Friend Bear

Care Bears are multi-colored bears, painted in 1981 by artist Elena Kucharik to be used on greeting cards from American Greetings. They were turned into plush teddy bears and featured in The Care Bears in the Land Without Feelings (1983) and The Care Bears Battle the Freeze Machine (1984) before headlining their own television series called Care Bears from 1985 to 1988. They also had multiple feature films including: The Care Bears Movie (1985), Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation (1986), and The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland (1987).

Each Care Bear is a different colour or shade and has a unique image on their stomach (referred to in various media as a "belly badge" or "tummy symbol") that represents their personality.

The original 80s orange coloured bear was Friend Bear, but Tenderheart Bear (who was originally brown) became orange later on .. as I like orange A WHOLE LOT and have never done a full skein in this GLORIOUS shade for Advent, this year's choice was simple.

And this colourway was the perfect way to highlight a fab small biz FRIEND too !
The buttons that I've included with Day 12 have been custom made for me by the FABULOUS Louise, from @ethelandjoan .. We were STAND NEIGHBOURS at Unravel in February this year, and it was instant friends from the start .. she's hilariously BONKERS like me and we have such a HOOT whenever we catch up .. amd as you can see, she's also SUPER TALENTED. What a babe xx

Go give her some love, if you don't follow her already x