Deck the halls ...

What an exciting time of year! It's almost time to put the Christmas tree up and decorate the house for the festive season. I love thinking about different ways to decorate, challenging as it is with two toddlers around!

Here are some great finds to deck your halls from Made It!

1. Christmas Tissue Paper Pom Poms - Tiddley Pom

2. Christmas Tree Wall Decal - Vinyl Design

3. Merry Christmas Bunting - The Earthly Creature

4. Christmas Rules - Vintage Bus Roll Poster - anroldesigns

5. Merry Christmas Banner - Banners and Bags

6. Raggy Christmas Wreath - bekahdu

Funky Friday Finds - Putting the Mo in Movember

We are right in the middle of Mo-vember so to help celebrate a good cause, here are some Funky 'Mo' Friday Finds!

Can't grow a Mo for Movember but still want to be involved? Then you need a Mo Sista Brooch/Necklace available from LittleNikita on Made It

Joining Movember in their annual quest to raise awareness of depression and prostate cancer in 2010, is new Mr. Men character, Mr. Mo…! These tee's are now available at Target and 25% of the proceeds from their sales will be donated to Movember.

Felt black moustache on a stick by feltsogood on Made It

Set of 12 Moustache Crayons Complete Disguise Upcycled/Recycled from chasedreams on Etsy

A ‘Fruity Mustache’ blank greetings card featuring crunchy, fresh ALBERTO APPLE with a real hairy, 100% new wool mustache! Available from Kikichoo on Etsy

Funky Monsters Features

Our Funky Monsters booties are getting around! We have been featured on two fabulous blogs over the last couple of days.

Jo from 'The Crafty Nomad' loves my booties. Having travelled to and lived in various parts of the world, she is currently living in outback WA and has a love of all things crafty especially sewing and papercraft. Our Reindeer Games Baby Booties were featured as part of her 'Made It Friday Focus: Rudolph the Reindeer' post.

Robyn from 'Robyn Lee Handmade' also loves my booties! She featured our gorgeous Space Invaders Baby Booties in her 'Christmas Time at Made It: Something for everyone, beautifully Australian made' post.

Thank you lovely ladies!

'Tis the season

Christmas is creeping up on us, only 6 weeks until the bearded one visits bearing gifts galore!

To celebrate the festive season, I have released some Limited Edition Christmas Baby Booties, ideal for Baby's 1st (or 2nd!) Christmas. There are two different styles to choose from and both are reversible designs. These booties make great gifts for bubs and are the perfect finish to their little Christmas outfit.

These limited edition booties are available in sizes 0-6mths, 6-12mths & 12-18mths and are $20 a pair.

'Christmas Cheer' Baby Booties

'Reindeer Games' Baby Booties

You can order them now in my Made It store or via my Facebook page using my 'Contact Us' tab.

Funky Monsters Baby Bootie Collection

Since our humble beginnings (all of 12mths ago!) Funky Monsters bootie range has grown and grown. Most of our designs are limited in quantity as most fabric prints become discontinued over time, but we also like to keep our range fresh and exciting. In saying that, we have some old favourites that have been with us from the start like our signature Coloured Skulls booties, these are definitely still my all time favourite!

Not only have we had many different designs, we now have different styles of booties for your funky bubbas. Thought I would share our latest and our greatest with you all.

Our popular 'All Stars' Reversible booties in our original style

Our new Baby Booties for boys with elastic strap in 'Space Invaders', 'All Stars (Green)' and 'Pirate Booty'

Our new Baby Booties for girls with elastic strap in our gorgeous 'Leopard Print'

Our ever-so-sweet Mary Jane style booties in 'Funky Floral', 'Zebra Print', 'Cherry-licious' and 'Sweet Butterflies'

Our new Non-Slip range made with suede soles which also come in a larger size 12-18mths

Check out our Facebook page for more details & prices of the current range we have available. There are a number of ways you can order: by emailing funkymonsters@live.com, via our 'Contact Us' tab on our Facebook page or through our Made It store.

Sugar & Spice .... and all things nice!

Early on Sunday 12th September, Funky Monsters took a lovely drive down to Woodend. I was taking Funky Monsters to the Sugar & Spice Childrens Market. It was our very first market we were attending as a retailer!

The Sugar & Spice Childrens Market is a boutique childrens market held in Woodend every 3mths. Here you will find lovely unique items for your children, most of them handmade. The lovely Ali runs the market and once again put on a fantastic and well-organised day.

The crowds were lined up early ready to shop and came steadily through the doors throughout the day. Not only did Funky Monsters have a great time, we made quite a few sales and to top it off, met some lovely fellow stallholders. Funky Monsters new friends include:

• OOAKLY - run by the lovely Jenny, who creates custom artwork for the precious little ones in your life
• Milk & Honey - Cath & her sister came all the way from Echuca to showcase their precious goodies
• Robin Street Market - Sharon has an online store and specialises is sourcing unique and handmade gifts from around the world. You never know what you might find in Sharon's store in the near future (wink wink) !!

Jenny from OOAKLY

Here are some other pics taken from our big day out (taken by me, Jenny from OOAKLY and Kim Selby Photography)

The next Sugar & Spice Childrens Market will be held in Woodend on 12th December (venue TBC) and Ali is also launching in Ballarat on 28th November at St Pat's Hall from 9am-1pm. We hope to see you there!

Funky Friday Finds - Crocodiles & Al E Gator!

Here are some snappy Funky Friday Finds!

1. Kojo the Croc - Zoobies Pets (3-in-1 plush character, pillow & blanket)

2. Crocodile Magnet Clip - Kids Gift List (Bright & funky jungle animal magnet)

3. Al E Gator - sarahsewta.etsy.com (Minky dot boo boo rice heat bag)

4. Fabler Krokodil - Ikea (soft toy)

5. 'Snippy' the baby crocodile - Secret Gully (Interactive and educational soft stuffed Aust Wildlife toys for imaginative play)

6. Crocodile Isle - Jump City (Inflatable water park)