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Hungarian mother’s adorable plush figures conquered the world
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Forbes.hu wrote about a Hungarian mother, Andrea Vida, who has a real dream work. Her hobby became the main source of her family’s living. Back then, when her present work was just her hobby, she worked as a programmer. She has a Mathematics-Art teacher degree, but she never taught.
source: avidatoys.comAndrea told Forbes.hu that it all begun with a plush sloth that she sold on Etsy, where once she received a message: a customer ordered six units in bigger sizes, so that the plushies could be well seen in a movie. The six sloths were sewn. It turned out that they would have a role in an American movie called A Merry Friggin’ Christmas: they were going to be torn. The property master ordered six units, so that there would be more unhurt units for more scenes. Finally, the plush sloths did not receive any role in the movie, but they could be seen for some seconds in the main character’s, a boy’s lap.
source: avidatoys.comThe crew grew to love the plush figures so much that after the shooting they ordered 200 units for a crew party which they wanted to keep a week later. Andrea responded that she knows that this could be her life’s opportunity, but she is not able to undertake to sew 200 units in one week; so they agreed on 100 units to be sewn in one month. The webshop was closed for that month and the whole family was sewing plush sloths. Today, sewing plush figures became Andrea’s full-time job with two needlewomen and occasional outside workers helping her. They sell approximately 2000 units a year, Andrea told Forbes.hu