Miss Amelia visits Germany

Recently received a picture from Miss Amelia who was visiting Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany. She’s just as pretty as a flower and has obviously adapted well to her life with the Thomas family!  Thanks for sharing her travels with us.

 

Nanner Ned featured in an Etsy Treasury

I’m so honored when an Etsian selects one of my monkeys to be featured in their treasury.  This time it was FallingStarLane who picked Nanner Ned to star in her Gone Bananas Treasury. Thanks a bunch!

 

Sock Monkey Smores

My friend just got back from vacation and brought me the coolest gift ever…

I mean EVER!

Makes me happy and hungry all at the same time!

You are unique!

We all come in different shapes and colors, but we’re all simply adorable.
(And I’m not just talkin’ about monkeys!)

God made each one of us special. Celebrate your uniqueness!

Wearable Sock Monkey Art!

My friend, Carrie over at Poet Summer has created another gorgeous sock monkey charm bracelet featuring Sock Monkey Ranch monkeys. 

Pop on over to Poet Summer’s Shop and have a look at her amazing work.  Just click on the picture above and it will take you right to her shop.

It’s a Sock Monkey Tea Party!

I’m so excited!  Carrie over at PoetSummer on Etsy has created the most wonderful charm bracelet featuring some of the monkeys from right here on Sock Monkey Ranch!

Sock Monkey Tea Party Charm Bracelet

Pop over and take a look at Carrie’s stunning bracelets in every theme you can possibly think of…and if she doesn’t have one you want, I bet she’d make one especially for you!

Clovis Dean Baker and Cletus Dean Baker

Cletus Dean Baker AKA Tumbleweed (on the right) has been hanging around Sock Monkey Ranch for quite some time, now, but his brother Clovis Dean Baker (on the left) just rolled into the ranch around dusk last night.

He and Cletus spent most of the evenin’ sitting round the big old porch of the ranch house swappin’ tall tales. I’m not sure which one of them tells the biggest golly-whoppers, but they sure kept the ranch hands in stitches and wonderin’ which of the stories were true and which were pure hog-wash.

You can read about how they spent the evening entertaining the ranch hands here: READ MORE

I hear that Ma Baker had a third son…Clarence Dean Baker. (She gives all her boys her maiden name for a middle name…she was Etta Mae Dean before she married Pa Baker.)

I suppose it’s only a matter of time before Clarence Dean shows up at the ranch!

Sock Monkeys and Their People

Many people like to show off their sock monkeys, but did you know that sock monkeys like to show off their people, too?

Sock Monkeys, Sarge and Happy Happy Sam with their boys, Ethan and David (my grandsons).

I just added a new features to the Sock Monkey Ranch web site called Sock Monkeys and Their People. It’s a place to show off pictures of you with your sock monkey (or visa versa).

Send your pics with your sock monkey’s name, your first name, and maybe a sentence or two about how you got your sock monkey, your history together, etc. and I’ll post it in our new fun corner of Sock Monkey Ranch. Contact Info

Can’t wait to see your pics!

Have you hugged your sock monkey today?

 By the authority vested in me as the Resident Grandma of Sock Monkey Ranch, I hereby proclaim 2009 as the Year of the Sock Monkey! (A round of Banana Smoothies for everyone!)

I predict the demand for quality, handmade-with-love sock monkeys will soar just after the new year begins.

Soon the question on everyone’s lips will be…did you hug your sock monkey today? How can you hug one if you don’t have one?????

Love this Etsy Artist!

I just love the Sock Monkey Art found at Marissa’s Elegant Snobery Etsy Shop.  Drop by and see all the wonderfully creative products she has just waiting for you.