#oddplush

[catschimericalcreations]

Barometz the Vegetable Lamb of Tartary plush by Cat’s Chimerical Creations

[build-a-buddy]

What are some tips you would give to someone wanting to start a plushie blog?

Figure out your DNI and stick by it; put it in your bio, put banners with it on your original photo posts. People WILL break it because apparently no one can read online. Resign yourself to weeding through followers and interactions; get ready for very liberal use of the block button. Read other people’s DNI before interacting and respect their wishes. Check your sources- filtering tags can make this easier. I wish you didn’t have to do all this but people are awful.

On a lighter note...

Definitely find something unique for your blog! I do plushie profiles, you could do the same, but feel free to get creative! Photos of new plushies always get some notes, giving updates on your favorite plush manufacturers new releases or deals is good. Personal posts relating to stuffed animals can break things up. I’m planning to do short fiction pieces featuring my stuffed animals eventually.

Don’t feel like you need to post everyday - if people like your content, they’ll stick around and understand if you get busy. You could set up a queue if you wanted to though.

Supplement original content with reblogs - don’t feel afraid to stray from plushies into other toys, just have a separate tag.

A entire tagging system (ie tag dog plushies as dog, so people can go through and see all the dogs you’ve ever posted or reblogged) is good, I’m planning to go back and implement one myself. Having a tagging system for your original posts is important too (for example, I tag original content ‘buddy posts’ and content with my plushies with the plushie’s name like this: ‘p: [name]’; if they don’t have a name, I have a tag for that too - ‘to be named’)

Try and interact with your followers through posts and asks; eventually you’ll start getting some response and it’s fun to offer advice and get excited about others’ new plush friends.

Be careful with the plushblr tags - safeplush if for content that contains no triggering content (like a knife or alcohol), allplush and plushblr is for everything else, oddplush I believe is for modifications, and all the plushblr tags should not be used by agere folks per the original creators wishes.

Brands to familiarize with and use for content:

Build-A-Bear, Jellycat, Aurora, GUND, Wild Republic, Webkinz/Ganz, Ty (beanie babies), Squishable

Websites to familarize with and use for content:

eBay, Mercari, Etsy, Build-A-Bear’s website, Squishable’s website

Blogs I recommend to follow for their content and also because they’re just cool people:

@huggable-and-loveable

@stuffedanimalsandfriends

@plushiepalz

@sofdshrine

@jellycatstuffies

@stuffin-fluff

@beaniebabyaday

@ebayfriends

@ebaypreloved

@ebayplush

[catschimericalcreations]

Genbu the Iron Tortoise God Plush by Cat’s Chimerical Creations