Inspiration

Last week I remembered that we hadn't done this month's BBArtisans challenge from Duni at Duni's Studio.  The challenge is to "surprise yourself by creating something with a color you rarely use".   I picked out colors that we very rarely use in beady goodies...

Of course I soopervised everything...

My due diligence was rewarded...

Hey, did I say you could stop the scritches Mommy?

We'll see about that...

Scritch away!

Anyway, we eventually came up with these earrings and got them listed in our BeadedTail shop...

My favorite show was on the Birdie Network by that time but they did go through the Tortie inspection process...

Good thing I remembered the challenge huh?  What would Mommy do without us?

Do you have any suggestions for color(s) for our beady goodies?

Hope you have an inspiring day!

Angel

Weekend Inspiration

This month's BBArtisans challenge was thought up by our Mommy and it is:

"Love is celebrated this month so show us what you love!"

Well, when she thought that up back in December she figured it'd be easy to create something to show what she loves but now in the midst of tax season she loves everything except work!  She got overwhelmed with ideas which means her creative side came to a standstill so we had to help (again).  We narrowed it down to three things she loves - cats, hearts and purple...

We had to keep her on task with plenty of snoopervision...

But she ended up doing okay...

She made herself a kitty necklace with amethyst hearts and various shades of purple Swarovski crystals...

We do have another kitty so could make one for our BeadedTail shop if we can make her find enough time, motivation, focus to make it!  Anyway, once again we provided the inspiration for another challenge.  What would she do without us?

What is it that you love?

Happy Monday!

Angel and Isabella 

Tortie Inspiration

I found out that this month's BBArtisans challenge from Antiquity Travelers is Something Old, Something New meaning to take an old item and make it new again.  Since Mommy walks through a thrift shop and sees dirty, old things instead of hidden treasures, I knew I had to help her out.  To make it a real challenge I sent her out to one of those thrift shops with a $15 budget...

She came home with a chair missing its seat.  Boy, $15 doesn't buy much these days!

Angel didn't think I could come up with anything to make this chair new again but I had an idea...

I sent Mommy outside with it to prime it...

And then paint it sunny yellow.  Looks better already if I say so myself but it's still missing something...

I know what it's missing!  A flower pot to fit in the hole!  Packing peanuts are in the bottom for drainage and to make it not so heavy...

After flowers were planted in the pot, she put it out on the deck where I think it looks pretty good...

The total cost of this chair makeover was about $32 including the chair, yellow spray paint, flower pot and flowers since she had the primer already.  Of course my helping with the idea was priceless!  What would she do without me?

Have you ever helped make something old new again?

Hope you have a cheery Tortie Tuesday!

Isabella

Inspiration in Bloom

Mommy came up with this month's BBArtisans team challenge to create something with flowers and let your imagination bloom.  Well, since she has a hard time with that imagination part we thought we'd help her out.  She at least bought the supplies although at this point, we have no idea what to do with them...

She got a sunflower type flower since she's from Kansas.  See what we mean about the imagination thing...

And there's also some sticks curved into a circle.  I suggested she put the flower on the stick circle...

How about putting the other flower on there too for an extra pop of color (that's a technical term)...

That does look better but let me get this wayward stick out of the way...

Oh my Cod Mommy, what the heck did you put on it now?

This not only looks funny but it smells funny too...

Okay, so she can't tie a bow with burlap but the flowers look alright which is what the challenge was all about.  If she gets the bow right, we'll let her hang it outside near the front door so it can blow away in the wind welcomes people to our house.  What would she ever do without us?

Hope the flowers are blooming at your house today!

Angel and Isabella

Inspiration

I have been thinking lately about just how much I do around here for Mommy's BeadedTail shop.  As you saw yesterday, I do quality control on the packaging and that's not always easy.  That ribbon can get out of control but I tame it and sometimes even make it more beautiful!  There's times when it's so beautiful that Mommy can't bear to let it go so she'll snip it off and put it in a special saving container on the floor.  

Anyway, I'm also the inspiration behind a lot of things in the shop for instance notice how I'm sitting...

See anything on this journal that looks familiar...

Of course that quote obviously was inspired by me.  Mommy says she's been saying it forever but I've only heard it since I've been here so that must mean it's because of me.  What would she do without me...

I do my job purrfectly!

Hope you have a purrfect day!

Angel

Inspiration

This month's Blogging Business Artisans team challenge by Erika from ArtfulRising is all about Back to School.  Well, since it's been so long since Mommy has been in school she had no idea what to do for this challenge idea.  I knew she was struggling so I offered to help...

Do you want to know my idea Mommy?

I asked her to remember way, way back when she used to go to school and what did she remember most about back to school time.  She remembered that her birthday was always after the start of the school year.  Well then, knowing that, here's the inspiration I came up for her...

And she made a chocolate cake with sprinkles No-No bracelet...

Hey Bella, this doesn't smell like cake!

It's more like a chocolate snake...

Of course we didn't have chocolate cake for Mommy's birthday since we can only have vanilla but I think I had a pretty darn good idea.  Here's a look at the final bracelet...

We've made the chocolate cake with sprinkles bracelet available in Mommy's shop here.  I'm sure glad I could help her find the inspiration for it!

What do you think of most at Back to School time?

Enjoy your day!

Isabella

Inspiration

Our mommy chose the May challenge topic for the Blogging Business Artisans which is to incorporate your favorite inspiration into the project of your choice.  Well, since we are her inspiration we thought we'd show you how we inspire her.  So many times we find her just staring at a pile of beads like this...

We can tell when she's got no crafty ideas happening so it's our job to help her out.  Can you tell what I'm trying to inspire?

My big, round blue eyes inspired these earrings (and yes, that's my sisfur Sadie's big head in the photo)...

Deb from Storybeader made Mommy a journal that she uses to put ideas in for her BeadedTail shop too.  Of course you can see that once again, we're there to inspire her...

She's not very good at drawing but when she does think of ideas she does her best to put them in the journal...

And eventually she's even able to make those ideas come to life like these earrings...

Again, notice they are blue like my pretty eyes!  Anyway, hope you enjoyed a glimpse of how we inspire Mommy's creations and of course her entire shop was inspired by the desire to help animals since she donates the proceeds to animal charities.  

What inspires you?

Enjoy your day!

Angel

Inspirations...

Once again Mommy was having a hard time finding inspiration for the latest Artbeads.com blogging challenge theme ‘What’s Old is New Again!“. Angel had an idea and gave her this hint... It took Mommy awhile to figure it out but it finally donned on her and she went digging through her jewelry box and found this pendant...
The idea behind the theme is to take something old or vintage and give it a new twist with modern elements. She used lovely Swarovski pearls and crystals and also chain from Artbeads.com along with her own kitty pendant that she's had since high school (VERY vintage!) and came up with this 30" necklace...Angel had a very good idea!
I have a better idea of how to model it though...
Much better don't ya think?
Once again we saved the day. What'd she do without us!

Have a wonderful day!
Sadie

Disclosure...As a reviewer of products at Artbeads.com, I received the beads above free of charge. I have been asked to review these products and give my honest opinion of the products...positive or negative. I am not being compensated by Artbeads.com for my endorsement as it pertains to the products received and reviewed.

Inspirations...

The other day Mommy and I were out on the deck searching for inspiration for the new Artbeads.com blogging program theme - Winter. She couldn't figure out what to do so I told her to look around, what do you see?

Winter in the Pacific Northwest is green with all the trees, bushes and moss and then of course there's brown like me! So, she got the hint and chose a variety of seed beads and Swarovski crystals from Artbeads.com in these colors...

and she made this lovely bracelet...

which certainly looks like a Pacific Northwest Winter to me...

My reward for helping come up with the inspiration was ear scritches...

How about a little smooch too?

I don't know what she'd do without me!

Have a wonderful day!

Sadie

Disclosure...As a reviewer of products at Artbeads.com, I received the beads above free of charge. I have been asked to review these products and give my honest opinion of the products...positive or negative. I am not being compensated by Artbeads.com for my endorsement as it pertains to the products received and reviewed.