Thank you for your patience and all your kind thoughts and wishes during the last six months of 2008 and I am now pleased to say that I am making a good recovery from my illness and I am starting back to work from January 2009.

So, welcome to the Beloved Bears website where you will see the most beautiful, charismatic designs from perfect hearts to beautiful bears and much, much more. I design, sculpt and make all the moulds, then cast them using the finest quarried granite and limestone materials to recreate natural stone and slate finishes and when hand finished, are just like natural stone but at a realistic cost. All our prices include post and packing to UK Mainland only (excluding Islands and Highlands - please e-mail for a quote).

The Beloved Bear memorials are more informal than a large, traditional headstone and are a perfect way to create a lasting memory of your loved one to be placed where ashes are scattered or that very special place in your garden.

Our pet memorials are also very different and very affordable and together with an extensive choice of finishes and designs, there is sure to be the perfect one for your special friend.

For every personalised item purchased from this web-site £1 will be donated to charity. For the pet memorials this will be sent to Bleakholt Animal Sanctuary at Rochdale. For every other, the £1 will be shared between SANDS and CLIC Sargent. Check out our links page to see how much as been donated to these worthwhile charities.

So, have a look around our online shopping site and carefully make your choices to create your own personal product which is totally unique to you. When typing in a choice of text please ensure that you type it as you would like it to be in the stone, with UPPER and lower case characters. As most of our products are made to order, please allow 28 days for delivery as the drying and curing all takes time. Full money back guarantee if not delighted with our products.

As I am designing all the time, mark our site on your favourites and keep checking back ....