Recently, I received a request I just could not refuse. A young woman who was getting married told me that on her first date, with her now fiance, he had bought her a sock monkey. Now that they were getting married, they wanted to 'kit' him out with a kilt, tie and top hat and commission a sock monkey bride for him.

I love a challenge! So, I figured out how kilts are made and even happen find the right color tartan in a mini print. Here is the result.  





To see the little kilt in 360˚ there is a 17 sec video

Thanks for looking!

p.s. The sock monkey modeling the groom outfit was just a stand-in and not as big around as the real groom

We recently had an Open House to celebrate buying our first house and our 20th Anniversary.
I wanted to have a little party favor for everyone to take home and some way for our guests to keep track of their beer, wine ect...
I had seen this gorgeous 5mm felt and thought that would be perfect - if I could cut it well enough- and if my machine could sew through it to letter it.

What do you think?












Everyone took them home - so I think they liked them.

We recently had an Open House to celebrate buying our first house and our 20th Anniversary.
I wanted to have a little party favor for everyone to take home and some way for our guests to keep track of their beer, wine ect...
I had seen this gorgeous 5mm felt and thought that would be perfect - if I could cut it well enough- and if my machine could sew through it to letter it.

What do you think?












Everyone seemed to like the idea.

I made this tissue cover for my mom. She loves facebook. (which I am still surprised at)

It has a Happy face on one side and a Sad face on the other side.
So it's kind of like a status update for your desk.


Emoticon Happy Face by sockmonkeyfun, on Flickr


Emoticon Sad Face by sockmonkeyfun, on Flickr

Thanks for looking!

 Poor little Julia had a tragic run-in with the family dog and was almost totally destroyed.
Her person did her best to patch her up- but she needed a bit more help.
I was happy to help - but it was clear she would need a whole new body.

Here is her head with her new body

Head Transplant by sockmonkeyfun, on Flickr

Before

Poor Julia by sockmonkeyfun, on Flickr

After

New Julia by sockmonkeyfun, on Flickr

I wish I could have gone with this little monkey as she headed to Hawaii!

Hawaiian Sock Monkey Girl by sockmonkeyfun, on Flickr


Hawaiian Sock Monkey Girl by sockmonkeyfun, on Flickr

The skirt was made from rafia sewn on yarn. The flower is just felt pieces glued together.
Thanks for looking!

We recently had a great time at party for my parents 40th anniversary.
The DIY photo booth was the hit of the party. My brother and I made a backdrop from a couple of fleece blankets from Ikea.


Here are a couple of the shots of the guests

We had a chalkboard for people to write a message if they wanted-
Everyone loved it!







Here is a shot of the decorations


Thanks for looking!

I have been trying to learn to play guitar for about 6 months. I am still awful at it, but luckily- I am stubborn.

In an attempt to avoid actual guitar practice but still stay somewhat related, I decided to make a bracelet that would tell the world how cool I am for playing guitar.  Here it is.


It's made from sterling silver and rubber.

Here it is on my pale freckle riddin skin


I made one for my friend who is learning to play with me. And my guitar teacher (who performs and stuff) thought it was cool and asked for one too. I happily made him one as well.
Thanks for looking!
Tamara

Who else has this happen?
Doll/Monkey/Plush of any kind (4 hours to make)
Costume/Clothes/fiddling with face (10 hours)

A couple of recent non-monkey sock animals.





Took me a little while to figure out how to make the hippo snout. But I eventually got it.