Time spent with cats is never wasted

This cat doodle is inspired by the four cats in my life - Tabby, Felix, Hiro and Smudge. :)

The Hunger Games watercolour

Katniss Everdeen

Some more inspirational fun yesterday afternoon painting the lovely Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games.  She was quite challenging for me but I enjoyed it and had fun.  I love The Hunger Games and was so gripped on the books, I couldn't put them down - love the film too. :)

"What ya drawing, mommy?"

Me and my cat Hiro need to have a talk about space issues methinks.  This was me starting out sketching Katniss yesterday and well, it's a little off putting being observed so closely when you're trying to draw! :)

Meet Vincent the Voodoo Cat

Meet Vincent - the Amigurumi Voodoo Cat. :)  He's a little present for myself.  It occured to me that I don't make anything for myself, all those cute critters but I'm pretty strict and don't let myself get too attached so they can be adopted.  But this time I wanted to make myself a Voodoo Cat friend and along came Vincent. :)

He might pop up from time to time helping me with my creative stuff and iphoneography but so far he's settling in ok and getting on well with my other two cats Hiro and Ando.

Amigurumi Light Brown Forest Feline

Alongside our world a parallel world exists, rarely known to anyone. With every full moon a gateway is briefly unlocked between our world and the “Enchanted Forest”– a mysterious world that is home to little creatures who resemble some of the much-loved animals in our own… only with a difference.


This little cat like creature can be adopted from my etsy shop. :)

Amigurumi Cats

I love cats so have recently been having a go at crocheting more of them.  Have so far come up with these two little cuties - one is cream with pink paws and the other is grey with white paws. :)  I think they look quite cute hanging out together.

They're up for adoption at my etsy shop.

Amigurumi Kittens

I love cats and kittens, cats are my most favourite animal ever so I thought I'd make a little batch of kittens in various colours. :)  Here is the little gang pictured above.  Light brown, black, grey, cream and ginger.

My mum just recently got two little kittens - one is a tabby and the other is black and white.  They are just totally adorable and so playful and fun to watch. :)

Anyway these little kitties will all gradually be going up for adoption at my etsy shop. :)

Amigurumi Cats

Cats are my absolute favourite animal!  I've grown up with them and always had a cat about, they're just such cute, fun and curious little creatures. :)  So that may come as a surprise that there's rarely been an amigurumi cat in my shop to purchase over the last couple of years or so.

I've made a couple at various times but they just didn't look quite right to me, I don't know why.  I think cats are quite tough animals to do justice as they can come out looking evil.  Anyway I tried a new design which started out as a doodle in my notebook and was chuffed with the result. :)  I'm finally pleased with my cat design, so much so that I made two of them. :)  I love their little bells on their collars.

These little cuties will be up for adoption in my etsy shop. :)

Amigurumi Grey and White Cat

Here's another little amigurumi critter I made before I went away. :) This time it's a cat and the huge eyes on it make me smile. :D

It's available to adopt from my etsy shop here.

Amigurumi Cat - Kenny

Kenny the Cat loves to go for strolls in the park, especially when it's sunny. :) He likes to find a nice spot to curl up and enjoy his daydreams about food.

Kenny enjoys fish suppers and will also arrive complete with his own little name tag. More about Kenny can be found here. :)

Etsy Front Page!

Imagine my total surprise this morning when I woke up, logged on to etsy to see my Kittie Sparkles Plushie on the front page. :P I had to double look and check incase I was dreaming. :)

Pity it was so early so not many people will get to see it here in the UK but I'm glad I saw it and got a picture, was a nice surprise to wake up to. :D Yay to kitty etsy treasuries!

Amigurumi Cat - Katrina

Katrina the Cat arrived at the Adoption Centre after her cautious attempt at fishing went wrong. She fell in the river and got taken away out to sea.

Katrina is looking for a dry home with plenty of fish on hand. :) More about Katrina here. :)

Robot Love

Yay! When I arrived home tonight my order from the lovely kittypinkstars had arrived. :D Kitty handmakes cute sock and knitted critters from her own patterns as well as cute and bright kawaii items. Her fave colour is pink and you'd never guess it! :D

As soon as I saw GREGG5 I knew I wanted to give him a home. The grey yarn used is gorgeous and sparkles when it hits the light. It's just so cute. :)

It wasn't long until kittens Hiro (left) and Ando discovered the new arrival and wanted to welcome him too. :) They also seemed to like the packaging quite a lot. :P

This critter will be well and truly loved here. :D

My second crochet project...

Aw I finished my second crochet amigurumi project this afternoon and just taken some pictures of it although it all got a bit chaotic. :P This time it was a hamster pattern I followed and it went pretty smoothly. :) Quite enjoyed doing this critter. Think it was easier so maybe I should have started with one instead of the elephant but nevermind.

Here's Hammie the Hamster. :) He was just sitting there minding his own business happy to be alive and finished with all his limbs sewn on when suddenly.......

A big furry thing going by the name of Hiro came walking up. Hammie froze not quite knowing that to do. His heart was beating fast..... Hiro gave him a good sniff but then carried on about his business and walked straight past him. Hammie breathed a sigh of relief but to his horror it wasn't over yet........

Hiro's brother and partner in crime Ando had spotted the little hamster and moved in for the kill before poor Hammie had a chance to scurry away. Eeek! It was a rush to save Hammie but we got to him in time and he was fine.

No hamsters were injured during the making of this blog post!