Felting with Amanda's fur

I guess Spring is the most season for cats to shed their fur......just like us taking off toasty furry winter coats to light spring cardigans....

While I was visiting Japan, I found a very cute book about making felt from cat's hair!
I usually just toss her hair after combing Amanda.
What a neat idea!!
Unfortunately, the book I bought was only avairable in Japanese, but I found a very useful information from getcrafty.com.

I was collecting Amanda's fur for past few days, and now finally I had enough fur to make a miniature Amanda mascot!

Tada!!

A mascot from Amanda's fur.

Amanda is "Classic Brown Tabby" as you can see from a picture below, and her coat is mostly black...
I thought it's quite interesting that her hair after combing almost looks like gray color.

who are you??

punch! punch!

The essential ingredients is kitties who can provide you fur to make kitty felt.
I think it's truly a special benefit for only kitty owners to enjoy making a miniature cat mascot from our kitty!

sniff sniff.......smells like.... me....????

Oh... by the way, Amanda seems very curious about mini-Amanda mascot.
She was sniffing a lot first, then punched it!
Mini-Amanda is now on the book shelf where is safer from big-Amanda's attack!

Have a lovely weekend :)

Hoshi

Got Crafty???

I hope your past week was filled with laughter and lots of kitty moments :)

I just noticed "Sweet Spring Aroma" outside the other day.....
Where I live, is surrounded by orange groves, and this is the season all the orange blossoms start blooming here in So.Cal..
Spring season is filled with colorful flowers and sweet aromas..... makes me feel very special :)

I've been quite busy working on my crafty project recently..... and I would like to introduce few works which I've been working on past week today!

These little cat toy made out of plastic bottle caps.
Very simple and easy to make! You will need two plastic bottle caps(like water or soda bottles), a small piece of fabric, batting(if you have), and a jingle bell.
All you have to make this toy is, tape it, saw it and play it with your kitty!

Recycle bottle caps kitty toy

I made more bunny mouse......

bunny mouse party!!

I also made matching collars for my friend's kitties :)
I hope she like these collars....


This is one of my bigger project of last week, which I just finished yesterday!
It's a spring quilt for Amanda!!
I used the same pattern as my last quilt, and chose romantic pink flower printed fabric for my romantic girl....
Amanda is already loving her afternoon nap on her new spring look quilt!

YAWWWWNNN!!!

"Pink" is my all time favorite color, and it is also the color of Spring to me.
I guess, it reminds me the lovely color of cherry blossoms, which is everywhere in Japan at this special time of the year.....

Hoshi

Cats on Tuesday - My New Welcoming Cats Collection

While my stay in Japan, I bought few welcoming cats(Maneki-Neko) in addition to my collection :)

This small "round" kitty is designed so that its weight causes it to return to an upright position if it is knocked over. This is one of a Japanese traditional doll called "Okiagari-koboshi", which is considered a good-luck charm and a symbol of perseverance and resilience.


I purchased this blue porcelain kitty from "Mie" the Poster Kitty, when I was visiting to the one of lovely shrine in Tokyo. It's quite small one, about 3" tall, but I love this color and I think this kitty is quite pretty :)


I found these couple kitties at an online store.
I actually found the bowing style cat which just look like these couple, and I always wanted to add the traditional style to my collection.

Sure... Amanda is my Oscar winning "welcoming cat" :)
No kitties could beat Amanda...

purr me?

Have a happy Tuesday, my friends!!

Hoshi

CATS ON TUESDAY!

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Amy Butler's kitty tunnel

As soon as I saw the recipe of Amy Bulter's kitty tunnel, I promised myself that,
"I'm going to make this tunnel for my kitty!!!"

I was just daydreaming of the cutest picture of Amanda, snuggling inside of her kitty tunnel, sticking out her cute face from the tunnel ...

HOW CUTE!!!

So, this is how Amanda likes to spend her time with the tunnel....

Yeah,,, sure,,, cute......

Somehow, she never learn the proper way to use the tunnel, even I tried to show her and put her inside... she wouldn't want to stay in.
The inner side of the tunnel is fake fur, so it should be very comfy and warm, especially in winter season.
Amanda just doesn't really want to be inside of the tunnel.

I wonder why???

Yet, she love to sit on top of the tunnel.....

I just hope....
she will figure out someday that this is actually a "Kitty Tunnel",
not a "FUTON"!!!

Bunny Mouse

What kind of toys does your kitties like to play??

I would say Amanda specially likes her mouse toys.
Today, I made a mouse toy for Amanda.

It turned out okay, but it kind looks like a....... bunny!!!!!
I made his ears little bit too long.

Amanda enjoys chewing on his longer ears and loooong tail.
I put a little bit catnip and a small bell, it makes a ting-a-ling sound when Amanda punch him....
I think I will keep this pattern and shall call this toy, " Bunny mouse"!!

I'm thinking about making few more bunny mouse, and giving away to my friends : )

yaaaawwwwnn

punch!