I'm baaaaack

I just cannot seem to keep up with everything I need to do.  And remembering to post to my blog seems to take back seat.  My apologies to my followers.  I have been somewhat productive on making felties, but not as much as I would like.  I do think I am developing my own style and am happy about that.  Let me show you what I have made recently and you can decide.

This first one is a sweet little bunny.  His head is jointed.  I am so happy with his face, something I have always had a problem with.

This next one, a grey tabby is one of my favorite cats I have done.  Again, I am very happy with the face.

I love the smug smile on my rainbow kitty.  He looks so happy and serene.  This was a lot of fun to do with all the bright colors.

This little guy was done for a friend's son's birthday.  He is eight and loved his little cat.

This guy is my pride and joy.  I worked really hard on him.  The first try did not look too good.  I spent a couple weeks adding and redoing areas like the face.  He is 12" long and 12" tall at the tip of his tail.  I am thrilled with the outcome.

It really does take a lot of work to shape wool with a barbed needle so that you end up with a sculpture.  Why do it when sculpting with clay would be easier.  The challenge.  To take something like wool, something you would never imagine making a sculpture out of, and to shape it with a needle that you stab into the wool over and over to create a cat, dog, doll or anything you want to me is amazing.   I love watching the wool take shape, adding muscles and features and creating something cute or very realistic.  I have seen felted animals that are so realistic that if I hadn't been told it was a picture of a feltie, I would have thought it was the real deal.

It takes lots of patience, creativity, time and the love of the process to needle felt.  It is not for everyone, but everyone can enjoy the results.

You can check out the above critters at my Etsy shop:

www.sacredcat.etsy.com

Gifts for your Cats

I have just put a couple of my most popular sellers at shows onto my Etsy site.  My "The Best Little Catnip Ball Ever" & "The Best Little Catnip Mouse Ever" are my biggest sellers at shows.  I always sell out.  I have repeat customers that come back to buy more for their cats or for friend's cats. 
These balls and mice are layered with catnip all throughout and cats just go bonkers over them.  They are firmly felted.  They do get fuzzy with play but cats seem to enjoy this. 
My cats have been playing with their catnip balls for over three years now, and the catnip mouse for a year, since I have only been making the mice that long.
Check out my Etsy shop at
http://www.sacredcat.etsy.com/  to get your cat a wonderful toy that they will love.
  I will always have these on my store.  When the ones on there sell out, I will put up more.  So if you go there and do not see any, please come back in a day or two. 
They are cat tested and cat approved by Isis and Kodo.

Halloween and more

I cannot believe it has been so long since I posted anything. Boy does time fly and get away from me. Halloween is coming soon and it is one of my favorite holidays. It is the only holiday I decorate for. Speaking of decorations, check out these awesome jack=o=lantern quilts by Becky
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=29033346
And her prices are very reasonable also. Wouldn't one of these look great hanging on your door.
I also now have an Etsy store and there are a coupe felted jack=o=lanterns with ghosts there. Please check out my store at http://www.sacredcat.etsy.com I also have some adorable animal felties, and some polymer clay beads and pendants. Remember Alfred, my needle felted Doll that won third place (see previous blogs), well he is there also. I haven't had a lot of time to work on crafts, lately.

We lost our mama goat, Annie. I found her dead one morning. And Ebby the mare lost her foal before it was born. She has been coughing and I think it caused her to lose the baby. The vet says her lungs are clear. Drummer, the stallion has had four asthma attacks. This is called Heaves in horses. This last bout lasted over a week. We will be selling the two fillies this weekend. I so wanted to be able to buy Goldie, but it was not meant to be. I am going to miss them. There will be a lot less animals to take care of now. The baby goats are doing great, growing and chubby.

New Alphabet Pets & I won a contest

I have completed the second and third of my Alphabet Pets. The second one, B is for Bunny goes to Tania for choosing the name I would have used if it wasn't already being used so much. Isn't she just the cutest? She is only 1 1/4 inches tall.
The third one is a leopard appaloosa horse. All those spots were so much fun.

H is for Horse is now up for auction on Ebay. Here is a link to his auction.

http://tinyurl.com/d398ax Please check it out.

And while yo are there, click on View Seller's Other Items and check out the auction for Alfred. Alfred is the winner of Third Place in an International Needle Felting contest through www.bearycheap.com. He won third after two adorable needle felted animals. I think that is great. I mean we all know how endearing cute little animals are. So, for my Alfred, just a man, to rank up there with adorable little animals is quite an accomplishment. I plan on making more Needle Felted dolls in my LIFE LIKE line, and Alfred is the first. So here is your chance to get the first in a series of needle felted collectibles and when I become famous, he will be worth lots of money. Really! Think about it. Besides, every tie you walk past him, you won't be able to help but smile back at him. So he will always make your home a happy one.

Been a while - my newest line of needle felts

I have started a new line of needle felts. I am calling them Alphabet Pets. I went to an auction and got a big box of kids blocks. I knew immediately what I wanted to do if I got them and I won the bidding. So, I came home with this idea, but couldn't think of a name. So I held a contest on my needle felting group

The name I wanted to go with was Alhapets, but when googled, there were tons of things out there with that name. So,. I went with my second choice, Alphabet Pets. The two lovely ladies whose names I chose each get an Alphabet Pet. Mary, who came up with Alphabet Pets got the one you see here. The very first one in the series. Tania, who came up with Alphapets gets the second one I am going to make.

Each one will be signed and numbered and come with a Certificate Of Authenticity. Not sure if I am going to put them on Ebay or open an Etsy store.

It isn't easy needle felting this small. Each one will be firmly felted, and glued to a block. I will be doing all sorts of animals, and will keep you posted on new ones.

It's about time

HELLO EVERYONE,

I'm Cat. I am really bad about remembering to post to my blogs. I am going to try real hard to remember to keep up on this one. I am an artist/crafter. I do One-of-a-Kind needle felted wool sculpts, jewelry, and polymer clay beads, pendants and sculpts. I am planning on opening up an Etsy store as soon as I have enough inventory.

I work as a caretaker on a 175 acre farm in southern Indiana. It is also a camp for handicap kids and adults in June and July. I have a lot to do here to keep the farm running, so my crafting time is limited.

A little about me, I am 51, married to a wonderful man, Zoomer. I am into motorcycles, arts/crafts, SciFi/Fantasy, Reiki, Herbology (studying to become certified), Permaculture (just learning about), Nature and simple living. It is our dream to own our own land or find an Intentional Community we will fit into, and build a strawbale house and live off the land in a way that causes the least damage to our Mother Earth. I hope to one day raise Alpacas. We are owned by two cats, Isis and Kodo, and temporarily by a dog, Shasta. She belongs to the farm, but chose to live with us. I am going to use this blog to talk about my arts and crafts, with a little about what is gong on in my everyday life. I hope it will be interesting enough that you will want to read along.

Here is a photo of a necklace I just made which will go on my Etsy store as soon as I open it.

It is made with a polymer clay pendant that I got off of a wonerful artist on Etsy. I used Picture Jasper which I think set off the pendant nicely, and Moukite Jasper for accenting. The Moukite Jasper is a really pretty maroon color.