WIP

These two are *almost* finished. So close to finished they'd be finished if the toddler hadn't just decided to wake up and demand nursing.
Wish me luck, because I want to get them finished and grab some good outdoors pictures before I loose the light!

Sent from the TARDIS Intergalactic Temporal Mobile Service

Sock Punky Giveaway Winner!

Well, we have a winner, and I can't wait to find out what she chooses!

Yay Violetsouffle! She's one of my all-time favorite tweeple, so I'm double happy! Ironically, I'm currently working on a custom doll for her already!  I guess they won't travel alone. :-)

Sock Punky Giveaway!

CLOSED For Entry

Sock Punky... Not your mama's sock monkey, unless you buy her one.

Whether is's inked or mohawked baddassery or cute and cuddly classic cuteness, Sock Punky means sock monkeys the way they were meant to be, full of attitude.  Together with Little Punks and Raggedy Rebelz, the sassy answer to Raggedy Ann's style, Sock Punky rocks out the primitive toy scene with wit and flair.

Rad, aren't they?

Goth rebel is too loner to be part of "they."

Want one? You can pick one up here, at the Etsy store.

Want to win one?  I *suppose* my fingers are up for making one for one of you. ;-)

So on Valentine's Day I'm giving away your choice of either a custom brown little punk with your choice of mohawk color (unless you prefer pigtails or traditional baldness), *or* a Raggedy Rebel designed by me just for you!
:-)



Methods of Entry:


MANDATORY: Must be done for any of your entries to count.

Go check out SockPunky on Etsy and tell me what your favorite item is.
*Please leave your email address in your entry comments so I can contact you. If I can't contact you, you can't win*

Additional Entries 
Social Media:
*1 entry each for liking Sock Punky &  Paisley & Pretties on Facebookfollowing @SockPunky on twitter, following me on twitter, follow or subscribe to this blog or  Sock Punky's blog, Grab my button, blog about this giveaway
1 entry per day for sharing this giveaway on your social media of choice. Leave me a permalink, please.
Customers:
If you've bought a SockPunky product, you get an extra entry per each.  If you buy one, you get five extra entries.  Ooh, shiny.
Ridiculous:
1 entry per day - Favorite geeky quote

Fine print and yadda yadda.
Winner will be selected via Random.org or similar randomy goodness (you know, like having the kidlet pull a name out of a hat if I'm feeling super industrious and like clipping comments apart) on February 14th, because I heart you. Entry will close at 11pm Central Time, on 2-14-11.
Open to US and Canadian residents and people who live elsewhere who are cool with it going on the slow boat or covering the difference in shipping.  Seriously, it's freaking expensive to ship to Hong Kong.

Winner will have 72 hours to respond to notification (via email) or else I'll have to pick a second winner, in which case, it will be based on something ridiculous.


Disclaimer- Um, it's really hard to compensate yourself for a post, so um... yeah, that.

Sewing Sewing.

So I've been sewing a lot, trying to catch up on what spouse has lovingly nicknamed my "Monkey Business."

Wanna see what I've been up to?

Well, these two are what I finished today. They're my "Little Punks" measuring between seven and nine and three quarters inches in height.  They're tiny and fun.  The Sock Monkey makes me smile, a lot. The Bear even rattles!

Since I couldn't find a free baby sock monkey or sock bear pattern online, I decided to draft my own patterns, and there are a few things I'll tweak next time, but so far I'm pretty pleased with the way they've turned out. Now I just need to find a rattle tutorial so the bells won't sound so darned muffled.  They clink instead of tinkling. As a result of their very experimental nature they're even listed a little lower than I plan on listing Little Punks in the future.

So go and look, heart me, maybe even buy one, you know, because I'm being self promoting.

Rainbow Rocker

I finished my first full on punked-out sock monkey today. I'm calling him my "Rainbow Rocker."

To date, he's been my test monkey for things like embroidering techniques, how to make a guitar, how to give a monkey a mohawk, best methods for piercings, and other such fun.

What I've learned. Embroidered silver studs don't show up well on gray, the crocheted black hoop (in the hidden ear) looks more dramatic, I want to put something rigid in the guitar next time, and I was going about the embroidering all wrong. Subsequent punkies will reflect these changes. Nonetheless, I'm really quite pleased with the way he turned out, and I am going to miss him when he finds his new home, but I suspect it'll be a good home.

Any other suggestions on what I should do different in the future, or is he just too cute the way he is?

Wordless Wednesday: Sock Punky!

Wordless Wednesday

Sock Punky!!!