MOVING to Wordpress - and Pumpkin Fiesta 2014

Yes, it's Pumpkin Fiesta 2014, but it's also time to move the blog to Wordpress.

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So, to keep from missing out on any of the Rittles and Bittles antics ----Especially PUMPKIN CARVING.

Please ... Please... Come check us out at https://rittlesandbittles.wordpress.com/

We have pumpkin ....
We have pumpkin seeds....
We have pumpkin guts...
And, a few rats and a big dog, who wishes she was a rat.
We have hammocks, too.

Wonderful Youtube Video - A Hamster Playground

This is way beyond my current crafting skills, but I'd love to make my boys a slide.  AprilsAnimals created this fabulous video.

Woot - I've a Ready Made Hammock Listed on Etsy

This lovely itsy bitsy hammock is now listed for sale on Etsy.  Of course, I've added grommets.  I have a lot of hammocks that are partially made, and I need to get around to actually finish their sewing.

And, thanks to my wonderful customer base, I struggle to keep ready made hammocks in stock and so most of my Etsy business has been custom work.  Let's see if I can get some more ready made hammocks listed before this one is sold.

A Rat in a Tea Cup -- Sort Of

Stan may be my new model.  Apparently, I'm a real bad judge of size.  As he's not really fitting inside the big coffee cup.

The picture is a bit fuzzy, and, yes, that's my hand, but I wanted to end the photo shoot on a happy moment.  Stan did really well.

Shades of Mischief

From left to right, Carl, Butters, Sherlock (yes he's shoving Butters), and Dorian....  Enjoying morning oaties.

Custom Owl Hammock - Essentially Finished

 Yes, the hammock still needs grommets for hanging.  But, it's pretty much done.

 Here's the back side.  A tad wrinkly but still snazzy.

And, here you can see the front and the back.

This hammock really challenged me.  Retrospectively, it's a fairly simple hammock, but the calculations were intense to make sure that the fussy cat owl would fit, and then, the narrow striped side also had careful calculations that I tried to muck up.  I struggled with the materials, too.

But, in the end, I'm quite proud of the hammock.  And, making the simple bar side (fussy cut owl side) is so very easy for me now.

This darling hammock will become a little hamster's new bed.

Sneak Peak - IN PROGRESS - Custom Hammock with fussy cut Owl Print

Here's another custom hammock in progress photo.

Not my best photographic technique.  Sigh.

This is the front and is fairly classic and easy to do.  The fun part was carefully cutting the owl , so that he would fit properly.  I had to resize everything when I realized that the owl was taller than my original size for the stripes, but a little bit of math, and tadaa.

The back side is going to be spectacular if all goes as expected.