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Why wookies? Because they look so fuzzy and cute! Closest thing to a teddy bear, besides an ewok, and I skipped on ewok because they look TOO much like a teddy bear. You probably wouldn’t even know I was trying to make an ewok unless I included its iconic hoodie and feathers/tribal wear, which just didn’t strike me as something fit for a wedding.

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Maybe the trickiest thing about wookie wedding amigurumis is…what does a female wookie look like?! Have you ever seen one?? Me neither…oh well, I tried my best by embellishing her with a nice sparkly veil that’s as shiny as all the stars in a galaxy! Isn’t she stunning??

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To make the groom look extra sharp, I gave him a nice bowtie and dress shirt, which draped gracefully over his usual bullet sash.

Check out the warm, romantic ambiance created by string lights in the background! So lovey dovey!

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So what did my friend think of these Star Wars Wookie Wedding Amigurumis? Let me sum it up with the dialog below:

Friend: “Oh thanks! These are so cute!”

Me: “Yay, so glad you like them! You know what they are, right?”

Friend: “Yeah, they’re teddy bears.”

Me: “…”

Sigh, sometimes you can’t win haha.

Star Wars Wookie Wedding Amigurumi first seen on Cute Amigurumi!

Unfortunately, I didn’t quite have enough time to give them a proper photo shoot, but here are a few pics of them I took in the car.

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I even packaged them nicely in a basket with shredded paper and potpourri to give them a more decorative, festive look!

Here’s a close up of the groom monkey. I had my sister cut out a nice bowtie for the groom monkey to dress him up for his special day! The real groom (yes the human one haha) wanted his monkey groom to be playful, so we used the squinty eyes for his face and topped him off with bananas precariously balanced on his head…don’t get too excited now, you’ll  marry your bride monkey soon! :P

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Now for the bride monkey amigurumi. The real bride wanted a bird cage veil to match hers on her wedding day. I had to consult my mom to make this veil for the bride monkey amigurumi. My mom went all out and added some feathers and nice beading to ensure this bride monkey amigurumi was ready to impress!

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My classmate was kind enough to provide me a photo of the wedding monkey amigurumis on her actual wedding day! She placed them so endearingly on the welcome table – such a great use of them! Really sets the tone for a lighthearted, fun time at the wedding, and makes you want to just snatch up a map and start exploring right away! :D

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It really goes to show how just tweaking minor details in a plain monkey amigurumi can make it fit any occasion. Just adding a simple bowtie gives the groom monkey such a charming, sharp look. Adding a veil to the bride monkey amigurumi just elevates her into heavenly bliss! The extra felt heart plushies also give an extra bright pop of color to enhance the love in the air! :P It was a lot of fun making these wedding monkey amigurumis. I’ve made wedding bear amigurumis, and now wedding monkey amigurumis…just makes me want to try all kinds of pairings now. The possibilities are endless!

Lastly, I want to thank my classmate again for even thinking of ordering these monkeys from me for her wedding. It really means a lot to me that my amigurumis were a part of your special day. :) Thank you so much, and I wish you and your husband years upon years of boundless happiness!! :D

Wedding Monkey Amigurumis first seen on Cute Amigurumi!

Does anyone remember having to exchange Valentines in school for Valentine’s day, and decorating a box to hold all those precious Valentine cards? I don’t know about everyone else, but it’s been quite a long time since elementary school for me! So when my coworkers decided to exchange Valentines this year with decorated boxes, I was a little hesitant to join in. Everything I’ve made as a kid for school, like shoe boxes for book reports or Valentine boxes, were never noteworthy. So naturally, this was my initial fear as an adult as well. But once I realized I could try to crochet my Valentine box…I became excited! :D

Here is what I ended up making:

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I used a tissue box as my container. I crocheted rectangular panels for each side and sewed them together at the edges. For the top of the box, I crocheted four small rectangular pieces and sewed them together at the edges to allow for the hole in the center. I then crocheted different sizes of hearts and sewed each piece onto the box wherever I felt like a heart was needed. The heart pattern I used was from PlanetJune’s Craft Blog, here. It’s a great pattern, very easy to follow and very nice results!

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And then, while I was at it, I thought why not just crochet all my Valentines too? People thought I was being ambitious by doing that, but in actuality, I was just being lazy. I just didn’t want to drive to the store to buy them…because, you know, it’s so out of the way from my usual route back home from work to drop by Target or some other store where they sell Valentines (and I would really rather just drive straight home after work)…I’m not even sure where to buy them actually. So yes, laziness, and also the thought of being able to keep your Valentine and use it as something useful were reasons why I decided to crochet them.

It was easy to crochet the Valentine charms too, I just crocheted one small heart and one medium sized heart and stacked them. I had my sister hot glue gun them together, and then I attached a red yarn to the heart so people could hang it wherever they like in their cube. Since there’s 20 people on my team, I had to crochet 40 hearts total…that’s a lot. I got tired midway, after crocheting about 10 hearts and thought, what did I get myself into? My coworkers were right, I was being way too ambitious. But then, I had no choice because it was too late at night for me to go to the store to buy real Valentine cards! So, I just continued on…

Here’s a pic of all the hearts after I finished crocheting them all:

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Don’t they look so nice all together?? So many hearts! After I finished, I wanted to keep them all to myself, just because they looked so nice together. These 20 Valentine charms took me from 8 pm until 11:30 pm last night! My hands were so sore afterwards, I’d advise everyone not to procrastinate on crafting the day before a holiday…it can be quite stressful!

Hope everyone has a great Valentine’s day with your loved ones! Thanks for looking! <3

Crocheted Valentine’s Day Box and Charms first seen on Cute Amigurumi!

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It’s been a while since I crocheted an amigurumi, especially one of my puppy amigurumis, so what better way to celebrate than by revisiting my favorite hobby with a pug amigurumi!

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This pug amigurumi was based off my baby Chihuahua amigurumi, with a few tweaks here and there.  If you look closely, you’ll notice this pug amigurumi’s paws get a little bigger at the ends to give it more of a cartoony feel.  My original pattern was just a straight tube.

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I also changed the back legs to be small nubbins, just because I thought it would look cuter that way!  My previous pattern had short tubes that you would sew near the back end of the puppy amigurumi.  I did a similar look for my Polar Lucibear amigurumi, which was published in a small pamphlet called “Crocheted Amigurumi.”  Some people have questioned whether the back legs are wrong, but they indeed are correct as written in the pattern.  The back legs are supposed to resemble nubbins for that cuter look, so please go ahead and sew them in place like that!  To make this amigurumi a pug amigurumi, I cut out small circles from brown felt for the eyes, and a larger circle for the snout.  Such a simple and easy thing to do to change up the look!  I’m all about simple and easy things.

So, has anyone gotten into the trend of terrariums lately?  Terrariums are super neat!  Just the thought of creating your own ecosystem in an enclosed space is pretty awesome.  But what if you just suck at taking care of plants?  Don’t worry!  There’s hope for us yet!  Since all we can do is crochet, let’s just make some amigurumi terrariums instead! :D

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Actually this idea came from someone who was paranoid about getting their pug amigurumi dusty…a thought that never crossed my mind before.  I guess some people are just super anal and paranoid! :P  But it did make for a really cute idea!

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The brown paper trimmings were bought from Daiso.  The little hearts came with the trimmings too, so convenient!  I also had a random sticker with a dog bowl and bone in it, perfect for decorating, so I had to stick it on the jar.  And we picked up a cute pug phone charm on our trip to Taiwan recently too!

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Just in case you wanted to see that adorable pug phone charm more close up!

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Oh, it broke loose of its jar!  How cute. :)

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Now it’s just getting restless!

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One last shot!  Thanks for looking!

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Pug Amigurumi first seen on Cute Amigurumi!

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If anyone is having trouble deciding what to crochet…hows about a Valentine’s Day tiger amigurumi?  :]

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Good idea?  Bad idea?  Who doesn’t like a tiger amigurumi?  Tigers and Valentine’s Day makes perfect sense, right?  The truth is we just really wanted to make a pink tiger.  <3

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It doesn’t look like much, but this tiger amigurumi used up quite a bit of felt.  In case you were wondering, there is a total of 22 black felt stripes on this thing…!  Never bothered to count it up until now, and now that I have, it’s quite a shocking number haha.  o_O

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Of course, if there’s a female tiger, there’s got to be a male one too!  Ah~so handsome.  He’s even waving at you flirtatiously.  That little casanova…

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Wonder what kind of chick he’ll pick up today~?

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Ah, looks like he’s found the cutest Valentine’s Day tiger amigurumi he’s ever laid his eyes on.  O_O!!  How will he get her attention?  Any guesses?

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Yep, you called it.  Failed attempt at throwing the heart plushie at her.  Too bad~

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Oh, but what’s this?  Seems like she heard something fumbling around behind her!

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“I think you dropped this” she says “here you go!”  <3

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And what do you know, they’re together now!  Yay!  Happy ending.  The end.

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The heart plushies were made out of felt by the way.  If you were even bothering to wonder haha.  I made a crapload of them just for these tiger amigurumi.  Did they serve their purpose well?

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Have a good one this year!  Spend it with your loved ones like these Valentine’s Day tiger amigurumi <3<3<3!!!

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Valentine’s Day Tiger Amigurumi first seen on Cute Amigurumi!