A couple more monkey friends

New baby monkey, obviously. Don't wanna leave the baby girls out! And a new candy monkey :)

Up for Adoption

Here's the new little baby monkey I put in The Quilted Bear yesterday.

This little guy is only a couple of inches tall! He's sitting right by the mug and the cds and he's just tiny!

Picture Time

Here are the pictures of the progress on my booth. I added lots of things, but still have a ways to go. I think it is really improved. Just by looking at things I think that at least one item has already sold, so that's good news. To have sold something with the sorry state things were in before makes me hopeful of my potential now that it looks more interesting!



I am also adding samples of every item I have a booklet on. I printed ribbon with "Display only" across the top, and the name of the book or kit the item came from. The white metal piece holds the small items which are all mounted on a magnet. The basket on the second shelf holds larger items which have the tag attached with a grommet. A ball chain runs through each grommet so they don't wander around, but keep the basket more orderly. I have 3 or 4 more sock monkeys all ready to assemble (cut, sewn, stuffed, just need the time consuming part of hand stitching to assemble) so those will be added soon. I also will be ordering some more materials which will be added on the left side. I need ideas on what can go in baskets or something like that at the bottom to keep it looking full and not... dumb. And ideas? I also printed ribbon labels with a hand stitched onto each money hiney to give them the final professional touch. I really like how those turned out :)


To visit my booth at The Quilted Bear, come to East Bay in Provo just north of Sam's Club on University Avenue. The address is 1221 S. University Avenue Provo, Utah 84601

I'm always open to suggestions or comments!!! Help me make this successful.

My favorite line ever came from my dear Mother in Law, Mommalee (as I call her) who said "Well, I hope you get rich and die." LOL, I know what she meant, but it sure made me giggle! Thanks Mommalee!

Monkey Mama

You knew there were going to be more sock monkeys. It's inevitable :)



Here's my latest pair. The monkey baby again has embroidered eyes so she is baby-safe. Monkey Mama is not baby safe -- she has button eyes and magnets inside her hands so she can hug that sweet baby. I discovered that the ceramic disc magnets just aren't strong enough for a good hold. If she is posed sitting still her hands will stay put, but not with any resistance on them. I'm going to get some stronger magnets and try again on the huggy monkeys.

Monkeys sold separately.
Mama Monkey: $10.00, $14.50 shipped
Baby Monkey: $10.50, $15.00 shipped

Monkey Babies

Announcing the newest member of the Sock Monkey family! This monkey is made from a pair of toddler-sized socks. I'm excited to try making a family set: Mama, Papa, and the three little girls :) Of course I can make boy monkeys too, we just don't have boy monkeys in our family!

Sock monkeys, large: $10.00 Wholesale (5+) $7.50
Sock monkeys, small: $9.00 Wholesale (5+) $6.75
for embroidered eyes (to remove choking risk of button eyes) add $1.50

Snuggle Monkey

Butterfly woke up in the middle of the night with a bad dream. I came and talked to her for a while and she settled down with her sock monkey cuddled up with her. I just had to take a picture of her, she was so cute and forlorn! Then I noticed that Sunshine was perfectly cuddled with her monkey too. Daisy was disappointed that I didn't take a picture of her sleeping too... but that will have to wait for another night.

Some real Monkey Business

This afternoon I got to have three of my nieces come over for a crafting party. (In case someone hadn't noticed: I have LOTS of nieces. And nephews.) They brought some socks and two of them made sock monkeys for their two younger brothers and the third one made three hair bows for some friends of hers. They did such a good job! I ran the sewing machine and the hot glue gun, but they pretty much did everything else. I even tweaked the "North Pole Boutique" cards to make them custom from my niece as a finishing touch. We ran out of time a bit, but we were really close to finishing. The monkeys still need eyes and one went home with an arm or two pinned on, LOL, but the girls know what they're doing now and they won't have any trouble finishing them I'm sure.

SJ with her three hair bows. I walked through the first one but she put the other two together pretty much by herself!


RJ with her nearly-completed sock monkey. All he needs now is eyes! They're hoping to make up some clothes too.


JJ curled up on the couch stitching away on the other sock monkey.

There's a Monkey on my Back!

I still don't have the right buttons for eyes yet. I need to remember to take the monkeys with me next time I go to the store. But here are the three fuzzy sock monkeys that just might end up in my girls' stockings this Christmas. Do a Google search for Sock Monkey Tutorial (or Instructions) and it's not a hard project! I have had lots of fun making these banana-lovers!

Monkey Trouble

This week I have been having lots of fun making sock monkeys! I have finished two that I can take photos of. They are just so fun to make! My three young darlings participate in a gift exchange with cousins. Two of the names drawn were for very little ones -- under 2 years old. Thus, the sock monkeys! After making the first two I decided I ought to make some for my girls' stockings on Christmas morning. I found some fuzzy-wuzzy socks to use for my babies. Tonight I got all the pieces sewn but I ran out of stuffing before I could finish. All three bodies are stuffed and sewn shut, but I need to buy a new bag of stuffing to do all of the arms, tails, ears, and noses. New shopping list for tomorrow!