Review: Erstwilder Grumpy Bear Good Morning Brooch

 

 

As a child of the late 70s to mid 90s I loved the Care Bears. I had the cloud car, lots of bears and the soft toys, I thought they were magical. Erstwilder has recently brought out a second collection of Erstwilder x Care Bear jewellery, pins and scarfs. I have already reviewed the Trick or Sweet Care Bear Enamel Pin. This review will look at the Good Morning Grumpy Bear Brooch (£24.28). This brooch is sold out on the Erstwilder website, but is still available via EBay. The Grumpy Bear earrings are still available on their and other Erstwilder stockist websites. 

 Erstwilder brooches are all made from resin and the Grumpy brooch is no exception. He is made from blue bubble resin, hand assembled with detailed hand painted features. He measures 60mmx4mm and is presented in a beautiful Erstwilder x Care Bear heart shaped box.  The pin fastening is made from silver plated steel. Erstwilder sell both a magnapin which is a magnet that clips on to the brooch so you don’t have to pin the brooch through clothing and risk snagging material and a brooch converter which converts your brooch into a pendant. The brooch is quite heavy so the magnet is a great idea. I actually prefer wearing my Grumpy Bear as a pendant as it really is an eye catching statement piece which seems to get more notice when I wear it as a pendant. Grumpy is quite a tactile piece. I have a family friend who is completely blind, so even though she watched the care bees cartoons she never knew what they looked like. By feeling the brooch she now knows! 

The brooch is lovely and well made. I bought mine directly from Erstwilder which is based on Australia but the shipping was very quick and the costs very reasonable and free if you spend over a certain amount. I also received a free gift - a pair of earrings which I thought was a lovely touch. 

I purchased this item myself and the views expressed in my blog are my own