Showing posts with label NicoDesigns. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NicoDesigns. Show all posts

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Peace, Purrs, and Catching Up...

Today is BlogBlast for Peace Day and we wanted to be sure to add our purrs for peace all over the world!

We're also purring for our furiend Inigo.
We're very worried about him and he's in need of lots of purrs and pawsitive thoughts.

We also need to take care of some business because we've been tagged not once, not twice but three times and our mommy is such a slacker we haven't posted any of them. These tags consist of 4 questions that we are supposed to answer and then make up 4 more questions and tag 4 more people. We'll let Mommy answer so let's get started...

The first set of questions is from Edi from Memories for Life Scrapbooks and her adorable furbaby Harley....

1. What was your biggest accomplishment for the week? Or month if you prefer?
Well, since November just got started I'll have to say our biggest accomplishment for October was having 15 sales in my BeadedTail shop so we were able to donate to lots of charities. I hope this trend continues!

2. If you could choose one age to be the rest of your life, what age would you choose?
Hmmm. Not sure about this one. 40 seems a good age to be.

3. What is your favorite season?
Spring since tax season ends!

4. What is your favorite color and why?
Purple. Not sure why, I've always been drawn to it.

Now from Pam at Magdalene Jewels and Dexter and Zoey:

1. Do you like to travel? If so, where do you most like to go or what was your most memorable trip? If you don't like travel, why not?
I love to travel although don't do it very often since we don't want to leave the furbabies. Hawaii is probably my favorite destination. We really enjoyed Maine too. Oh and Vancouver Island in Canada. I also go to Disneyland every year. I just love to travel anywhere!

2. What is one of your most favorite books you've ever read?
I enjoy reading and have to read something every day so have many favorites depending on my mood. I just can't read any book which something sad or bad happens to animals.

3. What is a favorite family food you like to make?
My husband does the cooking since it stresses me out but I do enjoy baking so like to make cookies especially at Christmas time, lemon bars and dog biscuits.

4. What do you collect?
After we moved I vowed to never have knick knacks around but I still occasionally collect angels and cat figurines.

And last but certainly not least, the questions from Duni from Lovely Purses and her handsome boy Sammy...

1. Early bird or night owl?
Night owl living in an early bird world including kitties who wake at 4am which means I am seriously lacking in sleep!

2. If you could be an animal, what would it be and why?
A cat of course! How wonderful it would be to nap all day, enjoy sunpuddles, get lots of snorgles, kisses, and treats and not have to pretend to like someone they don't!

3. What is your least favourite daily chore?
Hmmm. Another stumper. I'd have to say work!

4. Which crafty person do you greatly admire and why?
Tough question because there's several for various reasons. I admire Edi from Memories for Life Scrapbooks because she is so creative. Duni from Lovely Purses and Erika from NicoDesigns because they can sew anything and their work is fabulous - I can't sew anything. Plus they both are going after their dreams in their businesses. And Ann from Ann's Snap, Edit and Scrap because she is not afraid to always learn and try new crafty things.

Okay so now for 4 new questions and 4 people tagged:

1. If you had the power to fix anything that's wrong with this world, what would it be.
2. What's your favorite indulgence?
3. Describe your perfect day.
4. If you could fly off tomorrow to any destination for a week, where would you go and why?

And for the tagees, don't worry, I won't tag anyone who doesn't want to be tagged so I'll let anyone and everyone who wants to play along to do so. Hope someone does!

Phew! All caught up now! Have a great Thursday!

Friday, August 13, 2010

Friday Features

Welcome to Friday Features! Another week has flown by! Today's features are inspired by my new leaf earrings and I hope you enjoy my picks!

In celebration of the EtsyBloggers 3rd anniversary, everything in my shop is 15% off (excluding shipping) from today through Sunday! Refunds will be issued through PayPal. Happy shopping!

Falling Leaves Sterling Silver Earrings by BeadedTail Bella Botanical Pet Tag by PoochyCouture Purrfect Autumn Fairy Kitten Cameo with Leaf Charm and Crystal by SpellboundWings
Trellis Classic Tote Diaper Bag SALE by NicoDesigns
Dropful of Autumn - Fine Art Photo Print by theeye Purple Beadwoven Leaf Earrings by randomcreative
Glass Bird Feeder - Green Leaf by dframe102868

Thursday, July 29, 2010

Supermodel At Work

It's been awhile since I've used my Supermodel abilities but today is the purrfect opportunity to do so. I'm going to model this great pouch that Erika from NicoDesigns made for my mommy.
Mommy has a thing for bags and likes to switch them out frequently so she asked Erika if she could make a pouch that would hold everything so Mommy could move it from bag to bag. This is what Erika came up with...
Erika put a little purple ribbon on the side because she knew that was Mommy's favorite color...
She also lined it with kitty fabric which Mommy really loves...
The pouch is purrfect and Angel says it holds a lot too!
Thank you so much for the great pouch Erika! We all really like it very much! It was fun dusting off my Supermodel skills too!

Hope everyone has a great Thursday!
Isabella

Thursday, May 27, 2010

Thankful Thursday!

Back in March several EtsyBlogger teammates participated in a journal swap as a fun way to get to know each other better. Well, back in March our mommy was too busy doing tax returns to be able to join in but Erika from NicoDesigns was very nice and said she'd do a journal swap with Mommy after tax season was over. We are very grateful to Erika because it means we get to help make the journal! My sisfur Isabella snoopervises everything...
She very thorough and doesn't miss a thing...
For some reason, Mommy keeps the paper in bags so they are hard to see but even so I help her pick out which paper to use for the journal pages. Use this one next Mommy...
We're working really hard on the journal for Erika and we just want to let her know how thankful we all are for the opportunity to swap journals with her! Thank you Erika!

If you want to read a fun blog about crafts, home decorating and adorable kids, check out Erika's blog and to see her lovely fabric creations check out her Etsy shop!

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Impawtant Photo Shoot

The EtsyBlogger of the month is Erika from NicoDesigns. We all like Erika furry much because she leaves nice comments for us, she's sent Sadie dog biscuits and Mommy loves her work so we wanted to do a special post for her today. Since I am the SuperModel in the family I took charge of the photo shoot. My sisfur Angel said she had an appointment with a sunbeam so couldn't make it but my big sisfur Sadie said she'd help model one of the NicoDesigns bags that our mommy has. Okay Sadie, make that cute little hobo bag look really good!
Let's try that again only this time can you smile a little? Remember those yummy dog biscuits she sent you?
Well, that was a little better but I'm going to model the tote bag myself. I'll do my sophisticated look to match this purrty bag.
That bow looks like it could be furry fun to play with.
That's a wrap!
Be sure to check out Erika's blog and also NicoDesigns for more bags and fabulous pear pin cushions, crib shoes and fun dolls made by Erika. She donates a portion of her sales to help two worthy charities helping cancer patients in her home state of Texas.

Have a great Purrsday!
Isabella

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Yummy Treats!

Mommy got home last night from Disneyland (Woo!) but to give her a day to relax I'm going to help her today with the EtsyBloggers blog carnival. Erika from Nico Designs chose the topics which includes giving my favorite holiday recipe.

Each year Mommy makes these yummy dog biscuits that she gives to the neighbor dogs for Christmas and of course I get some too!
Here's the Recipe for what I'll call Sadie's Cookies:

Mix together in large bowl and let stand 10 minutes:

1 cup rolled oats
1/3 cup margarine
1 to 2 tsp. instant bouillon
1 cup (4 oz) shredded cheese
1 cup boiling water

Stir in remaining ingredients and mix well:

3/4 cup cornmeal
1/3 cup milk
1 Tbsp sugar
1 egg, beaten

Add 2 cups whole wheat flour , 1 cup at a time, to form a stiff dough. Knead dough on floured surface 3 to 4 minutes, working in a little more flour (1/4 to 1/2 cup). Roll out dough to 1/4 inch thickness and cut with bone-shaped cookie cutter. Place 1 inch (or less) apart on greased cookie sheet (or line cookie sheet with aluminum). Bake in preheated 325 degree oven for 35 to 45 minutes. Makes about 8 dozen small biscuits.
I can't wait until Mommy makes these dog biscuits again and maybe I can get her to make them more times in the year.
Hope you have a great day!

Sadie

Friday, November 13, 2009

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Thankful Thursday!

Back in August, Mommy won a blog commenting contest on Roseworks Jewelry blog and one of the prizes was a surprise from another Etsyian, TiLT Creations. Well, the surprise came the other day and it's a cool market tote bag!
And she made her a cute little pouch out of fabric that Mommy commented about on TiLT's blog.
I think this bag will hold a lot of treats and bones Mommy!
Mommy is very thankful to both Ruthie from Roseworks for offering her contest and to Theresa from TiLT Creations for offering this great prize! Thank you both very much!
Usually the cats do the modeling sessions but I wanted to do it since I am thankful for something myself! A package arrived today from Erika at NicoDesigns and it had something for ME in it!
Can I have a treat or two now Mommy? Please?
Pretty please?
Mmmm!
Thank you very much Erika! The treats were very yummy and I loved every crumb!
Hope you have plenty to be thankful for today too!
Sadie