Guys and Dolls

The porch needs sweeping and the flower beds could use a little sprucing up, but before I go and get busy with all my little chores this morning, I want to share this cute bundle of love from Dawn.   She makes the most beautiful things and when I saw this adorable sock monkey, "Arabella", on her blog I fell in love with it instantly.   By coincidence, Sarah had been asking me if I could make her another monkey after we gave GUY away to this good cause organized by Shanna.  But since I didn't have another pair of red-heel socks on hand, and no quick source for them, I purchase this for her instead.  Now I can cross that off my to-do list.  And needless to say, Sarah was absolutely thrilled.  Her dress is made from a vintage quilt, a crochet piece was fashioned into a vest, and those felt mary-janes are so cute I almost can't stand it!  There's also a little yo-yo flower tucked behind one ear.   Simply charming isn't she?

And there were more surprises inside the box that I wasn't expecting, a flower pincushion, with cute handmade decorated pins, angel ornaments for the girls, and an array of vintage buttons along with a darling little pouch made from an embroidered linen napkin.  So nice!  Dawn's shop is often full of wonderful handmade things so take a look when you have a spare moment.  And, oh.  I almost forgot.  We found out that Arabella was expecting and had a little baby named "Gus" when no one was looking.

Comments

[Dawn]

I am just delighted that you all love Arabella as much as I do...I laughed right out loud at the announcement of baby Gus! I had NO IDEA! Surprize, surprize, surprize!
:o)

[Bethany]

Hi, Vicki!

I am a lurker and just wanted to tell you that I have been inspired by Arabella and will be buying some socks from here:

http://www.supersockmonkey.com/

Just thought that you might want to know about that site.

Bethany

[Suzanne]

Best wishes for the new mum and baby Gus! :o)

[Lori]

Arabella brings back great child hood memories of my own sock monkey (not quite as cute),too bad mine never had babies :)

[Tracy]

I love the sock monkey! Enjoy your new treasures! :)

[Toni]

So happy for Gingy :)

Isn't sweeping the porch satisfying? I love that chore. Although, I only have a deck right now and not a porch--but I used to!

[weirdbunny]

oh arabella is just the best sock monkey ever!!

[tinker]

Congratulations to the lovely Arabella (& Auntie Ginger - or is she the fairy godmother?), on the birth of baby Gus : )

[Clarice]

Arabella (love her name by the way) is just sumptuous !!! Clarice

[Tyler (Dawn's son)]

Wow, thanks for posting the great story. My mum certainly makes some of the coolest stuff, and I'm glad you liked the monkey. It's too bad that the quality of those socks has gone downhill. However, I think there will always be a demand for monkeys of all kinds:) Neat stuff, now if only some of her creativity had been passed on to her son. I can only wish:D