Forever Friends…a brief history of the bear
It was in 1987, that the artist Deborah Jones pulled out her sketchbook one day and drew the a little bear that would go onto be a very famous indeed ! At the time Deborah then spoke to a greeting cards publisher who agreed to release the forever friends bear design onto a card.
Deborah wanted to develop the Forever friend’s teddy so that it not only would be of interest to children, but also to adults. The idea of the Forever friends bear actually came from a TV show called Brideshead Revisited which was on ITV in 1981. There was a character in this show called Sebastian and he carried a bear around with him……
The Forever Friends bear came under trademark in 1989 and in 1994 was purchased by Hallmark cards.
In 1997 another versionof Forever Friends appeared, called Between Friends which aimed mainly at cards for children. This was then followed up quite quickly in 2000 by a design called Blanc. Forever Friends ‘Blanc’ was a simple plain pencil design on a white card aiming at older people….or the more mature market as they say… This happened to be the last design set Deborah would worked on, as she then went on to retired.
In 2005, Forever Friends was relaunched with a water colour based look, textured paper on cards and a more modern font. As the 2000’s rolled on, a wide variety of other products started to see the Forever Friends design appear, including a baby bedding range called ‘Forever Friends beautiful’ and also another baby bedding range called ‘Forever Friends Little Star’, that can be seen here at 4little1s.com. Both of the Forever Friends baby bedding ranges include a full matching set of items such as Cot bumper, curtains sheets, quilts and even matching nursery thingies like matching cushions.
A delightful design which speaks for itself, Forever Friends Beautiful combines delicate blossom embroideries with damask print and ribbon trims, for an elegant nursery design. This beautiful range includes moses baskets, bedding pieces and complete nursery accessories
A great baby bedding design, Izziwotnot's Forever Friends Little Star coordinated nursery bedding combines a fresh white backdrop with a zesty palette featuring striking shades of lime green, aquamarine and tangerine. Colourful text embroideries and striped trims combine with blue check and orange star prints to create a striking nursery look mixed with loveable charm. The soft Forever Friends bear is waiting to share the warmest of hugs with your little one!
Getting Forever Friends look has never been so simple. 4little1s.com is an online nursery bedding and nursery furniture retailer located in the South East of the UK
