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eleventh monkey
11thmonkey.blogspot.com
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We are the eleventh monkey creatures. Our little felt family was unleashed into the world from Japan in 2009. Our creator is a Dutchie born on the 'eleventh' of August in the year of the 'monkey'. We all look slightly awkward and we love hugs. We are looking for new friends out in the world who are just as hug-happy as we are!
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Loulogue + 11th monkey = eleventh monkey

I have had a personal blog called the Loulogue since 2006. I used it as an online travelogue to keep my family and friends at home up to date on my daily adventures in Japan. After eleventh monkey cr...

06 may 12

Decorating Easter eggs

Not much longer until its Easter. My favorite part of Easter has always been the egg hunt. My mom and grandmother would hide chocolate eggs all around the house and garden for me and my brothers to f...

12 mar 12

A faux furry and funky surprise

At the beginning of this year I joined the Etsy Plush Street Team, just in time to sign up for their plush swap. This year in honor of Leap Day. And last night I received my Leap Day Swap Surprise fr...

24 feb 12

In a pink Valentines mood

Its almost Valentines Day so Im in a pink mood! A customer requested a bunch of pink tiny owls and I made some more for the shop, because I want to put everyone into a pink mood this Valentines!While...

26 jan 12

My family in felt

Another project I spent a lot of time on in the last weeks of 2011 was this family of felt dolls:Its not just any family, its my family! For Christmas I decided to gift all my family members a felt d...

04 jan 12 1 person likes this

Happy 2012!

Its a new year, and so I feel like organizing! The last few months of 2011 were very busy and I kind of made a mess on my computer, file-organization-wise. I made so many tiny owls for the craft fair...

03 jan 12

My first craft fair!

Today was the big day. Early this morning Yasu and I, each carrying two huge bags, found our way to his campus with public transportation during rush hour! We were so happy hundreds of stuffed animal...

02 dec 11

Craft fair madness

Guess what this display is? Its practice for my first craft fair ever! This Thursday and Friday (10 am - 4 pm) I will be selling my little creatures at a little craft fair at my husbands school campu...

28 nov 11

Another owl, another giveaway

Guess what, theres one more owl up for grabs! This time its over on the Rouge & Whimsy blog, just click the picture to go there. And if you win the giveaway shes hosting, you dont just win this o...

19 nov 11 1 person likes this

Do you want to win this owl?

Then click the picture and youll be taken to the Bugs and Fishes blog, where the lovely Laura is hosting my giveaway this week! For your chance to win, just leave a comment on her blog post befo...

16 nov 11

Yes, I can!

I learned from sewing the new cow and new cats, that I am able to sew little details (like nostrils or noses) on my creatures with my sewing machine. I thought that would be too small and too hard to...

14 nov 11 1 person likes this

New meows

So I set out to redesign my cat to make it more sewing machine appropriate. I came up with two very different sketches which I both found attractive for different reasons. So I tried them both out to...

11 nov 11 2 people like this

A new moo

Although I really enjoy creating on my sewing machine, I still miss stitching creatures by hand. Especially, when one of my lovely customers really wants to order one of those handstitched creatures ...

25 oct 11

Stocking up in Japantown

In Japan I did not use to worry much about felt, I knew if I needed more the little sewing store, across from the school I used to teach at, had quite a large variety of good felt. And if it wasnt em...

19 oct 11

The Owls

As this blog shows, Ive been a bit owl-obsessed these last two weeks, and the result is that I now have 36 owls for sale in my Etsy shop! Posting that many new items almost seems to take longer than ...

13 oct 11

Owls, owls, owls - Part four

All 36 owls are done! Of course, I didnt just make these for fun - although it was fun to make them - I made them for my Etsy shop. And every Etsy listing needs some product pictures, so after finish...

11 oct 11

Owls, owls, owls - Part three

After sewing on all the white parts of the eyes and beaks, it was time to have some fun with my supplies again. I got out several boxes of buttons, organized by color and size - I love that kind of t...

10 oct 11

Owls, owls, owls - Part two

After I cut out all the felt shapes for the owls, I went through my fabric stash and picked colorful tummies for all the owls. I used my marvelous sewing machine to sew the tummies behind the felt. I...

08 oct 11

Owls, owls, owls - Part one

So I really liked the owl I designed the other day, so I made a few more in different designs and colors to see how I liked those, and I do! So Ive decided to make a large bunch in different colors a...

07 oct 11

Bear couple

I made a cute couple of bears for a cute couple of humans. These were a thank-you-present for friends of mine who took really good care of me last weekend. I hope they like their bears.

03 oct 11

Experimenting with designs

I like drawing designs and imagining what they might look like in felt. And when it seems like a good idea, I turn my drawing into a felt plushie and sometimes it works out and sometimes it doesnt.&n...

01 oct 11

Featured on {KID} independent

Today I found a nice surprise in my Etsy convo inbox! Click the picture to read the lovely feature. I love how she displayed my creatures in the ric rac circles, and if you leave a comment on her blo...

28 sep 11

The machine bears

All the new bears are looking proud and happy in the shop now, theyre waiting for new friends to adopt them. And here they all are one more time in yet another collage! I really enjoy making these co...

23 sep 11

Newly designed bears

Before making something new I always start with sketching ideas and coming up with a design that pleases me. The huge bear the other was made from this design but without a pattern, I just kind of sh...

22 sep 11

Spooky Halloween creatures

So the ghosts are all stuffed, sewn, photographed and put into the shop and I just wanted to share this jazzy collage with you!

21 sep 11

Boo

I have been glued to my sewing machine for a while now, I just cant get enough of it. Heres a peek of what Ive been working on for Halloween:Ghosts, screaming because theyre trying to spook you, or y...

21 sep 11

Machine practice

So Ive been practicing on my sewing machine, a lot! And Im pleased to report that it works swimmingly! I found some tutorials online, to try out, and Ive already made several drawstring bags, of whic...

20 sep 11

Replaced

I bought the old machine on a whim at Target and it being a Singer made me think it would be a decent machine for just $70. But the Singer Quick Fix is a really bad sewing machine. It bunches up the ...

07 sep 11

Look whore done!

Thats right, I finished those new Halloween skulls, 25 of them! I also photographed them all and put them up for sale on Etsy! Can you believe it? I hardly can!I feel great being able to show this co...

06 sep 11

The in between

Sewing a whole bunch of skulls is fun, but sometimes a girl wants a change, so in between a few skulls here and a few skulls there, these new friends were born:Willem is definetely related to all tho...

04 sep 11

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