Oh the weather outside is frightful... but the treasury is so delightful. Some lovely things to warm your heart! (And 2 more days until the drawing for free cards! See below!)
Art, crafts, knits and animal antics baked fresh daily.
Monday, December 7, 2009
Fire Treasury
Oh the weather outside is frightful... but the treasury is so delightful. Some lovely things to warm your heart! (And 2 more days until the drawing for free cards! See below!)
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Snowflakes & Reindeer
Snow! Falling for the first time this year... I am inspired to get on with some holiday creations. After noodling around in the notebook for awhile (and sitting in front of the fire), I ended up with a reindeer...
I wanted to go for a simple line drawing look, and sat down with paper and paint.
I think this guy will eventually end up in our holiday greeting card line, but for now I got crafty and turned him into gift tags. Enjoy! (And don't forget to enter the Christmas Card Contest... see previous post.)
I wanted to go for a simple line drawing look, and sat down with paper and paint.
I think this guy will eventually end up in our holiday greeting card line, but for now I got crafty and turned him into gift tags. Enjoy! (And don't forget to enter the Christmas Card Contest... see previous post.)
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Holiday Card GiveAway!
Time for the first round of free stuff from the Underhill House. It's a great time to be thinking about writing those Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa/Solstice cards, so here is a give away to get you into gear! You get to chose one of the following designs and I send you eight 8.5" x 5.5" bifold greeting cards (plus envelopes).
Enter by simply leaving a comment on this post, by visiting www.knittyvet.etsy.com and adding it to your favorites, then commenting on that here, follow my blog, or by blogging, tweeting, etc the contest and then leaving a comment here. Seperate comments mean more chances to win! The winner will be drawn December 8th at 11pm EST.
Enter by simply leaving a comment on this post, by visiting www.knittyvet.etsy.com and adding it to your favorites, then commenting on that here, follow my blog, or by blogging, tweeting, etc the contest and then leaving a comment here. Seperate comments mean more chances to win! The winner will be drawn December 8th at 11pm EST.
Have fun!Monday, November 30, 2009
A Tasty Treasury
Happened to catch the treasury timing exactly right and grabbed another. Click HERE to go to the treasury. Here are a few examples:And my contribution are a pair of adorable toddler mittens I whipped up in the past week... partly in the car on our way to see a crazy sport called "cyclo-cross" played out by some friends.
Cyclo-cross is like a combination of cross country running, mountain biking, road biking, and steeple chasing. Quite entertaining to watch! Our friend did great, and we all survived the gusty wind.
Friday, November 27, 2009
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Happy Thanksgiving!
Family, friends, pets, good food, a warm house, and yarn. Lots to be thankful for.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Cat + Cranberry = Win, Dog + Turkey = Fail
Happy almost Turkey Day! This should be a fun post- it will be the first with an actual veterinary story.
If you want to have lots of fun while making Thanksgiving dinner and your cat insists on helping (how thoughtful) - play the Cranberry Game!
If you want to have lots of fun while making Thanksgiving dinner and your cat insists on helping (how thoughtful) - play the Cranberry Game!
The Set Up
Ingredients: One bag of cranberries, one cat (bagged). The brand of cranberries doesn't really matter, though did you know that many OceanSpray cranberries are grown in central Wisconsin bogs? But I digress.
Mix for hours of fun.
Oh, But the fun isn't over! Next find the cranberry in all sorts of unexpectedly wonderful places!
Cranberries are safe for pets... most won't actually eat them (though they may *roll* on them). Which segues nicely to the FAIL portion of this post.
Don't let your dogs get at turkey bones people. Seriously. (disclaimer- although I am a licensed vet I am not YOUR licensed vet. This post has general advice and is not meant to diagnose or treat your pet.) Our story concerns a 10 lb little white dog. Let us call him Sparky. Sparky had a GREAT Thanksgiving. He even found a way into the garbage... which contained the neck of a 25 lb turkey. Now, you may not think it possible that the little guy could actually swallow any of this, but Sparky was tenacious. He worked at it and managed to get a turkey vertebrae lodged in his esophagus half-way down his own neck. Sparky's Thanksgiving got a lot less fun. He gagged, retched, foamed at the mouth and worked hard to breathe all the way to the veterinary hospital, where he had anesthesia and endoscopic removal of the bone. This story had a happy ending, but the moral is: Dogs (and cats) are smart! They WILL get into things! Use common sense, use your human thumbs and make sure the garbage is secure. (Baby locks on cabinets work great!)
Ok, new craft and art stuff coming soon! There will be SPECIALS! And just for reading to the end of the post, CLICK HERE for a beloved family recipe using... you got it... cranberries!
Mix for hours of fun.
Oh, But the fun isn't over! Next find the cranberry in all sorts of unexpectedly wonderful places!
Cranberries are safe for pets... most won't actually eat them (though they may *roll* on them). Which segues nicely to the FAIL portion of this post.Don't let your dogs get at turkey bones people. Seriously. (disclaimer- although I am a licensed vet I am not YOUR licensed vet. This post has general advice and is not meant to diagnose or treat your pet.) Our story concerns a 10 lb little white dog. Let us call him Sparky. Sparky had a GREAT Thanksgiving. He even found a way into the garbage... which contained the neck of a 25 lb turkey. Now, you may not think it possible that the little guy could actually swallow any of this, but Sparky was tenacious. He worked at it and managed to get a turkey vertebrae lodged in his esophagus half-way down his own neck. Sparky's Thanksgiving got a lot less fun. He gagged, retched, foamed at the mouth and worked hard to breathe all the way to the veterinary hospital, where he had anesthesia and endoscopic removal of the bone. This story had a happy ending, but the moral is: Dogs (and cats) are smart! They WILL get into things! Use common sense, use your human thumbs and make sure the garbage is secure. (Baby locks on cabinets work great!)
Ok, new craft and art stuff coming soon! There will be SPECIALS! And just for reading to the end of the post, CLICK HERE for a beloved family recipe using... you got it... cranberries!
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