Northern Lights Quilt Guild - Quilt Show

Northern Lights Quilt Guild, is hosting their quilt show this weekend in Hanover, NH. We decided to check it out and it was a lot of fun!

So many beautiful quilts, it's quite amazing to see how gifted people are!

kitty in the window!

This was my favorite kitty quilt. If you look close you will see birds too! There is so much going on in this quilt, I left the picture size large so you can click on it and see the detail up close.

Kitties, birds, flowers, oh my!

This was Laura's favorite

They had a quilting-themed book sale, which of course we had to check out. Right there on top was this book, Cats on Quilts - which of course had to come home with us! It's for a good cause!

don't worry

Happy Weekend!

tender moment

My heart is feeling beautifully tender today, so when I saw this posted on Facebook, delight, warmth, and love stirred deep in my soul.

from the DesignWars.com Facebook page.
 the name on the post says Dany Leon, who I'm assuming is the artist.

A Cat In Paris

courtesy of catinparis.com

A Cat In Paris is a short animated film that reveals Dino's double life. By day, Dino lives with Zoe, a little girl who has lost her voice after the recent violent death of her father. By night, Dino wanders out into the city and visits Nico, a slinky cat burglar. Together they pull off many jewelry thefts around Paris. All is well until Zoe decides to follow Dino one night and before you know it Dino's two worlds start to come together.

courtesy of catinparis.com

I really enjoyed this film! It is beautifully created and very cat-centric. I love all the fish pictures and rugs in people's homes! Dino is a sweet, complex kitty, who reminded me a lot of Oliver! And now I wonder what Oliver gets up to when he's out and about.

One thing I noticed throughout this film is that I was tense as I watched it, maybe because I wasn't sure where they would go with the story. Thankfully, the ending it good and happy. The only critter that dies is the poor lizard that Dino hunts early in the film.

You can watch a trailer of the film at CatInParis.com or if you subscribe to Amazon Prime, you can watch A Cat in Paris free online with your Amazon Prime account. Let me know what you think!

The Boys

My friend Jana is an amazing artist. She recently gifted me with this pencil drawing of three of my kitties. Can you tell who's who?

Wild Sunflower Studio

Let me introduce you to Mary Tagliarino's Wild Sunflower Studio. Mary is a talented artist who creates delightful feline modern folk art. Her whimsical and fun feline creations are available on tiles, posters, mugs, clothing, etc.

Here are a few of my favorites: 

Garden Gnomes & Black Cat 

Bye Bye Mama Black CATS ART Tile

Orange Tabby CAT Starry Night 

 Big Orange Tabby CAT ART Tile

delightful feline art

I had the pleasure of attending the League of NH Craftsmen, 78th Annual Craftsmen's Fair, in Sunapee, NH earlier today. The fair is billed as the oldest craft fair in the country. There are 200 craft booths featuring jewelry, wood accessories, decorative glass, pottery, fiber arts, metalwork, furniture, prints, and lots more. There are also a number of demonstrations taking place which are very cool to see.

As I walked around this year's fair, I kept an eye out for artists who displayed feline related art. I found three artists with lots of beautiful feline art, who graciously allowed me to take a few pictures of their art to share. Click on the picture to see it bigger.

Karen B. Mitchell, from Dog Portraits in Silver creates gorgeous silver jewelry. Using a photograph of your pet, she recreates your pet's portrait on silver. She had many cat and dog pieces at the show.

Nancy S. Stillwagon, of Gunther Hall, Ltd. had a large collection of feline character prints in many playful situations. The expressions on their faces are priceless! I love the creativity expressed in each piece. I wish I had spent more time browsing the various scenes as one of these would have been fun to add to my office.

Walker Boyle creates amazing pewter figurines. My pictures don't do these works justice. For better pictures, check out Walker's website. He really captures realistic feline expressions on these adorable figurines. One of the cat's in his collection was modeled on his own cat, a Siamese mix.

I liked his figurines so much, I had to take one home! The long-haired kitty in the top picture (right side, back) now lives with me. I was very impressed by his representation of a long-haired cat.

One thing I noticed at the demonstrations was how the artisans used their hands. I first thought about how they could easily prevent possible injuries by wearing gloves. Then, as I thought about it, I realized how gloves might impede the creation. Art requires the senses - the creation process is very hands on. I love all the use of basic materials, wood, fiber, metals, etc.

Seeing purposeful art is very fulfilling and delightful. The artists and craftspeople who displayed their works at the fair are so amazingly talented. Thanks to all of them for sharing their talents with us all.

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artist contact info:

Karen B. Mitchell

3 Harwood Road, Mont Vernon, NH 03057 (603) 672-9648  kmitchell5@myfairpoint.net

www.dogsinsilver.blogspot.com

Nancy S. Stillwagon

Gunther Hall, Ltd. PO Box 140, Alton Bay, NH  03810 (603) 875-2248  gunther@worldpath.net

Walker Boyle

17 Gregg Lake Road, Antrim, NH 03440 (603) 588-6726 walkerb17@yahoo.com

www.walkerpewter.com

feline art

This past Wednesday's date-day thankfully didn't involve adopting anymore cats! Plan A and B got rained out so we went with Plan C which involved checking out a new art gallery in town. There were several art pieces that involved cats.

Interesting piece, not sure I would want it in my living room.

A sweet wall hanging.

Gorgeous photograph of a ginger.

After dinner, the rain had stopped, so we took a lovely walk along the marina.

I'm really liking date-day. As much as I love my cats, it's nice to have some time away from them to focus on my favorite human.