I think this picture sums up the weekend... so much fun! Pictured above are some HUGE knit monster fans modeling the two styles of hats. Thanks guys, it was great to see you again.

It's not just the kids who were enthusiastic about monsters... the kids at heart were excited as well! Doesn't this hat match her outfit perfectly? It was a great weekend of seeing old fans and meeting new ones!

Well, what have I learned since the last post? Two things. First, knitting is SUPER HARD with a broken finger. It's not impossible. I've been trying. It's just SO SLOW. Thus I have nothing new to post monsterwise. 

Second thing, it's really easy to fall behind in a 52 project. Remember my idea to post a new drawing every week for a year? Well... I'm already a few weeks behind. I'm going to start it back up though. There will be a new post August 20th to unveil a project. But I can't post it until then because it's also a present! :)

What have I been doing? Well, I had the awesome opportunity to teach art to campers ages 8-13 near Rochester, NY. Lucky lucky me! The kids were super, as were the staff. Here's some of the staff art work on display at the finale art show. Four are mine. Can you guess which ones? [Answer at the end of this post.]

Sometimes I babysit my favorite little girl on the planet! Although she looks glum, she was having a blast. 

And I've been painting and redecorating, which is a slow and tedious process partly because of the broken finger but mostly because I have too much stuff! It's coming along.

That's enough of a peek into my life for the moment. Soon I'll be all healed and it'll be back to business as usual on erinmakesstuff.com. 

[My pictures are I <3 Art and Erin on the left, the monsters in the upper right and the fish on the lower right]