In West Eugene, Sarah Dooley and her team at Marley’s Monsters are a family that provides handmade, eco-friendly, living essentials. Dooley is a business owner, wife, and mother who pours her heart into Marley’s Monsters.
The shop, located in near Whiteaker, is named after her daughter, opened in December of 2016. Since then, there has been a rapid growth in the range of products, distribution, staff and location. Dooley focuses on her passion for creating and finding delight in the practical uses of her products such as cloth wipes, nursing pads, napkins and even toys and toothbrushes.
In 2013 while working full time as an interior designer and running an Etsy shop, the University of Oregon Alumni was expecting her first child. While anticipating her new arrival, Dooley pulled out her old sewing machine and handmade a stuffed monster toy for her daughter. The monster was just the beginning. Dooley made everything by hand, from scratch.
“I tried everything (baby products) until I made something I really Loved,” Dooley says. “I wanted it to be reusable and sustainable.”…