{"id":34758,"date":"2024-09-12T02:18:11","date_gmt":"2024-09-12T02:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/?p=34758"},"modified":"2024-09-28T05:15:42","modified_gmt":"2024-09-28T05:15:42","slug":"highlighting-a-super-softie-selling-business-cute-courtyard-toys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/highlighting-a-super-softie-selling-business-cute-courtyard-toys\/","title":{"rendered":"Highlighting a Super Softie Selling business ~ Cute Courtyard Toys"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Do you want to buy a unique soft toy?\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

If you’re looking for a custom toy – why don’t you take a look at our featured home sewing businesses? We are highlighting toy-makers who sew F-A-B-U-L-O-U-S Funky Friends toys AND who also support the independent designer community<\/strong><\/span><\/a> by giving pattern credits on their websites and social media posts!\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Today we are highlighting…<\/span><\/p>\n

Janet O’Neil Conlon<\/strong> and her business ~><\/span><\/p>\n

Cute Courtyard Toys<\/strong><\/a>.<\/span><\/h2>\n

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Jan began her toy-making journey by sewing fabric dolls for orphans in Africa. Later on, she says she found FunkyFriendsFactory patterns & loved the animal patterns because she’d been sewing dollies for so long! Now she’s been sewing them for 10 years! WOW!\ud83e\udd29<\/span><\/p>\n

Look how supportive Jan’s hubby
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Jan<\/strong> sells the toys that she sews from the Funky Friends Factory patterns at local markets.\u00a0 She and her hubby go to the Willunga Quarry & Stirling Market each month. <\/span><\/p>\n

I LOVE how bright and FUN
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She specializes in custom toys sewn from fleece and she is known for her bright colourful toys like this fabulous pair of Fleur Flamingos<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Which the children clearly LOVE. Look how happy the baby is with this cute Bumble the Bee<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span>!\ud83d\ude01<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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AND… I love the attention to detail that Jan puts into each toy she sews. Co-ordinating the purple felt nose with the hooves really makes the colours in this cute Giddy Goat<\/strong><\/span><\/a> really pop!<\/span><\/p>\n

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And the matching pom-pom ribbon to this lovable Lloyd Llama <\/strong><\/a><\/span>…<\/span><\/p>\n

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And the spike dog collar she added to this Butch the Bulldog<\/strong><\/span><\/a>. He’s got such a cute face even though he’s not her usual crazy colours (as Jan calls them!)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Jan’s toys are always bright and cheerful like\u00a0this terrific trio of Dilby Ducks<\/strong><\/span><\/a> – all in a row!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Jan says her favourite Funky Friends Factory pattern to sew, is Raff the giraffe\ud83e\udd92 with elephants a close 2nd. This is one of her GORGEOUS Raff Giraffe<\/strong><\/span><\/a> with pretty pink highlights!\ud83d\udc97<\/span><\/p>\n

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Jan clearly sews beautifully BUT what’s make her toys unique is the happy faces! Look at this fantastic Fifi Fox<\/strong><\/a>!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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And this pair of grinning Gregory Gorillas<\/strong><\/span><\/a>!<\/span><\/p>\n

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I’m loving Jan’s happy Lily Ladybug<\/strong><\/span><\/a> in fleece…. and the red eyes stand out so well against the black of the face!<\/span><\/p>\n

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And this sweet little Gertrude Guinea Pig <\/strong><\/span><\/a> – with a cute felt flower and pink ribbon to perk up the grey fleece fabric! \ud83c\udf38<\/span><\/p>\n

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Jan also sews some fleece versions of Melody Memory Bear<\/strong><\/span><\/a> – in very bright colours of course!\ud83d\ude0d<\/span><\/p>\n

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BUT she does also sew baby keepsake versions of the Melody Memory Bear<\/strong><\/span><\/a> too.<\/span><\/p>\n

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As you can tell ~><\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

I highly recommend Cute Courtyard Toys!!!<\/span><\/p>\n

If you want to buy a custom Soft Toy or a <\/span>Memory Bear <\/span><\/span>please get in touch with Jan via the Cute Courtyard Toys Facebook Page<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a>… and she can sew a Funky Friend for you! (That’s if you can’t see yourself using my toy patterns<\/strong><\/span><\/a> to sew your own toys!\ud83d\ude04)\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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My THANK YOU to Jan for her support…<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Jan has supported ME by buying my toy patterns, sewing such GORGEOUS versions of them and spreading the word about my patterns by adding a pattern credit to her listings and tags. In return as our Super Seller Softie she receives 5 Funky Friends Factory Pattern! (I wonder if there are that many Jan doesn’t already have in her collection!)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

CONGRATS Jan! You receive
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Want to get 5 FREE Funky Friends Factory Patterns for free?<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Do you want us to feature the Funky Friends toys you sell?<\/span><\/p>\n

This Highlighting a Super Softie Selling business series<\/strong> is my way of saying THANK YOU to Funky Friends Factory fans who not only sew fabulous Funky Friends toys but ALSO support the independent designer community<\/strong><\/span><\/a> by giving pattern credits on their websites and social media posts!\u00a0 If you t<\/span>ag your social media posts with #funkyfriendsfactory<\/strong>\u00a0 – we can find your posts… and who knows, maybe our next featured Super Softie Seller could be be YOU!!!!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"hashtag_funkyfriendsfactory\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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I can’t wait to see YOUR Funky Friends toys for sale!<\/span><\/h2>\n


\"Pauline\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Till next time,<\/span>
\nHappy sewing,<\/span><\/p>\n

Pauline<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

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Do you want to buy a unique soft toy?\u00a0 If you’re looking for a custom toy – why don’t you take a look at our featured home sewing businesses? We are highlighting toy-makers who sew F-A-B-U-L-O-U-S Funky Friends toys AND who also support the independent designer community by giving pattern credits on their websites and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":34785,"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":[19,33,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-competitions-giveaways","category-fff-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/500-flamingo.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34758","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=34758"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34880,"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34758\/revisions\/34880"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}