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Aren’t they just the cutest pair ever?!  I was actually not totally satisfied with my baby snake amigurumi when I finished it. I think it was mostly because the snake was so plain, just one solid color, and just one loooooong piece of…you know what haha.  I was even whirling it in the air like a lasso as if I were a cowboy for a little bit…just because I can…(you know you wouldn’t be able to resist the temptation either if it were you!).

So my cousin sent me a series of pictures of my nephew with the snake amigurumi, and I imagine it happened in this sequence.

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First, she placed the snake in his arms while he was sleeping, so as not to frighten him right off the bat with a snake!  Here he is, opening his eyes gingerly only to find…a snake in his arms staring back at him?

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“Zzzzz….<snort>…Huh, what’s this creature, Mom??”

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“A snake?!  Ewwww, get it away from me!”

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“Say whaaaaat?  I’m a snake too??”

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“You think it looks like me?  And you say he’s my new friend?”

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“Hmm, I guess you’re right…I could use a new friend.  AND it’s a snake just like me.  Why didn’t you say so sooner!”

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“Come here and gimme a hug, my friend!  This isn’t as bad as I originally thought.”

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“I guess I do like my new snake friend after all.  Thanks Auntie! :)”

…At least, that’s how I hope the introduction of my baby snake amigurumi went with my nephew.  This is going to be his first impression of me as his aunt for a while, until I can find time to go visit him in Taiwan.  I would like to think that I haven’t terrorized him without having even met him in person!

So, to keep the snake from looking like a long tapeworm, I had to twist it like a pretzel and sew it in place to keep some shape.  I imagine you could shape it any way you like, but it does take a few stitches to make sure the shape keeps fastened in place.  I probably could have made it longer too, but took the advice of my sewing machine sister that if I went any longer it’d end up looking too serpentine and scary for a little baby haha.  I also skipped out on giving it pink cheekies, because we wanted to make sure it was babyproof.  The yarn we used is also one of those baby soft kinds that are thick and super soft.

It was also kinda funny that my sewing machine sister, who also happens to be a snake, wanted to keep the baby snake amigurumi for herself!  I guess for a snake, I did a pretty good job of cute-ifying it for even my sister to like it!  Hope all you other snakes out there enjoy it too! :D  Happy snake year to everyone!!

Baby Snake Amigurumi first seen on Cute Amigurumi!

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It was a beautiful and unique wedding with a theme, inspired by the opening scene of the movie “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” where Indy wears a white tux and a red carnation in his pocket, and Willie comes out as a singer in a nightclub dressed in a qipao (Chinese traditional dress).  My brother even encouraged all the lady guests to wear qipao and all the gentlemen to wear bowties.  So, that explains the garb our wedding bears amigurumi have haha!

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So let’s start off looking at the bride wedding bear amigurumi (of course, because weddings are all about the bride, duh!).  We used a special fuzzier yarn from Joann called “Beautiful Sensations”, I think, that is super soft and hides the stitches well because of all the hair on the yarn.  It also made the stitches harder to see, but once you’ve crocheted enough to watch TV while crocheting with no problem, this is actually a cinch!  And seriously, even if you miscount and are off a stitch or two, who can tell anyways. :P

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What we did to make this bride wedding bear amigurumi match the theme of our brother’s wedding was give it a qipao belly, rather than the usual felt belly piece.  My mom used to sew qipao tops for us when we were younger, and you can even see some of her finished products at her blog here!  We had lots of qipao cloths to choose from, but this one had a pattern that matched our sister-in-law’s qipao very closely so we chose this one.  My sewing, felt-cutting, stripes subcontractor sister then went about her usual task of doing menial, tedious duties by painstakingly gluing rhinestones along the edge of the belly piece.  She also cut out and sewed together a veil, and proceeded to bling it up too!

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She covered the entire veil.  Very nice, yes, I agree.  And then my mom did some Chinese knotting and made this super cute adornment to add to the top of the veil!

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You can even flip up the veil and it looks super glamorous too!

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You can take the veil off too!  We’re getting real fancy here.  And yes, this bride wedding bear amigurumi wears earrings!

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Alright alright, let’s give the groom wedding bear amigurumi some spotlight.  Isn’t he sooo handsome?!  My sister first cut out felt pieces to make up the tux part, and then she cut up some white satin ribbon to cover the felt, so that the tux could have a nice sheen to it  She added a black bowtie, some blingy buttons (can’t be outdone by the super blingy bride wedding bear amigurumi, right?!) and finished it off with a small red polymer clay rose in its pocket.

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Oh!  Here’s the groom wedding bear amigurumi standing at the altar, with the officiant, little gold Buddha figurine!  He’s nervous, but definitely very excited.

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Here she is, the bride wedding bear amigurumi!  Don’t they look so cute already from the back at the altar?!

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Deary beloved, we are gathered here today….zzzzz….What?!  I’m not sleeping, I swear!!  <wiping drool from the corners of my mouth> Haha jk :P

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This is what the bug sitting on the cherry blossom branch sees at people’s wedding ceremonies.  So romantic! <3  Makes me want to become a bug…almost.

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Aww, so sweet, looking deeply into each other’s solid black safety eyes!

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And now you may kiss the bride wedding bear amigurumi!

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Yay!  They’re married, and now called Mr. and Mrs. Wedding Bears Amigurumi!  Look at the groom wedding bear amigurumi leading his bride away from the altar like he owns the world now.  But who can blame him?  And now time for some glamour shots!

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Those origami flower bouquets were my brother’s actual centerpieces at his wedding.  We all pitched in to fold some of them, and my sister, being the neat freak that she is, was able to arrange them so professionally and aesthetically into an awesome-looking bouquet.  Those bouquets were definitely a nice touch to the wedding.  Sorry for all the pictures btw, but as is customary of any wedding, there has to be a ton of pictures!!  It’s a once in a lifetime thing after all.

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Instead of riding away on a carriage, these wedding bears amigurumi will just sit snugly in this luscious basket of silk roses.  Congrats to my brother, the awesome website manager/promoter, and my sister-in-law!  I know this blog wouldn’t even exist without all your dedication and help.  I’m sorry for not posting as often as I should, but I just want you to know I really appreciate everything you’ve put into this blog for me.  I never would have thought that our facebook fanpage could ever reach 1,000 fans, but we have (and btw, there will be a special promotion for this awesome milestone so please keep posted)!  There’s no way I could’ve done this without you.  Wishing you both, and any other newlywed couples out there during this wedding season, the best things in life filled with lots of love and happiness!! :D

Wedding Bears Amigurumi first seen on Cute Amigurumi!

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Yes, we’ve beaten the dead horse with all of our monkey amigurumis–so now we’re moving on to rhinestone tiger amigurumi!!  Yay~

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We’ve been planning on making this rhinestone tiger amigurumi for a long time now.  When we made our trip to Taiwan recently, we especially went to go buy ourselves multiple sheets of multiple-colored rhinestone sheet stickers.  They’re supposed to be used to decorate the interior of your car, but who says you can’t use them on anything else?  :)

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I started gluing on the rhinestones one by one from the top of the head and worked my way all the way down.  It was quite challenging since an amigurumi is not the flattest thing in the world to be gluing things on.  I had to be very careful with the placement of the rhinestones too with all the stripey business going on.  But it worked somehow!  Or at least I forced it too haha.  :D

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The idea of covering our tiger amigurumi with rhinestones actually came from a friend of ours.  :)  It was a VERY good idea and we’re glad we heeded their suggestion.  Wonder if they remember suggesting it?

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Remember our first tiger amigurumi?  It looks so small compared to the rhinestone tiger amigurumi huh?  All the glue and rhinestones really added some pounds to it!

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This is what I looked like after gluing on two whole sheets of rhinestones.  I don’t know if I really want to do that again…haha.  Or maybe I do?  What do you think?  What would you like to see plastered with rhinestones?!  :D

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Thanks for looking!  Enjoy some lovely music from our rhinestone tiger amigurumi~

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Rhinestone Tiger Amigurumi first seen on Cute Amigurumi!

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Making this Chinese dragon amigurumi was like making a mini-Bowser.  I never really realized it before, but Chinese dragons have deer antlers – did YOU know that?  What do they need antlers for anyway?  I just crocheted small tubes and sewed one perpendicularly in the middle part of the other and attached the combined unit to the head.

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What I like best about this Chinese dragon amigurumi is the felt work.  My sister had to cut out so much felt for the dragon’s mane, eyebrows, and fins.

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The redness of the fins and mane make the dragon amigurumi look like it’s on fire!!  It looks pretty fierce thanks to my sister who likes to put her own scary spin on my cute amigurumis…making it’s eyebrows slanted so it looks like it’s frowning, and giving it fangs. It’s ok, for this dragon amigurumi, a little bit of scariness is just what it needs so I’ll let it go this time around. ;)

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It almost reminds me of a dinosaur at this angle!

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Here it is posing with a Chinese girl amigurumi my mom crocheted.  For the whiskers, I just crocheted a chain and attached it to the sides of the snout.  Later, my mom sewed a golden thread into it too to give it some extra shine.

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I do have a pattern for this Chinese dragon amigurumi too, but just haven’t written it up yet.  It will be up soon for sale on my Etsy.  Please wait for it! :D

That’s it for our Chinese dragon amigurumi!  Hope everyone who celebrates it had a great Chinese new year, and we wish everyone a prosperous and healthy year!

Chinese Dragon Amigurumi first seen on Cute Amigurumi!

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Let’s get into the tropical mood with a Hawaiian monkey amigurumi!

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Are we in a tropical mood yet?  Let’s just drop everything and go to Hawaii!!!  A little late with the monthly posting but here we go!

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Exactly one year ago, we took a family trip to Hawaii for a week, so to remember the fun times I decided to make a Hawaiian monkey amigurumi.  When I got to thinking of what to do for the month of August, nothing came to mind but summery things and warm beachy places….like Hawaii!

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And our 360 degree view looks like this:

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Weee!

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Ah, now I’m dizzy.

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Like the coconut + plumeria + leafy headdress?  The coconut was crocheted with a thinner yarn and took a very long time to make.  Lots of work just for one tiny little coconut halve.  Even though it’s small, it doesn’t mean that it’ll be less work.  The plumerias next to the coconut are actually earrings.  The last time we went to Hawaii, we bought them from ABCmart (very cheap and nice by the way).

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The plumerias on the grass skirt also came from that store and are actually one bracelet.  I just crocheted the grass skirt and slid the bracelet on afterwards.  Looks nice and festively Hawaiian right?  Mm…a luau sounds really good right now.  :)

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And of course my Hawaiian monkey amigurumi needs some friends!  Say hello to coconut amigurumi!  It’s so smiley and happy in the background.  Now I could really use a pina colada.

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Ah yes and before I forget, I also crocheted a small coconut palm to go with the Hawaiian monkey.  Such a happy little tropical family~

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For this particular monkey, I tried to make it look tanned.  Did you catch on to that?  Well anyway, I used a darker felt for the face, chest, and ears, instead of the usual light colored one.  I figured that if it’s going to be a Hawaiian monkey, why not make it look like it came straight from Hawaii?  Exposed to all the sunlight and warm weather!  It’d be weird if it were a pale monkey right?  It just wouldn’t be genuinely Hawaiian.

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Happy summer!  Hope you all enjoyed my take on a Hawaiian monkey amigurumi!

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Hawaiian Monkey Amigurumi first seen on Cute Amigurumi!