tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14155012239601981292024-03-05T09:13:15.635-08:00Sock Monkey EmporiumSock Monkey Emporiumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09545030720532479793noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1415501223960198129.post-7899657735349395942012-04-18T14:20:00.001-07:002012-04-18T14:20:13.335-07:00Sock Monkey Emporium to gift Food Network Presenter and Chef Giada de LaurentiisWe are happy to announce that we were lucky enough to bag a spot in one of <a href="http://www.theartisangroup.org/" target="_blank">The Artisan Group's</a> latest celebrity gifting opportunities.<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giada_De_Laurentiis" target="_blank">Giada de Laurentiis</a> is an Italian/American Chef and TV Presenter in the USA. We have sent her a personalised sock cat for her daughter Jade.<br />
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<br />Sock Monkey Emporiumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09545030720532479793noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1415501223960198129.post-54157417515500170952012-04-09T08:21:00.000-07:002012-04-09T08:21:30.331-07:00Jessica Alba feature!!!!!Before Christmas I was lucky enough to be included in a gift bag that The Artisan Group sent to US actress Jessica Alba.<br />
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Imagine my surprise when a fellow member of TAG posted a picture taken from US Parenting Magazine of an interview with Jessica which happened to have my little sock cat included in the photos!!!!!<br />
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The article can be read in full <a href="http://www.parenting.com/gallery/jessica-alba?view=home&pnid=534520" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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Here are a couple of the photos from the article....<br />
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OK so I don't get a mention but it's lovely to know that Jessica liked my gift enough to have it on baby Haven's change mat! I hope that Honor liked the cat that I sent for her too.Sock Monkey Emporiumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09545030720532479793noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1415501223960198129.post-58726002661133988242012-04-09T08:11:00.000-07:002012-04-18T14:09:25.491-07:00Sock Monkey Emporium gifts Celebrity Mums through The Artisan GroupWe are happy to announce that we have sent 30 of our mini sock mascots to be included in special Mother's Day gift bags that The Artisan Group will be sending to celebrity mums such as Beyonce, Uma Thurman, Jessica Alba and Hilary Duff amongst others.<br />
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Handmade from a single baby sock these mini mascots are either great buddies for baby or a stress reliever for mum!!<br />
It's very exciting to think that baby Ivy Blue Carter will be able to add a Sock Monkey Emporium creation to her toybox. My eyes will be glued to all celebrity baby photos!<br />
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Beyonce<br />
Uma Thurma<br />
Jessica Alba<br />
Hilary Duff<br />
Jessica Simpson<br />
Alyson Hannigan<br />
Lisa Loeb<br />
Sienna Miller<br />
Kourtney Kardashian<br />
Rebecca Gayheart<br />
Keri Russell<br />
Lindsay Price<br />
Maggie Gyllenhaal<br />
Molly Sims<br />
Kristin Cavallari<br />
Bryce Dallas Howard<br />
Evangeline Lilly<br />
Jennifer Garner<br />
Marley Shelton<br />
Sarah Polley<br />
Mrs Jason Bateman (Amanda Anka)<br />
Mrs Bruce Willis (Emma Heming)<br />
Susan Downey Jnr<br />
Mrs Kelsey Grammar (Kayte Walsh)<br />
Jennifer Capshaw<br />
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<br />Sock Monkey Emporiumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09545030720532479793noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1415501223960198129.post-3892377901642476942012-02-29T04:52:00.000-08:002012-02-29T04:52:30.562-08:00Great Britain Today Magazine - February 2012<a href="http://flipflashpages.uniflip.com/3/65929/126942/pub/">Great Britain Today Magazine - February 2012</a><div><br /></div><div>Woo hoo!! I am currently a "Great of the North West" pls have a read and click my link to vote for me as a British Great!!!</div>Sock Monkey Emporiumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09545030720532479793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1415501223960198129.post-22383224486750954382012-01-27T05:22:00.000-08:002012-01-27T05:22:43.580-08:00Introducing......Lady Monkey of Sock!!!!As promised here an update on the monkey I am making for Elizabeth McGovern who plays Lady Cora in Downton Abbey.<br />
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I definately didn't want to make a caricature monkey...and I hope the finished product doesn't appear to be as such. I spent quite a while online researching appropriate costumes but in the end I took my Downton Abbey book to the fabric shop!!!<br />
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Armed with two shades of crushed velvet, some co-ordinating satin and lace I spread it all around me while I made the basic monkey.<br />
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I made the decision to leave off the arms and ears while I got her dressed to avoid getting threads tangled. Once I had the skirt and blouse on I added the arms and then the overcoat.<br />
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That's a bit wild and woolly for a Lady so a trip to the hairdressers was in order. In addition to a hair cut and style I added her features, earrings and a tiara. And this is the finished monkey!!!</div>
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So she will be off to Elizabeth McGovern on Monday morning!!! I hope she likes her custom monkey.</div>
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As soon as my <a href="http://www.facebook.com/SockMonkeyEmporium" target="_blank">Facebook</a> page hits 4000 likers I will be holding a giveaway through my blog :)</div>
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Up for grabs are a monkey, a cat and a dino.</div>
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To enter, simply leave a comment below with contact details.</div>
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For an additional entry please follow me on <a href="http://www.twitter.com/SockMonkeyEmp" target="_blank">Twitter</a> and send me an @ message</div>
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Even better..visit my <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/SockMonkeyEmporiumUK" target="_blank">Etsy</a> shop, favourite an item in my shop and let me know by leaving a comment here!!</div>
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So you each have 3 chances to win!!!</div>
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You can start commenting now but no prizes will be awarded until the fan number hits 4000!!!!<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">100 gift bags containing $800 of handmade goodies were gifted to attending celebrities such as Jennifer Love Hewitt, Elizabeth McGovern, Jeremy Irons, Damien Lewis, Chris Noth and many many more.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The press were also gifted mini swag bags with reporters from the <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">The Huffington Post, ABC News, Mingle Media, Hollywood.TV, LA Daily News, LA's The Place, Splash magazines and The Today Show in Australia in attendance.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">Looking forward to hearing all the success stories that come out of this event!!</span>Sock Monkey Emporiumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09545030720532479793noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1415501223960198129.post-28982148949652354412012-01-15T01:24:00.000-08:002012-01-15T01:45:49.951-08:00Downton Abbey Excitement Overload!Remember I said I was a HUGE fan of Downton Abbey???<br />
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Well on Friday at the GBK Gift Lounge for the Golden Globes the lovely <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001527/" target="_blank">Elizabeth McGovern</a> AKA Lady Cora visited the <a href="http://theartisangroup.org/" target="_blank">Artisan Group</a> table. The fabulous Valerie and Nikki mentioned to Elizabeth that I was a massive fan and would love to create something especially for her! She was thrilled and replied that she would be happy to receive a gift!<br />
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All of this took place while I was fast asleep and when I read the email from Valerie in the morning I had to read it twice to make sure I wasn't still dreaming!!<br />
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So the challenge now is to dress a monkey in period clothing!! I don't want to imitate one of Lady Cora's outfits as I don't want the monkey to be a caricature of her........more along the lines of Lady Sock of Monkey!!!</div>
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<br />Sock Monkey Emporiumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09545030720532479793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1415501223960198129.post-43585084677065092422012-01-13T06:15:00.000-08:002012-01-13T06:23:51.164-08:00Golden Weekend!!!Yes!! It's finally here!!! My <a href="http://www.facebook.com/SockMonkeyEmporium" target="_blank">Sock Monkey Emporium</a> business cards will be included in the gift bags being given to celebrities by <a href="http://www.theartisangroup.org/" target="_blank">The Artisan Group</a> at the GBK Golden Globes Gift Lounge held in honour of nominees.<br />
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Our lovely leaders Valerie and Nikki have been busy setting up our display at the event and sent this photo all the way from Beverley Hills!!!<br />
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The artisans who have sent display items have truly done the group proud!! They include <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Jewels4Hope" target="_blank">Jewels For Hope</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/AlexisStudioDesign" target="_blank">Alexis Studio Design</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/thecrimsonpoppy" target="_blank">The Crimson Poppy</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SariBlueJewelry" target="_blank">Sari Blue Jewelry</a> and many many more.<br />
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The fun kicks off at 11am LA time and all the members of the group, whether participants or not, are so excited to see which celebrities get their hands on an Artisan Group bag.Sock Monkey Emporiumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09545030720532479793noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1415501223960198129.post-69580257032775358352012-01-02T15:12:00.000-08:002012-01-02T15:12:26.566-08:00Happy New Year!!I really need to do more of this blogging malarky....and now I have my brand spanking new laptop I really don't have much of an excuse!<br />
Managed to spend a pretty quiet Christmas and New Year at home with my kids but now it's back to business and the January order list.<br />
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Today's custom order was for a brightly coloured octopus (or soctopus as I like to call them!)<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Secondly, my business cards will be included in the swag bags gifted to celebrities at GBK Productions Gift Lounges prior to the Golden Globes and The Oscars in early 2012...can you imagine someone like Brangelina thinking "hmmmmm our kids all need a sock monkey!" Hahahahaha, I can dream right???</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">So the monkeys are planning their takeover bid of the USA - is the USA ready????? :D</span>Sock Monkey Emporiumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09545030720532479793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1415501223960198129.post-71050604462502260222011-11-02T07:34:00.000-07:002011-11-03T15:40:26.467-07:00Yummy parcel!!Well my postman brought me a fabulously smelling parcel today all the way from Roseville CA in the US of A!! <br />
It was my order from <a href="http://www.pitterpatterndesigns.com/" target="_blank">www.pitterpatterndesigns.com</a> which is owned by fellow Artisan Group member Ann Stoermer. I treated myself to 2 of Ann's lipbalms - Creme de Menthe and Butter Cream. <br />
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They are soooooo creamy and make you lips feel fabulous! I have the Butter Cream one on right now and it smells divine :) I also was lucky enough to receive a sample of Meyer Lemon Soap and that smells so fresh - a great way to wake your face up in the morning!!<br />
So if you are looking for beautifully made, smartly packaged and divinely scented soaps, balms etc; go check out Ann's store on Etsy <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/PitterPatterDesigns" target="_blank">www.etsy.com/shop/PitterPatterDesigns</a>Sock Monkey Emporiumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09545030720532479793noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1415501223960198129.post-17149322239643738452011-09-19T04:48:00.000-07:002011-09-19T11:51:31.117-07:00The Artisan Group ROCKS the GBK Productions Emmys Gift Lounge!I've just spent the weekend absolutely glued to my fb and twitter feeds as I followed the Artisan Group at the GBK Productions Emmys Gift Lounges.<br />
The Artisan Group, of which I am a proud member, were gifting handmade swag bags to 100 celebrities containing 30 items made by members. They are currently receiving amazing feedback from the celebrities who were lucky enough to get a swag bag and I hope that the artisans who contributed go on to benefit massively from their involvement.<br />
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To see who is saying what, follow @theartisangroup or search #artisangroup on Twitter :)<br />
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I can't wait for my turn when my business cards will be at the GBK Productions Oscars Gift Lounge!!Sock Monkey Emporiumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09545030720532479793noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1415501223960198129.post-5581930332599377622011-09-05T06:50:00.000-07:002011-09-05T06:50:08.368-07:00Orders v. sick kidsWell I'm meant to be making 2 monkeys and a cat today - what am I doing instead?? Took 1 daughter to the Docs as she had a lump behind her ear - turned out to be a swollen gland due to her having scratched a hole in her head. Then just as I had dropped her off at nursery and rushed back to town to have lunch with my Mum and Uncle (down on a rare trip from Scotland) I got the dreaded call from school "I'm sorry Mrs Maudsley but your daughter appears to have transformed into a vomit fountain in the playground. Please collect her ASAP!!!" (or words to that effect anyway)<br />
SO now I have to wait for their Dad to come and collect the vomit comet as they are due to be at his house tonight. I WILL get back to the orders.............Sock Monkey Emporiumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09545030720532479793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1415501223960198129.post-29811048828738432482011-08-26T14:09:00.001-07:002011-08-26T14:09:45.409-07:00HobbycraftJust all packed up ready to go to Hobbycraft at Deepdale Retail Park in Preston tomorrow. I'm doing instore demos and selling the monkeys, dinos and cats along with some of my jewellery. Fingers crossed I sell some and get some orders!!! I'll fill you in tomorrow :DSock Monkey Emporiumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09545030720532479793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1415501223960198129.post-22247788350624026522011-08-24T15:13:00.000-07:002011-08-24T15:13:06.606-07:00Full time craftiness!!So I quit my job and decided that staying home and sewing would be much more fun! And so far it is.....just need to earn some pennies too!!!<br />
Since I became a full time crafty person I've made 12 sockosaurus and 6 cats, which is great as long as someone actually buys them. <br />
I also got invited to join an amazing group of artisans called The Artisan Group. They supply handmade goodie bags to famous type people at awards ceremonies in the USA. As a result, my business cards will be distributed in bags at the 2012 Academy Awards!! Which isn't bad progress for 2 days of craftiness....<br />
Saturday brings my first instore demo session at Hobbycraft on Preston's Deepdale Retail Park. I'll be sat sewing, showing folk how to make my sock creations - just hope they don't catch on too fast! I'll also be selling my creations so hopefully some pennies will be made.<br />
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Here are some piccies of the fruits of my first 2 days labour.............<br />
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