Monster Munch!

Finally my missus Nicky has got her own blog – Monster Munch!

“Monster-Munch will be bringing to you the delights of the world of SockMonster making, nice Typography, Web things, Doodles, Toys, and generally any bits and bobs that take my fancy.”

It took her about 6 months to decide on a name and about 24 hours to design, build and fill with posts! I’m sure Nicky will be a brilliant blogger, she’s got a great eye for things, so get it in your bookmarks or subscribe to the RSS.

Also you check out Nicky’s FFFFOUND & Flickr.

Incidentally Monster Munch is the name I use for the dog I want, but haven’t got yet.

Sock puppet get a penis enlargement

I think some of my previous cock monsters would be interested in this amusing video. Something to do with these C.M.O.N.S – it’s a bit beyond me what’s going on here, but something to do with the Vauxhall Corsa…

Cheers Nicky for the link.

SAUERKIDS

Lots of nice things going on over at SAUERKIDS, an artist duo based in Rotterdam. Love the Boggercar plush toy above, their paintings are amazing too, they’ve got a similar style to Brian Taylor (Candykiller).

Foxy Scarf

Love these Fox Scarfs made of salvaged wool from LU FLUX. (Flash site so can’t deep link… Look under Wares > Accessories) Bit pricey at £120 though :(

Bunny Brian

Sock Bunny

My friends Bec & Will just got engaged, yay! I made them this little sock bunny as their present, he’s called Brian.

ABC Button

This is such a good idea – a 9 hole button! You sew them on them on to spell out different letters, pitty the actual buttons look a bit shite. 9 Euros for 2 from Charles & Marie.

Via Daily Poetics.

Online Haberdashery

I bought some buttons and bits and bobs from MacCulloch & Wallis online store last night. I must say out of all the other online haberdashery type stores I’ve visited online, this is head and shoulders above the rest. Large variety of interesting stock, easy to navigate and use. Only shame was that they slapped on £8 for postage at the last minute, which seems a tad expensive for delivering a bunch of buttons to the other side of London.

They’ve been around since 1902, their store is Mayfair, sounds quite interesting, will have to pay it a visit next time I’m in town.

Baby Clothes Monsters

I Rock soft toy made out of baby clothes

A few weeks ago Ant asked if Me & Nicky would customise some Oh Baby baby clothes in any way we saw fit (to use in their shop window), of course we jumped at the chance! We ending up making them into baby clothes monsters, above is my Victorian punk rocker and below is Nicky’s Convict muppet. Not sure if it’ll be what they were after… but we like them!

Oh Baby have a shop just down the road on Brick Lane and an online store here, if you have a Kid you should check them out, they have some really cute stuff.

Convict soft toy made out of baby clothes.

Knotted Draft Excluders

Knotted snake draft excluders

It was Knotty & Kate’s wedding a couple of weeks back, me and Nicky have been a bit slow at getting the wedding present finished though… But at last it was handed over today, and here it is – a couple of draft excluders! It makes a bit more sense when you see the invite I designed for them below, Knott’s their surname, tying the Knot, I kind of think it’s sweet.

Tying the knot wedding invite

BFREEONE

Super cute Mr. Men-esque illustrations by Merijn Hos over at BFREEONE. Loving the characters boots and especially the huge 3d plush versions.