Thankful Thursday

Recently we won a giveaway from our friend Phoebe and her family - a package of thirteen toys crocheted by her mom!

So many goodies!

Isabella woke up to see what all we got...

She even played with them too...

I loved bunny kicking the banana...

Isabella imitated it...

MOL! I crack myself up!
Anyway, many thanks to Phoebe for all the toys! We enjoy them very much! 

What are you thankful for this Thursday?

Hope you have a happy day!

Angel

Kinn #Kleanbowl Review and Giveaway!

Hey, what's this?

It's a Kinn Kleanbowl Bella. It's a shiny stainless steel frame holder that fits over a eco-friendly Nourish-Pet refill bowl that's made from 100% biodegradable sugar cane...

You know how you and your sisfur get kinda picky and don't eat all your foods in your bowls? Well, that leftover food could possibly lead to bacteria that could remain even after the dishwasher because the water might not get hot enough to kill bacteria like Salmonella. The Kinn Kleanbowl is a way to make sure that bacteria is gone for good since they're tossed out with the compostable and biodegradable refill bowls...

The Kleanbowl comes in three sizes - 8oz, 16 oz and 24 oz. We tried out the 8oz and although the bowl is a little deep and narrow for us, we got used to it and it didn't impede our meals. We tossed out our used bowls in the yard/kitchen waste recycle bin and at first it felt wasteful but we know they'll be composted and that we're decreasing our risk from food borne bacteria. We're certainly worth that! 

Because we do leave foods behind after each meal, the Kleanbowl is convenient and peace of mind especially if our bowls haven't been washed in the dishwasher. The Kleanbowl is also good for water bowls since bacteria can grow in there too. Because of the safety aspect, we give these bowls eight paws up! 

Kitties and Woofies, for your chance to receive a Kinn's Kleanbowl in any of the three sizes, join the giveaway below from now until Sunday, March 20th, at midnight PDT. We're sorry to our international friends but this offer is only available to those in the U.S.. 

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Disclaimer: Kinn provided us with the 8oz Kleanbowl and refills. We did not receive any other compensation for this review post. This did not influence our opinions at all. 

'How To Speak Cat' - Book Review and Giveaway!

We were given the opportunity to review Natural Geographic's book How to Speak Cat: A Guide to Decoding Cat Language...

President and CEO of the San Diego Humane Society and SPCA, Gary Weitzman, DVM, serves as a guide throughout this book.    Although How to Speak Cat is aimed at kids ages 8-12, adults will enjoy the interesting commentary and beautiful photos...

How to Speak Cat discusses all things about us cats like our whiskers, tails, eyes, expressions, meows and yowls.  Wanna know why we do head butting and face rubbing?  It's in there!

Do you know what I'm feeling right now?

Scattered through the pages are Kitty Cases which describe scenarios then asks the reader questions and follows up with resolutions.  There's also training tips, quizzes, history and information on cats and fur colors.  This book sure covers all things cats and illustrates that kitties may be complex but we're all the same in certain ways...

We did disagree with one part of the book that says that kitties don't like tummy rubs.  We LOVE tummy rubs and we're pretty sure we're not the only ones!

We give How to Speak Cat four paws up and we're sure you will too!  We have the opportunity to give a copy of this book away to one of our readers!  We're sorry to our international friends but the giveaway is only available to those in the United States.  The book will be mailed directly from the publicity company so make sure we have a way to contact you.  Please enter below.  Good luck!

Have a wonderful Spring weekend!

Isabella and Angel

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Thankful Thursday

A couple of weeks ago, Sparkle had a giveaway of Yeowww! Catnip Cigars and we were lucky enough to win!

We have never had any nip stuff from Yeowww! before but whoa do the cigars smell good...

We each got one and my little sisfur went bonkers...

In case you can't tell, this is her floofy tummy which was about all Mommy could get a picture of since she turned into a wiggly worm...

I savored my cigar and licked it clear across the room...

Thanks so much to Sparkle and to the Yeowww! folks for the pawesome cigars!  We love them!  Have you tried the nip cigars or any other Yeowww! product?

We hope you have a nip kinda day!

Isabella

Tidy Cats Coupon Giveaway!

UPDATE:  The giveaway is closed and all winners have been notified and coupons have been mailed!  Thanks for all who entered!  The winning rescue was The Way Home Inc.
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We're going to kick off 2014 with a giveaway!  Last November we got an email from the Tidy Cat folks saying if we sent our blog logo by the next morning we'd get custom coupons.  Mommy was in Disneyland at the time but thankfully after a few panicked moments she was able to figure out what to send.  A couple of weeks ago, we were totally surprised by what we got in return.  Our logo is on the coupon!  How cool is that!

We got 150 custom coupons good for $5 off a package of Tidy Cats any size, any variety (excluding the 24/7 Performance LightWeight Litter).  That still leaves lots of litters to choose from...

We got an idea from our friend Sparkle on how to give these away so following her lead this is what we're going to do.  We'll give 10 readers each a stack of 10 coupons (a $50 value)!  The remaining 50 coupons will be given to a local cat rescue!

Here's how to enter:

1) Tell us in the comments you'd like to enter (or enter for someone else).  The coupons are only good here in the U.S. (sorry!) but our international friends can enter on behalf of a U.S. resident if you'd like.
2) Tell us the name of your favorite cat rescue.  You can do this even if you do not wish to be entered in the drawing yourself.

That's it!  Easy peasy and a great way to save money on, uh, our facilities plus a great way to help a cat rescue!  We'll randomly pick the winners Sunday, January 5th. 

Hope you have a wonderful day!

Zuke's Treats for Cats - Review and Giveaway

It's no secret, we love treats but Mommy is pretty picky about what treats we can have.  We just want yummy treats but she wants them to be good for us too.  We've had lots of treats that taste good at first but after the first or second day we turn our nose up at them.  Okay, we're picky too!  When we heard that Zuke's has kitty treats we were excited to try them...

They're called G-Zees and they come in two yummy flavors - Tasty Turkey and the one we tried, Savory Salmon...

Mommy liked the fact that they were good for us too and made in the USA.  Zuke's also donates a portion of every sale to The Dog and Cat Cancer Fund which we all love.  G-Zees are grain free + glucosamine and cranberries to help support joint and urinary tract heath.  They're also shaped like Zees - get it?

Our samples of the treats from Zuke's didn't arrive in time for this review so Mommy bought ours at Petco for $4.99.  They didn't carry the Tasty Turkey flavor so we can't comment on how those tasted but we loved the Savory Salmon ones...

Actually, we didn't want to stop eating them...

Now for the good stuff!  Zuke's is letting us give one winner two bags of G-Zees, one of each flavor so you can see how yummy they are yourself!

The giveaway is open to U.S. residents age 18 and older only (sorry to our international friends).  Here's your chance to win:

1)  MUST leave a comment you want to enter the giveaway

2) MUST like Zuke's Facebook page

3) Optional:  Follow Zuke's on Twitter

4) Optional: Like BeadedTail on Facebook

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Thankful Thursday

We're glad that Halloween is over although we did get extra treats but don't tell the v-e-t!  Our mommy also got a treat when she won a pretty pink necklace from Cynthia at Antiquity Travelers.  I'll show you it in a minute but first I want to admire it...

Here ya go, isn't it pretty?

Mommy wears mostly all black so the pink is a lovely 'pop' of color to her wardrobe and a great accent to the white cat fur she usually wears from you know who...

Thanks so much Cynthia!  The necklace is very fun to play with beautiful!

We hope you have lots to be thankful for today!  

Isabella

PeeS:  No harm was done to the necklace during this photo shoot.  Our mommy is a party pooper.

Bed Monster

Every so often the beds in our house are taken over by a lumpy bumpy bed monster!

This bed monster happens to be very cute too...

But no matter how cute, you need to be very careful around it...

Or it'll swallow you up before you know it!

Do you have bed monsters at your house too?

We hope your bed isn't too lumpy and bumpy today!

Angel (aka cute bed monster) and Isabella (aka unsuspecting victim)

PeeS:  If you haven't already entered to win a $30 gift certificate from Ooh Leela, be sure to do so here!  You could get a comfy kitty bed or cute doggy clothes so click to enter!

Special Guest and Giveaway

We've talked about our wonderful blog sponsor, Ooh Leela, before but today we're going to learn a little more about Leela, the inspiration for the great things in her shop!   Leela is a 4 1/2 year old silky terrier that's probably smaller than we are but she is a huge fashionista...

Leela is the Chief Designer and her mom, Isabela, transforms those designs into trendy dog clothes and accessories and also personalized silk screen dog tees for stylin' woofies everywhere...

A pretty girl like Leela knows how to relax in style too so they also make comfy pet beds that would be purrfect for kitties too!

Since both Leela and her mommy are so generous and big-hearted, they have graciously allowed us to offer a giveaway for a $30 gift certificate to Ooh Leela!  

So if you want to be an in-style woofie or a comfy kitty, all you have to do to enter is leave a comment on this post.  Easy peasy!  

For two extra entries:
1) Visit Ooh Leela and let us know what your favorite item is or what you'd like to see more of.
2)  Like the Ooh Leela Facebook page by clicking here.  

This giveaway is open to everybuddy everywhere until Thursday, August 16th, at midnight PST.  

Good luck and thank you Leela and Isabela!

Tortie Tuesday

It's Tortie Tuesday!  One of my many talents is that I'm a purrfessional box inspector.  There isn't a box that has come into this house without a thorough inspection done by me.  I've inspected a squizillion big boxes and little boxes so I was up to the challenge of inspecting a flat box...

It's actually pretty comfy with its double corrugated thickness to support by Tortieness...

This flat box gets two paws up!

Hope you enjoy some comfyness this Tortie Tuesday!

Isabella

PeeS:  I want to let you know about a great giveaway of a beautiful handpainted jewelry box on the BBArtisans blog.  Be sure to check it out here:

Weekend Wrap Up

We hope you had a great weekend!  Mommy is off work this week so we got a lot done on the weekend so we can do a whole lot of nothin' this week.  Some of the things we did included picking a winner of our journal giveaway which was the Katnip Lounge!   Concatulations to Momkat Trish!  We wish we could send a journal to everybuddy but we can offer a 15% discount on anything in Mommy's shop.  Just go shopping here and enter code CELEBRATE15 upon checkout to get your discount until May 28th! 

Other things we did this weekend was help Mommy make more jewelry.  For some reason she doesn't always appreciate this help though but I have no idea why...

Sadie got her stitches out on Sadieday so she's scratching less which is good.  She also got weighed at the v-e-t and even though Mommy's been feeding her lots of treats she lost two pounds in 10 days so she now weighs 77 lbs.  Although this is about right for her size it worried Mommy that she lost weight when she's eating more treats than ever.  But then again, Mommy's a worry wart so Sadie will milk this.  Here's her "treat face"...

Yeah, we can do much better treat faces than that but we don't get near as many treats as she does!  Phooey on that!  Anyway, we're looking forward to a very lazy week around here and hope you get plenty of lazy time too! 

Angel

PeeS:  Don't forget get to use the code CELEBRATE15 to get 15% off anything in Mommy's BeadedTail shop now through May 28th!  

A Milestone and a Giveaway

Way back in January 2008 we had no idea what we were in for in starting a blog.  Actually, Mommy started it as a supplement for her Etsy shop so we weren't even a part of it until she later realized that we were way more exciting (and cuter) than jewelry!  Actually, she just wanted us to do most the work of writing the posts and we have certainly done that and along the way we've met lots of great furiends from all around the world who we've come to love as family and we've laughed and cried with in both joy and sorrow. 

We've recently hit 1,450 posts and I think that calls for a little celebration so I decided that we're going to give someone a journal of their choice from Mommy's shop!

To enter the giveaway, click here to see all the journals in Mommy's shop and leave a comment telling us which one you'd like to win. 

For an extra entry, give Mommy a suggestion of something you'd like to see on a journal or any other helpful idea you may have. 

This giveaway is open until Friday, May 18th and anybuddy anywhere is eligible. 

How's that for a great way to celebrate?  I think I'll have a Niptini too!

Good luck!

Angel

The Things I Gotta Do...

If it wasn't for me, I don't know how things would get done around here. My kitty sisfurs hosted a cat toy giveaway for Moderncat so you'd think they'd be responsible for picking the winner! Isabella just stared at the entries as if one would magically pick itself...

She was shocked to hear she was supposed to actually pick the winner...

Angel came over to help but that didn't work either... So that leaves me to pick a kitty to win the cat toy. Can you believe that? *sigh*...
Anyway, since I'm a Good Girl, I helped Mommy out by picking a winner and it's Sherpa and the Farm Cats at the Happy Goats (and Cats) Farm! Congratulations!

If you have an extra 2 minutes today, you can see me picking the winner on video. I have to warn you of some things such as 1) Mommy babbles WAY too much, 2) the video shows my furs needing to be brushed (which I hate), and 3) did I mention that Mommy babbles WAY too much? But you get to see me in action! If you want you can fast forward to the sorta funny ending! Anyway, grab some popcorn and enjoy the show...

If the video does not play, click here to go directly to YouTube. (Yes, we now have a YouTube account! 20th Century here we come!)

Enjoy your hour longer Sunday!
Sadie