{"id":2136,"date":"2018-01-05T06:31:29","date_gmt":"2018-01-05T06:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/?p=24929"},"modified":"2021-01-15T04:46:43","modified_gmt":"2021-01-15T04:46:43","slug":"new-year-and-something-new-for-fff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/new-year-and-something-new-for-fff\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW YEAR and something NEW for FFF!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m getting really excited because things are heating up around here! Yeah, yeah, it\u2019s summertime in Australia, I know, BUT I am cooking up something really fun for you this year!<\/p>\n<p>Last year was a crazy-whirlwind for me so <strong>my New Year\u2019s resolution for 2018<\/strong> is simply to slow down and&#8230;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #99cc00;\">HAVE MORE FUN!<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Whether you\u2019re sewing toys for babies, children, friends, family, customers, work-colleagues or just for yourself, sewing toys is all about FUN&#8230;and guess what? I&#8217;m planning more of it in 2018 for me and you!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24934\" style=\"padding: 4px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Do-more-of-what-makes-you-happy.web_.jpg\" alt=\"Do more of what makes you happy\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><!--more--><\/h1>\n<p>Thanks to everyone who filled out my recent feedback survey, I found out that lots of you like a LOT of what Funky Friends Factory currently offers.<\/p>\n<p>This is awesome and you don\u2019t need to worry, those things won&#8217;t be changing in 2018, BUT I\u2019m going to be adding a lot more of the things you said you wanted most &#8211;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"><strong>More new toy patterns? Check!<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"><strong>More sewing videos? Check!<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"><strong>More sewing tips and tutorials? Check!<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"><strong>More interaction with other funky toy-makers? Check!<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"><strong>More free toy patterns? Check!<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I love sharing \u2018teasers\u2019 of what\u2019s coming next (usually because I get so excited and share BEFORE it\u2019s actually finished!) BUT this time it\u2019s something really big. I\u2019m working hard to make something very cool for the Funky Friends community and I want to make sure I have my ducks <strong>(or unicorns?)<\/strong> in a row before I let you know ALL THE NITTY GRITTY DETAILS of what we\u2019ll be getting up to this year.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24952\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/NEW-YEAR-unicorn-2018.jpg\" alt=\"NEW-YEAR-unicorn-2018\" width=\"500\" height=\"355\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So don&#8217;t forget to read my next blog post for the details. I&#8217;ll give you a hint &#8211; there&#8217;s some FREE stuff involved!!! \ud83d\ude0a<\/p>\n<h1>Wishing you lots of fun &amp; funkiness for 2018!<\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Pauline McArthur\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Pauline-McArthur.jpg\" alt=\"Pauline McArthur\" width=\"202\" height=\"196\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">. <strong>.<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nTill next time\u2026<br \/>\n<strong>Happy Sewing,<br \/>\nxxx<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong> Pauline<\/strong> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"White-Spacer\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/White-Spacer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"30\" \/><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m planning more of it in 2018 for me and you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":18281,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-a-day-in-my-life","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Do-more-of-what-makes-you-happy-e1610685983782.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2136"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18282,"href":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2136\/revisions\/18282"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}