“Your mission with the Fuzzy Compass is genuinely awesome. I feel like gifting teddy bears and stuffed animals to adults in our lives with a message of benefits, love, and good humor, would be such a powerful way to be kind to someone. I especially loved the story with your Mom's comment, ‘Meet your LAST bear,’ and your response to learn to make your own bears. BRILLIANT!”

“The Fuzzy Compass 🥰 cosy and also showing us where we need to go. I love it!”

“Her newsletter is amazzzzing! If you appreciate fantastic writing you’ll love it. Also, you’ll be amazed by how much you’ll appreciate and fall in love with bears and bear making!”

“Of all the stuffed animals my child had, none of them were put together with the care and masterful craftsmanship as our polar bear. If you want to own a teddy bear that will be there for you all the way into adulthood, I recommend a handcrafted bear from Penelope.”

“As a child, I wasn't shoved into being as violent as I had to be in the service. I didn't want to be that person, but that's who I had to be to survive. But with that form of innocence - the bear - I know I don't have to be that. There WAS a time when I was happy and innocent.”

“When I look at the times now, I would say I'm too old for some of this nonsense that's going on in the world. But I'm never too old for a bear or something that makes me happy.”