Fuzzy furry friendly monster friends

I love getting my weekly Pinterest email. I, however, turn into this crazy woman who can't put her phone down because I need to keep pinning new craft projects that I just LOVE. And, once I tell myself I am done, I go on my computer and keep pinning more. At the end of it all, I start feeling anxious and overwhelmed. I think (or, share out loud with my poor husband who has to witness this crazy behavior) every week after I have stopped pinning with my eyes all blaring and crazy, "Why are there so many people out there who are SO talented? How do they come up with so many cute ideas? I don't have time to make all of these things? Damn you Pinterest!!!!!" 

And, then I get inspired.

During this week's crazy Pinterest pinning session, I pinned a website Sun Scholars: 30 Homemade Gifts for Kids. They have lots of great ideas and links to either other blogs or Etsy stores. One of the gift ideas was these beautiful little monster friends. I have been sewing baby gifts to friends with new babies, and I thought this would be great gift. So, over the weekend I had a date with my friend, and we ended up at Joanns. Surprise! Surprise! We found the fur that I believe was used in the pictures that I saw on the website. I was getting excited about this sewing project!

I may not be creative when it comes to coming up with new ideas, but I am really good at following directions (in every part of my life). So, that night, I sat down, looked at the pictures of these monsters and started cutting. The fur is super messy, but after I cut the fur, I used my serger which helped that the fur did not keep shedding. I used scarps of fabric that I have plenty of to make the face, ears, belly pocket and legs. The eyes are made of flannel that was left over from the monster patches for the jeans (which, I am happy to report, have held up nicely after many many washes). The heart is a felt heart from Joanns.

My 4-year-old daughter fell in love with this soft fuzzy monster. It is now hers. She named it Ollie the monster (although she sometimes calls it a dinosaur...), and Ollie is with her pretty much everywhere. So, I would say this was a successful sewing project.

Ollie's front.

Ollie's back.

Ollie's face.

My O with her O.

Since the monsters were so much fun to make, I decided to make another one. This one is little bit smaller than Ollie. It was again supposed to be a gift, but after O saw it, she decided that her future baby sister needs a monster too. So, we put it in the box with things for the baby where the monster can wait for her arrival.

Here the two monsters together. Big Ollie and little baby Ollie. :)

I can't wait to for this weekend when I get my email from Pinterest again. Let the craziness start again!!