The Greatest Stuffed Animals Known to (Wo)man
I know I’ve taken a little time off from posting reviews and giveaways, but this one, my friends, is worth the wait.
Some wild animals showed up in my mailbox yesterday. No, I didn’t mail my kids to myself. But Sarah, creator/sewer/artist extraordinaire, of Flaky Friends sent me two of her creations: Lester the Giraffe and Lucky the Turtle. I fell INSTANTLY in LURVE. Head over heels in love. I feel a kinship to these weirdo animals. Kind of like a long-distance-relationship-gone-bad kinship. We’ll always be connected - I can’t quit you.
The first thing I noticed when I held my loves girls’ new stuffed animals is their craftsmanship. These guys are so well-made, you’d swear a high-powered machine with 80 underpaid sweatshop workers had slaved away over them. But thankfully this is not true of the Flaky Friends. Each animal is HANDMADE by Sarah herself. I KNOW!
Sarah started making these crazy critters after her daughter demanded requested a purple stuffed pony, and after searching high and low, she couldn’t find one. So, like any other artist, she decided to make one. (Personally, I would have fibbed and told my girls Santa couldn’t come through and he was an anrgy old man and to quit asking for frivolous things. I kid - I kid.) People - she’s been working at these since January of THIS year. She’s just that good.
The tagline for Flaky Friend’s Etsy store is “Why Should You Buy One? Because You Can!” Ladies (and one or two gents) - I haven’t been this in love with a new product find since TiVo was invented. And that’s saying a lot. (Maybe I’m exaggerating a tad, but I LURVES these animals.) You must go now to buy your Flaky Friends from Sarah before she realizes she’s not charging enough for her artwork. Hello? $29-32 for the medium sized Friends? And by ‘medium,’ I mean 12-15″. That’s practically stealing art from an artist of Sarah’s caliber. Trust me - I’m a stuffed animal connoisseur, and you can NOT find handmade (in the USofA I might add) stuffed animals that are this well made and this adorable and this quirky and this lovable. And at this price.
Discount
So kiddies, I’m off to buy Sven the blue penguin for my penguinalholic 4-year-old. And I’m going to use the coupon code Sarah is passing along to all of us for 20% off everything in her store - HOTMAMAS. Use this code* through September 30, ‘08, but I recommend buying NOW before she realizes she doesn’t charge enough.
Giveaway
For our readers only, Sarah is giving away one of her ‘Out-of-Shell Turtles’ (value of $30). To win the turtle, visit Flaky Friends and comment below with your favorite Flaky Friend. (Sorry, but if your comment does not include the name of a Flaky Friend, you cannot win.) One comment per person, per day - come back daily for your chance to win! Comments are open until Sunday, August 10th, 11:59pm EST. The winner will be posted here on MamasLike, notified via email, and on Prizey.Fetch.
GET YOUR BUMS OVER TO FLAKY FRIENDS NOW and buy one (why? because you can). If you happen to win, and you’ve already adopted your Flaky Friend, no worries. You can start a menagerie.
*Etsy stores do not have the abilities to use coupon codes in their checkout. To redeem your 20% off discount, enter “HOTMAMAS” in the “Notes to Seller” upon checkout and wait for a revised invoice that reflects the discount before you complete your payment. It sounds confusing, but trust me - it’s worth it.





It’s Kitty McPhee for me! Cute giveaway, her flaky friends are cute, and Kitty is wild enough for my household!
Wait, Sven is your favorite too?? Oh no :o) Sven is hands-down my favorite. Followed by Suzy Porker. I just love the crazy eyes. Isn’t Sarah amazing?
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I like the Rainbow Stripe Elephant, but the Turtles with the Vintage Girl Scout patches are a close second.
I just love… love… love the shameless cow! She looks like I feel most days! or umm… maybe I really look like that too!
That was hard! I think I like Greg the Shaggy Sheep the best - although the turtle with the purple on top is cute too!
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I’ve got to say I LOVE Lester the Giraffe. I’m a little nervous about the bad influence he may have from his circus days in Tijuana, but I might be willing to chance it!
I love Greg the shaggy sheep!
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I love Baaab Robertson, hehe
I love all the turtles, I also love Kitty McPhee Stuffed Animal Softie Yellow!
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I have to pick just one?! I can’t do that.
Here’s my top 3…
1. Girl Scout Patch Turtles (sadly none have names)
2. Bogart the Camel
3. Roger the Elephant
Roger the Elephant is a real cutie!
Cindy
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Mephistopholes the Fire Tiger is great!
i like lucky turtle
These are all adorable. My favorite is Lester the Giraffe. How can you help but not love that face? Thanks so much for this giveaway.
I love turtles so I thought this would be easy, but it so wasn’t! So many cuties!!! I think I like Sven the blue penguin with all his fuzziness the best…the elephants are really cool too. They’re all fabulous!
Seth the Unfortunate Elephant Rainbow Stuffed Animal Plushie is my favourite!
He is full of character and you just have to love him!
The shameless cow is too cute!!
So cute! If only I was creative….there are just so many cute ones to choose from! I like Roger the Elephant and Kitty McPhee. I love all of Sarah’s descriptions of the animals…so funny!
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roger teh elephant
I love the Rainbow Stripe Elephant Stuffed Animal.
I totally love the Shameless Cow!! What a great giveaway.
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Gertie the Good-Natured Hippo is adorable. I want a hippopatomus for Christmas!
Love the Whimsy Pig.
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I think the Shameless Cow is so cool!
They’re all so cute, but that hippo is absolutely adorable.
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I like Gertie the Good Natured Hippo!
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I like Mephistopholes the Fire Tiger (even though he’s gentle not fierce!)
The Rainbow Striped Elephant is great! Thanks for the contest.
I think I like the Slightly Dazed Tiger the best.
Blue Unicorn Stuffed Animal Softie
I LURVE Rainbow Striped Elephant!
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Gotta say, I think my favorite is Greg the Shaggy Sheep. How adorable are those things? I love the narrative personalities of all the animals. Adorable!!
Greg the Shaggy Sheep!
I love Kitty McPhee, lester the Giraffe, and all the elephants, esp the rainbow striped one
The Shameless Cow is my ultimate favourite!
COOL
MY FAV IS KITTY MCPHEE
I like Greg the Shaggy Sheep
Loving the blue stuffed unicorn!! Please enter me!!
Mephistopholes the Fire Tiger is my favorite
Oh man, these are ADORABLE!!! I think my favorite is Greg the Shaggy Sheep… or Sven the Blue penguin… or… or… They’re ALL so cute!!!
I really like the Bug-Eyed Cutie Rainbow Elephant Stuffed Animal. Thanks for the chance.
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Gerty the Hippo is my favorite! Plump, purple, perfect! Great descriptions, Sarah
I can’t decide who I like more, Priscilla the Llama of Pink Pleasures, Greg the Shaggy Sheep or any of the Turtles. I might just have to buy a few.
Mephistopholes the Fire Tiger is still great! And I bet he is ferocious, even though the website claims it’s all show!
There are so many I like, but I think Barbara the Pink Beaver is my favorite. And I love the Turtles, too. All of the Flaky Friends are adorable!
I absolutely adore Gerty the Good Natured Hippo! She is wonderful and would never have to be worried about getting dumped here!
Well, I still love Baaab, but my girl walked by as I was looking at them and she says Kitty McPhee is the cutest.
They’re very cute, but my favorite is the Shaggy Sheep.
Well my son was totally disappointed that we didn’t win her giveaway on Bloggy Giveaways — He really wants the Flakey Nuggets. SOOOOO If I win the turtle — I’ll buy te nuggets to go with them!
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Flower Turtle Stuffed Animal Plushie Softie
Quasi Kitty (or any of the others!) would be a darling gift for small ones.
My favorite is the basset hound
These are just cute! I would love to get one for my daughter. My favorite Flaky Friend is the Blue Unicorn!
OMG, adorable! Sven the Blue Penguin Plush Stuffed Animal Softie Bird for me, I mean, my daughter. She’s also a penguin addict.
I love the Bug Eyed Cutie Rainbow Elephant! These animals are so cute!
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Awww! So cute! Gertie the Good Natured Hippo is so cute, and my 2 year old would love her. Who would guess a 2 year old’s favorite animal is a hippo?
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I like Bogart the Camel! These are definitely unique creations. They are adorable.
plug in my vote for Greg the Shaggy Sheep
i love bogart the camel.
These are so fun and creative!
I think Lester the giraffe is adorable! I also like Greg the Shaggy Sheep.
Thanks for the chance to win!
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I really like Greg the Shaggy Sheep Stuffed Animal Softie Plush-he’s super cute!
Lovestruck Blue Penguin Stuffed Animal is my pick.
Thank you for having this. My daughter picked out the Flower Turtle Stuffed Animal Plushie Softie. Thank you!
Girl Scout Patch Turtles are my favorite.
I love the Rainbow Striped Elephant….so cute! Thanks, justicecw@hotmail.com
I LOVE Svetlana the Purple Penguin.
It’s too bad the other penguins are threatened by her degree in microbiology so she has to tell them she’s a waitress at Chili’s.
Hopefully she’ll meet a strong ,proud, manly penguin who isn’t threatened by smart women.
Man these are so cute! I love Suzie Porker the Jolly Pig!
Oh my - I just LOVE the shaggy sheep. He’s all haired out and just such a cutie!!
I love greg the shaggy sheep! So cute!
Crazy Yellow Gold Crocodile. He’s so delightfully goofy!
My favorite really is the shell-less turtles! But Roger the Elephant is a cutie as well. So is Tofu the flying pig. How cute!
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Flower Turtle Stuffed Animal Plushie Softie. So cute!
I love those girl scout patch turtles, hehehe…..
Barbara the Pink Beaver Stuffed Animal Plushie is very cute.
AWW! I love Kitty McPhee. He just looks so… CUTE!
My favorite is Stripy Elephant.
OMG, I’ve seen Sarahs flaky friends before, but this is my newest favorite: Gerty the Good Natured Hippo. How stinkin cute.
thanks
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Kitty McPhee looks sooo cute! my DD loves it!
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=13817106 — Kitty McPhee! She’s amazing! I saved her shop to my etsy favorites
You’re going to make me choose? Bogart or Shameless Cow, or Morty? I think I like Lucky the Turtle the best though!! Thanks for the chance to win!
wow how cute thay all are and well if i was to win this i right now would not know that one to pick but well untell i know if i’m a winner i will wait to pick one and well i realy like them all thanks
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Lester the Giraffe is very cute.
I love the rainbow stripe elephant. My son would adore the ribbon tail and the crinkly cellophane ears and jingle bell stuffing. How cute!
I had so much fun browsing around and looking at the adorable and unique animals. I think I love the killer teddy bear best.
thanks so much.
I love the turtle.
Kitty McPhee is my favorite!
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I LOVE THE RAINBOW STRIPED ELEPHANT
Lester the giraffe because my daughter collects giraffes
Suzie Porker the Jolly Pig - how cute!!
Cindy
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Gerty the Good Natured Hippo Plush Stuffed Animal is really cute!
I love Greg the Shaggy Sheep! They are all so cute! Thanks so much!
I like Lucky the Turtle, she’s so cute!!
Can’t pick just one - Gerty the Good Natured Hippo and Greg Shaggy Sheep - they are precious!
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Shaggy sheep wins my heart.
I absolutely love Shameless Cow. The description makes me laugh out loud! She’s all woman…Look at those teats! Hilarious!!
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Roger the Elephant is cute.
My favorite is Lucky the Turtle.
My kids would go nuts for the turtle! I also really like Seth the Unfortunate Elephant. CUTE!
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I like Gerty the Good-Natured Hippo!
My grandson loves the Greg the Shaggy Sheep Stuffed Animal Softie Plush
I like Roger the Elephant but they are all adorable!!
Thank you.
I LOVE the flower turtles, especially the purple one. They are so cute how they come out of their shells.
The turtles are adorable, but I’m in love with Mephistopholes the Fire Tiger!
I love the giraffe!
I love the Slightly Dazed Tiger, but Bogart is also great!
love the bassett hound we use to have one
The Killer Teddy Bear Plush Stuffed Animal Softie is adorable (but so are most of the others!)
At first I was leaning towards Greg…but then…Seth the Unfortunate Elephant stole my heart. Oh Seth how I love thee.
I love Sven the Blue Penguin and Green Alien from the Planet Flaz!
I love Greg the Shaggy Sheep!
I LOVE the Basset Hound Stuffed Animal Plushie Toy!
Suzie Porker the Jolly Pig for me
i like them all! but to pick one it would have to be shameless cow.
Bogart the camel is so cute! Love him!
Roger the Striped Elephant is my favorite.
I love the giraffe.
I love the ELEPHANTS!!!!!
HOW CUTE!
The giraffe is too cute. Please and thank you.
greg the shaggy sheep is so cute
Patriotic Turtle Stuffed Animal Plushie
The Crazy Yellow Gold Crocodile Stuffed Animal is too cute. Thanks for the chance to win!
James the mallard duck is adorable, but then again, I have always had a thing for ducks though. What a talented artist.
Greg the Shaggy Sheep Stuffed Animal Softie Plush is so sweeet.
Rainbow striped elephant is cute.
I’m all about cats so I’d have to choose Kitty McPhee. Thanks!
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Greg the Shaggy Sheep is my favorite!
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That was a tough assignment, but I totally fell in LOVE with Gerty the Good Natured Hippo Plush Stuffed Animal. What a cutie!!! Thank you for the opportunity to win!
I have to laugh!!!! The Shaggy Sheep Dog Stuffed Animal Softie looks JUST LIKE our dog Espn - hair and all!!! Ok, Espn is mostly white with some spots, but the hair on the Shaggy Sheep Dog looks JUST LIKE HIS!!! Too cute!!!!
My kids would love this.
Thanks for the great giveaway!
Jolly the Pig here! My youngest oinks for every animal sound. LOL!
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love the turtle.
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I love the Tiny Jingle Ladybug. How adorable ~ so many cute animals! Great site.
james the mallard!
The turtle is cute. My favorite is Baaab Robertson - Plushy White Sheep.
I like Greg the Shaggy Sheep - he makes me smile!
I love all the rainbow stripe elephants!! So cute! And the girl scout turtles. I wish I had stuck with brownies!
Definitely Greg The Shaggy Sheep
Mephistopholes the Fire Tiger is fabulous!
I agree with Art: Many of these creatures are great, but Mephistopholes the Fire Tiger has me completely charmed!
Greg the Shaggy Sheep would be an awesome addition to our collection of lovies in this house!
i cant decide between morty the lion and greg the shaggy sheep. they are all so quirky and fun!
The Basset Hound Stuffed Animal Plushie Toy is very cute.
I love the cow.
I would have to say all of the animals are very cute but I bet my little girl would like the Purple Pegasus Stuffed Animal Softie the very best. Thanks!!
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I also like the Rainbow Striped Elephant. They are all so cute though!
Greg the Shaggy Sheep is my favorite
The girl scout turtles remind me of when I was in the girl scouts.
I love the rainbow elephant!
My favorite is Svetlana the Purple Penguin, she is soo cute. I also love the Shaggy Sheepdog, if he had brown eyes he would look like my mutt.
I like the Kitty McPhee Stuffed Animal Softie Yellow. It is so cute. They all are.
Thanks for the chance.
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Greg the Shaggy Sheep. Thanks so much for the opportunity.
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Sven the Blue Penquin is the best! Too cute
I love Greg the Shaggy Sheep!
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the Shameless Cow and the whimsy pig, but I love them all really.
I love Kitty McPhee.
I like Sven the Blue Penguin Plush Stuffed Animal Softie Bird.
Love animals on my bed…….
The crocodile is the cutest thing EVER! I would love it for my daughter.
Oh Man I am in LOVE with Greg the Shaggy Sheep!
Thanks!
I return to profess my love for Baaab and Kitty McPhee!
the girl scout badge covered turtles are cute
Aw…Greg the Shaggy Sheep would feel right at home over here. They are all so adorable!
Thanks for the chance!
I really like the giraffe
What a hard choice this was for me but I like Stripy the Rainbow Elephant. He’s so colorful and very unique!
I like the Seth the Unfortunate Elephant Rainbow Stuffed Animal Plushie. Great giveaway, thanks!
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They’re all so cute! But my favorite is the Shaggy Sheep Dog Stuffed Animal Softie
Every time my kids and I saw a pic of Lester the Giraffe we’d all giggle. He’s so long necked and goofy. We loved him the most! Thanks.
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My daughter loves Gertie the Good Natured Hippo. . .all of them are so cute!
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I love Bogart the Camel and I also love the Basset Hound.
We are elephant people so we pick Roger the Elephant.
I love Greg the Shaggy Sheep Stuffed Animal.
I love gerdy the hippo! My son loves hippos so cute
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I love the Killer Teddy Bear!!! That is GREAT!
Oh my goodness, but those are cute. I like Greg the sheep and the girl scout turtles–What a cute idea!
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How could I choose any but Gerty the Good Natured Hippo? she’s a doll!
I absolutely can not decide between Roger the elephant or Gerty the Good Natured Hippo.
Suzie Porker and Tofu Thompson are good ones for us — livin’ in Porkopolis (Cincinnati) home of the flying pig!
Greg the Shaggy Sheep would be so fun to have in the house!
I still prefer Mephistopho;es, the Fire Tiger, who thinks he’s fierce.
I love the Lovestruck Blue Penguin Stuffed Animal.
I absolutely LOVE the Vintage Girl Scout turtles. What a great idea for my little girl scout!
Bogart the camel, I need you Humphrey, darling!
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Lester the Girrafe is one of the cutest.
Roger Elephant is really cute so I guess he would be my first pick; but I really do like the turtle you are giving away also.
I Love Rainbow Striped Elephant!
The Mephistopheles the Fire Tiger is so cute.
I like Roger the Elephant–but they are all really cute.
I thikn I like Bogart the Camel best. Although all of them are sooooo cute.
I love the turtles so I’d be very excited to win one!
Lucky turtle is my favorite!
I also like Greg the shaggy sheep and many others!
They are really cool…and different!!!
Ok, I keep saying Baaab Baaab Baaab (my family is starting to think I’m weird) but I’m just feeling kinda blue today and I think Sven is the way to go. But honestly? Can’t go wrong here at all.
My favorite Flaky Friend is Rainbow Stripe Elephant - he is darling!
Sven the Blue Penguin Plush Stuffed Animal Softie Bird because my son LOVED Happy Feet and now is obsessed with penguins
Mephistopheles is may favorite. He looks kinda scrappy like me.
I love Greg the Shaggy Sheep
Greg the sheep is my fave!
so cute-I like Roger the Elephant
My favorite is Suzie Porker the Jolly Pig — so cute!
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Greg The Shaggy Sheep
I like the Lester the Giraffe Stuffed Animal. Thanks for the chance.
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Mephistopheles the Fire Tiger is adorable!
I like the rainbow striped elephant.
Holy Smokes! I can’t decide between Greg the Shaggy Sheep or Gerty the Good Natured Hippo. So cute!
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Roger the Elephant
Priscilla the Llama of Pink Pleasures Stuffed Animal Plushie Toy if my favorite.
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lester the giraffe, my daughter would go crazy for these
fire tiger is so cool. my son would love it.
Fire Tiger rocks!
I LOVE Svetlana the Purple Penguin.
It’s too bad the other penguins are threatened by her degree in microbiology so she has to tell them she’s a waitress at Chili’s.
Hopefully she’ll meet a strong ,proud, manly penguin who isn’t threatened by smart women.
I love Seth, the rainbow elephant!!! My little boy is fourteen months old and he just love vibrant colored stuffed animals. I think that this would bring a great big smile on his beautiful little face. We are in the process of starting to get him to sleep in a “big boy bed” and out of the crib, sleeping with this I bet would make it alot easier!
Gerty the Good Natured Hippo Plush Stuffed Animal is really cute! Thank you for the opportunity to win!
Greg The Shaggy Sheep is our favorite.
Thank you so much for offering this wonderful giveaway.
We would LOVE to win !!
I like the Lucky Turtle the Stuffed Animal Plushie Softie. Thanks!
Kitty McPhee! She’s gotta be my fav!
Greg the Shaggy Sheep is so fine!
My favorite is Mephistopholes the Fire Tiger.
I love em all, but esp Lucky the turle, and Bogart the camel
I could adopt Mephistopholes, the Fire Tiger. But the turtles are great, too.
My daughter is really into giraffes right now - she would love Lester the Giraffe!
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I like Gerty the Good Natured Hippo!
I love the FlakyFriends Gerty the Good Natured Hippo Plush Stuffed Animal!
If I had one of these, I’d probably keep it myself and hide it from my daughter! My favorite is the Crazy Yellow Gold Crocodile.
I love Roger the Elephant!
I love the Basset Hound Plushie and the Blue and Purple Elephant.
I like the Rainbow Stripe Elephant
Baaab Baaab Baaab, Baaab-Baaabara-Ann … Take my hand …
Er, I mean Baaab Robertson. Gracious.
Gerty the Good Natured Hippo Plush Stuffed Animal
Thank you for sponsoring this sweepstakes! It is very generous of you!!! Wishing you continued success!
I really like the Gerty the Good Natured Hippo Plush Stuffed Animal. All of her stuff is co cute!
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Seth the unfortunate elephant is soooo cute! But I do love them all.
Svetlana, the purple penguin, is peachy keen!!
I love Gerty the Good Natured Hippo.
I love Lester the Giraffe and the Flower Turtle!
I love Roger the Elephant
LOVE lester the giraffe!
Gerty the hippo…
love the tiger
First I fell in love the Basset Hound, but THEN I saw Gerty the Good Natured Hippo and went head over heals!
These are so adorable! I want one for myself!
We love these few:
-Lester the Giraffe Stuffed Animal
-Irish Monkey!
-Basset Hound
My mother raises dachshunds so it would be cool if there was a Dachshund one (black and tan) which would replicate my moms two year old baby Larz! I would definitely purchase it for her!
Thank you so very much and good luck to all!
Kelsey
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This little guy is so cute, I would like him at my house.
I like Roger the Elephant
I like Greg The Shaggy Sheep
We love the Irish Monkey!!
gregg the shaggy sheep is so cute
I need a puppy and the Shaggy Sheep Dog would really fit the bill.