Mumpreneur Competition!!

There is a fantastic competition on MumsClub to find the best business idea for a mum. There are all sorts of prizes being given away including a Cherish Doll from Pogglers, so get your thinking caps on and enter. You have nothing to lose! Closing date is the 1st November.



Congratulations on Finding the UK’s search for the most creative New Business idea for a mum!The competition is aimed at anyone who fancies winning the prizes – women, mums or business mums – it is simply a competition to win great prizes.

Have you always wondered about starting your own business working from home? Do you think you have an original, creative, or unique idea for a business? Enter the MumsClub competition to see if you will be voted most creative/unique business idea by mums already in business working from home.

To find out more visit the competition page on MumsClub.

The Green Parent Magazine

I have been really busy recently and have completely neglected my blog, but I hope to do better in the coming months!

Some great news is that we have appeared two editions running in The Green Parent magazine. In the August/September issue they highlighted one of our little Elephant in a pouch toys and in the current October/November issue we have a write up in their Ethical Spotlight! Thank you Green Parent!

So get down the shops and grab your copy now!

Coming soon!

The other day I made a really cute monster based on a child's drawing. This will also be added to Pogglers soon to compliment our Recycled Dolls and Monsters which are proving very popular.

This is how it works: you e-mail or send me a colour copy of your child's drawing of a monster and I use that as my design to turn as faithfully as possible into a real toy monster to cuddle and adore. You could even dig out your own childhood monster drawing to use. I use a mixture of off-cut and new organic cotton, conventional cotton and recycled fabric. The monsters are usually stuffed with polyester stuffing for easy washing but I can also use organic sheeps wool.

To find out more or to order your own monster please contact me.

Sign up! Sign up! For great craft ideas!

I have sent out our most recent edition of the Pogglers Crafty Kids Newsletter so if you would like to receive one too then please fill in the contact form on Pogglers, and I will send you a copy.

In this edition you will find out how to make a whizzy whooshy streamer toy (shown in flight above), some pine cone gnomes and some fantastically easy to make juggling balls.

All using things easily found in the home or outside.

And if you have your own idea you would like us to include then please send it to Pogglers and we may include it in the next issue. If you make any of the things in the newsletter then please do send us a picture as we would love to display a gallery of the images on the website with your permission.

Happy poggling!

Recycled Dolls and Monsters

We have been getting quite a few enquiries about our Recycled Dolls and Monsters from the article in Junior Magazine. We are mentioned in the article on page 51 entitled Bye bye baby written by Alice Beer and are at the top of the list of recommendations for what to do with your old baby clothes.

So if you have old baby clothes that you don't know what to do with then send them over to Pogglers for a brand new toy! Even if they are stained or full of holes we will be able to find a way to make them into a beautiful keepsake. And we are always happy to go over design ideas before hand.

Happy poggling!

Baby Playmats coming soon

I am currently working on some new organic cotton Baby Playmats for Pogglers. It will probably be a week or two before they are online but I have a blue and purple version and a pink, red and yellow version. The blue one has brightly coloured stars on it and I have still to decide about the girly one. I am thinking about stars again or hearts or simple flowers. Any opinions are gladly received.

They are about the size of a cot quilt, so bigger than most baby playmats. Small ones work fine until babies start to move a bit and then as soon as they roll over once they are off, so I decided to make these a bit bigger. This also means that you can continue to use them as a quilt for the bed when the babies are over 1 year, which makes them well worth the money as they will be used way beyond the first months.
It is recommended not to use a quilt to cover a baby under one year as they may overheat.

Happy poggling!

Pogglers in Junior Magazine!

Although I haven't seen a copy yet I have been told that Pogglers is mentioned in the June 2008 issue of Junior Magazine (UK) in an article on what to do with old baby clothes. So hop down to the shops and get your copy now!

If you do have an old item of clothing that you can't bear to part with then we can make it into a doll, Funky Monster or other soft toy for you. Either let us create a design for you, suggest some ideas yourself for us to base the design on or send us your design or drawing along with the item and we will work our magic. You could even get your child to draw a doll or monster and we will base the design on that for a truly unique toy.

Visit Pogglers for recycled dolls and Funky Monsters.

Happy poggling!