Mug Cozies

I've been on this massive crochet kick lately.

Here is one of the things I've made recently:

 It's a mug cozy!

What's a mug cozy you ask?

It's a thing that goes around your mug so you can actually hold onto it without burning your hands.  It also functions as a coaster as the cozy goes under the mug as well.

I had so much fun making one, I decided to make one for each of us. 

As you can see from the above picture, they really fit almost any mug.  Even Mrblocko's weird slanty sided mug.

They've really come in handy this week as I've been drinking gallons and gallons of tea in hopes that it will magically cure my cold.

Oh, and as an added bonus....

The tea cozies also do double duty as stylish hats for your old men cats.

Doesn't Basil look like he LOVES his new hat?

He's so fashionable.

If you'd like to make your own mug cozy/cat hat, I got my pattern from Micah Makes as a free download.

Herbology 101

Glad we cleared that up.

Kitten Pile!

Maybe we need a bigger kitty bed? 

All three of them are sad the kitty bed has been moved out of the sunny spot to make room for the Christmas Tree.  

Although, I'm not sure which one of them likes the tree the best.

Probably Boo, cause he keeps trying to eat it...and it's plastic.  

Dumb kitty.  

It's the same tree we've had forever.  

You CANNOT eat it.

BOO!

'11 Unhappy Dance #24: Cardboard Cat Scratcher

I found directions for a Corrugated Cardboard Cat Scratching Mat at Design Sponge and thought, "Why not give it a try?" I find it highly amusing that it is made from a box that held kitty litter. 

Sadly, it has been an epic fail with the kitties.  The only time the cats paid any attention to it was when I took this photo. They only to sniffed around it to check it out, not to use it for its intended purpose, scratchin'. 

I think they don't care for it because the rows of cardboard aren't even.  I did my best, but the box cutter we have has seen better days.  I'm surprised it cut the cardboard at all. 

Oh well, it was a fun little experiment.  The only thing I was out was some tape, a box destined for the recycle bin and a bit of my time.  Would that all my crafting flops turn out this good.

At least I'll be safe...

...if I'm ever attacked by small plastic snakes.