About Beary Cute Bears

Beary Cute Bears are created by international, award winning teddy bear artist, Penny Zenglein.

Penny creates "Art You Hug and Hold" with her collectible teddy bears from 2 1/2 inches to 22 inches tall. Miniature bears are made of upholstery velvets in a variety of colors, and bears 5 inches and up are made of high quality imported mohair in a wide variety of colors, lengths and textures. Penny also creates one-of-a-kind heirloom bears out of recycled mink garments. She is very critical of her work and strives to make each bear a quality piece of workmanship filled with love and strict attention to detail. Penny designed a series of bears for LL Knickerbocker, Inc.

Each Beary Cute Bear comes with a Certificate of Authenticity, and bears 5 inches and larger have a real penny placed inside the body dated the year the bear was born. Each of Penny's creations has a laminated tag which reads, "See a Pennybear and pick it up, and all of the day you will have good luck!"

As a collector of both Teddy Bears and Wee Forest Folk figurines, Penny opened Beary Cute Bears Gallery in San Luis Obispo, CA in January of 1998. There you will find Penny doing what she loves most, creating new bears, doing an emergency bear repair in her teddy bear hospital, or sharing stories with visitors about teddy bears or Wee Forest Folk. Her yellow labrador, Hannah, also comes to work with her to help greet the customers.

The gallery also supports several of her favorite charities every year with her store events. Polar Bears International, Woods Humane Socitey, Zoo to You, San Luis Obispo Search and Rescue K-9 Unit, and Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.