Looking out my window this morning, I could really believe that Spring is finally here! The sun is shining, the sky is blue and I can almost convince myself that there are buds on the trees. So, I reckon it’s the perfect day to introduce you to the first Beastie of the new season!
Please give a warm BeastieBlog welcome to this super-special Christening Beastie!
Christening Beastie is one of my Big Beasties. They’re always fun to make – bigger Beasties means more knitting time for me, hooray!
Then to make this sweet little girl monster even more special, I gave her some lovely soft hair…
… A pretty silver and pink dress…
…And sparkly silver stripey legs!
Christening Beastie was joining her new family just in time to celebrate her soon-to-be-BeastieBuddy Mila Kate’s christening – what a coincidence, eh? So to make sure she looked the part, I added some reminders of the day for Mila to enjoy when she’s a bit older.
First of all, a pair of cute felt angel wings and hearts embroidered with her christening date…
…And then a heart-shaped pillow embroidered with her name!
The ribbon loops mean that this Beastie can put the pillow down if she gets tired of holding it… and then she’ll be better able to play with Mila too!
Thank so much to Louise for requesting this special Beastie, and to Izzy for helping with the colour choices and design!
And while we’re on the subject of new beginnings, a few of you may have noticed that I’ve been monkeying around with the BeastieBlog over the last few days, and it now looks quite different when you view it online! However, I realise that a lot of people (myself included) do the bulk of their blog reading through the WordPress app, so these earth-shattering changes may well have passed you by. So if you have a second, please go and check it out… It’s still very much a work in progess, and I’d love to hear what you all think!
And that’s not all that’s been going on behind the scenes recently! I’ll have more monster news for you this time next week… And be sure to drop back in on Friday, when we’ll be visiting some Beastie friends of mine in Italy!
I love the new look of the website 🙂 easier to navigate and it feels like everything Beastie related in all in one place. It feels like Beastie Central online. 🙂
Great, I’m glad you like it… And thanks for checking it out! I’m glad I took the leap now – halfway through making the changes I found myself thinking “Gaaah! What have you DONE?” 😆
What a gorgeous Beastie. I love that it will be a treasured play companion for the recipient and also an heirloom and memento of a special occasion.
Thank you! I really tried to make her as “playable with” as possible, so hopefully they’ll enjoy many happy years of adventures together 😀 Cheers for popping in!
Ahha, hope they mingle well. 🙂 and the look is exquisite! 🙂
Thank you! I enjoyed using lots of different textures as well… Always fun for little hands to explore! Thanks for stopping by! 😀
They look so pretty! 🙂
Thanks! Mission accomplished! 😀
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Too cute! I have noticed the new website design…things are much easier to find which is always good for lazy people like myself.
Hooray! Yes, I did wonder if some of the non-blog pages weren’t getting the attention they deserved. And nobody wants to work hard at finding their way around a website, after all! Your lazy person’s view is therefore invaluable 😀 Thank you!!
Yay! Lazy wins!! I think on the old site, your pages got tucked away into a corner under a tiny drop down menu. I much prefer the menu/page items right across the top like you have it now.
Yep, I think it works a lot better… The main selling point of the last setup was that it’s called a hamburger menu. Mmmm, burgers…
Another fabulous Beastie 🙂 I adore her little wings and the little love hearts with the christening date, she will make a great play mate!
Just hopped over to the new website, it’s looking great – everything is easy to navigate and I really like the page designs too. Nice work! I can’t wait to hear your monster news!
Thank you… On both counts! I’m certainly hoping that this Beastie and her new friend will have lots of fun monster adventures together. And as for the website… PHEW! Changing anything is always a bit scary, but the general consensus so far seems to be that I’ve got away with it! Thanks for checking it out 😀
They certainly will! I hope the website brings you lots of lovely new beastie fans 😄
Thanks! We’re keeping our fingers (and paws) crossed that it will! 😀
She is so cute … I hope that counts as a compliment in beast world. haha. The wings are a great idea! ❤
It certainly IS a compliment! 😀 The wings were inspired by little cuddly “angel hearts” that my customer saw when she was looking for ideas… I thought it would be fun to put them on the dress instead! Thanks for your comment! 😃
I love to accessorize my creatures, too. It gives them that little bit of extra character … 🙂
Exactly… And coming up with new accessories is always fun! 😀
Ps: I’d love to see a photograph of the first ever Beastie 🙂
You can! If you look in the blog archives, waaaaaay back in November 2013, my very first BeastieBlog post is about Schnocks, the original Beastie. He lives on my Bookcase of Preciouses, where he looks after all my favourite books. If you check it out, you’ll see how much Beasties have evolved since I made him in about 2010-11!
Love christening beastie & new web site. Still to take my mini beastie out for a trip. I’m sure once the weather gets warmer he will be out & about.
Thank you… And thanks for popping into our Etsy shop as well! 😀 I hope your Minibeastie enjoys his first day out, do send us a photo or two if you get a chance!
Love the wings…..and the baby teeth!
Why thank you! Beasties always have such lovely smiles, don’t they? 😀 Thanks for your comment!