Elephant Granny Stripe Baby Blanket

Wow, it has been a long time since I have posted on here!  I am going to try to start checking off some of the projects on my list, so I hope to put a lot more out here.  I just finished crocheting two (well the second is almost finished) baby blankets.  I have been really inspired by the blog Attic24.  I love her use of colors (or should I type colour since it is an English blog :)! Lucy is very talented on her ability to create projects and write patterns.  I have also viewed a flikr pool where people have posted projects that were inspired by her blog.  I loved one of the blankets that I saw that used gray and pink!  The colors looked wonderful together and I couldn't resist starting a blanket of my own.

After I started my blanket, my cousin Laura told me that she was doing her baby nursery in gray and pink with elephants.  My mind started whirling... how could I crochet an elephant and applique it to the blanket.  This is what I came up with.  (I did look for a pattern on the internet and couldn't find something I wanted!)  I think that it turned out great if I do say so myself.  (Even if my oldest (4) told me that she thought that it was a duck.  haha.) 

***Excuse the pictures, they are from my cell phone.  I was too excited to give baby Taylor the blanket that I didn't wait to take better pictures!