Thursday, February 24, 2011

Vintage is New

I am house/pet sitting while my parents are in Key West, Florida for Mom's medical conference. They will be back on Sunday... super late. Joy.

I found this great Etsy shop CafeBaudelaire. They have this French vintage bird print that I want so badly!

They also have this AMAZING vintage print Alice in Wonderland book.



I found these "Keep Calm" prints that I find funny.





I just can't help but find tons of prints that I seriously wish I could have! Check them out!









Saturday, February 19, 2011

Updated for the season

I foudn this great wood wreath at the ARC store for $0.35 and I "reface" it every season. I will add the pictures of the other versions once I find them!

I wanted something that was airy and matched the color/theme of the room as my Mom had it set up. Before I showed up... I think its pretty and a little fun.

Completed version

Used  some medium white flowers, asmall bunch of light blue and white mix, with another small bunch of dark blue flowers.

I think the mix brings out the "beach side" feel in the bedroom.

The ribbon I used around the whole wreath. I think its so cute, fun and lively.

Full completed wreath. I think the mixes work really well together. What do you think?

Stretch out

Stella has taken to sleeping stretched out. Its rather hilarious because alot of the time she buries her head under something... or one of the other cats. Its way too cute not to share!

This is the end with her head.... which ironically is where Gracie's butt is.

How she can breath with her head cramped in like that I have no idea.

LONG little kitty with her white go go boots.


One of the greatest things Mom and I have ever bought are these pillows that the cats like to sleep on. First Mom got the two we have laying on the floor by the sliding glass door. The cats, at that time were only Grace and Stu, LOVED them. They still use them all the time, except at night when they sleep with us. When I found out I got Stella I got a pillow for her to have when she would come to live with me... which ended up just being another pillow to have at my parents place. ALL the animals, including Lucy love to sleep on it.

Grace and Stella enjoying the pillows my Mom first got. They love to attack the button in the middle.

Stella just about covers the whole thing when she stretches out.

This is the pillow I bought for Stella, but as I said all the animals love it. Currently Stu is enjoying it.


Thursday, February 10, 2011

sleepiness is spreading

Stella, the kitten my parents got me for Christmas had a pretty intense cold. She has since gotten over it for a few months now, but we are starting to think she might have given it to Stu and Grace. Stu was sleeping for days on end, he ate and cleaned, but he was sleep pretty much the rest of the time. He wouldn't play with the others and didn't even want to be around them. Normally they are all sleeping together.
Grace and Stella playing on my rocking chair seat
Hell, Stu was even getting to the point of hissing at the other cats to get them away. He just wanted to be alone, but he would let us pet him and he would sleep with us. However, he is starting to be more playful and a little more energetic.
Grace, on the other hand,... is now sleeping all the time. She doesn't meow, which is VERY odd for her, because she is our vocal cat. She meows to find the other cats, she meows to find us, she meows when she wants to be petted, she meows just cause... I call her squeaker, because she has a tiny meow most of the time. She is sleeping all the time now like Stue was. She just looks so sad. She has been sleeping close to us most of the time.


I think we give off heat and she is cold, so when I see her sleeping some where else I wrap her up to keep her warm. Poor little ones. Stella likes it when I wrap her up too... actually they all like being covered by blankets.

 I believe we will be dragging them (that's how they will see it) to the vet to get a check up. They REALLY hate being in their carriers. Well everyone but Stella, she has no issue with the carrier.

Sometimes it strikes us how alike Stella and Stu look. The only big difference is Stella has white boots on both back feet and they go up to her "knees". Also she has a white 'hook' that is on her chin. Other wise size is the only real difference, but when they are together its sometimes really hard to tell.
Stella is on the left and Stu is on the right. In this picture you can't really tell which is which, cause of the angles they are sitting. Stu and Stella love sleeping on that rug by the front door.
Little hard to see the two of them, but Stu is on the right and you can clearly see his head, but Stella is stretched out, as you can see by her white boots. Her head is next to Stu's head, but they are so close together its hard to see without really staring. They are so cute together.

I really hope that they all start to feel better and stay that way. Its so strange to not hear them or see them playing together. Stella is really the only energetic of the three right now and I think she is getting bored of playing alone. She tried to play with them in bed, but they tend to just walk off, or just ignore her.

Poor little ones.

Warm Booties... UGG style

My mom found this cool pattern for knitted UGG style booties. Its a very easy pattern too. (Please ignore the paper she printed it on, as she did so at the hospital and its prescription paper.) Mom found this pattern on Knitting On The Net.

For those who would like an original size version, let me know and I will email it to you.

Aren't they just soo cute? I can't wait to try them out. I'm currently in the process of starting to make a knitted blanket for my friend who is expecting. I am very slow going with it, because I like to bounce from project to project.