Last week, one of my IRDA gals got an article written up in Chicago Times! Way to go, Donna!!
http://www.suntimes.com/lifestyles/1320622,CST-NWS-dolls09.article
Hopefully many more good reborn artists will get the notice of their local media to help spread the word about these amazing dolls and the ladies who create them. We've had to fight some pretty nonsensical negativity in the media over the past couple years, but articles like this help us all.
Showing posts with label reborn dolls. Show all posts
Showing posts with label reborn dolls. Show all posts
Monday, December 15, 2008
Saturday, May 10, 2008
I Wrote a Book!
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I know....I can hardly believe it either. But yes, I sure did.
One reason this blog has been so woefully neglected, actually :-D
It's available now for sale through Lulu.com and also through my online store site, www.hunnybunsrebornsupply.com
Hopefully if you get it, you'll let me know what you think of it. I have some other editions planned for specific topics later on, too.
Happy Mother's Day to all you moms out there! Have a great weekend, and God bless.
Monday, January 21, 2008
More Thoughts about Fake Babies (Real Reborns)
A week has passed and the whole Fake Baby thing is getting more and more out of hand.
The media in the US has gotten wind of the UK documentary and are now looking for people to come forward and talk to them about how they use reborn dolls as substitutes for deceased babies or babies they are not able to conceive.
Most of the reborn artists I'm in contact with have either NEVER been contacted by a person wanting such a doll, or at most, have done one or two.
I want to repeat that the vast majority of reborn collectors are normal, healthy people with a firm grasp on reality, and who have a fine appreciation for the amount of love, skill, time and intense labor that go into creating a quality reborn baby doll.
**Why can't that be enough?
**Why must it be about bereavement?
**Why must it be about the extremely tiny minority of collectors who might have reality issues with their dolls?
**And most of all, WHY is that anyone's business but THEIRS?
I had an interview this week about "Angel Babies" with the Wall Street Journal. Whether that article will be published remains to be seen.
At least I came away from the interview with a bit of insight as to why people outside the doll world might think that the main reason we make reborn babies is to replace real infants.
There are many, many "nurseries" (yes, that's what most of us call our reborn doll businesses) with the word "Heaven" or "Angel" in them. It dawned on me during the WSJ interview that that's the implication that the media are picking up on.
Get it? Angel Baby = deceased baby.
Not to cast aspersions on any nursery name with that sort of title. Shoot, when I was new to reborning and trying to come up with a good name, I went through a 100 names with Heaven's this and Angel that. All the good ones were taken :-) Hence, HunnyBuns. (there's a story to that, but it's for another day). Hey, some of my best friends have Heaven or Angel in their nursery title....
Just sayin'.
The public is a bit confused as to why all the references to heaven and angels.
Ok. So let me tell you why we like names like that.
Most reborn artists are women. Most of us dearly love babies. We love dolls. It's what got us interested in the art of reborning to begin with. We enjoy re-making dolls over into what can fool anyone into thinking for a moment it's a real live infant. We all get a kick out of that. I know collectors enjoy the realism as well.
But I think deep in a lot of women's hearts is the belief that babies (real ones) are indeed, a gift from God (whatever their perception of Him may be). A true gift from Heaven. That a new baby is a tiny angel sent to earth. Something along those lines, anyway.
That's where the Heaven and Angel thing comes from. Not because most reborn dolls are created to replace a dead infant.
Google Fake Baby today and see what you come up with. It's not pretty, folks.
I hope that those who agree with me (and I know there are many) will continue to speak out and educate those outside the doll world who are confused and thinking we're all a pack of loons who can't separate reality from fantasy.
Oh...and for those of you that think we ARE all a bunch of loons, and that reborn dolls are creepy and sick, well...you're entitled to your opinion! Have a nice day anyway :-D
The media in the US has gotten wind of the UK documentary and are now looking for people to come forward and talk to them about how they use reborn dolls as substitutes for deceased babies or babies they are not able to conceive.
Most of the reborn artists I'm in contact with have either NEVER been contacted by a person wanting such a doll, or at most, have done one or two.
I want to repeat that the vast majority of reborn collectors are normal, healthy people with a firm grasp on reality, and who have a fine appreciation for the amount of love, skill, time and intense labor that go into creating a quality reborn baby doll.
**Why can't that be enough?
**Why must it be about bereavement?
**Why must it be about the extremely tiny minority of collectors who might have reality issues with their dolls?
**And most of all, WHY is that anyone's business but THEIRS?
I had an interview this week about "Angel Babies" with the Wall Street Journal. Whether that article will be published remains to be seen.
At least I came away from the interview with a bit of insight as to why people outside the doll world might think that the main reason we make reborn babies is to replace real infants.
There are many, many "nurseries" (yes, that's what most of us call our reborn doll businesses) with the word "Heaven" or "Angel" in them. It dawned on me during the WSJ interview that that's the implication that the media are picking up on.
Get it? Angel Baby = deceased baby.
Not to cast aspersions on any nursery name with that sort of title. Shoot, when I was new to reborning and trying to come up with a good name, I went through a 100 names with Heaven's this and Angel that. All the good ones were taken :-) Hence, HunnyBuns. (there's a story to that, but it's for another day). Hey, some of my best friends have Heaven or Angel in their nursery title....
Just sayin'.
The public is a bit confused as to why all the references to heaven and angels.
Ok. So let me tell you why we like names like that.
Most reborn artists are women. Most of us dearly love babies. We love dolls. It's what got us interested in the art of reborning to begin with. We enjoy re-making dolls over into what can fool anyone into thinking for a moment it's a real live infant. We all get a kick out of that. I know collectors enjoy the realism as well.
But I think deep in a lot of women's hearts is the belief that babies (real ones) are indeed, a gift from God (whatever their perception of Him may be). A true gift from Heaven. That a new baby is a tiny angel sent to earth. Something along those lines, anyway.
That's where the Heaven and Angel thing comes from. Not because most reborn dolls are created to replace a dead infant.
Google Fake Baby today and see what you come up with. It's not pretty, folks.
I hope that those who agree with me (and I know there are many) will continue to speak out and educate those outside the doll world who are confused and thinking we're all a pack of loons who can't separate reality from fantasy.
Oh...and for those of you that think we ARE all a bunch of loons, and that reborn dolls are creepy and sick, well...you're entitled to your opinion! Have a nice day anyway :-D
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