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My latest custom sock monkeys, Weedy and Laurie, may look familiar. That’s because they’re modeled after Gracie and Lauren. See the resemblance? They make nice twins! Weedy comes with a yellow and blue knit hoodie with ladybug while Laurie wears a classic yellow and pink heart sweatshirt hoodie.
Weedy and Laurie will also be living in their hometown city of Seattle, where I created the very 1st Mars Sock Monkey back in 2007. Today, being that it’s also my last day of living in the rainy city, marks Weedy and Laurie as the 84th and 85th Mars Sock Monkeys made in the history of Maribel Made! I’m really excited to see what new sock monkey adventures await for us in Brooklyn.
If you’re interested in a custom Mars Sock Monkey you can email me at maribelmade at gmail dot com for more info. Stay tuned for more cute sock monkey madness. :)
Weedy Mars Sock Monkey
Laurie Mars Sock Monkey
Tags: 84, 85, Brooklyn, custom, cute, family, history, hoodie, knit, laurie, maribel made, mars, milestone, monkey, moving, purple, rainbow, seattle, sock, stripe, sweater, sweatshirt, twins, weedy, yellow
Last Saturday I packed all my new sock monkey and took them on a bus ride to Freshy’s Coffee in West Seattle for a cute craft event called “Homemade Brigade”. This seemed like the perfect spot to reveal the new batch of Spring inspired sock monkeys, which I’ll talk about more in the next post.
It was also great meeting talented folks like Julia from Pixel & Post, London from Such Sweet Tierney and Catherine from Modern Little Ones. They all had such cute items (want)! I had a really good time and it was nice to get feedback from the coffee shop regulars and even their little ones. Oh the breakfast sandwich and the white chocolate mocha were tasty!
Stay tuned to meet the new Spring Mars Sock Monkeys: Jenny, Tyler, Esther, Terry, Davina and Tim. They’re pretty cute. :)
New Moo cards.
And new Mars Sock Monkey Postcards from Zazzle.
Freshy’s Coffee Homemade Brigade
Julia from Pixel & Post makes very nice stationary and lovely posters.
Such Sweet Tierney makes cute handmade buttons and accessories!
Tags: brigade, cafe, chocolate, coffee, event, food, Freshy''s, homemade, mars, mocha, Modern Little Ones, monkey, Pixel & Post, sandwich, seattle, sock, spring, Such Sweet Tierney, west
In a race against time, I subjected myself to making four hoodies before going on vacation for two weeks! I made these hoodies for a group of sock monkeys I began stuffing back in January. I’ve been so busy with knitted jumpers but these sweatshirt hoodies finally got their time! They’re made from a Japanese piggy print fabric I got at my favorite and local fabric store, Stitches, in Seattle.
I’m really excited about lots of things right now and one of them is a new outfit I’ve designed for my custom Mars Sock Monkeys! This outfit’s for the girls. Yay! Be back in a couple of weeks. I’m heading off to London to scout some socks, yarn and so many other things. Then it’s to Texas for some home made food and craft supplies. ;)
Btw I have new clothing labels! :D
Tags: clothing, custom, fabric, hoodie, japanese, jumper, knit, labels, mars, monkey, piggy, print, seattle, sock, Stitches, sweatshirt, vacation
Happy New Year! I had a great holiday relaxing at home, playing games and watching videos. Now that I’m feeling refreshed and I’m back to work I should tell you about one of the the last custom sock monkeys I made in 2009.
Sparkle Mars Sock Monkey was made for a friend to give to her daughter as a Christmas present. Her little girl liked one of my previous sock monkeys named Shayla so I created one almost exactly like her. The only difference is that Sparkle’s hoodie is blue with brown and green striped sleeves while Shayla’s is green with brown and blue striped sleeves (the reversed combination). A couple of days after Christmas I received an email from my friend’s daughter. She loved her sock monkey! :)
Amigurumi cupcake pictured below is available at Stitches fabric store in Capitol Hill in Seattle.
Tags: amigurumi, blue, break, brown, Capitol Hill, christmas, color, combination, cupcake, custom, daughter, gift, green, holiday, hoodie, last, mars, monkey, present, scheme, seattle, sock, sparkle, Stitches
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
We’re officially moving back to Seattle at the end of the month! Having lived in London gave me some great perspective. I’m going to miss the big city like I always seem to miss big cities. We’re just about down to two weeks of our London stay, but I’m looking forward to the new things ahead!
Of course, the bad thing about moving is always the actual move. Going through tons of stuff, packing, selling, donating and cleaning could be nightmarish. In our last move from Seattle here, I got rid of mostly everything we owned and shipped only a few things. It was sad. I’m just getting over not owning anything. I did a lot of scanning this time, but even if loose my backups I’m thinking, oh well! It’s so freeing not having things. I like the feeling a lot. It’s almost like being debt free!
There are some things I’m taking with me that can’t be replaced though…our monkey box and my vintage fabric. This along with some sock monkey making supplies will go in my luggage even if I have to replace my clothes with them. :)
Before heading to our final destination, we will be taking a short break in CA! I think it’d be nice to sit in a park in San Francisco and make some monkeys. It’s only been a week since I stopped making anything and I can’t wait to get back into it.
If there are any crafty folks out there who’d like to meet for a lunch or a drink let me know! I will be in San Francisco the 2nd or 3rd week of May. Maybe we could do a craft/make in the park type thing. :D
Tags: breakfast, enlglish, london, lunch, move, moving, pub, sale, seattle, UK, US
Earlier this month Plush You! wrote a great article about my Mars Sock Monkeys on their blog!
Plush You! is an annual exhibition showcasing plush creations from artists all over the globe…I believe the 2009 exhibition is coming up! Plush You! is also run by the fabulous Schmansy toy shop based in Seattle, which I have to say I’m familiar with from having lived there. Thanks Plush You! for the lovely feature. :)
Tags: annual, article, blog, event, exhibition, feature, maribel made, mars, monkey, plush, plushyou!, post, Promo, recommendation, schmansy, seattle, shop, sock, toy
Now I know why it’s so exciting to be working in secret. I can’t wait to get this batch of sock monkeys out the door! I had a great response from my last sock monkey, Eriko, and I hope that these little guys will be enjoyed just as much.
These new Mars Sock Monkeys, which I named Lulu, Frankie, Stella, Ben and Sheena, were half-raised in Seattle and London because I bought the socks in Seattle before I moved and put them together here in London. They are international jet setter sock monkeys!
I should be finished with all five this week (four of which will go for sale) and hopefully do a photo shoot by the end of the week if weather permits. I’ve been thinking of a theme and will need a few props. I also have a few other unveilings. One being the new sweater design below, which I modeled after a polo shirt. This is Lulu’s puffy short sleeve hoodie. The rest you’ll have to wait and see!!
Here are some London raised next generation monkeys to be…
Tags: animal, ben, design, frankie, generation, hoodie, knit, london, lulu, mars, monkey, new, next, polo, puffy, raised, seattle, sheena, shirt, sleeve, sock, stealth, stella, sweater, tennis, wip
