Picture Purrfect

The current EtsyBloggers blog carnival hosted by Sweet Sally Soaps asks us to show our all time favorite piece of art and why we find it inspiring. Well, for me this was an easy choice. Isn't this a beautiful piece of art?

Do you see the resemblance to some kitty in particular?

Here's a hint - notice the name of the gorgeous Tortie on the card...

Now do you recognize the (Super)model?

As for inspiring, well, that's self explanatory!

Many thanks to Kira the BeaWootiful's mom, Pamela Fleming, for painting such a lovely Tortie fairy and be sure to check out this card and her other lovely work in her Etsy shop, The Magic Sleigh.

Friday Features

In 2009 I'm going to change things up on my blog a little. I'll still have plenty of posts about my furbabies but to make my schedule more consistent and manageable during tax season, I'm going to have certain theme days. One of these themes is Friday Features where I will feature Etsy artisians that make lovely things you might enjoy. To make it easy for me to remember what I have and have not featured, I'm going to go down the alphabet and pick items beginning with that letter. Since this is the first Friday Feature, these items begin with the letter A. Click on links for more information. Enjoy!

Autumn Brights - Handmade Note Card with Original Photography by mercyming

Aegean Sea Washed Zipper Pouches set of three by solsisters

Angel Kitty Ornament/Figurine by TheMagicSleigh

AQUA RIPPLES Necklace by Bead Weaver Lily Wrey by TulipsTreasureBox

Angie Kitty Original Folk Art Painting OOAK SALE by huckleberryarts

Sadie's Sunday Shopping Ideas!

It's starting to snow here and I'm all excited! It doesn't snow much here but a husky can dream of more snow can't she?

Yesterday Mommy gave some gift ideas aimed at kitty lovers but I wanted to point out that there are great gift ideas out there for dogs and dog lovers too!

Here's some of my ideas including some inspired by dogs we met through their blogs:
Siberian Husky Dog Art Signed Print by Ron Krajewski by dogartstudio

Alaskan Malamute/Husky Ornament by TheMagicSleigh

Red Siberian Husky Hand-Made Pin by dreameyce

Greyhound on Dichroic Glass Pendant by FrumsGlassMenagerie

Underwear Dog Toys by casbahkitten

I hope you enjoyed my choices! And I suppose I should point out that every single shop represented here also has cat stuff if you want it. I happen to think there is nothing better than dog stuff but just letting you know!