I'm a Double Winner!

Cute Skelly Ornie by Skellyton Art!

Last week the members of American Holiday Artist Studios had a "vitual" Marketplace Blog Hop where each had a giveaway of one of their awesome creations!

I had so much fun checking out everyone's blog & entering all the drawings!  I just found out in the last few days that I won 2 of them - YAY!!!  It's my lucky week for sure!

This cute skelly ornie is by Shirley Kelly of Skellyton Art.  I love it!

I'll post a pic of my other prize soon.  Have a super Tuesday!

Frida Art Doll!

I've always wanted to do a FRIDA doll & I'm excited to finally get one done!

I hand painted her face along with her arms & black kitty.  She also has 2 pink buttons sewn on her dress & bright pink crossbones on the back of her head!

I love how she turned out ~ very prim but bright, funky & lots of fun!

She's in my ETSY SHOP now & would love to go home with YOU!

HAVE A GREAT WEEK!  (you know Frida would!)

Feline Friday~Cool Shelter Donation Ideas!

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Happy Friday all!  Today I want to showcase 2 really awesome items you can donate to your favorite animal shelter! 

One is the STRETCH AND SCRATCH ~  a corrugated cardboard scratcher designed for shelter cages. It attaches to the door of the cage & provides kitty with exercise, entertainment, enrichment & encourages natural behavior! CATS LOVE THEM!  You can order off their website & they will ship directly to your shelter of choice.  A GREAT gift for kitties awaiting their furrever homes!  I had a case sent to our

Kansas Humane Society & they were a big hit!

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Another great item in the CAT KURANDA BED!  You've probably heard about the Kuranda beds for dogs, well they make them for CATS too!  They are made to fit in shelter cages & provide kitty with somewhere to jump, perch on or hide under.  Our KS Humane Society has a goal to get one for EVERY cage in our lofts!  We have 7 (I believe) lofts with approx. 21 cages in each.  The lofts are where kitties are placed until there is room for them up front in our large "Kitty Cities" & "Cat Condos".  These beds can be ordered from their website & delivered directly to shelters also!  GREAT!

Don't you think EVERY shelter cage needs a "Stretch and Scratch" AND Kuranda Bed???

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I sure hope it cools off here & we get some MUCH NEEDED RAIN!!!  We got cheated out of the 2-3 inches we were expecting from Tropical Storm Hermine.  All we got were clouds & a few sprinkles!  Keeping my fingers crossed for storms expected this afternoon!  Yeah...we'll see...

HAVE A PURRFECTLY WONDERFUL WEEKEND!

Little Skelly Painting

Spook & Skelly

I finished up this  little Halloween/Day of the Dead painting today.
I'm really LOVING skulls right now!  They are SO much fun to paint!  The decoration possibilities are endless!
"Spook & Skelly" is available on EBAY right now just waiting to scare up your house!

Foster Kitty Pics!

Squeak (Squeaky)

Sweet little Gina

Zapp (Zappy)

Rich (Richie)

Here are my new babies! They are the sweetest things!  Please note that I'm not responsible for the odd names (heehee).  The folks at the Humane Society have to come up with hundreds of them every week & I'm sure they run out of creative, unique ones & sometimes just have to go with whatever comes to mind at the moment.  3 of these guys are named after "sounds" ~ Squeak, Zapp & Kapow.  I know...strange.  The 2 gray & white cuties are Rich & Gina, probably a couple somebody knows.  Anyway, it doesn't matter.  They are healthy, playful, cuddly & so EASY to take care of after having my 4 sick ones last month! Kapow is missing from the pictures ~ he's all black & I couldn't get a good photo of him.  I'm working on it though.

I have a cute new HALLOWEEN painting done I'll scan & post later tonight! 

Hope you're having a GREAT Labor Day!!!

FRIDA Day of the Dead Painting

Frightfully Fun Frida!


Just wanted to post my new FRIDA painting I finished last night!  She's all ready to celebrate Day of the Dead!
I love how she turned out ~ not too scary & not too sweet!
She is now listed on  EBAY!  BOO!

Feline Friday~A Prayer for Animals

I love this Prayer for Animals by Albert Schweitzer! I wish everyone had the same sentiments!

Speaking of animals ~ my last 2 foster kittens were adopted a few days ago so that makes every 1 of my former babies with loving new homes now! I couldn't be happier! Of course my foster room doesn't stay empty very long...I brought home 5 new little rascals yesterday! These guys aren't sick (thankfully!) just too young to be altered so i'll have them a week or 2. Pictures coming soon!

Have a fun Labor Day Weekend!!!