Happy Mother's Day to all!

Just wanted to send out my best wishes to all the moms out there! I hope you have a wonderful day celebrating the amazing job you do each day. Many purrs, woofs and hugs to you~~~

In honor of today, i am sharing a furry mom photo :). This is a picture from our kitty foster archives. Miss Potter was a stray at an apartment complex...she had six kittens--Jeremy Fisher, Johnny Townmouse, Tom Kitten, Flopsy, Mopsy and Miss Moppet. They were quite a crew!



If you haven't entered my blog giveaway, please do! The winner will be posted tomorrow.

SnipPet Giveaway to Celebrate YOU!

When i woke up this morning and checked my blogger dashboard, I had hit 100 followers!!! WOWEE! I can't quite express how much my blog friends mean to me. You guys keep me motivated, encouraged, inspired and feeling connected. So many of you have lifted me up when i have been feeling down...especially when it comes to disheartening kitty situations. Your kind, supportive words often restore my hope and faith in the goodness of humanity. THANK YOU for being there! And your enthusiasm and special comments about my artwork fills me with pure glee :). Soooooo, it seems like it is the perfect day for a big giveaway to honor you!

In order to have a chance to win, please leave a comment on this post and tell me about a special pet (past or present). I love hearing about other people's furry or feathery or scaly friends :)!

There will be two prizes...my three ducks in a row painting and an itty bitty circus kitty! I will be plucking the winners' names out of the hat on Mother's Day night, so make sure you sign up by 10 pm on Sunday!

Sweet Peas and WIPs

Magee and Joe B (named for local restaurants) are 2 of our back patio kitties. Their mom is Missy, the kitty I wrote about a few days ago. How cute are these buff tabby boys??! They appeared with Missy on our front porch when we moved here last July. They were only a few months old then, and scared to death of us...always running across the street and hiding in the drain...which scared me to death! Thankfully, they are full grown and healthy and super sweet. As you can see, they are very bonded and love to snuggle together and bathe each other. I adore them all, of course. If we didn't already have 6 inside, they would be in here too! I do my best to spoil them with beds and toys and treats and lots of TLC.



I am sure i will have somd good photos and cat stories in the next few weeks. I will be on feeding duty at 3 cat colonies nearby while their caretaker is out of town for 2 weeks. The May feral cat spay/neuter clinic is coming up soon too.

I better get back to the sculpting table. But first, here is what i have been working on....a cat in a witch's hat with mouse slippers and a large mystery hand. I am not sure what that hand will be doing, but i have some ideas....might be creepy rather than my usual cute :)! Maybe....

My Teeny girl, a sneak peek and a sheep!

Teeny's centerfold spread!!! Tee hee...


I realized that i have not yet written about my Teeny girl! She is the one who started all of our cat madness 12 years ago. She doesn't have a wild and crazy story like the rest of my gang members. It was pretty simple...we adopted her at the Atlanta Humane Society as a kitten and she has been utterly spoiled ever since. She has developed asthma and a particularly grouchy demeanor over the years. Teeny hoped to be an only child and instead gained 5 adopted siblings and a constant barrage of furry foster chidren. She loves ONLY one creature...her mama....and i love her to pieces.

NEWEST ARTWORK~~



This sweetly spooky frog will be available on the Spookytime Jingles site on the 13th.



And Daisy the Sheep will be posted in my etsy shop later today.

Beep! Beep!

A Sheep and a Chick are on a joy ride!!!

I FINALLY finished this piece....i kept working on it, setting it aside, staring at it, changing my mind, tweaking....and now it's done!!

Stay tuned....I also completed another sheep as well as a frog for the SpookyTime Jingles update coming up on the 13th. I'll be posting a sneak peek at those tomorrow.

HOPE YOU ALL HAD A GREAT WEEKEND!!!

Toot! Toot! The SnipPet Chick Train has arrived!

Yippee! These sweet little feathered friends are kicking off summer already!! Head over to my etsy shop for details.

Those chicks may be partying, but this chick has gotta get back to work :)!

Before....

and after....

Creative displays and SnipPet SALE reminder~~

As I wait for a layer of paint to dry on my current creations, I thought i would remind you about my Super SnipPet Sale. Many of my circus critters are 40% off in honor of Mother's Day!! This sale will end on May 10, so head on over to the SnipPet shop soon!



Now for some fun display ideas! Last fall, I bought 3 antique wheel molds at a local flea market. I thought they would be the perfect, unique, sculptural accent for our family room. Of course, since i am not a minimalist (and have to embellish everything!!!), I decided to paint the wall within the molds in a sky pattern and use them as frames for my circus themed artwork and special finds (the carousel horse is an ebay treasure). And then, it hit me! This was meant to be...a 3 ring circus on my wall!!! I love when things magically fall into place like that.



Here is another whimsical spot in my house.... these carved wooden deer are my best bargain finds EVER!!!! I saw them online and in Atlanta at one of my favorite shops selling for several hundred dollars each and fell in love with them. Then, months later, i went to the Ballard's Design outlet warehouse, and they were desperate to move merchandise out that day. I almost fell over when i saw that they had the deer sculptures marked down to $20 each!! I kept asking the manager, "Are you suuuure???? Really??" I never get THAT lucky. The manager wanted me to take the 5 that they had, so he ended up giving me an extra 20% off of the sale price. Unbelievable. So, here they are living in a little painted forest on my stairwell.