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Welcome to FunGuy Freshies--funky little handcrafted needle felted home and auto fresheners made with natural sheep's wool, essential oil based fragrances and lots of personality! We also whip up other weirdly wonderful needle felted and wet felted goodies for cool people and groovy gift-givers just like you! All made with care, creativity, and a love for the handmade.
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Birth of FunGuy Freshies
It started with a mom (that's me) who fell hard for fiber arts. A dear friend introduced me to needle felting as just a "stab" at a new hobby. Felting quickly became my therapy, my obsession, and eventually... my side hustle. I started making funky little gifts for friends and family-- just for fun. But then the requests started rolling in like wool through a drum carder.
One day, while staring at the sad little cardboard car freshener hanging from my teenager's rearview mirror (you know the kind--cheap looking and full of headache inducing chemicals), I had a thought: What if this was cute? And Natural? And...fuzzy? And you didn't have to throw it away when the scent dissipates? Boom! the first FunGuy Freshie was born---a funky felted mushroom that smelled amazing and didn't look like it came from a gas station clearance bin.
To my surprise other people loved them as much as I did! First, they wanted one mushroom. Then they wanted other characters or shapes. Then they started collecting them like scented soft little Pokemon cards---"Got any pink ones? Can you make a sloth? A llama? A unicorn?" Yep. I made them all. I found they weren't just using them in their cars, they were using them in closets, drawers, bathrooms, gym lockers, on backpacks and some even turned them into Christmas ornaments.
Until one day a friend said, "You gotta take this online! Everyone should be able to have a FunGuy Freshie!" I talked it over with the fam, got the green light and lots of encouragement, a LOT of help from my oldest son on the tech part that this old mom really doesn't understand and just like that----- FunGuy Freshies was an official business! Today we ship Fun Guy Freshies and one-of-a-kind felted gifts nationwide to all sorts of cool, quirky humans, just like you!
Every single FunGuy Freshie is handmade with just a little wool and a lot of personality. FunGuy Freshies are made from 100% New Zealand wool, needle felted by hand and unlike other air fresheners, they don't need to be thrown away when the scent dissipates. Each FunGuy Freshie comes with a 2oz essential oil based scent of your choice for just one penny! Tired of the scent or want to switch it up for the Holidays but still love your FunGuy? We get it! That's why we also offer full sized sprays as an option.
While you're here check out some of our other neat felted items like our FunGuy Freshen Ups--wet felted soaps. These felted soaps are wet felted by hand with 100% New Zealand wool that acts as a built in loofa. The more you use the soap the more the wool will felt down leaving just a felt pad that can be used as a scrubbie or thrown in a drawer as a scented sachet. These soaps are great for kids and people with mobility issues too since the soap isn't slippery!
I am so beyond thankful for every sale, every subscription, every supportive email, and every smile these fuzzy little creations bring, it's the fuel that keeps me going so, thank you so much for visiting FunGuy Freshies and welcome to the Funky Fuzzy Family!