Pirate Monkey

This past Thursday was my older brother's birthday.

I was in a dilemma of what to make for him.

I have had this little monkey figurine sitting on my shelf, waiting to be painted.

I didn't want to paint it like just a plain old, two tones of brown monkey though.. that would be boring!

I finally decided to paint it like a pirate! Michael loves pirates and monkeys!

Why not combine the two?!

This is what I ended up with:

I am really happy with how it turned out!

I just used acrylic paints to paint him and then sprayed him with glossy sealer to give him a shine.

Michael seemed to really like him!

Sock Monkey

My older brother threw a hint at me a couple of months ago.

He mentioned that he had never had a sock monkey before.

Michael loves monkeys.

So I knew right then that I had to make him a sock monkey for Christmas!

This was going to be my first project ever using my sewing machine!

I got the pattern and pair of socks from my boyfriend's mom, 

who is amazing at sewing!

I was so excited to start working on the sock monkey!

After playing around with my sewing machine I felt confident enough to begin the sock monkey!

I was so excited when I got the two legs done!

My first sewing project was coming to life!

I am very pleased with how the sock monkey turned out!

And I must say, I am in love with using my sewing machine!!