{"id":1831,"date":"2009-09-27T11:06:01","date_gmt":"2009-09-27T11:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/?p=2811"},"modified":"2019-02-05T11:23:19","modified_gmt":"2019-02-05T01:23:19","slug":"custom-toy-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/custom-toy-design\/","title":{"rendered":"Handmade to Retail Competition winner &#8211; bebeonline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was sooooo excited when I saw this Handmade to Retail competition run by bebeonline, Australia&#8217;s leading contemporary baby store in Melbourne.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2812 aligncenter\" title=\"Handmade-to-Retail-Competition-bebonline.2\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Handmade-to-Retail-Competition-bebonline.2.jpg\" alt=\"Handmade to Retail Competition bebeonline\" width=\"410\" height=\"281\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It is JUST what I have been dreaming of for ages &#8211; getting the Funky Friends Factory toys ready for the retail market.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">You see, I love to sew, but a lot of my friends don&#8217;t! I also get asked all the time from non-sewers if they can buy the ACTUAL toys, instead of the patterns and I just don&#8217;t have enough hours in my day to make them&#8230; so hopefully soon, I&#8217;ll be able to say YES!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2813 aligncenter\" title=\"Bebe-Store-South-Yarra-Melbourne\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Bebe-Store-South-Yarra-Melbourne.jpg\" alt=\"Bebe Store South Yarra Melbourne\" width=\"358\" height=\"241\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I was so excited when I was chosen as one of the 3 winners to receive mentoring support\/assistance to prepare my handmade products for the retail market. The prize includes feedback\/advice on, packaging, branding, promotion, and market trends. Along with this my toy range will have a minimum 3 months in-store presence at bebe\u2019s shop front store in Toorak Rd South Yarra &amp; online on bebeonline.com.au<\/p>\n<p>What an incredible prize! I am so excited, now I just need to prepare the toys!!!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2816\" title=\"Bebe Logo\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Bebe-Logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"190\" height=\"86\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can take a peek at their website for their <strong>latest gorgeous baby products<\/strong>, and subscribe to their mailing list for updates to get the &#8216;scoop&#8217; on when you can see us instore! : )<br \/>\n<br class=\"clear\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>The process begins&#8230; now if I can just find a manufacturer!!!!! Wish me luck!<\/strong><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4105\" title=\"Teddy-bear-rings\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Teddy-bear-rings.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"157\" height=\"153\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"> .<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>bye for now,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Pauline<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6592\" title=\"White-Spacer\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/White-Spacer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"30\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was sooooo excited when I saw this Handmade to Retail competition run by bebeonline, Australia&#8217;s leading contemporary baby store in Melbourne. It is JUST what I have been dreaming of for ages &#8211; getting the Funky Friends Factory toys ready for the retail market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,19,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-day-in-my-life","category-blog","category-fff-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1831\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}