Close Encounters of the Kitty Kind

The Approach

The Intrigue
The Pet
The Cuddle!

Max was such a ragdoll (thats the breed of cat he is) for putting up with her grabbing and crying of protest from Solace when I removed her death grip from Max's fur. The encounter went really well Ru on the other hand may like her when she's a little older.

Fun Stuff Friday!

Three fun things!

First direct your attention to the right of the screen you may have recgonized the avatar image from this blog post Fun Stuff By ArtSnark.

To reiterate, that awesome portrait was created by the most talented Stacey Merrill of Art Snark on Etsy Check out more of her impressive work at ArtSnark.etsy.com

Second order of funness!
Direct your eyes to the left of the screen,that Vote For Me ad is about a casting call competition that I've entered Solace in please take a moment to vote for her please vote daily and on all of her pics!

The third thing is a brand spanken new item which is a fall back entry for the current Etsy Steam Team contest which is "Seam and Steam: A Challenge of Metal and Cloth!"
This is the Sweetheart Cuff which was brought into reality by the teaching of Corrie Sullivan aka Corrie Hill Designs on Etsy


This cuff was hand sewn by your truly, there's a second one in the works and my master entry for the Steam Team challenge. I'm a sewing friend thanks to Corrie's class!

Happy Birthday to HiTree

Solace Sleeping in her crib lovingly surrounded by a HiTree crib bumper.

If you know me then you know I love the items made by Tina with HiTree.etsy.com. Tina is an amazing crafter and I got these crib bumpers made for Solace before she was born and I've flaked on posting pics of these. Her Birthday is today and this weekend she's giving 15% off deal in her shop and hosting a giveaway on her blog hitree.blogspot.com! So be sure to check out her shop HiTree.etsy.com wish Tina a very Happy Birthday!

Who loves MiniMonster? I do!

If you don't know this seller yet you should especially if you have little mini-monsters running about.
This post has taken me too long in the making so with out further ado here's some of the amazing things that Kieutiepie got for Solace with the generosity of Connie "the head Monster" of Mini Monster on Etsy.


This adorable design is the Baby Girl MiniMonster onsie.



This cute little number is the Green Baby Shoe onsie.




These last two were made by the combined awesomeness of Mini Monster and the art work Kieutiepie! The first three are the art works of Connie and there are several more items I need to show by this super talented Etsyian. So there will be another post so appear sometime in the not so distant future. In the meantime check out her other offerings at Mini Monster.etsy.com.

Talented Friends Corrie Hill Sullivan

In the first post I introduced Julia LoVan the creative mind behind Julia LoVan Dresses on Etsy! Now I would like to introduce another friend and fellow etsyian Corrie Hill Sullivan of Corrie Hill Design on etsy!

I met Corrie through Mosaic(I forgot to mention in the prior Talented Friends post that I also met Julia through Mosaic as well)and she is an energetic, adorable and amazing woman who is originally from Ireland. CorrieSullivan is her user name on etsy and she boasts a delightful mix of goodies for the wee ones. These range from bibs, onesies, baby T's, pillows and more, with fashionably handmade applique adornments such as cupcakes, vespas, guitars, butterfly's and birds. If you are an LA local at Unique LA she also offered a mobiles made of bird ornaments lovingly adorned with vintage buttons and lace. For my little girl's baby shower she presented this Corrie Hill Designed original super adorable cupcake baby T-Shirt!


Corrie's designs are a cute blend of pop culture and folk art rusticity which gives her a great style for kids and cupcake lovers. If you have a baby or toddler in the house, one on the way (like me)or are searching for a gift, take a peek at what she has to offer at corriesullivan.etsy.com

Ru doing a happy dance

She's a weird and insanely adorable cat but she does this when she's happy and in the kitchen. Usually she can do perfect somersaults but she over did things a bit for the camera what a poser =P