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fredbear Fred-i-Bear
Johannesburg
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This time while I was at the Japan teddy bear Exhibition, I had an assistant who soon became a friend helping me. I was selling some South African mohair, mohair now manufactured in South Africa.Kuras purchased some( the price with our SAR/$ is very good!!!!) .
She made these two bears from the farbic she purchased and sent me the pictures with a note written on the back of them.

"Dear Lynette,
Thank you for sending me email. I am very happy to hear from you.Did you have a good time at the show? In truth I was very happy know you at the show in Toko. In spite of my poor help you gave me the big present!!. I was very surprised of it and now he became my best friend. That was my spcial thing. And I want to say thank you. I am looking forward to seeing you in japan someday. If you come I want to show you some shopping places. Please come to our country again, and I hope you will have good days, your friend Kuras"


This is what makes my "bear making" just one of those special things, and I thank the higher power for giving me something that allows me to share it with so many other people in this world.

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see the typical Japanese buildings

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Cherry Blossoms in Bloom.


Lynette

valewoodbears Valewood Bears
Yorkshire
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Aw that's brilliant Lynette. Lucky you going to Japan, I would love to, my Daughter lived there for a couple of years and I saw the photos! And heard the stories of the lovely people there (she nearly married a Japanese man but it fell through) I have a Japanese pen friend "Yumi" who also makes bears, would be nice to see her sometime.

The bear pics are great.

Pauline

DebbieD Posts: 3,540

Wow!!!  She's done an amazing job on her little bear.  I have to admit, the more I looked at the first pic, the more  bear_shocked I became that he'd fall!  But I'm sure he'd just dust himself off and climb right back up  bear_rolleyes

Thanks for sharing the pics and the story  :hug:  Its interesting to see the traditional Japanese buildings, and of course the cherry blossoms!!!  I bet you can't wait to go shopping...oooh, I mean visiting  bear_laugh

Michelle Helen Chaska, Minnesota
Posts: 2,897

Lynette: What a nice thing...very touching...Isn't nice to have friends from different countries....The bears are adorable.

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