{"id":2135,"date":"2015-06-25T17:30:11","date_gmt":"2015-06-26T00:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/?p=2135"},"modified":"2015-06-25T17:35:58","modified_gmt":"2015-06-26T00:35:58","slug":"herding-cats-er-elephants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2015\/06\/25\/herding-cats-er-elephants\/","title":{"rendered":"Herding cats … er, elephants"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"IMG_0487\"<\/a>I was in need of some little gifts for three young children and was tearing my hair out trying to think of what to make. Then I happened to see this blog post<\/a> yesterday and knew I just had to make some of these adorable elephants!
\n\"IMG_0486\"<\/a>They’re actually very quick to make, so all three are finished already, and I couldn’t be more delighted with them. \ud83d\ude42 It’s been a very long time since I’ve made any stuffed animals, and the quality of the stuffing available has improved beyond anything I could have hoped for. I used some from the Pellon company, and it feels so silky that it’s almost a shame that it’s inside the animals where it can’t be felt.<\/p>\n

 
\n\"IMG_0488\"<\/a>I decided to make two smaller elephants and one larger, and\u00a0I’m very pleased with the results. I had some little labels<\/a> on hand, so I added them into the seams as an extra touch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was in need of some little gifts for three young children and was tearing my hair out trying to think of what to make. Then I happened to see this blog post yesterday and knew I just had to make some of these adorable elephants! They’re actually very quick to make, so all three […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[195,49],"class_list":{"0":"post-2135","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"tag-misc","8":"tag-notions","9":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yzuO-yr","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4385,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2021\/01\/16\/more-elephants\/","url_meta":{"origin":2135,"position":0},"title":"More elephants","author":"Sandy","date":"January 16, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"I really admire elephants and their strong dedication to each other. 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