CATITUDE PINS

Here's a couple of felted cat faces, made into pins for you to wear...or pin up to enjoy looking at. Cats are about 3" with a tiny bird or mouse sitting on their heads, which can be removed, but why would you want to? Price includes shipping. US only. Orange Cat $10.50

Black Cat $10.50

CATITUDE PINS FOR SALE

These pins are great for all cat lovers. "Built" on gold mat board the pin can hold a message or name, or whatever. Just print on your computer and glue, or write in with a permanent marker. Cat is about 3" and it's little paws hold the 3"X 21/2" board. Cat with Bird $12.00 includes shipping USA only

Cat with Mouse $12.00 includes shipping USA only

MERMAID PATTERNS

My online doll group, Doll Street Dreamers is having a Mermaid Challenge. We all LOVE Mermaids, and I have designed a few in my day. One is a small neck bag which holds my eyeglasses, and has a small pocket for cash. I also made a very cute (she said with modesty) little 6" Mermaid which is a bit different. So dug her out of my files and wrote up into a pattern & now have her posted for sale on my DollmakerLaura Blogspot. Of course there's also the Steampunk Mermaid too.

CAT PIN DOLL

Cranes & Crows wanted to carry some of my cats in her shop. She asked if the small ones could be pins...hmmmmm. Good idea. Since I needed a name tag for the art show with my group at the Museum, I decided to make a cat head with little paws holding my name. He of course has a mouse sitting on his head. I like! So am making more to sell, and when time allows will also put up tips on my other Word Press Blog for those who have bought "Poking Fun" to make too. Meanwhile Doll Street is having a Mermaid challenge so am updating some of my Mermaid patterns.

www.dollmakerlaura.blogspot.com for patterns

I now have my Steampunk patterns and the felted cats on my new Blog above. It takes a lot of time getting things written! Still need to work on other patterns, but at least now folks can buy these using PayPal once again. Still waiting for my computer guy to get back in town so I can hopefully get that darn web site up with dolls. Getting ready for art show at the museum next month with my Art Thing group so there's plenty to keep me busy!!!

MY PATTERNS

It's been a frustrating time for me trying to get my "stuph" published. Web sites a mess, and Yatimi which I loved closed down, so no longer available to sell patterns. Thanks to Katie Bock who took the time to write me very nice instructions on how to ad a page for patterns and insert PayPal. I was able to do PayPal, but I still couldn't manage to ad a page for patterns, so instead I just created a new Blog. dollmakerlaura.blogspot.com I only have instructions for the felted cats on there right now. This took me most of the morning! I will be putting together all the info for all my other patterns in the next few days. Thanks to all who have ordered patterns from me in the past..hoping you will visit my new place soon!

DOODLE CAT

My Art Thing group's challenge this year is "Doodle" art. We each start a piece which is passed around with each of us adding onto it, then we have a showing of the final results. At the show, which is scheduled next month at the Rio Grande Museum, along with the challenge pieces we also show 3 or 4 pieces of our "regular" art work. I decided to make a wall doll with doodles covering it...but as I started planning, I found I was still in a cat mode, so, you guessed it, a Doodle Cat was born! Fun to do, and thought it was done, until husband suggested I should ad hair on head top, since that's one of the things he really likes about the felted cats..."and whiskers would look good". Nice having a critic to critique!