Owen's 2nd Birthday Book!

Instead of a blanket, I made Owen a quiet book for his 2nd birthday because he still has the blanket I made for him when he was born.  I had this idea because I thought it would be a comparable gift to a blanket and still have the same home-made with love quality.  Maybe it did to the receiver, but it didn't for the giver.  Turns out, making one of these books was WAY more work than the blankets!!  In the end it was worth it.  I was happy with the way it turned out and Owen seemed to really like it too.

The front Cover:

The cover of the book wraps around and closes with a large button.

Page 1: "Drive the Car"

Pages 2 - 3: "Choose a color", and "Count the pepperoni".

Pages 4-5: "The Itsy Bisty Spider", and "What did the whale eat?"

The itsy bitsy spider climbed up the water spout.

Down came the rain and washed the spider out.

Out came the sun and dried up all the rain, and the itsy bitsy spider climbed up the spout again.

It's kind of hard to see from the pictures, but the mouth is a zipper.

There are 10 colored fish inside.

Pages 6-7: "Pick a flower", and "Who is in the barn?"

After all the flowers have been picked

Finger puppets!

Page 8: "Find a Match"

This is possibly my favorite page

The matches are pictures of the family.  This one is Owen, the birthday boy!

All the pictures tags are removable and can be put back in any order making a new game each time.

My signature tag on the back cover of the book.  I put it next to the cat to reflect my faithful little helper during the entire project.

Here he is. Mo loves to sew!!

Owen opening his present at his birthday party.  He liked the car page the best.

Playing at home

He likes the family pictures.  How cute is his little tongue in every picture?

Ethan's 4th Birthday Blanket!

It was fun to spend time with Ethan for his birthday.  He lives in Arizona so we don't get to see him very often.  Because of that, he doesn't really know who I am.  It made me excited to give him his blanket so he can know I love him, even if I'm kind of a stranger.

He talked to me more this visit than he ever has before and told me "I remember when I was scared of you, but you're not scary anymore."  Ummm... thanks Ethan!  Kids are cute.

Ethan's blanket
38" x 46" with 2" of fringe on each end.

Ethan's favorite colors are orange and blue.  He was very excited his blanket would match his room.

He seems to like it.

Happy 13th Birthday Riley

Happy Birthday Riley!  We have a teenager in the house!!!

This is the first blanket I've ever made that is different on the front than it is on the back.  On one side you have a good minion and when you flip it over and upside down, you get a bad minion.

Minion Blanket
33.5" x 48" with 2.5" of black fringe and 5.5" of purple fringe

The pictures don't quite do the purple fringe justice.  It's really soft and crazy!

This is one of my favorite blankets so far.  I really like how the teeth turned out and I love that it is recognizable as a minion.

I think Riley likes it too :)