Jan’s Sock Monkey Ranch Blog

Do you like to write?  We just launched a new weekly give away.

 Each week we will post a photo from one of our Sock Monkey Ranch Greeting Cards.  They say every picture tells a story, so your job is to write a short story to go with the picture.

 Our SMR committee will review the entries and pick a winner to receive the card that goes with the photo.

Easy Peasy!

Click the card below for more info:

Happy Writing!

We finally made it back from Chicago, Cletus Dean and me.  Along the way, we talked our pilot into letting us slip into the cockpit for a picture.  Cletus did his best to talk the pilot into lettin’ us “taker her up”, but the Captain wasn’t havin’ any of it.

 We never did make it to downtown Chicago for the photo shoot I wanted to do, so I guess that means another trip is in our future.  Til then, we’ll have to do photo shoots in good old Arizona.

 It’s good to be home.

Hey, everybody!  Just a quick note to let you know that Cletus Dean (Tumbleweed) and I are in Chicago right now.  We’ll be doing a sight-seeing walkabout in the next few days and will post some pics for you all to enjoy.

Stay tuned!
Jan

Say hello to Abby.  She was a special order for a little girl named Olivia.

Abby loves tea parties, especially if they include sugar cookies with pink frosting and pink sparkles.  She loves kittens, reading and singing.  Her favorite song is “I’m a Little Teapot”.

One of my favorite pastimes is to browse through the shops at Etsy.com. There are so many talented artists on Etsy that it’s hard not to find something you just can’t live without.

Today, I found these awesome monkey charms:

These just made my wish list!

I’m so excited - our first vintage brown sock monkey was born on the ranch today!

 Meet Lester Long-Tail

I wanted to make a really cute outfit for him, but he said he’s a free spirit and prefers to go au natural. Hey, as I always say, “Let the monkey be the monkey!”

I took my grandson to the Peoria Public Library today and one of the librarians spied my purse monkey…

She said, “Hey, I make sock monkeys!”

“I do, too.” I replied.

“Well, I bet my sock monkeys are cuter than your sock monkeys.” she challenged.

“You’re on”, I said, whipping out my sock monkey photo album out of my purse.

She looked through the album as I bragged on my sock monkeys and Sock Monkey Ranch to the 3-4 onlookers who had heard the conversation.

She finally handed the photo album back and said, “You win, yours are cuter.”

Then she invited me to set up a Sock Monkey Ranch display at the library And to teach an adult sock monkey making class at the library.

I’m so stoked!

I’m not sure when it will be, but when it happens, I’ll take lots of pics and share with you.

I’m havin’ way too much fun!

Stayed up late last night to work on a way for you to view all the photos I have available for Greeting Cards. 

You can view them here: Lots More Greeting Card Pictures.

If you see something you would like as a greeting card or print, just email me and we’ll make it happen.

It’s been a few days since I’ve posted, and that’s because I’ve been working on the all new, fantastical, wonderific…SOCK MONKEY GREETING/NOTE CARDS!

They’re available in our Sock Monkey Ranch Etsy Shop

I’m working on thumbnails and a slide show so that you can see all the pics that are available. We’ll have both sock monkey cards and general cards.

I love taking pictures, so this is a great way for me to share them with you and for you to send a unique note card to someone you love.

Here’s one of the pictures on a general interest card:

My husband took this picture at the Wild Life Zoo, here in Arizona.  Isn’t it adorable!

We found a huge thrift store on the way back from Wickenburg.  Here’s my favorite finds:

A set of three metal tins for stashing my crafting tidbits in and a red monkey to sit on top and guard it all!