Foster Kitten Friday

This week was one where Parsley and Rosemary became explorers. Not necessarily always the good kind, either.

Somehow Rosemary found her way onto the dining room table and into the fruit bowl. Picked some grapes even. Well the stems from the grapes, that is.

Sorry, no kitties on the table!

Parsley looks all innocent in the dining room chair, but she was caught on the table as well. She just did a better job of listening to me when I told her to get down.

 Rosemary discovered where I hid my cutting rulers in the sewing room.

She also discovered my wall quilts in there. She's working on biting off the buttons from the centers of these flowers

and obviously is planning an escape to the mountains on this one.

She also somehow found her way onto the counter to try her hand at washing dishes.

Troublemaker #1

She had Parsley tagging along to make the coffee.  

Troublemaker #2

Want to help contribute to the work I do with foster kittens? I have an Amazon wish list right here. These are the things I use again and again, year after year. With daily laundry and frequent cleaning, items have to be replaced often. I’d love anything you’d be willing to send my way!

Not only was Rosemary a dishwasher she was also a leg washer...

 

and a chip bag opener.

Yep, it was another crazy week in this foster kitten family. But it was also another week of cutie pies sleeping.

Rosemary chose upside down.

 Parsley chose mouth open,

tongue sticking out,

and butt in the air.

 And they both continued to snuggle together on the recliner.

Pure sweetness

Couldn't have asked for a better week or a better way to spend my birthday today. Aren't kittens just the best?

Toilet Paper Fabric Apple DIY Craft Project - Tutorial Tuesday

Do you have way too much toilet paper sitting around nowadays? Or do you have some you'd like to hide from everyone else? By looking at this apple you'd never know it really is a roll in disguise! No sewing is required for this quick and easy project.

Looking for more quick and easy sewing projects? 
Check out all the other free tutorials here at Deb's Days!

For this project you will need:

• a roll of toilet paper
• a piece of fabric measuring at least 18" x 18". (I'm using a fat quarter.)
• a scrap of green fabric. (I'm using a piece measuring 2.5" x 12" because it's all I had.)
• a twig, stick, or dowel

Looking for other fall ideas? Check out these projects?

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You can find the step-by-step how to directions for this quick and easy stuffed fabric apple made from a roll of toilet paper right here:

Foster Kitten Friday

It has been another week of play hard/sleep hard in this foster kitty family. I gotta tell ya, Parsley and Rosemary are some kind of crazy girls.

This was the week of:
*Footwear thievery. Thinking about taking off your slippers while you have your feet up in the recliner? You might want to rethink that. For as soon as they come off, Rosemary will stick her head in one of them and slide around the living room with it.

Parsley will do the same.

Decide to switch to flip flops instead? Better not take those off, either. You'll find those shoes will somehow wind up all the way in the kitchen. Every. Single. Day.

*New toys. This week I bought some of these sparkle balls off of Amazon. They each picked a color and have been having a grand time running through the house with them in their mouths. But don't be surprised when you go to refill the water bowl and find one in there, soaking wet. Crazy girls.

*Bird watching. On the iPad, of course.

*Surprise attacks. When these two ladies start running and jumping and leaping and tumbling and sliding and...and...and... they are dang fast. Up and down, in and out, through and around. I even think sometimes they consider us to be cat trees. What a shock Parsley got when she ran straight up my legs and ran into my phone. I imagine my face looked just as shocked as hers did.

*Hair washing. When the gals finish eating their canned food they plop down on me to clean themselves. (Doesn't happen when they eat the hard food, though.) They clean themselves, my blanket, and my hands and arms and legs. And this week Rosemary decided to head to the top of my chair and work on my hair. Thanks for the wash, missy.

Want to help contribute to the work I do with foster kittens? I have an Amazon wish list right here. These are the things I use again and again, year after year. With daily laundry and frequent cleaning, items have to be replaced often. I’d love anything you’d be willing to send my way!

*Sleep. After hours of playing, they finally fall back asleep. When they sleep, they sleep hard and look pretty while they are at it.

Parsley

Rosemary

They are truly lap cats.

With each passing day, we know the time for them to head to their forever homes is getting closer. We'll have to say goodbye and will never get to see them again. But boy, what joy they have brought us these last couple months. 

Make a Quick & Easy Denim Heart Pillow - Tutorial Tuesday

For today's Tutorial Tuesday we are making a pretty quick and easy heart pillow out of denim. Yep, I'm still working off my old pair of jeans!

For this project you will need:

• 11" x 14" piece of denim, cut 2
• Polyester fiberfill
• Sturdy scissors
• Pins or Clover Wonder Clips
• Iron
• Sewing machine
• Matching thread
• Rotary cutter
• Cutting ruler
• Cutting mat
• Extra large heart template made from paper

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Looking for something else? 

Check out some of my other Valentine's Day sewing and crafting projects!

Ready for the directions? You can find the how to tutorial video for the homemade denim heart pillow sewing project right here:

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Foster Kitten Friday

Did you know two little baby kitties are less work than four baby kitties? Oh, yeah. So. Much. Different.

With Sage and Thyme, the rambunctious boys, off to their forever homes we're down to just two girls - Parsley and Rosemary. Going from four to two kittens has meant fewer litter box changes, less food needing to be replenished, and not nearly as much laundry and cleaning to be done.

The girls have fallen into a schedule where they wake up before 6 AM, play hard, then take an afternoon nap before another playing-hard session. The energy these two have? Whew. Jumping and running and leaping and climbing and sliding. Oh, how they love running as fast as possible on the carpet before hitting the slippery kitchen floor. The legs inevitably go out from under them and they hit the refrigerator. The stove. The cabinet. And even each other. It's certainly fun to watch, but hard to capture with photos. I even tried getting them on video but I can't keep up with their speed.

It's just as fun to watch them when they sleep. The thing about raising bottle babies is they think their foster mama is their napping spot. If I'm in the recliner, I've got two girls with me. If I'm not in the recliner and it's their nap time, they take it and use it as their own.

Miss Parsley sleeping with her head up in the recliner. Crazy.

Miss Rosemary sleeping with her head over the side. Just as crazy.

They did think they might try out watching NASCAR over the weekend. 

Not sure if it was cars or cats with the loudest motors running.

They changed their minds about watching TV. Just a short 11 minutes later they looked like this:

It's so much easier to get pictures of them when they are asleep!

Something about kitties sleeping is calming, isn't it?

Yes, Parsley is sleeping upside down.

Want to help contribute to the work I do with foster kittens? I have an Amazon wish list right here. These are the things I use again and again, year after year. With daily laundry and frequent cleaning, items have to be replaced often. I’d love anything you’d be willing to send my way!

Now Rosemary is the one on her back.

Aren't they the cutest?

Another happy Foster Friday in this household!