Girl dolls, boy dolls

Pretty people's drawings turned into custom stuffed dolls from all around the world!

Efrosini from Greece:

Turn your self-portrait into a soft toy!

Princess Peyton from Nevada:

Custom stuffed princess

A fantastic drawing to work with! Isabelle's self-portrait from Australia:

Are you feeling like making your own stuffed version, too?:)

Danielle' cuddly toy from The Netherlands:

Custom portrait with custom doggie

 Rashid's drawing into a doll also from The Netherlands:

I made a mom very happy with this special softie

A sad girl from California:

Soft hair, soft tears, soft heart - a soft toy altogether

Veda's doll from Michigan:

The perfect custom doll to play with: your own self-portrait

And a young couple from Vancouver:

Custom dolls as a wedding gift - a little something to start their life together:)

Stickpeople softies

This time we have to use this politically correct term, because these soft toys are women and men, girls and boys from around the whole wide world.

First two plushies for Fiona's family:

Custom stuffed dolls can dance, too!

Esmi's daughter drew a picture of herself: "A brown hair girl with green and red hair barrettes with black shoes ;)"

Esmi's drawing into a happy softie

One of Bogica's last drawings turned into a doll for her father:

A plushie to comfort a daddy

Connor drew himself together with his baby brother:

Cute brothers turned into cute plushies

And "Grandma's hair sticks up in the morning when she wakes up" - a kid's drawing with the longest title I've ever seen :-)

Make your own stuffed grandma ;-)

One more plush cat

And a special one! The "love-at-first-sight" kind of cat. The model is Alice's family's cat called Mocha. Important info from Alice's mom: "Mocha has claws in the back, not the front and she has very furry ears and face :-) "

Alice's drawing was great, but the plushie version of Mocha cat wasn't very photogenic... black face, repositioned head and claws - you know this time I think it was necessary to turn the drawing into a soft toy with certain changes. Anyway, we did our best, softie cats are pretty patient photo models!

Lazy custom stuffed animals make patient photo models

Still not running anywhere - that's why it's great to spend time with soft stuffed animals:)

Cats again

I haven't made exact statistics but I dare say cats are one of the most popular animals put on paper by kids. And yes, tigers are cats, too! Just a little bigger and wilder ones.

Daisy's Crazy Color Cat drawing coming to life:

Daisy designed her own stuffed cat

Sweet little white kitty by Anoushka:

This is a really, really soft toy!

And finally Fluffy, the tiger softie for Emma!

Fluffy has a story: Royal Mail is usually very reliable, but this time it was slower than ever... which means Fluffy didn't arrive in time to wait for Emma under the Christmas tree. Emma's mom found out a story for her daughter: "Santa noticed the elves hadn't written Fluffy on your tiger's chest, and he only noticed when they were loading the sleigh. So he has sent Fluffy back to the elves workshop for them to add Fluffy's name and make her perfect. He'll have to though send Fluffy by post from the North Pole and she'll arrive in a few days." And the story with a print out photo of Fluffy plushie worked! :-)

Another kid's drawing born as a stuffed animal

Doll and facts in black and white

To tell you the truth it is so much easier to post a softie on Facebook when you are in a hurry. And the advantage of Facebook is that you can get immediate feedback, which is not so common here on the blog but it helps a softiemaker to survive everyday struggles. This is the main reason why I neglected my poor blog for a while... I'm trying to return back :-)

I loved every little detail of this black and white self-portrait made by Sally's sister at the age of 4 or 5. She was turning 24 last December and she was pretty surprised to get the custom stuffed doll from her drawing for her birthday.

All the details of a drawing turned into a cuddly toy

And some details that are not often shown on Facebook:

A real custom doll - can you imagine to find a copy anywhere in the shops? ;-)

Autumn plushie harvest

An extremely dangerous shark from George's (5) drawing.

Custom stuffed sharks are just as dangerous as the real ones - so be careful!

A purple, white and Coca Cola red bird by Laura. Laura is not a kid, she's the mom of a little boy, but it's not only kids whose drawings are allowed to be turned into soft toys! ;-)

Hey, grown-ups, you can create your own toys, too! Don't be shy!

A very special drawing into a custom plushie: Justin's self-doodle has a story, so if you are interested in it, please read this article.

My custom stuffed skateboarder plush in its home with the designer

"Mad Mommy" doll by Sydney (4)

A handmade mad mom doll

Girl in pink and white - the drawing was made when Melanie's daughter was a little girl, and this is given to her for her 16th birthday.

Best birthday gift idea: your own drawing turned into a doll

Two softies for a sister and brother, No1. "Self-portrait with butterflies" by Emily (4.5)

Even the most complicated drawing can be turned into a custom pillow :-)

No2. Callie, the tricolor cat by Mitchell (7)

Cats are the most popular custom stuffed animals, no doubt!

Reinhold and his friendly Yeti by Sandy.

Could you create your own toys, too? ;-)

And Raffaella's (6) Fairy Princess, who uses her wand to make the sun and moon rise - let's be grateful to Raffaella! :)

One of the most graceful drawings I ever turned into a custom doll