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My newest Mars Sock Monkeys come with a bit of a Holiday flair and animal cuteness! There’s a sock monkey with a bear, bunny, piggy and a panda. I’ve done some of these cute animal designs on hoodies for my custom sock monkeys so I wanted to bring this nice detail to the sweatshirt hoodie. Included are some new colors: red and a Japanese piggy print fabric.
I used a technique called needle felting to add the small detail like the eyes and nose to the animal faces. I then embroidered their little mouths and attached the final pieces to the hoodies. I also tried something different by switching the heel part of the sock on some of the sock monkeys, which gave them different colored mouths.
This group of sock monkeys was fun to make. There were so many ideas that didn’t make it, but I’m sure I can incorporate them into next year’s sock monkeys! This Winter 09 batch of Mars Sock Monkeys are for sale on Etsy. As always, each of my Mars Sock Monkeys are one of a kind and handmade. Have a look. :)
Tags: 2009, animal, bear, bunny, colors, cute, embroidery, etsy, fabric, felt, felting, handmade, holiday, hoodie, inspired, japanese, kawaii, mars, monkey, mouth, needle, panda, piggy, print, release, sale, seasonal, shop, shopping, sock, sweatshirt, unique, winter
Say hello to Valerie, the newest addition to the family of brothers and sisters which include Phelan, Edwin and the LeAnn & Rhea twins! Valerie and her brother Phelan will be taking a trip to London this week to meet their new family. I’m going to miss them.
Valerie Baby Mars Sock Monkey
Valerie’s orange hoodie design is based on some art done by a group of artists called XLF. I suspect this might be Julieta’s work since the design is super cute (see below)! I also thought it would be neat to follow through on the graffiti vibe and add some splotches of color to resemble spray paint.
XLF art
Valerie’s orange “graffiti” hoodie
Tags: art, artist, brother, color, edwin, family, graffiti, inspiration, leann, london, maribel made, mars, monkey, paint, Phelan, rhea, sister, sock, spray, street, valerie, XLF
The first Urban Craft Uprising show I went to must have been December 06. I wasn’t doing much crafting at the time, but having the urge to made me curious about the Seattle craft scene. This year’s first Summer 09 Urban Craft Uprising was great. I guess I couldn’t get enough because I went both days! Meeting people opening day Saturday was fun and the 3d felting demo given by Moxie on Sunday was pretty cool.
There were also a ton of things I really, really wanted (in no particular order):
Maluhia Designs Japanese fabric purses, covers, etc!
Fox & Clover necklaces
Amy Hevron art
Wooly Bison bags
Spooky Mama Creations jewelry
Manmade Monsters t-shirts
Polymath Design Lab jewelry and home
Population One bags
Thea Starr Kanzashi hair accessories
Devout dolls and oddities!
Chikabird fabric pencil notebooks
Hasenpfeffer Incorporated dolls
Friends of Socktopus toys
Jessi Taylor jewelry
Cake spy illustrations
Berkley Illustration! art
Orange House Press. I think you get the idea. :)
These are only a few of the great products designed and put together by some very talented and dedicated people (some of whom I met)! The photos I took on Sunday are some of the vendors and artists that day. I know I missed many faces so sorry about that, but feel free to fill in the gaps by commenting or adding notes on the photos. Oh yeah, I was asked if I was selling at the event, but not this year. Hopefully I can showcase some Mars Sock Monkeys at an Urban Craft Uprising show in the future. I’m looking forward to December’s show!
Jenny Hart from Sublime Stitching!
Kristen Rask from SCHMANSY
CJ (middle) from Lunaversoul
Libby from moth and squirrel
Creation Station
Scrumptious Delight
Fox & Clover
Little Black Rabbit
Maluhia Designs
Made by Moxie
Tags: 2009, Amy Hevron, author, Cakespy, chikabird, craft, Creation Station, demo, demonstration, Devout, dolls, event, felt, Fox & Clover, friends of socktopus, hasenpfeffer incorporated, indie, Jenny Hart, Jessi Taylor, Kristen Rask, Lunaversoul, Made by Moxie, Maluhia Designs, Manmade Monsters, maribel made, moth and squirrel, needle, Orange House press, polulation one, polumath design lab, schmancy, Scrumptious Delight, seattle, show, Spooky Mama Creations, summer, Thea Starr, toys, ucu, ucuLittle Black Rabbit, uprising, urban, Wooly Bison
I just added two new sock monkeys to my Mars Sock Monkey album on flickr. Abigail the plaid monkey is a custom sock monkey. The owl on her sweater was inspired from a photo of a cute USB owl! I had fun making the pom-pom hat since I hadn’t made one in a while. Baby Cassie comes in a pink and yellow Heart Hoodie. She’s the first baby sock monkey to wear one! These and Star Hoodies come standard on all Mars Sock Monkeys. :)
I also had whole new settings to work with for Abigail and Cassie’s photos. Not to mention record breaking 100 degree weather! For the sweaters there’s two photos showing parts of the knitting process. I use the mattress stitch and kitchener stitch to seam up the hood pieces shown in the pink hoodie photo. The owl design on Abigail’s sweater is knit in fair isle.
Abigail and Baby Cassie Mars Sock Monkeys
Cassie’s Heart Hoodie
Abigail’s Owl Sweater and pom-pom hat
Tags: abigail, baby, cassie, fair isle, flickr, heart, hoodie, kitchener, knitting, maribelmade, mars, mattess, monkey, owl photo, pinl, process, sock, star, stitch, usb, weather
I’ve been holding on to these great photos sent to me by Mars Sock Monkey owners for too long! Makes me glad to see all these happy monkeys traveling to Scotland, eating pizza at Uni, relaxing at home and even learning new tricks. Thanks for sending them! :D
More Home Sweet Home pics to come. If you’d like to contribute to the pool of happy sock monkeys please send your photos to 
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James and Bonnie Mars Sock Monkeys adopted Feb 09
Photo by Lynne
George and Danny Mars Sock Monkeys adopted Dec 08
Photo by Lynne
Edwin Mars Sock Monkey adopted Sept 08
Photo by Emily
Robert Mars Sock Monkey adopted Sept 08
Photo by Cammy
Tags: appreciation, bonnie, edwin, email, flickr, happy, home, james, kindergarden, mars, monkey, photos, pool, robert, school, send to, sock, sweet, travel, university
Weeeeee! It only took me what seams forever to complete the latest sock monkey. It’s summer, there are things going on, I just moved countries…in the end there’s always a friend giving me a drink. I guess it didn’t take me that long! It’s only been since early June that I started working on the socks with the tag labeled Monkey #2. Three weeks later Kit-Kat, the first ever Mars Sock Monkey made from knee-high socks, was born!
What made this one fun was making the really long striped sleeves. I also had a cool theme to work with…Kitty! I wasn’t sure I was going to leave the whiskers, but then I put on it’s kitty & crossbones hoodie and it all came together nicely! ;)
Things in the works: I’m making a sweater for a sock monkey a little girl made from a kit called Finnoola Peach. Ooh, I like the idea of sock monkey kits! Also sewing baby socks and designing a ladybug graphic for a hoodie. :)
Tags: 1st, cosplay, fashion, finnoola, hoodie, june, kit, kit-kat, kitty, knee-high, maribelmade, mars, monkey, new, sleeves, sock, socks, summer, sweater
Yay! I managed to put together the sixth Maribel Made Twit Finds. Things are a bit hectic over here because I’m moving. Country moves are epic, but it’s a good thing our flat came furnished. You might see a bit of a change in my blogging in the next month or so until things get a bit settled, but I’m going to try very hard to keep you all up to date on what’s going on. For now, I hope you enjoy my Twit Finds. :)
This week’s Twit Finds:
- How to Make a “Bloomin’Box” for Spring by Jeffery Rudell of CraftStylish- I’m totally going to try this tonight. I need a break! (via @dudecraft)
- Cinnamon Copper Cushion Pillow Cover by Hand Knitted Things on Etsy- It may look simple, but it’s chic and very nicely done. :) (via @timothyadam)
- Easter Egg Radish Scarf MULTI scarflet lariat necklace crochet amigurumi by TWiNKiE CHAN on Etsy - This scarf is so fun and super cute! Kyaa!! (via @twinkiechan)
- Chair by Andrea Joseph’s Illustrations - I love this illustration. Andrea’s work is very pretty. :) (via @michaelnobbs )
- Tiny Earring Tree by Timothy Adam Designs on Etsy - I think I could use one of these with two more branches. I like it! (via @timothyadam)
- Chickenpox (Varicella-Zoster virus) by GIANTmicrobes - Killer plush! So cool. (via @neatorama)
See you again next week!
Tags: Andrea Joseph, blooming, box, chair, chickenpox, cinnamon, cover, cushion, display, Drawing, Dude Craft, earring, easter, egg, etsy, feature, finds, GiantMicrobe, Hand Knitted Things, howto, Illustration, Jeffery Rudell, killer, maribel made, microbe, moving, origami, pillow, plush, radish, scarf, spring, Timothy Adam, tree, Twinkie Chan, twit, twitter, virus
I got some great photos of Simon Mars Sock Monkey to add to my flickr set of adopted Mars Sock Monkeys! I made him over the holiday on a plane and he made it just in time for Christmas. Photos with Simon were taken by Holly, a great creative gal. I named Simon after her son. They’re so cute! Read more about Simon here, Last Custom Sock Monkeys in 2008.
If you’d like to share your own Mars Sock Monkeys photos please email them to .
Simon Mars Sock Monkey adopted Dec 08
Photo by Holly
Tags: adopted, custom, home, mars, monkey, simon, sock, Sold
It was so much fun photographing my latest sock monkey, Rosita! We had a lot of snow in London earlier this week so I thought she’d look great appearing like she wanted to go out and play in the snow. Of course, I didn’t let her because then she would have gotten all dirty and made it to her new home looking like a little punk. ;)
If you’d like a custom Mars Sock Monkey contact me at or visit maribel.etsy.com for more info!
See more on Rosita:
Rosita’s Strawberry sweater
Home Sweet Home pt. three
Rosita Mars Sock Monkey
The stages of a sock monkey fit
Tags: custom, fit, jumper, london, made, maribel, mars, monkey, photo, rosita, shoot, snow, sock, stages, strawberry
