{"id":29446,"date":"2023-05-29T20:33:53","date_gmt":"2023-05-29T20:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/?p=29446"},"modified":"2023-05-29T20:34:32","modified_gmt":"2023-05-29T20:34:32","slug":"wedding-keepsake-toys-dont-have-to-be-memory-bears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wedding-keepsake-toys-dont-have-to-be-memory-bears\/","title":{"rendered":"Wedding keepsake toys don’t have to be memory bears!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wedding toys are a fun way to mark a special occasion – as a signature toy for guests to sign or as a special memento made after the wedding (from the wedding dress and groom’s outfit). Lots of people have sewn wedding memory bears from my teddy bear patterns<\/a><\/span><\/strong> BUT what has amazed me is the more unusual Funky Friends Factory patterns that people have used to make special wedding toys…<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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…from LIONS to<\/span><\/p>\n

GUINEA PIGS!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Let’s take a look!<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

This is the perfect way to recycle a vintage wedding dress! Kim Maddern<\/strong> made great use of those extra special fabric roses placed around Horsey Horse’s <\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span>neck!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to purchase the Horse Pattern<\/strong><\/a><\/span>
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Penguins kinda look like they’re dressed for a wedding! These cute bride and groom Penny Penguin toys<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span>\u00a0were sewn by Nicola Lewis<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to purchase the Penguin pattern.<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Talking of beautiful birds…<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Ann Wall<\/strong> sewed this pretty Punju Peacock<\/strong><\/span><\/a> as a wedding momento.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to purchase the Peacock pattern.<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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Nic Appleton<\/strong> sewed this cute Easter Bunny Buddy<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0from a 30 year old wedding dress! What a super cute wedding memento!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to purchase the Easter Bunny sewing pattern.<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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Sam Quincey<\/strong> turned a wedding dress into 3 Kelsy Keepsake Unicorns<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span> – one for the bride, and 2 for her daughters!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to purchase the Keepsake Unicorn pattern.<\/strong><\/a><\/span>
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This adorable Mitch MONKEY<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> wedding keepsake was sewn by Danielle Dyball<\/strong> using a baby’s wedding outfit!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to buy the MONKEY pattern.<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Lesley Benfold<\/strong> sewed the perfect gift for her friends who love their Guinea pigs ~> their own bride and groom Gertrude Guinea Pigs<\/strong><\/span><\/a>! Groom’s is finished with his tartan and bride’s with satin, bridal lace, tulle and her Dad’s tartan, with “pearl” earrings to complete the look \"\ud83d\ude0d\"<\/span><\/span>
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Click HERE to purchase the Guinea Pig pattern.<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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Lizzy Newstead-Bentham<\/strong> of Craft Hill Artisans<\/strong><\/a><\/span> sewed this stunning Larry LION<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span> as a wedding keepsake made from both the wedding dress and groom\u2019s suit.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Even the back and tail include incredible details!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to buy the LION pattern.<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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Lizze also sewed this gorgeous Giddy Goat<\/strong><\/span><\/a> as a wedding keepsake, She said it was made from a gents wedding outfit. Sadly he passed away in May after battling terminal cancer. Both he & his wife are Capricorns so the goat was the ideal choice.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to purchase the Goat pattern.<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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I love the details of the story behind this very precious wedding keepsake Elle Elephant<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span> that Lesley Payne<\/strong> sewed for her daughter.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to purchase the Elephant pattern<\/a>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Megan Koshurba<\/strong> sewed this sweet Lucky the Labrador<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span> pup from a wedding dress as a very precious wedding keepsake.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to purchase the Labrador pattern.<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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Rachel Hawes <\/b>sewed this gorgeous wedding toy Raff the GIRAFFE<\/strong><\/span><\/a> from an exquisite wedding dress…<\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to buy the GIRAFFE pattern.<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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It’s not an unusual animal keepsake but I included this memory bear as it is absolutely GORGEOUS!\u00a0<\/span>Melody Memory Bear<\/strong><\/span><\/a> <\/b>sewn by Rachel Hawes <\/b>as a wedding memory bear – sewn from the same wedding dress as the Raff Giraffe above!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Well, that will have given you some fun ideas for your next wedding gift!<\/span><\/p>\n

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What toy do YOU think would make a cute wedding memory toy?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n


\"Pauline.<\/span>
\nTill next time,<\/span><\/p>\n

Happy Sewing,
\nPauline
\n<\/span><\/strong>xxx<\/span>
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Wedding toys are a fun way to mark a special occasion – as a signature toy for guests to sign or as a special memento made after the wedding (from the wedding dress and groom’s outfit). Lots of people have sewn wedding memory bears from my teddy bear patterns BUT what has amazed me is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":29481,"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":[18,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29446","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\/2023\/05\/500-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29446","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=29446"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29446\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29493,"href":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29446\/revisions\/29493"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}