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i'm not going anywhere

It looks like the next couple days are going to be cozy, stay at home, crocheting, watching netflix & eating soup kind of days. I'm glad we did our grocery shopping yesterday! It hasn't let up yet today.

Seth has his superman shirt and snow pants on ready for any vehicles that may get stuck at our corner.

For Kizzy that means a snow plows & stuck vehicle watching...

and sitting in a box kind of day.

If you are in this storm be sure to stay safe and keep warm!!

the cutest illustration

I'm so excited to show you an illustration of Kizzy!

Elycia of loveelycia.com recently did a blog makeover and used some super cute illustrations she had made of her cute little family. I thought they were the sweetest illustrations so I asked her if she would make one of Kizzy. She was so sweet and said yes! I am so happy with the results! She captured all the little details I love of Kizzy, especially the little dots on her nose & her love of yarn! Didn't she do a great job!?

Be sure to check out her adorable blog! Her blog is one of my favorite reads. It is full of cute outfit posts, DIYs, kitty pictures & videos!

Thank you Elycia!

Kizzy 365

I was really inspired by this post on the etsy blog this past week to start a project for myself. A lot of you bloggers are doing 365 projects where you take a photo a day for a year. Since I'm no photographer, I wanted to do something a little bit easier. If you haven't noticed, I love taking photos of my cat. She is so photogenic! Since I already take tons of photos of her anyway why not challenge myself to take a new photo of her each day and post it? That's what I'm going to do. Yes, I'm a little late starting on January 1st but I'm still going to do it... starting today! I created another blog to keep track of each photo so I don't bore or annoy you every day. I'm sure a lot of you do not care to see a new picture of my cat everyday. I don't blame you! (although she is the cutest cat in the world!)

I'm doing this project because I want an ongoing project that will keep me consistent and that will help me become more comfortable with my camera.

I'm calling this project Kizzy 365 and I have made a tab at the top for you to click to go to the blog of the project. You can follow me but I won't care if you don't. It's a project for myself really. Although... of course I wouldn't mind comments once in awhile :) :)

Welcome 2011!

I hope everyone's New Year was wonderful! I attempted to stay up at a youth lock-in but just couldn't make it. I went home sometime between 2 and 2:30am. And slept the entire day of New Years! I am not an all-nighter! I gotta have my sleep!

I'm looking forward to 2011! I have some goals for myself but I'm not going to bore you with mine as I'm sure you have already read countless of other blogger's goals! Mine are similar to everyone else's anyway I'm sure :)

I did rearrange my craft room for the new year. It is much cozier and I love spending time in here!

Kizzy loves it as well. She is allowed in here now that I have rearranged it. Before she would sneak in here to climb into the yarn to sleep when I wasn't looking and I'd find yarn sprawled all over the floor! I took out all the yarn on the bottom shelf of my desk and put down a couple of her blankets so she can spend time with me while I'm in here. She loves it!

Tomorrow I will show a couple more pictures of the room since I have rearranged it!

What are some things you are looking forward to in 2011?

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Guest Post: Meg (Twisted Tree) - Halloween Inspiration

Hello there That Is Charming readers!

My name is Meg, from the blog Twisted Tree where you can read the ramblings of my life as a stay at home mom to three perfect children and the wife to the most amazing man( at least I think so)!

Carol asked some of her blog friends to help her out with a guest post while she moved into her new adorable home, that I love by the way, so I jumped at the opportunity!

Since it's October, what better to talk about than Halloween!

I have to admit, I was never a fan of the holiday until I had children of my own and now I look forward to it every year...not to mention I have a husband who decorates more than anyone I know for Halloween, he's a dork, but that's why I love him!!

Do you still dress up for Halloween? Hey, it's one time a year when you can dress up as a bunny rabbit, princess or sock monkey and no one will look at you like you are crazy...so go for it!!

Here are some "spooky" images that I found to get everyone in the Halloween Spirit...

Trick or Treat!

Thank you Carol for letting me guest post on your awesome blog, I hope you get all settled into your new home and make it your own with all of your lovely creations and goodies! Home is definitely where the heart is!

xoxo~Meg

Kizzy's First Feature

My sweet Kizzy Bear is included in the cat feature over on The Curious Pug. Go check her out and all the other precious kitties!

Butterfly Wreath

My sister in law is getting married next month and I am helping with the decorations. It's a small ceremony so I thought some handmade touches would be cute. I found some heart shaped wreath forms at Hobby Lobby and these pretty little butterflies and made this little wreath. I have another heart shaped wreath form and I plan on crocheting some little flowers for that one.

And my cat is cute. But you knew that already of course. :)

Meet the Newest Member of Our Family

I'm soooo excited to introduce to you the newest member of our family. Her name is Kizzy. She is 1 year old. We adopted her today from the shelter I volunteer at on Tuesdays. This morning when I finished cleaning the cat room I sat on the floor to observe and see if any of the cats would seem like a good fit for us. The first cat that came up to me was Kizzy. She crawled right into my lap and cuddled. I instantly fell in love with her. Another cat that had caught my attention was a black cat with white whiskers. She was gorgeous! I had narrowed it down to those two and decided that Seth would have to come back later to see if he liked any of them. He decided almost instantly that Kizzy was the one. We played and cuddled with her for awhile and decided she was the one.

The lady who runs the animal shelter told us that we could have her for free since I volunteered there and they were just glad that she will be going home to a loving home. We are SO appreciative!

She seems to be really happy here so far. We gave her this pretty granny square mini blanket that we got at an auction and some play toys and she is acting right at home. She loves to cuddle and play with Seth! It is so adorable!

She is perfect for us. I'm so happy to have her in our family now! Welcome Kizzy!!