Handmade bags for grown-up kids and dog mums.
Colours, cute prints, bag-shaped hugs.
Hello and thank you for stopping by Bean & Bear!
At the moment, I’m busy making and preparing for my Autumn and Christmas markets, so my website will only be opening periodically.
Going forward, I’m going to be doing things a little differently around here. Rather than trying to keep the website permanently stocked, I’ll be opening the shop for little drops throughout the year — batches of things I’ve been making, new ideas I’m excited about, old favourites when I fancy making them again, and probably the occasional surprise!
I’m also going to be taking a break from custom orders for a while. I absolutely love bringing your ideas to life, but as a one-person handmade business, juggling customs alongside markets, website stock and everything else behind the scenes has become a little too much. Taking them off my list for now will give me more time and freedom to follow my own ideas and, most importantly, enjoy making them!
I’ll always share upcoming shop openings, new releases and any changes over on Instagram, so keep an eye out there to see what’s coming next.
Thank you so much for supporting my handmade business — it really does mean a lot!
Lots of love from the Bean & Bear gang -
Isla 🐶 (the boss), Ember 🐾 (new recruit),
Rachel, Reggie & Rosie 🦝 (the trash panda crew),
and their hooman, Lynne 💛

Grab a cuppa
(and biccies, obvs) and find your happy bag!
Every bag I make is a little love letter to joy - bright colours, biscuits, and waggy tails -
because what makes you happy
doesn’t have to match.














