Custom Work

So we've had some custom work going on lately.  We've done a few custom Wedding Sets this week.  We often adjust hair color, skin color, and the flower girl's dress color.  I thought it was a bit of a koinkydink that all of them requested flower girls in white dresses.  (In fact, I accidentally switched them up when I was taking my pics.  Oops!)

This set was a lot of fun!  It included the usual Wedding puppets.  But it also included a handful of bridesmaids inspired by our fairy friends - dressed in gray with little wings on back.

But my absolute favorite part was the "monster" groomsmen.  As you can see, our Friendly Monster puppets are dressed to the nines in their little tuxes all ready for the big day.  lol

This week, we also had a customer request a puppet inspired by this guy:

Not an easy feat considering we only have about 8 stitches across to work in our details.  Here were some test puppets we came up with.  I think we decided on the second one but with a cape.

Which is Scarier?

Which is scarier?  A brigade of five monsters or a single solitary human child? If you ask me, my little girl could exhaust those monsters in a heartbeat.  lol

So we have finally added a new creation to the shop -- Monsters United!  (This set actually came about as a custom request for a party pack.)  With this set you will receive six finger puppets - five different monster puppets (including a purple gator monster, abominable snowman and more) plus one girl puppet.

It's Christmas and Cool Mom Picks is Santa Claus.

The shop has been hopping today.  Probably our best day since Christmas season.  At first I was not sure why until a customer was kind enough to inform me that our Friendly Monsters Set is on Cool Mom Picks (http://www.coolmompicks.com/).

What is Cool Mom Picks and what do they do?

From their site:
"We're just a few moms that track down cool stuff so you can stay busy being fabulous. We know cool stuff doesn't make the mom, but it certainly helps make life a little better.

We have a soft spot for non-mainstream products and services, particularly those from indie or emerging designers and mom/women-run companies. We believe you can stay true to your dazzling design sensibilities and still support an entrepreneur, especially one trying to support her family through her work. But we can be found loving on anything that we think is cool, really. Head on over here to see more about the kinds of things we like.

While we're moms too and we totally get the budget thing, some of the things we feature do cost more than your average big box store bargain bin items. You pay a premium for quality items not made by 6 year-olds in sweatshops. We're all about promoting more responsible consumerism - buy things you truly adore that will last, and just own fewer of them.

You also won't find us ranting about items that we hate or don't work or just plain suck. We weed out those things for you because we know you don't have time to."


If you haven't heard of them, you'll want to check them out.  It's a site I personally frequent because they truly find some of the best stuff out there.  And I am so excited that they have included WeeKnit's finger puppets in that collection of best stuff.  Thanks Cool Mom Picks!!!

What do you get when you cross a friendly monster with an egglet?

So as a custom request, we morphed our Friendly Monster Finger Puppet into a set of Egglets.  And we made a couple extra sets for the shop.  Take a look and see how they turned out.

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=39100429

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