The Circus is in Town! (a contest and a monkey)

April 15, 2010

Do you like my new monkey? He’s one of the icons Neil Sittler at Stickflower Design has whipped up for the Magpie Girl re-vamp. He’s a very naughty little monkey, but he doesn’t mean to be. He likes to play the cymbals right when you are trying to write (or paint, or edit your latest shoot.) I’m pretty sure our Gremlin tricks will work just fine on him though. Today I told him that Nanny was coming to take him to the park and he quited right down. (Also, I fed him peanut butter.)

Our dear little imp needs a name. Let’s have a contest! What do you think he should be called? Submit your name in the comments so I can stop calling him “Monkey.” I promise to send the winner some sort of tiny present. (Ooooh…it’s like Cracker Jacks! What could be the toy surprise in the pack?)

You can click here for more taming tricks. I’m off to work while Monkey is quiet. See you soon!

P.s. I found the prize! This beautiful print from Vivienne McMaster (or any 5×5 print). I wonder where she’s off to…and can I come along?

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13 comments

1 HeidiRenee { 15 Apr 2010 at 10:38 am }: I can’t hear the word “Monkey” without it being in Mike Myers voice “cheeky little monkey” – I’d call him Cheeky :)
2 monsterpants { 15 Apr 2010 at 10:50 am }: My boyfriend is suggesting: Fezzie
I’m suggesting: Pinkerton
I think it’s very important to have at least one monkey in every house, therefore I think it’s brilliant to have this guy around in your web-home.
3 kazari { 15 Apr 2010 at 12:36 pm }: Minky the Monkey?
My baby has a monkey blanket (it’s about as big as a hanky, with knots in three corners and a monkey-head on the last one) and we call it Minky, Mr Monkey or George, depending on the day.
4 molly { 15 Apr 2010 at 1:25 pm }: Gaius, La Vitesse, or Kichi Dzhargylchak (means little grinding stone in kyrgyz)
5 deb(bie debbie doo) { 15 Apr 2010 at 2:23 pm }: Ignacio would be my first choice – though Mortimer is pretty spiffy as well :)
6 neil { 15 Apr 2010 at 3:47 pm }: those are all really funny suggestions.

molly – how do we pronounce the Krgyz words?
7 Chana { 15 Apr 2010 at 5:05 pm }: I would call it either Nana or Kirk.
8 olive & hope { 15 Apr 2010 at 6:31 pm }: Merle (short for Merlin possibly?), and for some reason Garfinkle is coming up for me??….:)
9 Allysa { 15 Apr 2010 at 7:33 pm }: He looks like a trickster to me so I was thinking; Puck, Anansi or Loki.
10 lisa (msla) { 15 Apr 2010 at 8:23 pm }: I like the name Bertie.
11 Tonya { 15 Apr 2010 at 11:44 pm }: I was thinking a nice circus name…BoBo.
12 Jenna/The Word Cellar { 19 Apr 2010 at 1:47 am }: Sebastian.
13 Rachelle { 20 Apr 2010 at 6:45 pm }: The minute I heard it the name won me over…monkey I now christen thee “Pinkerton.”

Congrats Mpants, you win a print from Vivienne!

Thanks everyone for playing!

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