I've been monkeying around (sorry couldn't resist) with Photoshop to come up with a shirt design to Gocco for Buddy. The monkeys were inspired by his current favorite kid rhyme:
Five little monkeys sitting in a tree,
teasing Mr. Crocodile, "You can't catch me! You can't catch me!"
Along comes Mr. Crocodile as quiet as can be,
and SNAP! Goes the monkey out of the tree.
I'm thinking I'll Gocco the three monkeys on the front of the shirt and put a crocodile snapping the other monkeys on the back.
My poor neglected Gocco hasn't seen the outside of it's box since the postcard swap. I'm hoping that it'll be hard at work helping me make Christmas presents this year. Only 96 more days until Christmas. Have you started or finished any of your holiday projects?
loving the monkeys... hope your poor thumb is healing -- i keep picturing with all of these ed emberley flourishes! take care.
Posted by: mrspilkington | September 21, 2005 at 09:26 AM
What great monkeys! My little one likes that rhyme too.
Posted by: Nichola | September 21, 2005 at 12:42 PM
uggg... You are a bearer of bad tidings today aren't you. 96 days :'(''''' As you are guessing I haven't started to think about it.
The monkeys are adorabel and I hope the thumb is better.
Posted by: Kitty Kitty | September 21, 2005 at 05:22 PM
I wish I could say I've started thinking about Christmas. Those monkeys are darling, btw!
Posted by: Christy | September 21, 2005 at 06:20 PM
Ooo, love the monkeys. That will be such a cute shirt for Buddy! As for Christmas presents--are you kidding? Ha ha ha, that's a funny one!
Posted by: Amanda | September 21, 2005 at 07:18 PM
My kids have been singing that rhyme lately too!! I was wondering if they really understood what happened to those poor monkeys who got SNAPPED!
:)
Posted by: codamom | September 21, 2005 at 11:28 PM
great, great monkeys!!
Posted by: jenn | September 22, 2005 at 01:40 AM
those are too cute! bella loves the one about the monkeys jumpin' on the bed, one jumps up and bumps his head...lol.
i have got to get my hands on a gocco.
as far as 96 days till christmas, i better get on the ball :)
Posted by: elizabeth | September 22, 2005 at 04:57 AM
excellent! cant wait to see the shirts. one tip, i bet you can get all three "color" blocks to fit on one screen and then just ink and clean as you go. make sense? probably not. i think my gocco will be hard at work for christmas too. im trading personalized recipe cards for handmade recipe boxes.
Posted by: hannah | September 22, 2005 at 05:16 AM
the monkeys are adorable!
Posted by: joyce | September 22, 2005 at 05:30 AM
did you say 96 days, wow, I don't want to think about it yet!
I bet buddy will look super cute in the monkeys!
Posted by: Joelene | September 22, 2005 at 07:17 AM
OH my gosh only 96 more days! I haven't done anything yet I relaly need to get cracking at xmas cards, I made a list and it had gotten to something like 30 and I always handdraw all of mine O_O Going to take a lot of time and a lot of hand cramps!
I would really love to make one for you too!
Posted by: Niina Aoki | September 22, 2005 at 04:26 PM