DIY: Geeky Cat Toys

This is the first Christmas in four years that I’ve had a cat to get presents for. Needless to say, I’m kind of spoiling Hugo this year. I got him a huge tub of catnip, a laser pointer, and I made four new toys for him to play with, a computer mouse, TARDIS, cactuar, and a golden snitch.

To make all four you’ll need…

• felt (green, black, blue, grey, white, and yellow)
• needle & thread (blue, black, and green – not needed for snitch)
• hot glue gun (not needed for mouse)
• catnip
• newspaper
• scissors
• Styrofoam ball (only for snitch)

 

TOY #1: TARDIS

1. cut two TARDIS shapes from the blue felt // 2. cut and glue the white felt to make the signs and windows // 3. use the blue thread to stitch the door and panels // 4. whip stitch three sides, stuff with cotton balls, catnip, and newspaper, then sew up the remaining side

 

TOY #2: FINAL FANTASY CACTUAR

The cactuar is made similar to the TARDIS, but when you get to step 6, before you finish stitching the whole thing up, cut and glue three little spikes for the top of its head. If you have trouble getting the catnip and newspaper into the arms and legs, try using a pencil to help shove it all in there.

 

TOY #4: COMPUTER MOUSE

The computer mouse is the most simple out of the four toys to make. Just follow the same steps as the TARDIS and cactuar (you don’t have anything to glue onto the front this time). Then in step 3 glue the cord in place before stitching the whole thing together in step 4.

 

TOY #4: GOLDEN SNITCH

The snitch has a very different method of being made, but it’s really easy, don’t worry!

1. cut a piece of yellow felt to fit around the ball // 2. glue the felt around the ball // 3. cut triangles on the end // 4. trim the tops of the triangles so they just reach past the center of the ball when folded over // 5.-6. fold and glue the flaps down until the whole side is covered // 7. repeat on the other side // 8. cut four wing shapes from the white felt // 9. glue two wings together back to back (if your felt is thick enough that you can’t see through the white, you can skip this step) // 10. glue wings to both sides of the ball (this step isn’t pictured, but just refer to the finished photo before the steps if you’re unsure where to glue them on)

I didn’t use any catnip with this one. Hugo will love it just because it’s round and he can roll it around on the floor.

 

Once they’re are finished, all that’s left to do is give them to your cat and let him/her go crazy!

Sometimes Hugo just likes to rub his face on them. Whatever makes him happy.

// sometimes I share my projects, printables, and home decor on these sites. //

Friday Favorites #42

This is my life right now. Wrapping present with a cat around is proving to be one of the most difficult tasks I’ve ever tried to accomplish. Seriously, I should get a medal or something.
(via Cat vs. Human)

 

 

A Harry Potter shop just opened up between platforms 9 and 10 at King’s Cross Station. “Muggles can buy wands, robes, uniforms, golden platform 9 ¾ tickets and other Potter collectibles.”
(via The Independent)

 

 

I love this denim Lego brick bag from Luxford St.

 

 

[clockwise: 1, 2, 3, 4]

Ltd. Art Gallery showcases artists that combine different forms of art with pop culture universes. I am in love with their Star Wars gallery. It was so hard narrowing it down to four pieces to showcase.

 

 

David A. Reeves is an amazing artist who recreates scenes from different books, games, and movies using paper cutouts. It’s incredible the amount of work he puts into each piece – creating and cutting the silhouettes, designing the backdrops, even setting up the lighting so it casts just the right shadows – it’s very impressive.

 

 

It’s the last weekend before Christmas. Hope it’s a good one for all of you. Stay safe if you’re traveling and have fun with your families. Andrew’s coming “home” today and I get him for the whole rest of the year! I’m pretty excited.

My Sister’s Wedding: Part 2

Yesterday, I shared the first half of pictures from my sister’s wedding. Now it’s time for the rest!

Christina and Kevin were blessed with a gorgeous day for their wedding, and other than a few minor snafus – like my sister accidently calling Kevin her wife during their vows – everything was perfect. I’m so thankful to have been a part of their big day.

 

*all photos taken by The Pros.

My Sister’s Wedding: Part 1

I know it’s been over six months since my sister got married, but I finally got a hold of the pictures from her big day and put together a couple of posts to share them with you.

I’ll be back tomorrow with pictures from the ceremony and reception!

 

*all photos taken by The Pros.

DIY Chewbacca iPhone Case

I’m finally starting to get back on track with everything. It’s been such a crazy couple of weeks, but now that I’m some what caught up, I have a lot of projects to share with you. Starting with the case I made for my iPhone.
SUPPLIES

• black/brown phone case (you can get them for $5 at Big Lots or 5 Below)
• dark brown felt
• light brown felt
• grey felt
• scissors
• super glue

I don’t have any step by step pictures, because honestly it’s pretty self explanatory. However I do have two methods of doing this. There’s the way I made mine, and then there’s the way that I think would be much quicker and easier.
What I did was trace my case onto the dark brown felt, then cut it out to glue on the back of the case. This proved to be a little more difficult than I imagined since felt tends to stretch and pull as you work with it so it took me a while to actually cut out a piece that fit nicely onto the case.
What I think might be easier to do is super glue a big piece of dark brown felt on first then trim around the edges to fit. I can’t say for sure this will work, but in my head it seems like an easier solution.
Once you get that piece cut, the rest is just cutting and gluing the remaining pieces on. I didn’t bother measuring anything to be an exact size (obviously), but feel free to do so if you want a cleaner look.

Then snap it on and show everyone just how much you love Star Wars.

Which in my case, is a lot. :)

Friday Favorites #40

“BFFs” by TheRedHoodie
That last panel make my heart happy.

 

 

Love this Ohio Cutting Board by AHeirloom. They’re custom made so you can have the heart carved over any city you’d like.

 

 

Argyle has never looked better. (by ScatterbrainTees )

 

 

[top-ltr: 1, 2, 3 // bottom-ltr: 1, 2, 3]

So many great throw pillows available at Society6 now.

 

 

One of my favorite Doctor Who moments. <3

 

 

Have a great weekend everybody!

 

P.S. I'm guest posting over at The Mandatory Mooch today. Make sure you stop by and say hi!

Christmas Giveaway with FIE [closed]

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And this month they’re giving one lucky reader an awesome Christmas present!

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THE RULES
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