Sock Monkey Emporium gifts Celebrity Mums through The Artisan Group

We 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.

Handmade from a single baby sock these mini mascots are either great buddies for baby or a stress reliever for mum!!
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!
The full recipient list is
Beyonce
Uma Thurma
Jessica Alba
Hilary Duff
Jessica Simpson
Alyson Hannigan
Lisa Loeb
Sienna Miller
Kourtney Kardashian
Rebecca Gayheart
Keri Russell
Lindsay Price
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Molly Sims
Kristin Cavallari
Bryce Dallas Howard
Evangeline Lilly
Jennifer Garner
Marley Shelton
Sarah Polley
Mrs Jason Bateman (Amanda Anka)
Mrs Bruce Willis (Emma Heming)
Susan Downey Jnr
Mrs Kelsey Grammar (Kayte Walsh)
Jennifer Capshaw

The Artisan Group at the GBK Golden Globes Gift Lounge January 2012

This weekend saw artisans from all over the globe glued to their computer screens as we kept track of Founder Valerie and Managing Partner Nikki at the GBK Gift Lounge in honour of Golden Globes nominees held at the Beverley Hills L'Ermitage Hotel.


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.


The press were also gifted mini swag bags with reporters from the 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.


Artisans participating in the gift bags were BeezKneezDesigns, 13 Black Cats Designs, Sahetah's Jewelery, Piccolo Paradiso, Cherry Tree Soaps, JuditB Jewelery, Blue Scarab Jewelry, Villa Lusso, Barefoot Bath & Body, Jewels For Hope, Java Jane Designs, Dave Dilli Photography, I Am Maryann, Expression Rings of Hope, Alexis Studio Design, Luster Metalworks, TearDrop Paperie, Botjoy, LapisBeach Hand-Knit Wearable Art, Simply Paperie, The Crimson Poppy, Swirly Garden, SariBlue, Caroline G, Kath's Elegant Accessories, The Write Stuff Design, Taradara, Oh Joy! Photography, Wee Bindery, Cloven Rustic Jewelry, Hearts Of Stone Jewelry, Longrunners, Cassia Aromatics


I was a participant at business card level along with a whole heap of other talented artisans.


Everyone's displays were greeted with such enthusiasm and many celebrities have tweeted the artisans thanking them.


Looking forward to hearing all the success stories that come out of this event!!

Downton Abbey Excitement Overload!

Remember I said I was a HUGE fan of Downton Abbey???

Well on Friday at the GBK Gift Lounge for the Golden Globes the lovely Elizabeth McGovern AKA Lady Cora visited the Artisan Group 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!

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!!

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!!!

You can be sure I will update with pictures before I post Lady Sock off to Lady Cora :)

Golden Weekend!!!

Yes!! It's finally here!!! My Sock Monkey Emporium business cards will be included in the gift bags being given to celebrities by The Artisan Group at the GBK Golden Globes Gift Lounge held in honour of nominees.

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!!!

The artisans who have sent display items have truly done the group proud!! They include Jewels For Hope, Alexis Studio Design, The Crimson Poppy, Sari Blue Jewelry and many many more.

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.

Happy 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!
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.

Today's custom order was for a brightly coloured octopus (or soctopus as I like to call them!)

He is available as a custom order in my Etsy shop here. He's pretty big - 70cm across and it was a real challenge to get that last leg sewn on!!! I'm very happy with how he turned out though and so was the customer :)

Exciting times ahead!!!!

The monkeys and I have some exciting times coming up!!!

Firstly, I am contributing to a lovely gift bag filled with items handcrafted by Artisan Group members to US actress Jessica Alba as a "Congratulations on your new baby" kinda pressie. I have made 2 pink sock cats, 1 for each of her daughters and personalised them with their names.

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???

So the monkeys are planning their takeover bid of the USA - is the USA ready????? :D

Yummy parcel!!

Well my postman brought me a fabulously smelling parcel today all the way from Roseville CA in the US of A!!
It was my order from www.pitterpatterndesigns.com 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.

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!!
So if you are looking for beautifully made, smartly packaged and divinely scented soaps, balms etc; go check out Ann's store on Etsy www.etsy.com/shop/PitterPatterDesigns