Allyson Makes: Silly Monsters

Hello everyone!

My way-cool friends Samantha and Phil are having a baby boy! They wanted something fun to hang on the wall in the baby room, so they asked me to make some silly monsters for them. I thought that was an awesome idea, so I heartily agreed.

First I got to work and sketched up some monster ideas...



Then, after some consideration, Samantha and Phil chose four monsters for me to complete. So I got out my watercolors and colored pencils and got to work on:

Wendell...



Peg...



Daisy...



and Walt...



We're all pretty happy with how they turned out. Let's just hope they're a hit with baby Will!

Allyson Makes: Baby Animal Face Blanket

Hola Friends!

I finally finished this baby blanket after a few hiccups (running out of yarn... not being able to find any more of the yarn in the same color... that kid of stuff). But I knocked out the finishing touches last night, thanks to a few hours on the couch with a Monk marathon.



I crocheted a mini afghan, about 2.5 x 2.5 ft, then made a few triangle pieces for the ears and a bigger one with a right angle for the head. Sewed them all up with some felt added for details, crocheted about 12 stitches in two rows around a circle for the eyes, and voila!

The blanket is for little baby Gordon, who belongs to two pretty awesome friends- Sophie and Michael Pullen. Check out Sophie's blog here. She writes about her family and interior design stuff. Maybe she'll post a picture of little Gordie wrapped up in his new blankie when it arrives! (hint hint).

Anyway, hope he loves it!