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Here’s some totally new rainbow and plaid Mars Sock Monkeys wearing hoodies made from the Power Paisley fabric I got at Spoonflower! I have more picked out. :)
Fabian and Brett Mars Sock Monkeys are available for adoption on Etsy.
Fabian Mars Sock Monkey
Brett Mars Sock Monkey
Tags: blue, fabric, heart, hoodie, jumper, knit, mars, monkey, paisley, plaid, power, rainbow, sock, spoonflower, sweatshirt, yellow
The long awaited romper is back and Scottie rocks it out! This new romper is removable since you can undo the straps from the buttons. :)
Scottie Mars Sock Monkey
Tags: brown, button, green, plaid, playsuit, pocket, removable, romper, shorts, strap, yellow
I found a great sock monkey to match the newly designed mushroom sundress! Neve Mars Sock Monkey is made from a pair of white socks with thin purple, blue, silver and yellow stripes. Besides wearing a cute dress she also comes with a matching bow to adorn her head. She’s a doll! I lover her. :)
Neve is available for sale on Etsy.
Tags: blue, bow, etsy, mars, monkey, mushroom, neve, purple, sale, silver, sock, stripe, sundress, white, yellow
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
Here’s one last post for the last day of the month. Lately it’s been hard taking photos because it gets dark at about 4pm. By the time I’m ready to take photos there’s no light outside so this time I decided to use flash. I think it worked out well for this occasion. Gracie looks so cute on top of our “bear” blanket, which is so soft!
Gracie’s hoodie comes with a ladybug or ladybird as it’s known in Europe. This is Gracie hanging out in bed. See how the blankie is making her sleepy, very sleepy…
Tags: bear, bed, blanket, dark, flash, gracie, hoodie, ladybird, ladybug, Lauren, mars, monkey, photos, rainbow, sleepy, sock, time, winter, yellow
Remember Samantha? Well Evelyn is her twin sister. Good not evil sister. They are both good actually. Very good! I’m back to working on baby sock monkeys. I finished Mauricio’s sweater today (it’s so little!) and I’m going to start making his hat. Contemplating whether to use yarn or fabric though. Maybe fabric would be a nice change. I found a pattern for a bucket hat I’ll probably use as a guide.
Evelyn Mars Sock Monkey
Tags: Add new tag, evelyn, heart, hoodie, knit, maribel made, mars, monkey, pink, samantha, sister, sock, stripes, twin, yellow
When I was asked to create a couple of sock monkeys from two identical socks, it was obvious they’d be twins.
LeAnn (pink) and Rhea (yellow) are the first set of twins I’ve made and in their case they are dancing twins! For the occasion, they wear similar kimono style wrap-around sweaters and matching legwarmers. I had been meaning to make a kimono sweater for a while and I’m sure there are many styles and ways to go about knitting it. The legwarmers were pretty straight forward, although I’ll refrain from using double-pointed needles for such a small tube of fabric! :)
LeAnn & Rhea Dance Twins
LeAnn & Rhea’s pink and yellow legwarmers
Tags: anime, custom, dance, dancers, dancing, indentical, kimono, legwarmers, manga, mars, matching, monkey, order, pink, sock, sweater, ties, twins, wrap-around, yellow
Like the unveiling of a spanking new fortune 500 company product, I give you the newest in independent crafting technology, the new and improved collection of Mars Sock Monkeys for the Spring of 2008!
Stella and Lulu come with newly designed sweaters, modeled after the ever so popular polo shirt. For these, I chose a short puffy sleeve and non-ribbed finishing to add a feminine touch. They also have a small heart on the left side as opposed to something large taking up the front of the sweater, also to add a delicate touch.
Another new addition to the sock monkey fashion wear are knitted hats, which I learned to make especially for the occasion! I had already been making crocheted hats for people so I thought why not make them for the monkeys as well! The only problem I ran across this was that the crochet pattern didn’t work so well on a small scale because it looked too bulky, that is why I learned to knit them instead. The hat made for Stella has a crocheted flower attached to the side and the other made for Frankie sports the cutest yellow puffy pom-pom I’ve ever made!
These are the best sock monkeys I’ve done so far and I must say that my knitting skills have improved quite a bit since I made my very first monkeys last year. The construction hasn’t changed all that much (it is a sock made monkey after all), except that I’ve switched from sewing with a cotton thread to a more elastic invisible thread and I’ve replaced the plastic eye backings to metal since the plastic ones were tearing from the pressure of the front eye piece. Anyway those are all minor details, but I guess you could say that it has improved the quality of the product. You could almost even say that these monkeys are indestructible ;)
I’m going to keep the amount of time it took to make these four monkeys including “jumpers” a secret because it’s still a process being worked out. The most I can say is that I was right on schedule and I got photos and marketing done within my specified amount of time. No wonder I’m beat! Next up is more painting and digital drawing. Yay!
If you would like to adopt one or ALL of my cuddly monkeys, Stella, Frankie, Sheena and Lulu are for sale at Maribel Made DaWanda and Maribel Made Etsy.
See other Mars Sock Monkey collections:
Summer 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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I thought of this banana pattern as I was doodling on a friend’s Facebook page. I ended up liking the design so much that I had to paint it on real canvas.
Each banana would almost be symmetrical if folded in half horizontally, but the pattern itself is not. Although, there is something about each banana rotated and suspended within a specified amount of white space that reminds me of something my mind would think of being symmetrical. This is No. 1 of 4 Fruit Wallpaper paintings to be made.
Tags: acrylic, banana, canvas, design, fruit, painting, pattern, wallpaper, white, yellow
Here’s some totally new rainbow and plaid Mars Sock Monkeys wearing hoodies made from the Power Paisley fabric I got at Spoonflower! I have more picked out. :)
Fabian and Brett Mars Sock Monkeys are available for adoption on Etsy.
Fabian Mars Sock Monkey
Brett Mars Sock Monkey
These are the fun cotton sundresses I made for Nadia, Celeste and Courtney. I think the next batch will come with zippers!
The long awaited romper is back and Scottie rocks it out! This new romper is removable since you can undo the straps from the buttons. :)
Scottie Mars Sock Monkey
I just listed two new rainbow sock monkeys wearing pink sweatshirt hoodies. Jessica’s comes with a butterfly and Lori’s with a heart. Cute! ♥
Jessica Mars Sock Monkey
Lori Mars Sock Monkey
Check out the felt cake I made at Etsy Labs Faux Felt Cakes With My Candy Castle craft night. It’s a bit vampire-esque mixed with Americana!
Download the instructions and pattern from Etsy’s page. :)
