Welcome to the D’Lyell Bears Web page! Heather Lyell is an Internationally renowned Teddy Bear Artist who makes her bears with husband Roy in Auckland, New Zealand. Her bears are proudly featured in Private Collections and Museums around the world and ‘Hermann Teddy Original’, the famous German company has manufactured many of her designs. In 2006 she started designing for a fantastic new British company called 'Charlie Bears' and you can find these designs around Great Britain and selected stores in Europe, America, Taiwan and Australia! Read more about us on the History page.

Please feel free to contact us if you would like any more information on any of our Collectors designs as we would love to hear from you. For those of you who are visiting Auckland we have a show room in Central Auckland (only 20 minutes from the Airport) to view the bears. Please contact us to make an appointment and you may even like to stay at our Bed & Breakfast!

Site updated DECEMBER. We are really sorry for not updating the site more often but please be patient with us. We are far better at designing and making more creations than sitting in front of the computer! A poor excuse, but we exhibit at so many shows that our bears are often sold before we get a chance to place them on the site. If you would like photos of our new bears please email us and we will send them to you. We hope you understand.

Don't forget to hit your REFRESH or RELOAD or F5 button to update the pages on your computer.

Latest News

2009 turned out to be a far better year for us given all the gloom and doom around the world. While we only exhibited Internationally at Sydney and Singapore (enjoyable as always!), we returned to our roots and went back to exhibiting at some of the local craft shows. This turned out to be a 'blast from the past' and it was great to be so warmly remembered by many of our customers from last century! The response was fantastic for our new kits and also for our Artist bears so we are looking forward to returning again this year.

We are excited to be returning to Wiesbaden, Tokyo and Zurich again as 2008 seems a long time ago now. Heather has been busy designing and we are sure you will all be delighted with her latest efforts. We look forward to seeing you all again in 2010! If anyone has any special requests for bears or friends please let us know and we will do our best to help.

These are a few photos to Roy took on our travels around New Zealand this year that we thought our International customers may find interesting. The first two were of a VERY windy day looking over Lake Pukaki in the South Island (yes, the water is actually that colour!) while the next photo shows the nearby Lake Tekapo the next day looking across to the Southern Alps. The lower photos show our volcanic mountains in the central North Island in mid winter. They looked spectacular covered in snow and it was the first time we had seen them on such a stunning day.

We are now offering Bed & Breakfast! Come and stay with us and see where the bears are born in our central Auckland home.

At the bottom of this page you will find a list of Upcoming Shows we are exhibiting at.

We have 4 exciting ranges for sale on our web site.

Upcoming Shows 2010

D’Lyell Bears are attending these shows - looking forward to seeing you there!

Germany - Wiesbaden, Teddybär Welt 13-14 March 2010

Japan - Tokyo, Japan Teddy Bear Festival 20-21 March 2010

New Zealand - Palmerston North, Great NZ Craft Show 2-4 April 2010

New Zealand - Porirua, Great NZ Craft Show 28-30 May 2010 NEW for us!

New Zealand - New Plymouth, Great NZ Craft Show 4-7 June 2010

Australia - Gold Coast, Teddy, Doll & Craft Fair 12-13 June 2010

New Zealand - Hamilton, Great NZ Craft Show 2-4 July 2010

Switzerland - Zurich, Teddy Bear Festival 28-29 August 2010

New Zealand - Christchurch, Great NZ Craft Show 10-12 September 2010

New Zealand - Dunedin, Great NZ Craft Show 17-19 September 2010

New Zealand - Christchurch, Stitches & Craft Show 17-19 September 2010 To be confirmed

New Zealand - Auckland, Great NZ Craft Show North Shore 15-17 October 2010

All prices are in New Zealand Dollars (NZ$) and we have a currency converter on our order form for helping you find the amount in your currency. As an indication only NZ$1 = approximately US$0.72, €0.48, £0.42, ¥68, S$1.00 and A$0.80

We hope you enjoy our bears as much as we have enjoyed creating them. May the bears be with you!

Heather & Roy