{"id":1914,"date":"2011-08-01T02:43:03","date_gmt":"2011-08-01T02:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/?p=8951"},"modified":"2019-02-05T11:23:15","modified_gmt":"2019-02-05T01:23:15","slug":"funky-friends-factory-new-shop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/funky-friends-factory-new-shop\/","title":{"rendered":"Funky Friends Factory NEW shop!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>The secret&#8217;s out &#8211; the &#8216;factory&#8217; has moved!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>My house has been bursting at the seams with all my Funky Friends paraphernalia stored in every spare nook, and my sewing room has become so full I could hardly get inside let alone sew in comfort! So when I popped in to visit <strong>Sally<\/strong> from <a href=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/beautiful-things-i-bought-at-the-brisstyle-market\/\"><strong>Happilyeverartist.com<\/strong><\/a> in her new shop and she innocently asked me, &#8220;Why don&#8217;t you join us?&#8221;&#8230;.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>How could I say NO?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9073\" style=\"border: 1px solid #a8a5a9; padding: 4px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;\" title=\"New-shop-overflowing\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/New-shop-overflowing.jpg\" alt=\"overflowing\" width=\"520\" height=\"389\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>So let me show you what I have been up to!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>It&#8217;s been a busy couple of weeks!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The <strong>NEW Funky Friends Factory shop<\/strong> is in the <strong>Old Petrie Town<\/strong> which is a quaint <strong>historical<\/strong> <strong>village<\/strong> (gotta watch out as I always have the urge to say HYSTERICAL village!)\u00a0 which is part of the North Pine Country Park. My shop will be in one end of an <strong>old reclaimed church building.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9067\" style=\"border: 1px solid #a8a5a9; padding: 4px; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px;\" title=\"New-Shop--Old-Petrie-Town-church\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/New-Shop-Old-Petrie-Town-church.jpg\" alt=\"Old Petrie Town Church\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" \/><\/strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9068\" style=\"border: 1px solid #a8a5a9; padding: 4px; margin-top: 30px; margin-bottom: 30px;\" title=\"New-Shop---Pauline-McArthur\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/New-Shop-Pauline-McArthur.jpg\" alt=\"New Shop - Pauline McArthur\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Taking the <strong>BIG STEP to move into a shop<\/strong> was the EASY part,\u00a0 setting up shop was the HARD slog &#8211; but painting 8am &#8211; 9pm at night is FUN when you&#8217;re excited!!!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9040\" style=\"border: 1px solid #a8a5a9; padding: 4px; margin-top: 30px; margin-bottom: 30px;\" title=\"New-shop-before\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/New-shop-before1.jpg\" alt=\"Before shot\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9045\" style=\"border: 1px solid #a8a5a9; padding: 4px; margin-top: 30px; margin-bottom: 30px;\" title=\"New-shop-sexy-painter\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/New-shop-sexy-painter1.jpg\" alt=\"New shop sexy painter\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9043\" style=\"border: 1px solid #a8a5a9; padding: 4px; margin-top: 30px; margin-bottom: 30px;\" title=\"New-shop-lots-to-do\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/New-shop-lots-to-do1.jpg\" alt=\"New shop lots to do!\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Did you spot the sexy painter dude?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9042  aligncenter\" style=\"border: 1px solid #a8a5a9; padding: 4px; margin-top: 30px; margin-bottom: 30px;\" title=\"New-shop-handy-person\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/New-shop-handy-person1.jpg\" alt=\"New shop- 'handyperson'\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This is <strong>Laura<\/strong>, <strong>my &#8216;next-shop neighbour&#8217;<\/strong> taking the photo of me after my <strong>marathon painting session<\/strong>&#8230;I am exhausted but ECSTATIC.\u00a0 (relieved the painting&#8217;s done?) Laura&#8217;s store is called <a title=\"BillyAngel\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billy-angel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>BillyAngel<\/strong><\/a> and if you&#8217;re into everything pink, girly and vintage &#8211; this shop will feel like heaven for you!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ll probably think that it STILL looks like I am overflowing, BUT I wanted to remember the mayhem!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>BEFORE&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8994\" style=\"border: 1px solid #a8a5a9; padding: 4px; margin-top: 30px; margin-bottom: 30px;\" title=\"sunset-and-store-028\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/sunset-and-store-028.jpg\" alt=\"sunset at store\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>and AFTER<\/strong> !<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9041\" style=\"border: 1px solid #a8a5a9; padding: 4px; margin-top: 30px; margin-bottom: 30px;\" title=\"New-shop-Funky-Friends-Factory\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/New-shop-Funky-Friends-Factory1.jpg\" alt=\"New Funky Friends Factory Shop\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">There&#8217;s lots more to do, BUT I am happy to say, the Funky Friends Factory Shop is NOW officially&#8230;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>OPEN <\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>FOR <\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>BUSINESS!!!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><br class=\"clear\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Please click here for shop <a href=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/contact-us\/new-shop\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>OPENING HOURS and\u00a0 DIRECTIONS<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I hope you&#8217;ll like the Funky Friends&#8217; new home as much as I do! I am so looking forward to seeing some of the local, long-standing Funky Friends Factory fans in person as well as meeting lots of new faces! If you let me know you&#8217;re coming (please use the <strong>contact us form<\/strong>) I&#8217;ll bake us something nice and yummy to munch&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><br class=\"clear\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">So please come for a cuppa tea!!!!!<\/h2>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-280\" title=\"Teddy-bear-rings\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Teddy-bear-rings.png\" alt=\"Pauline McArthur - Funky Friends Factory\" width=\"224\" height=\"218\" \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Till next time,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Happy Sewing,<br \/>\nPauline<\/strong><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter 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>The secret&#8217;s out &#8211; the &#8216;factory&#8217; has moved! My house has been bursting at the seams with all my Funky Friends paraphernalia stored in every spare nook, and my sewing room has become so full I could hardly get inside let alone sew in comfort! So when I popped in to visit Sally from Happilyeverartist.com [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","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-1914","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\/1914","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=1914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1914\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}