the pretty lace. Amy had also sent a couple of flowers...
Sandy Romkey sent her late brother’s shirt to have a memory bear made and sent to her sister-in-law. She had also included a little note that we mounted on to a piece of card stock and put into a matching mini envelope that we attached to the bear’s paw. ...
Mary Deming sent her wedding dress to have an outfit made for her grandson and future granddaughters. We tried to capture the beautiful cut-out embroidery on both the boy’s and the girl’s piece.
Well, I can’t resist sharing these photos. Julia sent them along with a very nice note: Liane, Thank you so much for making the christening gown on such short notice! I am beyond satisfied with the results! She looked absolutely beautiful in her dress and...
Rebecca Morrow Hugh sent some of her late brother-in-law’s shirts to have memory bears made for her sister and niece. We mixed the shirt colors to create these two unique bears.
Sarah Ackerman sent her gown to have a christening outfit made for her daughter. Her gown did not have a lot of detail, but we were able to easily use what was there. As per Sarah’s request, we made the gown as long as we could get from the materials available....
Jen Burkart sent her wedding dress to have us make a baptism gown for her daughter. Her wedding dress had some lovely embroidery and bead work elements that we were able to work in. The flowing chiffon allowed us to use some fullness in the skirt.
Tina Lividini sent her wedding dress from 35 years ago to have outfits made for her coming grandchild and any future grandchildren. Tina wanted an actual, full, formal infant boy’s outfit including a tuxedo jacket with tails. We also were able to get a long gown...
Martha Tanyi and Ginny Bosma had a beautiful fur coat that they had us make these five bears from.
Doris Kaderabek asked us to use the left-over fabric from her first order to make six patchwork bears. Olga ended up cutting over 800 individual pieces to make these bears. However, I think the end result was worth it.
Fairy Godmother Creations is pleased to be offering Boy’s Tuxedo jackets! I’ve been wanting to add this to our product list for some time so am really excited to finally be able to do so. Our Tuxedo jacket even has tails. You can see photos of the entire...
Here we are hard at work, doing something we really, really love. It’s so great to be able to do something we love that brings joy into the lives of so many people. Thank you!
I wanted to share this video of the bears we made in November and December this past year. Altogether, we created 119 bears (and one cat). Enjoy!
Todd Thompson sent his late grandfather’s robe to have these lovely 24″ bears made for his two daughters.
Verlyn Wiederholt sent a lovely wedding dress from her husband’s family to have this outfit made for their grandchild.
Kristen Abbate sent just her wedding dress train to have this gown made for her daughter. She plans to use the actual Wedding dress to have a communion dress made in the future.
Val Shalbrack sent her wedding dress to have this heirloom gown and bonnet set made for her family.
Mary Hendrick sent two dozen of her late father’s neck ties to have these two guys made. Neck ties make really nice bears. There is a richness to the fabrics that shows. We create a patchwork fabric from the ties and then cut the bears from that, so there is a...
On a personal note, my Father passed away this weekend. He was 77 years old and is survived by three daughters, three sons-in-law and six grandchildren. I made this poster using some of my favorite pictures of him. I will be traveling to Michigan this week for his...
I created this doll for Georganne Baker. It is fashioned after a sketch she sent me and is a mascot doll for a charitable organization.
Here is a small photo album of some more of the memory bears we made in November and December. We worked with just about every kind of fabric and fur known to mankind I think.
Ok, one more. We do more than bears around here and sometimes I forget to let people know that. Kim Meyers had us make this curling cat to give to a loved one this past Christmas. You can also see the curling Christmas kitty featured in our video “119 Bears...
This is probably the most challenging set of ingredients we have ever been presented. But we love the challenge and we love the results. Deb Atwood sent a variety of items including: Superman pajamas, a leather jacket, a dog flotation device and a number of sweat...
These three lap quilts were made from a variety of shirts sent to us by Diana Foschini. The shirts belonged to her late husband and the quilts were Christmas gifts for her three children. Click Photos to Enlarge
LuAnn Pasquarello sent a variety of t-shirts and sweat shirts to have these two memory quilts made as Christmas gifts this year. I tried to mix the block sizes a bit and added an accent color to help all the different shirt elements come together cohesively....
Lisa Manzo sent us a gown with lots of fabric so we were able to get two complete outfits from it. The lovely embroidery work from the original dress made a lovely accent on both the christening gown and the romper. With the gown, we added a little cape and we added a...
Jacki Hale asked me to share these photos. She sent her late mother’s furs to have bears made for herself and her siblings and family members–10 bears in all. Here is a photo album of them. She also sent bits and pieces of her mother’s jewelry to be...
Pam sent me this note with her fabric: “These pj’s belonged to my husband . . . who was killed on 9/11/01. I saved them all this time not knowing why until now. My daughter is expecting our first grandchild (a boy!) and I would love for you to make a small...
Gianna Cody’s wedding dress made a darling gown for her daughter. The original wedding dress had some lovely detail that we tried to capture and a really pretty beaded waist band that we turned into a faux belt.
Amy Rottier LaPierre asked me to post the before and after pictures of her outfit–something I always love to do. She sent her wedding dress to have an outfit made for future grandchildren. We went with a unisex gown from the basic dress fabric and a sleeveless...
This little Gown and Romper ensemble was put together from Jonelle O’Shea’s wedding dress. We tried to capture the pretty silver embroidery and some of the bead work from the wedding dress.
Katrina Bostardi sent her wedding dress to have this baptism gown made for her daughter–complete with booties. Getting a small gown like this to gather right presents an interesting challenge. We originally wanted to make two layers of gathers, but that made the...
Sharon Stromme realized that she needed one more bear so she asked us to make another bear to match ones we had done earlier. She did not have another fur, so we pulled scraps from our own fur bins for this little darling.
Robert Wilhelm sent us a sweater jacket that belonged to his late son who passed away in 1968. He wanted three bears made for this three granddaughters. The jacket had a lot of condition issues but we were able to make three 12″ bears from it.
Heather Petro had us use her wedding dress to make a christening outfit for her daughter.
Paula Conway had us make this christening gown as a gift for her niece. The wedding dress did not have much embellishment so we added a little of our own lace.
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