Crude craft: Cat Balls

That’s right, I said cat balls.

Last year I started experimenting with needle felting. One of the first items I created was a wool and catnip toy. I ended up creating a Christmas card to feature the toy.

During my prototyping process I gave some friends my experiments. I’d used some wool I’d had on hand which wasn’t the most pretty of colors. The joke was made “Are you giving me a cat’s ball? Did your cat throw this up?” The crudeness of the jokes have lingered with me and I decided to see it through to fruition. So yes, now I am a seller of cat balls. Imitation cat balls.

Felted sleep mask; Breakfast at Tiffany's edition.

This is not the first time I’ve made a felt sleeping mask for a theme. This gift was inspired by the theme; my friend is moving to New York! People either use sleep masks or they don’t so when I heard she does I knew what I’d be making her. And with the NY connection, Breakfast at Tiffany’s seemed like the perfect additional inspiration. If you haven’t seen this classic film watch it!

Because I was making her the mask I thought she should have the ear plug ear rings to go with. Still not sure what to call these; ear plug rings?

Ubiquitous cat post

A blog wouldn’t be a blog unless it had cat pictures right? Luckily these kitties are totally relevant to my crafting. They all received my wool cat nip treats for Christmas.

Thanks for the pics, Jaii, Amy, Alan and Chad.

Fuzzy hearts and craft hangover

So it turns out if I spend the month of December making stuff non-stop I don’t have very much energy to make much in January. Have no fear though I will be crafting and posting with more regularity in the future.

So without further ado Happy Valentines Day!

I made many of these fuzzy hearts as Christmas gifts this year. I gave them all away and then it occurred to me that I should have put pin backs on them. I did so for the one I’m wearing today. I contemplated wearing it on my sleeve but opted for my lapel instead.

Thanks arvi for the photo shoot.

Catnip noses

I have a cat. I think I have a fairly healthy relationship with him and don’t see a future for myself as a crazy cat lady. I am inspired to find amusements for my feline friend. One of them turned into this card.

​Under the nose.

Printing: About 4.5 hours on my letterpress
Paper: French Paper, Dur-O-Tone, Newsprint White, 80lb Cover
Ink: Black, Warm Red (oil base)
Noses: Made of wool and catnip and are meant to be pulled off to be chewed and mangled by the recipients cat.