About Me
My name is Kateri and I live in Scotland. A school librarian by day I spend my evenings crafting or doing stuff for Girlguiding (or DofE ).
The bear making began one cold January day in 2002, when I was feeling rather bored, I wandered into the local newsagent and picked up a copy of Teddy Bear Club International. I was reminded of my ambition to make a bear, and set about doing so. I’ve been making and designing my own miniature bears (under 3”) since April 2003. My bears and critters are continually evolving, so each one is usually unique. I also only manage a few a year so I usually only make bears for friends, family, special commissions and swaps (don’t be scared to ask if you fancy swaping).
Every original Bear Bahoochie creation has a thistle embroidered on it and comes with a little certificate of Bear Bahoochie authenticity. In the case of the bears it includes it’s name and who it was made for. None of my creations are suitable for children.
What is a Bear Bahoochie?
Bahoochie is Scots for bottom, bum or backside. Pronounced ba-hook-ee, it is used in a friendly manner, often with children. Since Scots is a spoken language there are different spellings of bahoochie including bahookie and behouchie.
Bahoochie was chosen as the spelling because “Animal ABC; a Scots alphabet by Susan Rennie” has B for ‘birlin bears wi big bahoochies’. If you are wondering, this means twirling bears with big bottoms.
Thanks for looking, if you have any questions feel free to get in touch,
Hugs, Kateri