Beyond Crocheted Critters

Sometimes I get bored crocheting critters. Sometimes. Today is one of those sometimes. I am in the middle of creating a custom crocheted critter destined to be a Valentine’s Day gift so I can not procrastinate as much as I would like to. If I didn’t have this deadline in my face, I think I would still want to spend the weekend crocheting, but not a critter. No, I would be trying to figure out how to make this dress since there is no way on this planet that I can afford to plunk down $550 for a dress no matter how incredibly gorgeous it is. Yes, I believe it is worth every penny. It is hand crocheted. It looks amazing. It is made of Pima cotton. Look at those colors. Look at those stitches. I want this dress. I need this dress. I am obsessed with this dress.

Damn you Peruvian Connection and your wonderful works of art that I will never be able to afford. Sigh. End of rant. Back to critter creation.

Ornamental Iron

Last night’s photographic study of the chairs on my backyard deck.

Wisteria

I got the new Wisteria catalog in the mail yesterday. If you have never heard of Wisteria, let me be the first to tell you that they have very cool catalogs filled with wonderful photos of drool worthy home furnishings. They happen to be headquartered in Dallas. Those of us that live here can visit their outlet and drool in person. If you aren’t lucky enough to live here, sign up for their catalog here.

Turning the pages of the new catalog, I dreamed I was rich and was just in the mood to redecorate so I flipped through the pages and mentally ordered some new furniture. Of course in this dream I also had no cats or dogs that would destroy my new furniture. Ah day dreaming. So do you want to know what I’m lusting for in the new catalog? Of course you do.

This fabulous chest I see in every catalog they send me and every time I long to see it in my house. I think it is the most beautiful functional piece of art. All that inlay. The gorgeous pattern. I think it is stunning.

Staying in that black and white theme, this couch is such a fabulous work of art as well. The dhurrie upholstery is wonderful and I love the shape of the couch itself.

After picking out a new couch and chest, I figured I’d pick up a decorative item as well and spied these fun birds. They would look marvelous on the chest. These lovely birds on stands are the perfect pets for my day dream house.

Well, this mental shopping trip was so much fun, I plan on adding to my new mental decor when the next catalog arrives.

Enjoy.

Day of Kitty Dead

I made this fabric collage to honor all the cats I’ve known and loved over the years which are sadly no longer with me. I utilized the visual themes of the Day of the Dead, the Mexican holiday in early November that honors and celebrates the deceased. Meow.

This fabric collage wall hanging is now available in my Etsy shop.

Saturday Is Flea Time

If you live in Dallas or will be lucky enough to be here, clear your schedules for the Dallas Flea next Saturday, September 11. Click on the poster to be taken to the web site for details. I’ll be there with all my critter creations. Hope to see your smiling faces in my booth.

It’s Dallas Flea Time Again

If you live in Dallas or will be lucky enough to be here, clear your schedules for the Dallas Flea next Saturday, June 12. Click on the poster to be taken to the web site for details. I’ll be there with all my critter creations. Hope to see your smiling faces in my booth.

Custom Designed Tote

I was asked to decorate a very plain vanilla tote bag for the upcoming Junior League of Dallas “Rock The Runway” event in April. The bag will be part of the silent auction. Below you see how it looked when I received it. Click on the More to see what it looks like now.

FREE RUG

WE HAVE A WINNER!

Thanks to everyone who entered, I loved reading where you would use this fabulous rug. Very inspirational. I should have thought about hanging it up so the cats couldn’t get to it.

The winner was picked using the list randomizer from random.org. And the lucky future owner of this very cool rug is:

jenny s-g

Congratulations jenny s-g, I hope your new rug looks marvelous in your craft room and chases all the beige blah-ness away.

Big Mouth Cat Shoes!

I have been enjoying myself lately by playing around with Zazzle.com‘s customizable Keds shoes. Have you seen this yet? You upload your own images and have sneakers made exactly as you want. Very cool. Of course, they’re not cheap. But still…

Of course I had to try this. I have made two versions of my big mouth cat graphic available as shoes that anyone can purchase. Click on the shoe photo to be whisked to Zazzle for more details.

Have fun, wear cats on your feet!

Word Art

I was avoiding working today at the day job, perusing some blogs and read about Wordle. How did I miss this cool site? In case you’re like me and have never heard of it, Wordle is a fun but addictive site where you can make your very own word clouds. Word art. You type in the text or paste in some text or do what I did and plug in the link to the RSS feed for this blog and voila, you have word art! The site provides random action or you can fine tune the details. I liked the serendipity of random and like these two versions of my feed. Warning, though, Wordle is a time waster, but in an artistic and even scientific way. Have fun!