{"id":1858,"date":"2010-10-16T14:00:30","date_gmt":"2010-10-16T14:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/?p=1871"},"modified":"2019-02-05T10:46:45","modified_gmt":"2019-02-05T00:46:45","slug":"toy-design-inspired-by-nature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/toy-design-inspired-by-nature\/","title":{"rendered":"Toy design inspired by nature!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have been waiting for ‘inspiration’ to strike, so I can get back into the sewing room and make the next Funky Friend. It’s a funny thing, no matter how much I want to make a particular animal, I\u2019ve found, it’s just impossible to design a toy pattern ‘on demand’.<\/span><\/h3>\n

I have a couple of designs that I have worked and reworked and REWORKED and I just can’t get them to look anything like the image of the stuffed toy I have in my mind. Sometimes, I\u2019ve completely given up on a particular toy design… and then suddenly one day, I’ll wake up and make the toy in one go, and wonder what on earth was stopping me???<\/p>\n

I have been waiting for a while now for inspiration to ‘kick in’ as I’ve been trying a few new designs, and nothing seemed to be working… so on the weekend, I decided to take the day off from toy designing, and we headed off for a drive in the countryside.<\/p>\n

We stopped for a tasty picnic by the side of the dam, and even had a little siesta!<\/p>\n

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I couldn\u2019t resist the quaint little high street nursery that we passed the way home and bought some snow peas seedlings and lavender plants.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know if it was the fresh country air, or just having a change of scenery or completely taking my mind off my toy designs \u2026<\/p>\n

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.. but almost as if by magic..<\/p>\n

we turned a corner on the drive home…<\/p>\n

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…and there it was!<\/p>\n

… a sign!<\/p>\n

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I came home, went straight to the sewing room and made my prototype of a little Aardvark THAT afternoon!<\/p>\n

Hooray!<\/p>\n

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OK, I have to admit, I made the \u2018Photoshop cloud\u2019 as a little joke, BUT that\u2019s EXACTLY how it felt! It was like I just HAD to make an Aardvark!!!!<\/p>\n

Next time I\u2019m stuck with a design, I’m definitely going to get out in the countryside \u2013 it seemed to work wonders!!!<\/p>\n

Now if a cute name for my little Aardvark could just appear by magic????<\/p>\n

: )<\/p>\n

Right, back to the sewing room\u2026 to finish him.
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\nBye for now
\nPauline<\/strong><\/p>\n

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