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Meet Felix, the latest custom Mars Sock Monkey made for a soon-to-be-born baby boy! Felix wears a brown hoodie with blue & red striped sleeves with a cute little fox on the front. His hoodie also comes with fox ears to complement his woodland creature look, an awesome theme chosen by my client. Felix likes to roll in the grass, spring up from bushes and eat berries cereal. He is so cool!
Interested in a custom Mars Sock Monkey? Contact me at maribelmade at gmail dot com or check out Everything You’ll Need to Know About Custom Mars Sock Monkeys. :)
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If you’re wondering whether Maribel Made makes custom sock monkeys, the answer is yes. In fact, most of my sock monkeys are custom made. Here’s a Q&A with some popular questions on custom Mars Sock Monkeys. :)
What is a Mars Sock Monkey?
A Mars Sock Monkey is a sock monkey handmade by Maribel Made using new, cozy socks. They can come with a fabric or knit hoodie. Mars Sock Monkeys are fun, colorful and cuddly.
How can I customize my Mars Sock Monkey?
Mars Sock Monkeys can be accessorized with a fabric or knit hoodie. Mars Hoodies can be customized with a heart, star or a design inspired from a graphic, logo or initial. You can choose style and color of socks and clothing. asically, you can have a lot of creative freedom over the look of your custom sock monkey. Maybe you have something in mind? If not, I can put together something for you.
Are Mars Sock Monkeys child-safe?
Most of my sock monkeys are child-safe, but if they’re not this will clearly be stated in the description of the product listing of each sock monkey on Etsy. Sometimes some of my toys are not safe for children.
Samantha and Fabian Mars Sock Monkeys
How much does a custom Mars Sock Monkey cost?
Custom Mars Sock Monkeys range between $80-$300 dollars depending on size, complexity, time and materials used. Sewing vs. knitting sock monkey’s clothes also affects pricing. If you’re curious and would like a quote just let me know.
How and when do I pay?
Custom orders require half payment up-front usually 1 week prior to start of sock monkey. Once item is finished, final payment is made and sock monkey is shipped. Maribel Made accepts payments through Paypal, which accepts most major types of credit cards.
Davina and Felix Mars Sock Monkeys
Is there a waiting list? What is the wait list time?
Wait list time can vary depending on time of year, but usually during the holiday season it can increase up to three months. During slower times this can be a couple of weeks. Orders are placed by adding your name to my custom order list. There’s no need to make initial payment until I contact you one week prior to start of your sock monkey.
When will I receive my custom sock monkey?
From the time I begin your order, your custom sock monkey will take 1-2 weeks to complete. Once final payment is received, sock monkey is shipped within 2-3 days. Delivery within North America can take 3 to 7 days and delivery to all other countries can take 7 to 15 days. Delivery times may double during holiday season.
Sign me up! How do I place an order?
To place an order for a Custom Mars Sock Monkey email me at maribelmade at gmail dot com. Questions and comments are also welcome. :)
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Mochi and Adam Mars Sock Monkeys
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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. :)
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I’m currently working on a sock monkey made from a pair of socks sent to me earlier this month. They completely rock! They come with hearts and skulls in a berry and sky blue argyle print!
This sock monkey called for spooky with it’s freakishly long limbs plus I loved the idea of incorporating some kitty features so I made several sweater designs with this in mind…
The pirate kitty sweater with pink and blue stripped sleeves was a good match! These animal sweaters or as I like to call them, cosplay hoodies, are really fun to make! I think a bunny, bear or doggy eared hoodie would be cute as well. :)
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After I finished baby Claudia I went on to make Mayah. She’s an order I got the day I flew from London and was completed in San Francisco during our stay there last month. She explored Chinatown, Fisherman’s Wharf and even did a little shopping in Union Square, but she mostly spent her time ordering room service at the Westin St Francis. ;)
Tags: animal, doll, hood, kawaii, knit, maribelmade, mars, mayah, monkey, pet, sock, toy, travel
Just like I had my fill of Mexican food during my vacation, I also had my fill of shopping! On one of those days I ventured into a mall down in El Paso and came across a Build-A-Bear Workshop. The idea of the shop is to be able to create your very own custom stuffed animal. Sounds great doesn’t it? Well it certainly looked like it and demand seemed high too. There were adults and kids roaming around checking out all the different stages of bear creation. Even the lifeless sacks of faux furs looked enticing and for me the main attraction were the accessories (for the monkeys of course)! :)
Prizing was relatively cheap to begin, but after stuffing, voice boxes, clothing, accessories and what not I could see how the price could easily sky rocket. Maybe there is more people than I thought looking to get a custom toy. I didn’t bring a bear back with me, but I did get a tiny pink messenger bag, a backpack and a stuffed acoustic guitar. Super cute ^_^
Stuffing bears!
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I think Yuki is one of the cutest sock monkeys I’ve made to date. She wears what I call the cosplay sweater because it’s like a costume; A monkey wearing a panda costume! The panda bear design is one of three kawaii animal sweater designs I created for Mars Sock Monkey sweaters and hoodies. Other designs include a brown bear and a bunny!
I’m really looking forward to making more costume sweaters in the future. :)
Yuki Mars Sock Monkey
Yuki comes with a striped short sleeve hot pink and purple cosplay hoodie with panda bear design and matching beanie.
Kawaii panda Mars Sock Monkey cosplay sweater
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Mars Sock Monkey hoodies and sweaters now also come with super cute fury animals: the panda, bear and bunny! I gotta say that I get some great ideas from my custom order clients. I especially liked developing these because I’m a big fan of kawaii!!
This is the finished panda bear design…but the best part is on the top of the hood. Stay tuned!
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The Mars Sock Monkey summer collection is finally here! Say hello to Robert, Mona, William, Eileen and Ulysses!
Inspired by some world renowned graffiti art, the newest monkeys are representative of the vibe and culture that buzzes in the streets of East London. Here the neighborhoods are splashed with innovative street art and people with styles and fashions that are something out of this world…or the 80s, 90s, and even 70s. With bright colorful patches of paint, the streets seem to come alive. East London is why the Mars Sock Monkey summer batch is bright, funky and as colorful as the art displayed on the city walls.
These new monkeys sport some innovative knitting techniques in terms of doll fashion. In addition to the use of the popular polo style sweater design, I’ve added a style of knitted fabric which has a blended gradient color effect, mixing stiches of different yarn colors together gradually to become what I call the “gradient sweater”.
Another style of knitting new to the collection includes cables, which are the strands of braided fabric that run up and down winter sweaters to thicken and add a decorative touch. From this fabric, I created an outfit based on the v-neck sweater vest and undershirt combination. I’ve combined it with the traditional European hat, the flat cap (or golf cap), so popularly worn in England. Very cute on a sock monkey by the way ;)
The final contribution to sock monkey fashion wear is a cap with a brim done in the same style as the gradient sweater…simply put a baseball cap!
New finishing touches include opposite color edging on the sleeves, sweater and hood, some ribbon and a big heart pattern. Making their return from previous monkeys are rib knit edging, puffy short sleeves (for summer!), hoods, beanie with pom-pom, a pocket pouch and original star design from the very first days of the Mars Sock Monkey.
I’m really looking forward to making the next group of sock monkeys…hopefully there will be some surprises and new innovations. The next batch will be inspired by an interesting piece of the London nightlife. Stay tuned for the Fall MSM Collection!!
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Each sock monkey from the Summer 2008 Collection is for sale at Etsy and DaWanda. If you’re interested in a custom order, please email me at 
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To view the full photostream, please visit the flickr feed. Please note that no actual monkeys were used in the capture of the graffiti art, so they are perfectly clean and in top-notch condition. :)
I now present the Mars Sock Monkey Summer 2008 Collection!
Robert Mars Sock Monkey
Robert comes with a newly designed short sleeve gradient sweater with hoodie and pocket pouch in light/dark purple and green. For sale at maribel.etsy.com and maribel.dawanda.com.
Mona Mars Sock Monkey
Mona is dressed with a short sleeve hot pink and black sweater with star design and matching color beanie with pom-pom. For sale at maribel.etsy.com and maribel.dawanda.com.
William Mars Sock Monkey
William sports a newly designed green cable vest sweater with brown bow and white undershirt. He also sports a lovely matching flat cap. True to the Englishman style! For sale at maribel.etsy.com and maribel.dawanda.com.
Eileen Mars Sock Monkey
Eileen wears a striped short sleeve hot pink and bright yellow sweater with hoodie and heart design. For sale at maribel.etsy.com and maribel.dawanda.com.
Ulysses Mars Sock Monkey
Ulysses comes with a short sleeve light yellow/hot pink gradient sweater and matching sports cap with brim…baseball cap! For sale at maribel.etsy.com and maribel.dawanda.com.
Graffiti art is not associated with Maribel Made and belong to its respective owners (City of London and graffiti artists). A good reference to graffiti artist’s names can be found here.
See the previous MSM collection:
Spring 2008
For more info on my exclusive line of sock monkeys see, Sock monkeys + knitted sweaters = Mars Sock Monkeys.
Toys, original and manipulated photos are copyright Maribel Castellanos.
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