JUNE COLLECTION

Brinn, Mr. Chubs & the Sock Monkeys

Hello again my loyal followers and readers. Today marks the end of another successful month of Monkey making. The above picture is my lovely niece, Brinn. She happened to stay an extra few days after a family wedding and helped me out by agreeing to be my Sock Monkey model for June. AND, if you notice on her lap, in between the two monkeys is a sock owl. Brinn picked him out of a stash I had made last year and called him "Mr. Chubs". Out of her bag she grabbed him and in to the picture he went!
On another note and just to keep you in the loop, this weekend is the Bikers Annual Toy Run and I will be donating the last 3 months worth of Sock Monkeys to their cause. I am hoping to get some great pictures of the monkeys and bikes - should be interesting!
Thanks again to all those who drop socks off to me - I appreciate every pair! A big thanks to my niece Brinn for being my model (and Mr. Chubs). Keep reading and commenting folks - so nice to hear from all of you.

OLIVER & HARLEY

Oliver & Harley

A close up....

Different angle - notice the Harley Caps...

OLIVER & HARLEY: Born - June 30th. These two characters have been created for the Hay River Annual Toy Run. Every year this amazing group of Bikers gather as many toys as they can and ships them off to children in need.  I will be donating my next batch of Sock Monkeys (approximately 70) to this cause with hopes of making a child smile! Harley and Oliver (as far as I understand) will be auctioned off at their wrap-up party this coming weekend.
Harley is a Sock Monster. He has the coolest Harley Davidson leather vest and cap that were found at a Flea Market in Edmonton and I had to restitch it to fit him. He also has horns, a beard AND a fang. He may look a little mean, but he's just a big ole teddy bear - I mean Sock Monkey inside. As for Oliver, he IS a Sock Monkey. Once the cap was attached to his head, he looked like an "Oliver Twist" character, hence the name. I found a Harley Davidson patch and lovingly created a t-shirt for him and stitched the decal on.
Oliver and Harley are good friends and enjoy riding on Motorbikes of ANY kind. They will have your back in any situation and are there to keep you safe. Harley knows about 14 different kinds of Karate and Oliver, well...he just bites. Great team to have on your side should you ever need it....
I hope whomever purchases these two this weekend will enjoy them as much as I did creating them!

DAVIDA, SETH & TENIELLE

DAVIDA, SETH & TENIELLE:  June 27th, 28th, 29th. These three sweet looking Sock Monkeys were donated to my cause by three lovely young kids that make my heart laugh. They are none other than, Davida, Tenielle and Seth - my co-workers kids. When I started this project, their mum was one of the first to send socks my way and of course they were named for her kids. If I could say there were easy socks to work with and proportioned correctly, these were some of the best ones. So a very big thank you to Orlanda, Seth, Tenielle and Davida for the lovely socks that are now really cool Sock Monkeys!

PAULIE, SKEETER & TATER

PAULIE: Born - June 24th. Paulie is into renovating. Yes, he is small but this Sock Monkey can move mountains. Literally. He doesn't renovate homes, he renovates jungles, mountains, valleys, countrysides, cities, lakes....I think you get the idea. The Andes Mountains were actually in England at one time - Paulie took care of that. The Grand Canyon used to be in China. Yup, that was Paulie. You don't even want to know where the Seven Wonders all originated - you wouldn't believe me if I told you. Paulie is a busy little monkey...

SKEETER: Born - June 25th. Skeeter comes from a long line of Platypus hunters. His family can trace back over 400 years of Platypus extinguishing. Approximately 75 years ago though, the "Save the Platypus" Society came into existence when they discovered only 39 Platypus left in the world. Within 3 years, Skeeter's family livelihood was ended and the Platypus population began to thrive again. While his family no longer hunts the Platypus, they still "shoot" them with the camera lens and are now avid wildlife fans. You see, bad things can turn to good things!

TATER: Born - June 26th. Tater is just a nickname for potato WHICH this specific Sock Monkey happens to love!! "Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew" was actually Tater's favourite line and became famous when Golem used it in the "Lord of the Rings" movies. Come to think of it, I wander if Tater gave them permission to use that line. Hmmmmmm, I will have to ask him. ANYWAY, Tater loves potatoes - it's all he eats.....ever. Yum!

HINKLEY & KRICKET



HINKLEY & KRICKET: Born - June 22nd & 23rd.  Hinkley and Kricket are a lovely young couple that have just recently immigrated to Canada from England. These two monkeys have decided they would like to be nannies and help raise human children. They have both recently upgraded their First Aid and also love cooking, reading, are fluent in Latin, Spanish, French and Russian, and play every sport imaginable. Hinkley and Kricket would be perfect Nannies and hope to be gainfully employed in the next month. Not only will they educate your child, keep them active and well read, they will also teach them to climb trees, swing by their tails and - WAIT! Humans don't have tails....hmmmmmm. Okay, forget the swinging part. Your kids are gonna love bananas.
Should you wish to interview these two for a possible position, just leave a comment and I'll let them know. Then I'll call social services.....

SNOWY, BARRY & McQUEEN

SNOWY: Born - June 19th. Snowy is a rare Sock Monkey who lives in the very cold regions of Greenland. There are only a handful of these monkeys left in the world today and Snowy is the youngest. He loves to romp in the cold, have snowball fights and  climbs trees with branches loaded with snow. When an unsuspecting human walks by, Snowy will jump up and down and release all the snow from the branch, giving you a very cold snow shower. Brrrrrrrr!!

BARRY: Born - June 20th. Barry is a lead singer to a local group called the BoeJoes. There favourite genre of music is disco of course and they can be seen performing weekly in Vegas. Barry started his career in the shower (like most normal people) and one day entered a local talent contest. After winning, his career took off and he and his fellow band mates play all over the world in Disco bars. Their outfits are outrageous and so are there stage antics. Even if you don't like disco, you should watch them just to catch their act - it's worth the banana bunch entry fee.

McQUEEN: Born - June 21st. With a name like McQueen you'd think he'd be a race car driver or something like that. Sadly, McQueen is only a race car "watcher".... like most of us.... This does not deter McQueen from daydreaming about becoming a NASCAR driver - except when he daydreams while driving his station wagon into a tree. Not good McQueen....



PAIGE, GRACE & TATIANA

PAIGE: Born - June 16th. Paige is a fortune teller. She can look at your hand and within 10 seconds have your life mapped out for you. It's kinda creepy but man can she peg you! She knows your deepest and darkest desires...that's right...all of them. You will find all your futures blogged on her blogspot "everyonesfuture.blogspot.com" - especially the really twisted ones. Check it out - your future awaits you...

GRACE: Born - June 17th. What can we say about Grace? She is this amazing Sock Monkey who commits her time to fighting Monkey diseases in countries we haven't even heard of yet. Grace flies in with her crew and administers lifesaving immunizations to Sock Monkeys world wide and still finds time for all the little monkey orphans. We could all learn a little humility and compassion from Grace.

TATIANA: Born - June 18th. Tatiana is a stripper at the local bar the Monkey Tail. Mostly she strips down to her undies and then proceeds to do the "happy dance" for anyone who will throw some bananas her way. Tatiana has an old mother to support who needs medical attention on a regular basis. We all know how expensive medical bills can get (and old mothers...). Anyway, you should catch her act and support a good cause. You won't be disappointed.

Author's note: The blogspot "everyonesfuture.blogspot.com" does not exist - I checked. As a matter of fact, it states that if you want, that name is available to use on blogspot.com. Feel free to use it - could get entertaing...