Teddy Talk: Creating, Collecting, Connecting

Thank you :redface:   

HOURRAAAAAA     Finally, my site has been updated.I've forgot to translate the dolls descriptions, but if someone have any question, please, just ask, even if it's not for a purchase.
www.irenours.com

Hi bear lovers    I'm looking for felt and felting nedles. Any advice please? Thank you in advance

PERFECT :clap:  :clap:  :clap:

You are such beautifull hearts womens Your kind words made me feel warm. Thank you all  

HHMMMM!!! I'm a half black woman bearmaker and dollmaker . My mother is black and my dad is white. I lived all my chilhood in Africa and leave it to France in 1977 when i was 17 years old. I had a bit of racism problems but not too much. I've also been left beside because i was too" poor"( you can not do the same things, buy same things, go on travel etc). Finally, i had 4 childrens and some peoples said that it was made to have money by the governement. My husband has worked since his 16 years old and we never ever been assisted by anybody to eat or pay our charges. Smaller and smaller, things becamed much better because of my hubby's work, then some people( the same) becamed also jaleous I often had cristicisms than support. I absolutly hate to fight against anybody, so i didn't use to answer, but all these things made me really sick and depressed. Finally, i tooked antidepressant pills for 3 years and i still thanks god and my doctor I also decided to take all these people and situations off of my life the best i can. Since that, i don't want to have friends, even if i love peoples, but i just want my family in my life.I know that i'm steel fragile, but i feel much more better. Beetween these 3 years, i discovered dollmaking by scrolling on the web. I did learn english only 3 years at school but i wanted so much to sew dolls that i made all the necessary( thanks to the dictionnary )to understand the explanations. One year ago, i also felt in love with bearmaking and i really think that both dollmaking and bearmaking have greately helped me to cure. I don't know some black peoples in doll making or bearmaking, but don't think that is a matter of a skin color. It can be a matter of opportunity, for exemple, if i didn't had an computer, i could not know anything about dollmaking. I'm sure that in a biggest part of Africa, they did't heard and of course don't know anything about bearmaking. Even if they knew about it, peoples would not have enough money to by supplies. Thank you Dilu for the story about gollys. I belonged to a doll club and they had a topic about them. Some persons was angry because of how these dolls looks like for black peoples and others said that they just love this kind of dolls and didn't want to offended anybody. I absolutly agree of what Dilu said. I don't want to see part of politics, war, fights,racism and others hugly things in doll an bear's world. I just want to feel like i'm on an peace island without someone who looks at my color instead of the human i am:love: That's why i also love this place where i can avoid sad things for a few minutes or hours and i thank you all for that.

Yes, 15 cm just this night and today  Too cold for me. When becaume the winter, i'm in hibernation

Absolutly beautifull :clap: :clap:

Oh, i would love to have this issue Bravo Shelli. Youy surely deserve it :clap: :clap:

hello Marion  Happy to know you here

AB FAB Shelly :clap: :clap: :clap:

She's a sweetee

Oh Shelly, just come when you want I love so much the american country style that i've tried to decore my kitchen that way. That's why you can trust me if i say that your farm is wonderfull. Maybe we can do a swap for hollydays Thank you all for the nices words. Sophie, it's not pink, but violine wich i mixed with light blue. Are you far from Chambéry in Savoie?

ALL WE NEED IS LOOOOOVE I'm HAPPY for you and Tony. I have a son who call's Anthony and he"s a sweetheart

My house is 80 years old and it needed much work in and out when we've bought it  3 years ago. I dream to have a beautifull garden, but have to wait for much more money

It doesn't matter Fran I'm very impressed by your big collection Your clothdoll is gorgeous. She remind me of a pattern by Patti Medaris Culea and Phyllis?? I've been on my site and it work. Just click on "IRENOURS". My son in law is working to update it and i hope it will be done on monday Yes Sophie, i'm a collector too We have a beautifull sunny day, so i took some photos of my house, outside and inside. Come in everybody

It's too mignon (sweet) chez toi Sophie  How many bears do you have?

Thank you all to show us  these marvellous houses and places . I love so much to look at houses and gardens. I have a huge number of related magazines. As i told to my husband, if we were rich, i would love to have many houses in many different places to decorate and live in on different seasons  Before my discovering of dollmaking and bearmaking, i use to do lot of things to decorate my house (painting ,wallpaper, curtains....) Beary hugs  :hug: :hug: :hug:

:hug: :hug: :hug: from France

Lovely houses of sure they are so neat. Fran, do you also collect clothdolls?

With rude question, i will just ask: WHY This little question is very embarassing for people

Thank you for your kind thoughts :), but i live in a small village and we didn't had any troubles. These violence are done mostly in the big cities by part of cretinious young people who want to"play", because they have "nothing" else to do with their fingers I think like you Jane, i always said that every host country give people a chance to build a new and better life,so people most be gratefull and respectfull of what they have from these countries. the government have decide to establish some curfew if needed and i think that it's going to work. Have all a nice day  :hug:

My god, 24 hours or more sitting in a plane without sawing, gardening or anything I would die until i reach there I love so much the Australian bears magazines. They are the best

Vraiment mignon Marion Your friend is a lucky one

Jane, i echo with all here