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New Easter Babies

Hey Everyone,
The first set of Easter Babies are here and they are all looking for new homes this Easter!! Check them out at Michelle's Zoo on Etsy. Just follow the links below their pics.
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                                                   Sweet Little Pink Woolley Lamb

 Sweet Little Easter Ducky #1

Adorable Little Easter Ducky #2 

White Baby Easter Bunny

                                                    

Snuggle the Baby Easter Bunny

Spring Break = New Easter Babies

Hey everyone, sorry I have been MIA. Spring Break is coming up next week and I am hoping to have out a few Easter Duckies, Bunnies and Lambies. Look for them next week. Also been meaning to do a blog post:
A year of presents, showing all the stuffed animals I made as presents from 02/10 to 02/11. Coming soon!

Valentine's Day Special

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Michelle's Zoo

Current Projects

I am currently working on two more christmas presents, plus a reindeer and a woolly cream colored lamb. Look for the reindeer and the lamb early next week at Michelle's Zoo .

Okay I lied, Amy the Woolley Lamb is now available for adoption at Michelle's Zoo for and an adoption fee of $29.95, just follow the link

Check out this picture of my zoo before I mailed all my christmas presents

Along Came A Zebra

So I now had a room full of giraffes, who I loved very much, but I decided I wanted more animals! I went back to the funky friends factory web site and picked three more patterns. Horsey, Larry the Lion and Mitch the Monkey (Watch for the stories of Mitch and Larry AKA Leo,Tigger, Patty and Warrior in future posts).

I had picked up a brown and cream striped faux fur fabric and the fabric store, along with a brown remnant and decided the horsey pattern would make a cute zebra, albeit brown instead of black, and along came Zach the Zebra . Zach is currently available for adoption at Michelle's Zoo on Etsy for an adoption fee of $29.95, just follow the link.

Isn't he just adorabe?! Everyone who saw his picture just loved him, and I certainly do! In my description of Zach on Etsy, I call him a young zebra, because he seems young to me.  He has a little short brown fur mane, and just seems very young, especially compared to his gorgeous brother Zorro, who I will write about in a later post.

Giraffes, Giraffes, Giraffes

It all started back in February with a pink and purple giraffe for my niece's newborn baby girl. My niece wanted a giraffe for the nursery, and instead of buying one, I decided to find a pattern and make her one. I had really been wanting to get back to my sewing machine, and had always wanted to try my hand a making a stuffed animal.  So off to google search I went looking for a pattern, where I happened upon Funky Friends Factory, and found in my opinion the cutest pattern available. I made the the giraffe now named Shelley the Giraffe (after myself), but as soon as I sent her off, I missed her (I have found after almost a year of making stuffed animals, that I have the unfortunate circumstance of falling absolutely in love with them as soon as they are made). Having enough leftover fleece, I decided the next day to make another exactly like her. I named her Ginger the Giraffe and she is currently on sale for $29.95 at my etsy shop. (Sorry guys she sold, but is can be custom ordered using the custom order button at my etsy shop).

More Giraffes:

As I mentioned, I had sent Shelley the Giraffe to my niece, who lives in the same town as my sister and mother (and well most everyone on my mothers side of the family lives in the same town except me). Everyone loved Shelley the Giraffe! My mother told me 'I want one!', and as Mother's Day was a few months away, I asked if she would like one for Mother's Day. She said she would like a gold and green giraffe for Mother's Day. So off to the fabric store I went, where I picked up some gold, lime green and an off-white fleece. Soon I had made Gerico the Giraffe available for sale at my etsy shop, and Gerry the Giraffe, an off-white giraffe with green spots (not for sale, he belongs to my boyfriend Marc) pictured above with Ginger and Gerico.  Next came Ginger the baby Giraffe  also available for sale at my etsy shop.

So Marc asked me to make his mother a blue and white giraffe as well for Mother's Day and I did. He is pictured below left to right are Gina the baby Giraffe, Marc's mother's giraffe, Ginger, Gerico, my mother's giraffe, and Gerry the Giraffe.... Giraffes, Giraffes, Giraffes