Welcome to the June Pinterest Challenge Blog Hop! The purpose of this Pinterest Challenge is to motivate all the participants of this hop (and you too) to not just pin, but to make it happen! So this month, I'm sharing a TMNT Inspired Granny Square Blanket.

Last year, we celebrated Christmas with a Frozen Inspired Christmas Tree and Crochet Tree Skirt, but this year, I've decided to have a Seahawks themed Christmas Tree! To go along with the blue and green ornaments, I've decided to crochet a tree skirt using the Granny Tree Skirt pattern and Red Heart yarns in shades of blue, green, gray, and white.

I just finished these booties/slippers for my mom. I'm pleased with how they turned out. This was my first time making slippers, and I really hope they fit. My mother and I don't wear the same shoe size. Somehow, I ended up with some pretty big feet, especially since I'm only 5'4". I wear a size 10 shoe, and I believe my mom wears an 8. I followed the pattern in the book to make the large sized slippers, but they're still not large enough to fit my big feet. I mean... I got my foot in the slipper, but I was afraid my gigantic feet were going to stretch the slipper out or bust a stitch!

When I found out that one of my good friends was pregnant with a baby girl, I immediately got to work on a couple handmade gifts. Of course, she is aware that I crochet, so she told me that she'd like for me to make her a blanket, but I wanted it to be a surprise, so I acted like I wasn't going to make her one. Haha! But I really was making one, of course. Originally, I wanted to make a pink, gray, black, and white chevron blanket, but I didn't like the pattern I was using, so I went back to what I know, granny square.  So I made a 30 x 30 gray, pink, and white granny square blanket with a crochet ladybug applique. I also sewed an owl with fabric that has similar colors.

I've been slowly working on crochet pillows for the futon in the kids' play area in the living room. Actually... the whole living room is turning into their play area. I made this pillow to match the colors of the curtains and the Chocolate Granny Square Pillow I crocheted.

I finally finished my second granny square pillow, and my daughter is very happy with it. When I finished it she said, "It's pretty Mommy! I love all the colors. So cute!" And then she took it and put it on the futon in the playroom.

I'm in the process of crocheting throw pillows to jazz up the futon in the kids' playroom and for my bedroom. This is the first pillow I've finished, and I'm very pleased with it. I used the join as you go method to join all the granny squares, and this was my first time using that method, and I am very pleased! I will be joining my squares like this from now on! It's so much better than stitching them all together with yarn and a yarn needle like I've been doing all these years.