So every Christmas I make most of my gifts. Because I have the time? No. Because I am cheap? Partially. Because I’m completely nuts? Bingo! Anyway, this past Christmas I made these little monster stuffies for my kiddles.
The big ones stand about 18-inches tall and they all double as a pillow. They’re super sturdy and they’re customized for each kid.
Ruby is our resident princess, so hers is the pink one with hearts and bows.
Emma’s is the orange and blue one. She loves owls (hence the fabric) and clenching things (mostly hair but that’s another post altogether) with her fingers, while touching it with her thumb. Weird…but that’s why I put those horns on it – for her to hold onto.

Great. I can’t WAIT to have my horns constantly held and crushed. A monster stuffie’s dream come frickin’ true.
Then Ben is a boy (not unfortunately named girl, duh) so his is blue and small. He was 9-months at the time and well let’s be honest, at 9-months you aren’t exactly a personality showcase so I wasn’t sure how else to customize it.
Okay so I just reread this and it totally sounds like I’m bragging. But it’s not just plain old bragging if you have a point, right? Well here’s the point.
You, my friend, stand a very good chance at becoming the owner of your own, customized doll!
Okay…stop screaming with joy already and I’ll tell you how to enter.
First, my motive: I’ll just say it. The point of this contest is to increase the number of people who visit F-Words everyday. And we ALL know that the only reason anyone wouldn’t have F-Words on their regular viewing list is because they’ve never heard of this blog…right? (Wrong.) Well, if you help me spread the word, I’ll help you be the coolest parent on the block when you give your kid a customized doll.
So here’s the dealio.
Contest Rules and Regulations
- HOW TO ENTER (Part 1): To gain an entry, you have to get someone (or lots of people, like I don’t know…your 300 Facebook friends?) to follow my blog. They can do so by:
- Clicking the “Email me your posts, Lora” button in the top right hand section of this blog
- “Like”ing F-Words on Facebook
- Following @Lora_Banks on Twitter
- HOW TO ENTER (Part 2): They must leave a comment stating that YOU referred them to F-Words. They can leave the comment:
- At the end of this post
- On the F-Words Facebook page
- Leaving a comment on my Twitter feed @Lora_Banks
- WHO IS ENTERED: You will both (the new follower and the referrer) get a ballot in the big-ol-bag-o-winners.
- GOOD TO KNOW DATES: We’ll do a random draw on Tuesday, June 26, 2012. The last day for entries will be Monday, June 25, 2012 at 11:59PM (ish).
- CURRENT FOLLOWERS: Everyone who already follows F-Words via any one of these three mediums will get an entry into the contest just by leaving a comment stating that you want to be entered.
- NEW RECRUITS: Even if you were referred to F-Words via this contest, once you are a follower, you can refer your friends to increase your chances of winning. And if you just happened upon this blog via search engine or whatever, you can still enter to win by referring your friends.
- HOW LONG UNTIL I CASH IN?: The winner will be announced right after the draw, and from there I will ask you to email me some details about how you would like to customize your doll. Your doll will be shipped within 2 weeks of our consultation.
Look at the joy/confusion on these children’s faces! Imagine, for the small price of inviting your friends to experience the absolute pleasure that is F-Words, this joy AND confusion could be yours!
Thanks and good luck!
Lora





I’minittowinit!
You got it lady!
You are awesome…….everyone should read your blog….I’ll try to spread the word!
I’ll enter you for your already-a-follower ballot. Thanks lady!
I need these!
Don’t forget to tell your friends about it, I’ll enter you again every time one of them follows F-Words too! Just make sure they tell me it was you who sent them my way.
I seriously can’t stop reading your blog. Count me in.
Consider yourself counted.
I want to be entered! And I follow you on Facebook. Does that count?
Also I have no kids but I have ME!
You bet it does! What’s you name on Facebook? And remember if you refer your friends I’ll enter you again every time they tell me that you said to come this way.
Forget it Kato…I got it…eventually. You’re entered!
OooooooOOO I want to be entered!!! Do I leave my post here!?
Hey wait does it count I follow you on twitter and I think one of my friends does now too?!? I won’t be cheap though… And brag about me and my one friend following you… Oh and I here Caillou… So that’s an automatic 15 entries!
Consider yourself entered lady! And if you get anyone new to follow F-Words (since that is the POINT of the contest DaniELLE) tell them to let me know you referred them. I’ll high five you on the Caillou bit though. Little bald asshole.
What a neat idea! I hope I win and everyone else loses. Just kidding (but not really!).
You’re entered! And if you tell anyone else who ends up following F-Words, I’ll enter you again (as long as they tell me Mandy sent them).
You shall be a worldwide phenomenon if I have my way. recruiting friends coast to coast and from one nation to the next to follow your awesome blog.
Thanks Cathy! And I’ll ship overseas too! You’ve been entered!
MEMEME!! I want to win
….And i will spread the f-words so you become famous!
You got it lady. And I can already think of the perfect customization for you kiddos…I’ll make it out of Kevlar!
Referred here by Cathy Farley – liked you on Facebook!
Awesome, thanks Maria! I’ll enter you both.
Ooooooooooh, I want one! I don’t have to give it to the kiddo, though, do I?
I would never ask you to do THAT! I’ll put your name in the (cyber) bag!
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Lora! Enter me please!
Done!
We want in! One for Olivia and one for Emily please!
The contest is to win ONE doll…but I may make an exception because they are the cutest kids EVER…and I love them.
hi my name is caillou and i think you are really mean because you said i have a bald head and i never weard different clothes and i am a baby even though i am big and i want one of your dolls and my gramma is going to make you give me one and i want a doll that looks like my mommy and daddy is that ok because i want to show all my friends at school who will want to have a doll just like me
Christa, you have far too much time on your hands.
If by Christa you mean Caillou, you are correct. I have so much time on my hands because i am four. Am i entered?
OOH PICK ME PICK ME! I WANT IT! I will also reblog this.
You’re in. I’m going to assume you sent Bill Duff my way too…so you’re already in for two ballots. Welcome back from camping!
Uh…yeah…Bill Duff and I go wayyyy back. Unless you get a virus from him. Then it wasn’t me.
And thank you! I missed you.
You’re hilarious. Next time come camping near Collingwood!
Ooh, adjoining campsites for ‘coincidental’ family camping trips to the same provincial park? The men will never be the wiser
Oh they’ll be the wiser once we get into the Weisers! Haha.
HA! You’re punny. I love it.
Reblogged this on coffeepoweredmom and commented:
Dearest Followers of Mine:
Please go to F-Words and become a follower of hers, and then comment and tell her that COFFEEPOWEREDMOM sent you so that I can be entered more into an awesome-tastic giveaway with a monster stuffie as a prize, but then don’t enter yourself so that I have a higher chance of winning. Okay, I guess you can enter if you want to…but the first part is really important.
F-Words is really really REALLY funny. And clever. And sometimes tasty. So you’re going to want to follow her blog no matter what. No. Matter. What.
K, thanks.
CPM
Lovely monsters! I’d love one of these, but I’d hate to think how much postage would be to the UK. So I’ll settle with coffeepoweredmom having my entry, as she sent me to this lovely blog in the first place
How noble! I’ll give coffeepowered mom two votes (since the gesture was so sweet) but I’ll give you one too. The postage was taken into account when I came up with the contest so worry not! Thanks!
Hi! CPM (coffee powered mom, did I really have to write that out?
) sent me so she could enter the contest. What adorable f-monsters!
Thanks! I’ll put both of your names in!
Love these monsters! Coffeepoweredmom sent me – plus I am a follower so I sent me, too!
You’re ballot is in lady! (And another entry for for CPM!)
COFFEEPOWEREDMOM sent me too
Please give her my ballot as well. I’m going to cry if she doesn’t win this.
I’ll put in a ballot for you both! Thanks!
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Enter me please
I love your blog and we really need a super cute stuffie around here
Your name is in! Thanks Theresa!
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Better late then never but if I don’t get added to the draw can you please start selling these cute little monsters ’cause Sophie needs one. btw your blog is awesome everyone should read it and i’m not just sayin’ it ’cause I really wanna win.
Haha! I’ll put your name in for sure! The cutoff isn’t until tonight. Thanks Heidi!
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