Welcome to my online show page
My name is Donna
Hinkelman. I fell in love with bears and began collecting them. I have
been designing and creating bears and other animals since 1993.
My designs and quality products
are used in creating my pieces. All are five ways jointed and most have touches
of airbrushing and German glass eyes. I use fiberfill, plastic pellets and BB’s
as stuffing.
Over the years I’ve received
4 nominations and two Golden Teddy awards, appeared on the covers of two
magazines and a feature cover and article in
Bears&Buds. The
last three years I’ve entered The URSA Awards contest. Patton, my entry for 2016
won URSA Major-Best Overall. In 2017 I had Charlie as a winner.
He won the 2017
URSA first place award in his category.
In 2018 I had a first place winner
with Cedric the Cat in one of the categories and two seconds with Jingles and
Humbug. The contest is sponsored by Bears & Buds, an online teddy bear
magazine in its 14th year. I am very excited thinking about what to enter this
year.
My husband Carl and I
celebrated our 63nd wedding anniversary in April. We have a great family; five
children, twelve grandchildren and 29 great grandchildren. Number 30 is arriving
next spring. God has blessed us.
I enjoy creating bears and
their friends and sharing them with my friends and collectors. Bear people are
lovely folks and fun to know. My basement sewing room is my hide-a-way; a happy
place and a dream come true.
My creations are one-of-a-kind, have German glass eyes and floss noses
and are accented with airbrushing. They are filled with fiberfill, plastic pellets or copper BB’s or a combination of them.
All are 5-way jointed and ready to enjoy summer fun with you.
Note: At this time I am not shipping to the UK |