Monday, June 28, 2010



IT'S BLUE MONDAY!!
This fun idea comes from Deb over at Quilts Galore and More. If you want to know more you can visit her blog here.

We chose something BLUE from our shops and are offering a great bargain JUST TODAY!


Cat Shaped Pillow for People

This is my BLUE fleecy kitty pillow. It is $17.50 but today ONLY it is $12.00! If you write SBS in the note to seller box, I will refund your $5.50 through Paypal.

Cat Shaped Pillow for People


Please leave a comment or follow so I know you stopped by!
Thank you for visiting and have a sunny BLUE Monday!

Sunday, June 27, 2010



MONDAY A-MEWS-MENTS


Falling Leaves Print

Little cat sitter has lost her litter



Liberty Is A Statue 13x19 matte photograph

And can't tell where to find them.



Salmon Attack

She set out a dish with a large salmon fish



Alley Cats - Amigurumi Pattern - PDF Crochet

And this is how she found them!

Thank you for reading Monday A-MEWS-ments! Please support fellow kitty lovers by visiting their shops, leaving a comment here, or purchasing! If you have kitty items in your shop, please leave a comment with your shop address so I can check it out and possibly use something for another A-MEWS-ments feature!

Saturday, June 26, 2010


WELCOME SATURDAY BLOG SHOPPERS!
TODAY ONLY, June 25th, FOR BLOG SHOPPERS!
July 4th is next week already! WOW! My new listings this week center upon that theme. So for today ONLY, I will take 20% off any of these Americana themed kitties. Write SBS in the box at checkout for a refund , OR contact me before purchasing and I will adjust the price.

Pillow/ Americana Cat
$26.50 Now $21.20

Cat Plushy Pillow/ American Kitty Collection - Jefferson
$8.00 Now $6.40

Cat Plushy Pillow/ American Kitty Collection - Roger
$7.50 Now $6.00

Cat Plushy Pillow/ American Kitty Collection - William
$7.50 Now $6.00

Saturday Blog Shoppers consists of a lovely group of blog owners who offer wonderful savings and specials each week. You can learn more by clicking on the button to your right. Visit all the shops there for great deals! Please leave a comment and/or follow before you leave today.
THANK YOU FOR COMING!

Friday, June 25, 2010





IT'S FURBABY FRIDAY!
And it's also Adopt A Cat Month, SOOOO we have a story you won't soon forget.
Get your tissues ready for this one!
This week's 50 FREE TWEETS go to Anne, from

I met Anne when she purchased Gus, a Thrifty Kitty Pillow of mine, from a BNR Treasury two weeks ago. She said she was buying it for her cat! And that was the beginning of what has turned into more than a Friday feature this time. So read on! For at the end you will find a surprise! This is a bit longer than usual, but is sure to grip your heart.
And now....let me introduce

CHANCE!

About 12 years ago, a neighboring farm was going to ‘clean their barn’, an expression used when they were going to start shooting the cats that were getting to be too numerous due to not one of them being spayed or neutered. My husband, Paul, was terrified of cats because his brother had dropped one into the back of his shirt when he was about 3 years old which he still bears the scars from today. He knew how much I loved cats and was not in agreement with the barn cleaning, so he grabbed two, which he felt was all he could tolerate at that time. If he only knew we were going from two to ten in about three weeks, I’m sure he would have reconsidered!

Chance's mom had a litter of four kittens. Three were fine and very normal. Chance was too small, and looked premature. She didn't have as much hair as her brothers and sisters, was significantly smaller, and was pretty listless. The other cat we rescued, Pretty, who was an old scarred up cat, had her litter two days before. Chance's siblings nursed easily. Chance did not. It looked like she wasn't going to live, so we went out and bought kitten formula and a feeding bottle, trying to get some food into her, but she wouldn't take the bottle. As a last resort, we took a chance on placing her with the other cat’s litter. So, "Let's take a chance", became Chance. The older cat actually moved her kittens away, gathered up Chance, and took her into a corner. She licked the daylights out of her to try and get her awake enough to eat and give her the opportunity to nurse. Well, it worked! And for the next month, Pretty would drag her off every couple of hours to nurse alone. She weaned her own kittens by 10 weeks, but continued feeding Chance for several more weeks.


From then on, Chance and Pretty were joined at the hip. Chance would pick a fight with a bigger kitten and then run behind Pretty. It was so funny, I'd laugh until I cried! Pretty wouldn't let anyone near Chance. It didn't matter if it was her own mother, or the other kittens, or the baby raccoon that took to playing with the kittens at night!

Over the next few months, everyone was spayed, given shots, and five kitties were adopted out. I was the vet’s favorite customer!

Chance followed Pretty everywhere. She is certainly a character, but wasn’t the sharpest stick in the pile! Pretty trained her to never go past the mailbox, and never to go past the barn or the shed. Somehow Pretty knew that this was the safe area for a kitten that wasn't going to survive long without a lot of supervision. Pretty would go out to the grain shed, and Chance would follow. If Pretty was mousing, that didn't work out too well , and we'd see Pretty carrying Chance back to the porch, leaving her there, then go back to the grain shed to hunt. Chance would stay on the porch whining until Pretty came back to get her. Chance was also trained not to go past the mailbox. She would sit at the base of the mailbox pole when I went for walks and waited for me to come back, even if I was gone an hour. There she would be, just staring down the road, waiting under the mailbox.


6 Dollar Crystal Angel

http://www.etsy.com/listing/44281601/

Perhaps angels were watching over her!

The first time Chance caught a mouse, I actually called my sister and gave her the play by play. It was a slow baby mouse on the drive next to the house. I was so proud I was actually yelling “Good Girl!” out the window at her. She was two years old. Not really bright, but she tried hard!


Chance has never reached the 5 pound mark. She's still mistaken as a kitten because she's so small. She doesn't do a standard cat meow. I don't know if she has some sort of problem with her vocal cords or not, but she makes this little trilling sound when she's happy and an almost dog like whine when she's upset. She finally started a sort of purring when she was about 3 or 4 years old. I had resigned myself to the fact that it wasn't something she was going to do, so I was really excited when it finally happened!

She never got a winter coat, so we have a high efficiency flat panel heater next to her bed that's on a custom platform so she's not getting chilled . When it's really cold out, she'll actually sit with feet stretched out, and her paws just inches from the heater like she's warming them by a fire.

Pretty finally passed away from old age about four years ago. Since then, Chance has been alone. She was so close to Pretty, and Pretty was so protective of her, she never really interacted with the other cats and barely tolerates them. Sleeping alone in her bed has always made me really sad.



She let her new buddy Gus stay, because when she swiped at him, he didn't fight back! He doesn't try to kick her out of her own bed, like the other cats, and apparently keeps his opinions to himself. She really seems to be taken with him. I'm so glad she finally has somebody to share her bed with again, that won't steal her treats or pick on her because she's so small. We thought about getting her a kitten to play with, but the kitten would be bigger than her in no time, and nature has a way of moving the weaker animals to the bottom of the pecking order. I just couldn't let another cat be mean to Chance, and I couldn't give it back once I adopted it, so we will get no new cats until Chance passes from old age.



As for my husband, she follows Paul around when he does chores, and he slips her treats when I'm at work, or busy. He has also taken her to the vet, and given her medicine when she needs it. He loves her too, though the other cats still make him a little nervous. If she's not following him around, he asks where she is, and we both worry if she doesn't come running when we call. She's a heavy sleeper and likes to retire to the barn if it's really hot out. She never leaves the porch if it's raining, too cold, or snowing. The porch was not meant to be heated, but was rebuilt and kept at a warm 70 degrees over the winter. We could have built a two car garage with what we've spent on electric heating on the porch over the winter months! Paul rebuilt the porch, did some insulating, put in more windows, and added a shelf for Chance to watch the world go by. Who remodels a porch, just to make a cat more comfortable?! I have a great husband! We are so thankful for Gus. We actually call him Chance's Gus, so I guess he's a part of the family now, too!

Something about this story struck a heart string of mine. I think it was these two comments Anne sent in emails to me:
"She's a character. I'm hoping she's here for many more years, but I don't think I'll be lucky enough to see her through another winter. Everyday's a blessing."
"She turned 11 years old on March 28th. This piece you're doing is also going to be a precious keepsake for me. Chance can't read, but I'll show her the pictures!"
Anne...because it's Adopt A Cat Month, I created something special for you and Chance. Though it is your very own keepsake that I will mail to you, it is also for all those who have adopted pets, taken them into their homes, and have made them a part of their families. It is often times because of our furbaby friends that we learn how to be the kind, gentle, responsible, selfless, loving humans that God created us to be.




It was such a delight creating this piece, that I do believe I will be creating more. If you are interested, you can see the full listing in my CatCalls shop.


Anne also has a shop that betrays her love and commitment to animals.
Her announcement states:
FROM NOW UNTIL JULY 4TH, 2010, A PORTION OF EVERY SALE FROM MY ETSY STORE WILL BE DONATED TO HELPTHEGULFCOAST AND THE HUMANE SOCIETY WITH NO EXCEPTIONS. DONATIONS WILL BE MADE ON JULY 6TH.
So people!! Let's show our support by visiting her shop and buying up those goodies!


HELPTHEGULFCOAST Buy 1 Get 1 Free Patchouli Soap with Pure Essential Oil
This is what I bought! Patchouli soap!

Vegan Cool As A Cucumber  Wholesale Soap/Free Shipping

How about some cucumber soap?

HELPTHEGULFCOAST Gift Set/Card and Soap

Or a card and soap gift set?

Prices start from under $1.00 so everyone can participate!

God bless you Anne, Paul, and your furbabies!

FURBABY FRIDAY is dedicated to our much loved furry (or not so furry!) animal friends that enrich our lives and world and make us better people!
If you are an owner of an Etsy, Artfire, or other online shop with a pet and would like to be featured here, please follow me and leave a comment with a link to where I might contact you. Those chosen will receive 50 free Tweets of advertising the following week.

Sunday, June 20, 2010


MONDAY A-MEWS-MENTS

Tuxedo Cat and Fishies, Original Painting by Kimba

Black Cat could eat no fat


Fat Cat on Scales Triple Lightswitch Cover

His wife could eat no lean


Fat Cat, Skinny Cat

And so betwixt the two of them


Belly smackin good

They licked the platter clean!


Thank you for reading Monday A-MEWS-ments! Please support fellow kitty lovers by visiting their shops, leaving a comment here, or purchasing! If you have kitty items in your shop, please leave a comment with your shop address so I can check it out and possibly use something for another A-MEWS-ments feature!

Saturday, June 19, 2010


WELCOME SATURDAY BLOG SHOPPERS!
TODAY ONLY, June 19th, FOR BLOG SHOPPERS!

These are the two new THRIFTY KITTIES I made today. Pearl and Twinkles. For blog shoppers only, I will take off $2.00 if you just mention SBS at check out or contact me ahead of purchase. They are normally $7.00, so they will be only $5.00 today!

PEARL
CAT PLUSHY PILLOW/ Pearl the Thrifty Kitty


TWINKLES
CAT PLUSHY PILLOW/ Twinkles the Thrifty Kitty

Saturday Blog Shoppers consists of a lovely group of blog owners who offer wonderful savings and specials each week. You can learn more by clicking on the button to your right. Visit all the shops there for great deals! Please leave a comment and/or follow before you leave today.
THANK YOU FOR COMING!

Friday, June 18, 2010




IT'S FURBABY FRIDAY!!
And we have the cutest pair of kitties, Chancellor and Roscoe!
Their Dad, Allen,is a wonderful photographer and just opened his Etsy shop in May.
He will receive 50 FREE TWEETS this next week!


We recently went to our usual shelter to adopt ONE cat. And there he was; Chancellor....a done deal.....or so we thought! While waiting in line to fill out the forms, the long time proprietor and owner asked if we had seen the note on the cage.
"Which note?," I asked.
"The one that said - 'These two cats must be adopted together'", she replied.
"But why? We have adopted singles before?"
"These two are special", she explained. "They belong together and are inseparable."
"Are you sure???," I asked.
I guess she was !!!




So thus came Roscoe.




And the surprises and laughter began. These two are simply funny!! They love everything. Nothing is out of bounds....even the warmth of my laptop, where I do most of my work.




.....and now into the mind of the kitties!




Hey, Roscoe! ROSCOE!! WAKE UP!!



Dad is gone.....and he left the laptop on! Ya know that Etsy thing he joined? It's our big chance to become famous! So let's butter up the CEO's there with a little convo....






Yeah!! That's it!! We kitties ROCK!!

Oh No...QUICK! I think he's coming...!





ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.......





I really don't want them to grow up. But they will. I can only hope they stay bonded, because this is just too special!

Kudos to Kay's animal shelter, and their intuition that Roscoe and Chancellor belong together!

Please welcome Allen and his furry friends to Etsy by leaving a comment and visiting his shop!


PARADING GEESE



CUBAN FORD


KISSING KITTIES



FURBABY FRIDAY is dedicated to our much loved furry (or not so furry!) animal friends that enrich our lives and world and make us better people!
If you are an owner of an Etsy, Artfire, or other online shop with a pet and would like to be featured here, please follow me and leave a comment with a link to where I might contact you. Those chosen will receive 50 free Tweets of advertising the following week.