Hey, hey...

[ldhenson]

So, having been a Monkees fan for a couple of decades, I was saddened when Davy Jones passed away last week. It wasn't until a few days ago that I could bring myself to watch an episode or listen to their music again...but when I did, it made me smile so much it inspired me to make something cheerful and small and bright.

So I did a few pendants referencing their famous shirts with the double row of buttons, in the three most frequent colors they wore :-)

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They're scrabble tile pendants. The tiny white buttons were left over from my plush DeLorean project.





I really like how they turned out!

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Comments

[galwithglasses.livejournal.com]

Awwww, those are so sweet.

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

Love your icon!

[mac-arthur-park.livejournal.com]

Love! <3 (Big Monkees fan here, too)

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Aw thanks!

[naamah-darling.livejournal.com]

<3

I love these. So simple and so sweet.

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thank you, that's just the effect I was going for!

[emoprincesmikey.livejournal.com]

These are so cute! My mom was a founding member of their orignal offical fan club way back in the day haha and she loved how cute these were. It made her smile, cause she was very sad this week too :(

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

That's awesome, I'm glad there were fans like her around to do that. It must have been exciting :-)

[just-jane-doe.livejournal.com]

LOVE THESE and LOOVE The Monkees too...

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thanks muchly!

[nice-girls-play.livejournal.com]

These are just adorable and so creative. Well done!

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thanks very much!

[noxika.livejournal.com]

Aw, they're lovely.

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[tainry.livejournal.com]

Those shirts! Eeeeeee!
<3

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Aren't they just the best band shirts? :-)

[slicesmissus.livejournal.com]

Really like the pendants. Was so shocked when I saw the newspapers the day after as here in the UK the story got massive front page headlines. The Monkees were a huge part of my childhood (hello reruns on WLVI Channel 56!). In fact my Gram once served pizza to Micky when I was like 8 or 9. They were my first-ever concert, aged 14 on the 1986 reunion tour (my Dad took me).

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

I watched them as a kid too, but didn't really become a fan until the '86 reunion. I was around the same age at the time and didn't get to make it to any concerts...but I did many years later, and it was so much fun. How was the '86 concert?

[rustie73.livejournal.com]

Oh LD, these are wonderful. You’ve really warmed my heart.

Davy was my first love. In my mind, I can still see the picture of him I had tacked to my bedroom door. He was wearing the red shirt.

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

My teenage diary has an entry from when I re-discovered the Monkees during their '80s comeback. (I'd seen them as a kid but hadn't paid much attention.) That entry contains the line "Davy is soooooooo cute!!!!" In all caps, I think :-)