Only 12 Posts!

LOL! I still can't believe I only blogged 12 times in August! That's crazy! Hahaha~ Shows you how un-creative I've been. I promise though, that once I get back on track, so will my blog. But for now, bear with me....I just have to show someone my 'Happy Moments' of the month!

The kittens are still here! All 5 of them. They have taken up residence under the trailer.....No, I still can't keep them all.....But I can't part with them either. However! I know the time has come that they will need to be fixed soon, or we're gonna have problems! And speaking of problems....Momma cat has taken off...I don't think she's far, I just haven't seen her in a few days! But, the last time I saw her, she was as big as a house! I'm thinking she's gone off to make her 'nest'.....I'm sure when she's ready, she'll be back.

So, yesterday I bought these 'cat treats' from Pet Smart. Hehehehe......It sticks to the wall, and is this hard chunk of chicken flavored stuff. (Pounce makes it, comes in a little purple package)......Anyways, Guess who spent an hour outside yesterday, Laughing her butt off! Yup! Me! Hahahaha....they were cracking me up licking! I know their little tongues were tired, but they just kept licking!!! And Licking! So funny!


Let's see........My youngest Cameron started Football!! And The men in my family are quite happy now! He is playing center for the Cowboys...which makes the bf Very happy for he is one of those 'Die hard Cowboy fans'. I am not a football fan, but have learned to make room for it in my life.....I have my Art and they have their sports....keeps us all happy. Anyways! It was fun to watch their first game....And I was most impressed with Cameron!! LMAO!! This is the kid that was nicknamed 'Pockets' when he was little.......he played Basketball, but most of his time was spent in the middle of the court with his hands in his pockets looking around. I tell ya! Nothing is funnier than watching a bunch of 4 year olds play an 'organized' game!!! Now that he is older~ I think he will be fine!! Plus, as you can see.....his uniform has No pockets! LOL!!


I also had visitors a week ago. The love of my life and her family had to come into town for some personal reasons, and stayed with us while they were here! I haven't seen my Jackie in years! And it was so good to catch up on life! I miss her......and didn't realize how much until she was gone again! She lived right across the street from me and we were inseparable!!! We scrap booked....and even started playing with clay together!! I loved having her around for inspiration!!! But, life moves on, and they had to move to South Carolina years ago!! She got married:) And had a baby!! Here he is, sitting at Chick's Beach....Yea!! I made it to the beach once this year! Woo Who!! (BTW! This is pathetic seeing as I only live 15 minutes from the beach and practically used to live there with my kids.)

Jackie was also amazing at finding Good Junk!!! LOL! She's the one that got Cora her first doll house.....the one that Otis was sleeping in, in the last post. Someone was throwing it out....so she grabbed it, cause she knew "I could make it pretty!" LOL! And while she was here.....I was able to show her how far I've come in the past couple of years with miniatures! Even had her drooling over the HBS catalog while she was here. Wish she still lived across the street! We could make some amazing things together!

While she was here.....She found this. The guitar, not Otis. And then she gave it to my oldest! Thanks Jackie! LOL...The bf said "It's Ok, Her kids will get Drums for Christmas!!" Bah hahahaha!!! Oh, it's terrible! Poor kid has to go outside to play......and I'm almost ready to send him down the road. I just don't have the nerves for noise. And believe me, till he learns to play something.....it's still noise! LOL.......and when it's not being played...Otis keeps watch over it!

So that's about it for now. Hopefully this month will be more productive! I have so many projects to finish, start, ect.......It's all so overwhelming!!! But it keeps my mind off the other crap....

So, until Next time.....

Change in Profile Picture...

Thought I'd change my Profile Picture this morning. The new one is of Otis when he was a baby. He's taking a nap in the attic of Cora's first house. Of course Cora had to make sure he was comfortable....so she covered him up and gave him a mouse to sleep with. This poor little house had to be decommissioned after a much older and fatter Otis sat on the top and crushed it! He was such a cute kitten!!!

And thought while I was showing cat pics....I'd show you this one of JD and Otis playing on the Cat Tree. They were so much fun to watch!

So, when I found this:

I thought how Perfect! I have had this for awhile now......but hadn't been able to put my hands on the picture to show you. Now that I'm looking at the cat tree....I think I should repaint it!! And while I'm at it, I have to repaint these kitties, too. All 3 represent the 3 we have here....their colors are just a little off.

Update on Cora's House....

Just wanted to let everyone know that I'm still here......I just haven't done anything productive. Well, not in the mini world anyways. I have thought about making this and that, just haven't wanted to do much of nothing. You can understand that...right?! LOL I did do a post on my other blog about the health issues. If you want to read them, lol. Nothing serious, anymore.....just another bump in the road:)

So........I have managed to move some things around in Cora's house....and I thought I could tide you over with these pics....First we have the 'Gothic' room....

I found the nail polish stuff I made for her a while back....so I put them in the back corner of the room.

....and I put her TV in here, so her bunnies could watch Twilight. Aweeee. That little cow came out of a 25 cent machine.

I put the telephone booth and Double Decker bus that my Step-dad brought back from London for us in the sitting room. I'm trying to fill her shelves with all things red, and I didn't realize that they(the booth and the bus) would fit so well in here!!

And.....in between all those hospital visits last week, I snuck out to the Dollhouse store. I haven't been in months and it felt good to look around! I didn't have much money...but I was able to pick this little high chair for $6!! Now her baby has somewhere to sit.

I like this part of the process! When everything is almost done, and your still hunting for those perfect pieces to make it complete! And I like having different props, so her bunnies can have a variety of activities....Tonight, Grandma is making Lemonade!! Umm ...Yum! Who knows what they'll be doing tomorrow........

:)

I Looooove Bread!!!

Especially, fresh, right out of the oven bread, So Yummy!!!

I figured I'd try to make some bread to go along with all that cheese I made......

And I must say...this is much better than the first batch I made a while back. I was asked if the cheese was the first thing I've made, and it is not. (It's just the first time I've been able to look at Angie Scars' book!) ......I've done fruits and veggies.....bread....and cakes. And not just any ole cakes......but beautiful tall wedding cakes! I love making wedding cakes!! I do have pictures way back in the blog...and soon I will do a post of some of my favorites! One day I plan on making a cake shop........one day!!

But for now, I'm just making things for Cora's House and Marshmallow Manor. I do like making food, I just get bored with it quick......and tend to find something else to do instead. I have to say though that the hardest part seems to be getting the color right....once you figure that out, it's really easy!! Oh.....and I use Sculpy III. I find it easier to blend together....I can't even mush Fimo down! But I do like how Fimo bakes better....and have started to play around with Fimo Soft. I have a lot of odd colors left in Sculpy though....so I'm still trying to figure out what else I can do to use it all up. Then, I'll begin to make the switch to Fimo:)

**For all my friends in blogland....I am sorry I am getting behind on things again. I know I still owe a few people packages....and I want you to know I have not forgotten about you.

My personal life is getting in the way, and it's not making me a very friendly person:) However, I am the kind of person that seems to be able to get more work done when I'm in pain....and as you can see I've been a little productive with the clay......My mind wants to wonder, and yet I make myself forget about it and put every thing I got into what I'm working on. LOL... This coming from the girl who 'colored' her way through labor. LOL......Broke a lot of colored pencils that night:) So....It sucks to be down, but I'm trying to put it to good use! I made some mini cutting boards this weekend...so hopefully next week I can make some trays up. Still want to make some more stuff, just haven't figured out what yet. ~And when the doctors make sense of what's going on, I'll let ya know...but I'm in the dark for now.

OK...Talk to Ya'll Soon!

Until Next Time

:)

Cheese and a Black Fur Rug....

Do you remember me telling you that I went to the library the other day?? Well I did, lol....and you'll never guess what I found?! Yup, I found Angie Scarr's Making Miniature Food and Market Stalls......I was so excited...It's a book I've been wanting to look at for what seems like Years now...... So Tuesday morning I sat down and made cheese.....and then I made some more cheese....and then....

I made Salamis....and more cheese, LOL. I'm getting down to the bottom of my clay stash, so....I'll have to wait on some of the other thing...But, for now.....We have cheese!

Lots and Lots of cheese:)

....and I found a piece of black fur to make Cora's rug. I went with a circle to soften things up in here...Whatcha think??

Sorry about the colors...That floor is Not that bright, nor are the walls for that matter.

OK......that's it for now

Until Next Time:)

Meet the Family.....of kittens

Well.......I think these guys are here to stay...at least for a little while. I've been working with them everyday, trying my hardest to socialize them...but don't feel like I'm getting very far with them. I can feed them from my hands, and they come up to me in the morning, Meowing, for their breakfast....I just can't touch them...or they run off.....Well, all but one does, But we'll talk about him in a minute.

So...First meet the twins. I'm starting to be able to tell them apart....The one on the right has a black stripe on his nose, and he's a little bit smaller....The one the left is really shy, and generally hangs out with the black and white one. Yes, I do think all but one are boys~ We watch them wrestle, and well...you can tell:)

Here's a close up of the one with the stripe on his nose, it's a little black stripe, but enough to be there.

And here's a cute picture of the one without the stripe. I refuse to name these guys.....I'm Not going to get attached!! However, as you will see in a minute, they are starting to grow on me.

Here's another pic of the one without the stripes. If you click on the picture, you can see the girl kitty behind him.

And! WOW is she purty!! I do believe she is a girl, and I think the only girl....and she carries herself like a lady. Funny that you can tell what they are by the way the act:)

Here she is again.....Isn't she beautiful!!! And so dainty!

But this guy is the smallest of the group. He has a couple of white hairs on his chest, and few on his belly, but is mostly a black kitty. And he's a hunter!! He's normally the one I watch catching bugs at night, and he's actually really good at it. Yesterday he had some kind of cicada...I think, all I could see was it's butt and wings hanging out of his mouth, and it was big~ He must of had a mouthful...and he was trying to hide with it:) Too funny! Here he is sticking his tongue out for ya:)

I so wish they'd let me get closer! I hate seeing eye-boogies in their eyes, and I just want to wipe them off:) This little guy is smart though...in the afternoon, I will go out there and bribe them with treats and this one will sit right next to me to make sure he gets his....but he won't let me touch him....Cora's in love with this one and nicknamed him Sphinx.

This next one is the last one, and he is starting to grow on me. He's the only one I can pick up.....that doesn't try and freak out on me....And instead, he plays 'possum'(lol, I almost want to start calling him Possum, hehehe)...it's really funny, cause he just goes limp. I think he's so scared he doesn't know what to do, but he'll sit with me. I had him purring yesterday.......

I know he's a boy....And I think he's also the biggest kitten! He's the first and last to leave when they eat. And he's just so freakin cute.....I love how it looks like he has black eye-liner on...and that tiny black spot on his chin!!!

I so want to keep him, and if I can't....At least I know I can handle him, and hopefully get him off to a good home. The rest I still wonder about. What they really need is, a big farm to roam on...They'd make perfect Barn kitties!!

So....if you know anyone or have any suggestions, I'd love to hear them. How do you tame feral kitties, can you house break them??? Anyone tried?? Know of anyone who needs Barn Kitties???

LOL, Yes, I know I'm asking a lot, I just don't want to see anything bad happen to them.

Momma and Rufus are still here, too......but we haven't seen the opossum in awhile. Wonder if having all those kitties under the trailer scared him off??? Poor Fella!

I hope you've enjoyed meeting the kittens....I know I enjoy waking up everyday to their little faces:) Makes me happy! And I will be even happier when I can get them from under the house:) So, if anything.....wish me luck:)

OK.....that's it for now. No minis today.....still looking for purple fabric.......and black trim that I like.....May have to wait on it though......

So, Until Next Time:)

Skeleton Pillows

I went ahead and made those Skeleton Pillows for Cora's Goth room today. I'm not impressed with the quality of my sewing, but...as the saying goes...it will do for now.

I also pulled out some of her accessories...and spread them about the room to get a feel of where I was going with this. That silver birdcage in the background was a charm I found at Michael's.....The shoes, purse and speaker are from her Bratz stuff.....The Twilight book I made....And that little Hello Kitty doll on the night stand is what started this whole thing. I bought it for Cora a few weeks ago, and then she decided she wanted a room to match, lol! I will get a close up picture of her (the Hello Kitty doll) soon for you to see, She's really cute:) She was a cell phone charm that I took apart.

...So.....I was asked about my comfort zone with doing this kind of theme...and I have to say that I have my moments, when I enjoy the darker side of life, too. And actually when I started thinking about it.....the first Room Box, and the only room box, that I've ever completed is a little room box entitled Frankie's Place. I named it after a puppy Chris from Candid Canine made for me...and it's a Halloween Cafe. You can find the link to it here: http://katiesclaycorner.blogspot.com/2008/09/re-vamping-frankies-place.html

And ..With that being said.....I can indulge Cora into one of her fantasies for a little while. Maybe this will keep her from wanting to die her hair strange colors, or from piercing weird places on her body. Or maybe it will backfire and have her wanting more? Who knows, but for now.....we're having fun. :)