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Félix
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Aug 28, 2012 05:28PM
Every time I leave a suitcase open at home a cat jumps in.
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i make cat beds from microwave ovens
Let me guess... you actually think that's funny?
Gertie, those are cute, but I think cats prefer their suitcases free-range and unaltered. Sleeping in a bed that's designed for you is so doggy.
Félix wrote: "Every time I leave a suitcase open at home a cat jumps in."Every time we open a suitcase at home our daughter jumps in.
Every time I open a suitcase at home an exotic dancer jumps out.
Félix wrote: "Every time I open a suitcase at home an exotic dancer jumps out."How does your wife feel about that?
Gertie: cute, but the top one looks too much like a casket. My cats won't go near an open casket.
Well, it were happening for real, she would not be very happy about it for sure.
Cynthia wrote: "Gertie: cute, but the top one looks too much like a casket. My cats won't go near an open casket."The box the casket came in is a different matter. ;)
That is great Barb! The doggy accessories can be kept in the little drawers.
Did the opening post go poof? Cute dog bed, Barb, but I can't imagine trying to fit any of my dogs in there, lol.
Too bad. Looks like Gertie has left the building. She was apparently undone by Kevin's sense of humor.
Hmm. She seemed nice. Maybe just sensitive about anti-cat humor.
it appears that gertie has turned me in to some cat mafia as every cat i see in town flips me off with its little cat claw and there is cat crap on my porch every morning. everywhere i go i hear hissing sounds in alleys and behind trash cans. it's unnerving.
Pay closer attention Kev, it's not just the cats :-)
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What did you do to cats in a past life? Or maybe just your adolescent years?
yeah, that is exactly what i thought would happen.i dunno, maybe it's because i once ran over a garfield lunchbox on purpose
Cats are freaking hilarious. Kevin is, too.
I was messing around with my original post and deleted it, but you can't exactly un-delete. I'm too lazy to repost the picture (especially if they'll just get microwave and coffin comments anyway instead of project ideas).That dog bed is really cute btw. I want a human-sized one.
P.S. Kevin, are you sure that it is cat crap?
Hmm, I notice that Gertie has neither affirmed nor denied her connection with the cat mafia...
Pass me some lasagna. Because, uh, cats like lasagna right? (There was probably some in that Garfield lunchbox.)
Recycling project (made from plastic bottles) with cat appeal.
I was starting to have too many earrings for my current earring holder so I made this out of an old sweater. I'm pretty happy about it. Especially the kangaroo pocket. Because the other one I used could only hold french hooks and I had to keep everything else just rolling around together in a jewelry box.
Whip one up Barb! All you need is an old sweater and one of those bare wood frames from the craft store. I mod podged some paper to the frame and used cork board behind the sweater.
Yep! You could just do the cork board thing and string across yarn or ribbon. I thought about doing that first before the sweater idea came to me.
If there is cork behind the sweater than couldn't you just put your post earrings on it like you would a push pin?
You could but then what would you do with the backs?If you had just a few you could use the edges of the kangaroo pocket. That's what I'm doing with my posts. But I don't have that many.
Well, I was thinking that if you push the back all the way up the post that there would still be enough room left on the end to stick it in the cork.I am too lazy right now to get up and check my hypothesis.
You could put up a little strip of window screening along one side for the post earrings, maybe just attach the strip at one end/the top.
I think that would work. Or how about a bit of lace?
It does make sense. I worked in a little jewelry store in the mall for awhile. How about using a safety pin to attach card to sweater via the little hole at the top.
Oh lace would be nice, prettier than screening. Also cheesecloth or canvas/burlap from an old coffee or rice bag, for something a bit more "earthy".OR... you could attach a strip of a pretty colored felt to it and premake some holes for earrings.
Post pics when you're done! I want to see.
Yay!!! Guess what? I cut off the sleeves of that same sweater and wore them as legwarmers to yoga tonight. I only had cropped yoga pants and my bottom legs were cold but you can't wear socks at yoga! I thought I was quite brilliant until my yoga teacher was all "I love your legwarmers! Where did you get them?" and I froze up and turned red and then basically had to announce to the whole class that I was wearing sleeves on my feet. She thought it was cool but for some reason it reminded me of 7th grade.
smetchie wrote: "Yay!!! Guess what? I cut off the sleeves of that same sweater and wore them as legwarmers to yoga tonight. I only had cropped yoga pants and my bottom legs were cold but you can't wear socks at y..."
Ha! Smetchie, I love it! I have cut off sweater sleeves for this very reason! They are cute over short boots, too. I have also made a cute little octopus stuffy for my niece out of a sleeve. She sings to it!
Too bad I have a closet that is OOC with stuff I am going to, I swear...really, make stuff with and save the Earth while I do it.
