Bye Bye Mr. Finnegan (1990-2009)

It's been a tough week. My 20 year old kitty cat, Finnegan, who has been suffering from kitty-dementia for a while, has gotten worse. Now, instead of just wandering around at night howling, he has become aggressive, attacking our dog, both of the other cats, my husband and even trying to bite ME.Late last week I finally decided to put him...

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Skelekitty on Crafty Chica's Inspiration Friday!

Guess WHO was featured on Kathy "Crafty Chica" Cano-Murillo's blog today?? She even "outed" me (for my unnatural relationship with glitter).Diary of a Crafty Chica: INSPIRATION FRIDAY: Skelekitty!I've noticed a new kitty on the crafting scene - and she literally is...a kitty! This friendly feline has her own web site, a blog and gobs of...

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I Got Wood!

I Got Wood! Originally uploaded by Skelekitty (Krissi Sandvik)Thanks to my long-distance buddy, Travis "Mr. Purty" Smith, I'm participating in round two of a mighty cool multi-artist project called "I Got Wood." This international collaboration is the brain child of Flickr users My Dog Sighs and Jack of all Trades (creator of Kimo the Pineapple). 100...

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Commissions To The Left of Me, Commissions To The Right...

My workload went from "famine" to "feast" in a matter of days! This bounty of Krissi-fied animal painting requests is thanks in large part to a skeleportrait I did for my friend Hezekiah of his beloved Weimeraner (and personal doggie friend of Abby's), Logan. Logan as "Pirate Dog" and here is the handsome boy, himself "in the fur," as...

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The Last Straw

Sorry for not posting in almost a month. I've been busy with commissions (update soon) and I managed to catch the summer virus that's going around. OK, so this is a very recent pic of me at Santa Clarita Craft Lab. I took one look at this and my jaw dropped. Apparently the 20 lbs I worked so hard to get off over the past year have...

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