Painting progression,

 

The Comfy Chair

painting progression showing how the details come in

7 inches by 14, wrapped canvas with blue edges

http://mariemeyer.etsy.com

Finished this last night, inspired by a chair I saw in a magazine, and my own cat muses lounging around our house.  I guess it's even Caturday!

Late Caturday : Hobbes

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Hobbes looks a lot like his mommy Pogo

He has a very dark nose.

And is very 'brave' and playful. Mark named him after the tiger in Calvin and Hobbes.

In Other News: I've been working out in the main store for about three days and so far I really like it. I'm trying to learn where everything is and getting lots of specific questions to hunt down the answers for. Being away from home is still very different. Mark is doing a wonderful job with Esme and the Ebay store. He even went out and did some planting and weeding in the garden with Esme along in her seat yesterday ;)


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Very funny! I got 218 clicks in 30 seconds. And yes, I was halfway through a cup of coffee at the time. I am a Caffeinated Mind (TM). That was going to be the name of the coffee shop a friend and I tried to start out of high school. Sadly, it never got further than the business plan stage because I caved to my mom's 'You can't move into your own apartment, it's too dangerous!'

Caturday (extended) : Ozzy

Ozzy is one of Pogo's sons, and the most 'ferocious' kitten ever. Squint and he would have been fast friends. He is also extremely fuzzy compared to Sherpa. Yes, he is named after Ozzy Osborne. You'd have to meet him to see exactly why. It's the mixture of sweet blissed out tummy-rub staggering and 'wait, where am I now? I don't care ATTACK!' that has earned him his moniker.

Caturday: Sherpa

Cute kitten pictures on Caturday. This is 'Sherpa' the great explorer kitten. She is one of Pogo's daughters (the orange one (Buttercup) is a girl, surprised us! BTW her legs are also much better now)

Caturday Games

Before neck-fuzz smooshing

After neck-fuzz smooshing

That's a lot of neck fuzz!
We told her she looked like Jabba the Hut.
DISCLAIMER: No cats were hurt during this photo session. The worst part was we were laughing hysterically at her and she didn't think it was funny. She stalked off to the corner to flop down and stare at us balefully.

Lolrus the Sock Walrus and his bucket

In the grand Farkism tradition of lolrus comes this sock walrus, made from a lonely singleton argyle knee sock. He has a bucket, so he is a pretty happy walrus compared to the ones in most of the Lolrus pictures. He even has a few fish to munch on.

I was halfway through making this guy's body when Mark suggested what he would be - and here he is, our very first sock walrus. Quite the endangered species, you think?

Check for more handmade LOLrus toys in our shop!




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I'm A Toy Artist at Heart:
I really love to make these custom toys, the one-of-a-kinds that get such a life of their own. I'm boosting that part of my shop a bit, on Etsy, Google, Flickr etc... It is so much nicer to know that something is being made for someone, and not just wondering if anyone will like what I happened to think up that day. There is a pleasure in seeing toys I felt like making get good homes, too -- but it isn't quite the same.

Some super-cool toys I saw on Flickr today:

• Electric Rhino made from a six-year-old's drawing, this rhino packs one HUGE horn. Interesting construction as well.


• weirdbuglady's five legged frog. Her construction techniques have really become professional looking and she has some neat 'two-headed' creatures as well.
  
• girlsavage has some beautiful deer in her shop with very interesting ears. I love how she takes external seams (which are usually ugly) and makes them artful.