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Wedding Dress Bears

We make memory bears from wedding dresses. What better way to preserve Mom’s wedding dress and share it with siblings than for everyone to have a custom teddy bear made from it?  Or what better way to use the remnants of a wedding dress?  We try to use the significant materials from the dress in each teddy bear.  We can make the wedding dress bear only, or we can make outfits from the dress for the bears as well.

Note: I am currently booked through Christmas this year but am taking orders to be completed after the new year.

 

Pricing

We limit the size of our wedding dress bears to 16″ because most of the fabrics in a wedding dress don’t do well in larger teddy bear sizes.  Each bear has jointed arms and legs, acrylic safety-lock eyes, plastic nose and comes with a ribbon or big bow.

  • $145 (plus shipping) for a 16″ memory bear

Add-Ons:

  • $22 to embroider two (2) initials on one foot per bear (Because the foot pad is not that large, we are limited to two (2) initials per foot.)
  • $27 for a heart applique with initials or name (normally put on the bear’s tummy)

Shipping Information

Shipping is $16 for the first memory bear and $6 per each additional bear. We are located in Dayton, Ohio (45402).

How to Order

Click the Order Form Graphic and it will take you to our order forms page. Download the “Memory Bears” PDF order form.  Fill it out for the type of teddy bear (s) you want.  Send it, along with your garment and payment to:

Fairy Godmother Creations
2043 Edgeworth Ave
Dayton Ohio 45414

If you you have additional questions or just want to talk to a human being before making your decision, you can contact me at.

  • Phone: 937-231-5025
  • Email: Use the form at the bottom of this page

For some reason, AOL doesn’t always allow my emails through. If you have emailed me and don’t receive a response within 24 hours, it means I either didn’t get your email, or my response did not make it to you.

Additional Information

How many bears can you get from a wedding dress? It does depend on the style of dress, but I can usually get the following:

  • Eight to ten 9″-12″ bears
  • Six to Eight 14″ bears 
  • Four to five 16″ bears

Each bear has approximately 24 pattern pieces.  If someone wants more bears from a garment, I can sometimes adapt my patterns to make smaller bears. I don’t like to work with bears less than 9″ though.

What happens to the extra fabric?

Most of the time, there isn’t much in the way of extra fabric. Very few people have only wanted one bear from the garment they have sent me so I’m frantically working to get the number of bears they want from the available materials. However, occasionally there is a little left over. Unless the person who sent it specifically requests to have it back, I will discard it.  There may be a “return remnants” fee if the remnants are enough to impact the cost of shipping & handling.

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