Day 90 - High Flyers

It's no secret - cats are my favorite inspiration when designing pumpkin carving patterns! And from the volume of email and Facebook posts, they're yours too! So you should really love today's blog about another free kitty pattern!

Three little cats are flying against the moon in a giant pumpkin hot air balloon in the pattern "High Flyers." And our Pumpkin Lady Facebook Fans may download it for FREE until 8PM EST tonight! After that, we'll place it for sale on www.pumpkinlady.com. Hurry! It's adorable!

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Happy Carving!

Day 88 - Too Much Sugar?

What do you get when you eat too many Laffy Taffy's and the cat walks by? Catsafarian! Someday maybe Paintball and CVP will forgive me! Yes, I'm wired on sugar and white mochas trying to keep ahead of Halloween craziness! What the cats don't know is that I bought them a little pirate costume today! And a witch's hat! Hmmmm I wonder if the kittens can fit them yet? We'll see!

Day 75 - Trick or Treat?

God works in mysterious ways. In Feb. and March of this year, we lost two of our sweet cats, Spinner and Happy, to kidney failure. I must say that I'm still not over that loss...I love my pets dearly and miss them deeply. Earlier today my husband and I searched the online adoption site, www.petfinder.com, to search for two more baby kittens to add to our furry herd. We both felt it was time. We had no idea how right we were....

Jack took our son to play practice across town tonight. A few miles from home he stopped at the Shell station for gas. And then called me. He'd found a mama cat and two wee baby kittens. I was soon on my way with two cat carriers and several cans of food. Jack went off to try and catch mama while Ty and I literally beat the bushes and found two sopping wet, starving, terrified little baby kittens. I had to grab each one with my coat sleeves because although they were tiny, they were horrified and bit and scratched my coat in fear. It was only in the upper 40's temperature wise...and raining...so they shivered from fear and cold. They're nothing but skin and bones!

Try as he might, Jack couldn't catch the mama. The employees of the store said there's a third kitten that crawled in the back of another employee's trunk and went home with her! So, tomorrow I will go back with a cat trap and try and catch mama....the nice people at the station are contacting the other employee to see if we can find out what happened to the third kitten.

We are guessing that the kittens are at most four weeks old. We will try to get the mama and see what we can do for her as well. We'll foster her and try to find her a home soon, and we'll do what we can to find the third kitten.

As for these two?

Welcome Home.

Day 60 - Tasty GOOdness

Every year for the past sixteen years we began pumpkin season with a Giant bowl of pumpkin goo...for the cat! Spinner was completely addicted to pumpkin goo. He'd sit by the pumpkins, patiently, and sometimes not so patiently, waiting for a nibble. I'd sit down beside him on the floor, and carve open the top of the pumpkin so I could scoop out his favorite treat. Before I could set the top down on the floor, he'd stick his head in and start nibbling. If I waited more than three seconds, I'd find HALF of Spinner inside the pumpkin! I'm betting that your pet might like to join in on the pumpkin party, too, this Halloween. Set out a big bowl and see if they dig in!

Day 48 - It's All About the Candy

It's not hard to guess that I love scrapbooking. Not that I have any time to do it...but I have a mighty nice collection of scrapbooking papers and supplies! And if it has anything remotely related to Halloween (or, for some odd reason, anything with swirls...love swirls!), I have to have it. Yesterday I found this amazing vintage style paper at a wonderful local store called Memories Galore. I added a few of my favorite trims and rub-ons and got this amazing little collage. I think collage is becoming my new favorite hobby! And as for today's topic, in one way or another, it IS all about the candy!

Day 44 - Kitten Carnage

It had been a long day...we crash into bed with the sound of galloping cats tearing through the house. We hear the usual scuffle, a random chirp, and the sounds of what we thought were CVP and Sock Monkey browsing through their toy basket. Oh were we soooo wrong. In the morning, I notice what I thought was a random piece of my wool felting. "They must have gotten into the bags last night," I thought. But noooooo! CVP jumped had onto my art shelves, nabbed my little wool felted skulls and cat, and he and his brother proceed to deck the halls fantastic with their little felted shreds! Kitten carnage everywhere! Is nothing sacred? All that's left is roadkill and two happy little cyclops. Sigh. I guess even the cats are into Halloween!

Day 23 - The Devil Made Me Do It

I've always wanted to try my hand at felting. After all, I can sculpt a pumpkin, shouldn't I be able to shape a little animal from some wool? The answer is yes...four hours and ten pricked fingers later. Those felting needles are crazy dangerous! But I kinda like how my first attempt turned out. One thing I did learn...start earlier in the day! Eleven P.M. on a Sunday night is not the time to find out that the eyes are missing. So, as any good artist did, I improvised. Two little red pins later and I had eyes! Okay, so I missed the mark on sweetness...but for a demon cat he looks pretty great!

Day 16 - Wreathed in Bones

Yes, it sounds a little odd, but I love skeletons...they're one of my favorite things about Halloween! And I love to use them to decorate. Today I spray painted a traditional grapevine wreath black, added a sparkly purple and black boa, and attached a few of my little friends for fun. The best part? My cat approved. After hanging the wreath on the wall, CVP did a happy dance on his back paws, craning his neck for a better view. He then danced a bouncy jig under it and skittered off to find some trimmings of his own! They say that having a black cat cross your path brings bad luck...but if he's dancing, do I have good luck instead? I'll keep my fingers crossed!