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Blue Hug Me Kitten stuffed animal kitten

Light blue fleece Hug Me Kitten, original art toy by Elizabeth RuffingI’ve had three blue fleece kittens, waiting for me to finish the details on them, and I almost have all three ready. This is the first, with a red heart.

Light blue fleece Hug Me Kitten, original art toy by Elizabeth RuffingI’ve been playing with my pattern, experimenting with the size, making them just a little taller. I will be posting my new handmade stuffed animal toys in our Ruffing’s shop.

Light blue fleece Hug Me Kitten, original art toy by Elizabeth RuffingBertie’s cold is still bad. She looks weepy and sounds snuffly. I hope she feels better soon.

Yesterday, I came across another kitten, orange and white, from the same general location where I picked up our tabby girls. Then today, I found another, the tabby pictured below, in the same spot. She has a serious tail injury. She was circling me, within close range, and meowing at me. She looked like she wanted me to help her, but I couldn’t get my hands on her. I’m hoping she can be trapped, and taken to the vet, but I don’t want to try to catch her myself. I have no safe place to hold her, and I could end up with any number of random cats there, since there are so many, with no clinic appointments for them. The tabby kitten may have to be quarantined if it looks like the injury is the result of a bite wound, as a precaution against rabies. I hope both kittens can be helped.

Tabby kitten living in a feral colony, photo by Elizabeth RuffingI feel so terrible every time I visit that location, because there are always more cats or kittens there, living under crummy conditions. Some were TNR’d (trapped, neutered, vaccinated, and returned), last spring, summer, and early fall, but the clinics are infrequent, and there are so many cats everywhere. Please have your pets spayed and neutered, and please spay/neuter/vaccinate any community cats were you live, or ask a rescue to step in to do it. Pet overpopulation and abandonment are really human problems, which is sad and unfair for the animals and the people who care about them.

It’s hard too, seeing cats and kittens out there who all bear a family resemblance to your own pets, in our case, Bertie and Phoebe. This kitten has Phoebe’s face. I still feel so unhappy when I think about their siblings and other relatives that had to stay. I feel sad I couldn’t take their sister, and I worry about how she is doing. I think about that a lot, wondering how many more litters of kittens there have been, and I hope they are okay, especially with the cold, wet weather.

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Tweed Alley Cat Angel Sock Kittens

Alley Cat Angel Sock Kitten Art Toys by Elizabeth Ruffing, tan and brown tweedI sewed the wings on these two Alley Cat Angel Sock Kittens just in time. I was stuffing wings while I waited for my mom at the dentist’s today, and the only other sock kitten I had available was adopted while we were out. I got my mom to hold these for me while I photographed them. We got lucky. Even though it is overcast this afternoon, we managed to get some cute photos of them.

Alley Cat Angel Sock Kitten Art Toys by Elizabeth Ruffing, light tan tweed, red fleece heartTen dollars from the adoption of these will go a cat rescue, Alley Cats and Angels of NC to help cats and kittens. I have some Hug Me Slugs with a portion going to animal charities available too. I will be posting my new handmade stuffed animal toys in our Ruffing’s shop.

Alley Cat Angel Sock Kitten Art Toys by Elizabeth Ruffing, brown tweed, yellow fleece heartI always have to wait for winter to find these tweed socks! I grabbed the few pair I found so I can make some more kittens like these. I also have a kind of ridiculously large collection of all kinds of socks, enough for plenty of variety.

Alley Cat Angel Sock Kitten Art Toys by Elizabeth Ruffing, light tan tweed, red fleece heartI’m enjoying the idea of making whatever I feel like making right now. I cut off my custom listings to relax a bit. I think last year, on my birthday weekend, I had a big migraine and was exhausted. I’m feeling very happy to just have hang tags to make, and boxes to pack.

Alley Cat Angel Sock Kitten Art Toys by Elizabeth Ruffing, brown tweed, yellow fleece heartMy art toys come with hang tags that can be personalized with a name, or “For + a recipient’s name”. I’ll still be shipping this week, via Priority Mail, as usual. Priority Mail usually takes about two to three days to arrive.

Alley Cat Angel Sock Kitten Art Toys by Elizabeth Ruffing, hang tagPhoebe and the rest of the kitty crew around here aren’t working too hard. I hope we can find another blanket like this one, in a color my mom likes, for my parents. It really is as soft as Phoebe makes it look.

Phoebe tabby kitten on a fuzzy Fluffie blanket, photo by Elizabeth Ruffing,

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Meredith, Original One-of-a-kind Tabby Cat Art Doll by Max Bailey

Meredith, Original One-of-a-kind Tabby Cat Art Doll by Max BaileyMeredith is a typical tabby, beautifully multicolored with dramatically dark stripes, and very expressive.

Meredith, Original One-of-a-kind Tabby Cat Art Doll by Max BaileyThere is no need to ask how Meredith is feeling at any given time. Her little face will always tell you. There is also no need to ask her opinion. What she thinks will be clearly written on her face, and in her big yellow eyes.

Meredith, Original One-of-a-kind Tabby Cat Art Doll by Max BaileyMeredith will approve or disapprove. She will like something or detest it. She will find something to be amusing, or absolutely dreadful.

Meredith, Original One-of-a-kind Tabby Cat Art Doll by Max BaileyYou will always know when Meredith is cheerful, and when she is blue.

Meredith, Original One-of-a-kind Tabby Cat Art Doll by Max BaileyMeredith is cheerful today. She’s wearing a pretty little pink pinafore covered in rose and gold flowers and sprays of green leaves. Under her pinafore she wears a darker pink blouse with ecru bands around the neck, cuffs, and hem. It has gold trim and tiny gold buttons.

Meredith, Original One-of-a-kind Tabby Cat Art Doll by Max BaileyMeredith’s striped tail emerges from her white bloomers. Her tights have bands of pink and gold. Tan high-button shoes cover her pretty kitty feet.

Meredith, Original One-of-a-kind Tabby Cat Art Doll by Max BaileyMeredith is a one-of-a-kind work of art, created from my own design and pattern. She is made from 100% cotton fabric which has been sewn, stuffed, and completely hand painted with acrylic paints. Her whiskers are made from stiffened cotton thread.

Meredith, Original One-of-a-kind Tabby Cat Art Doll by Max BaileyMeredith’s paws are needle-sculpted, and her arms are button-jointed so that she can pose. Her face was sculpted from paperclay smoothed into her fabric head.

Meredith, Original One-of-a-kind Tabby Cat Art Doll by Max BaileyMeredith’s curled tail enables her to sit cheerfully by herself on a shelf or on a table, or in a cabinet. She can also sit on a chair or stand with a doll stand. (Chair and doll stand not included.) Meredith is meant for display only.

Meredith, Original One-of-a-kind Tabby Cat Art Doll by Max BaileyMeredith is signed and sealed with matte varnish for protection and preservation. She is 8 and 1/2 inches tall.

Meredith and Echo, Original One-of-a-kind Tabby and Black and White Tuxedo Cat Art Dolls by Max BaileyUpdate: Meredith has been adopted. Thank you!

Meredith’s tuxedo-cat friend is Echo, who can be found by clicking here.

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Ida, Original One-of-a-kind Gray-and-white Cat Art Doll by Max Bailey

Ida original one-of-a-kind gray-and-white cat art doll by artist Max Bailey

Ida, Original One-of-a-kind Gray-and-white Cat Art Doll by Max BaileyIda is a handmade original, one-of-a-kind gray-and-white anthropomorphic cat art doll, hand painted and hand sculpted in paperclay by artist Max Bailey.

Ida is a grey and white cat with yellow-green eyes and a pretty pink nose. She prides herself on being organized.

Ida, Original One-of-a-kind Gray-and-white Cat Art Doll by Max BaileyIda’s kitchen is as neat and clean as a kitchen could be. Her little cans of food are alphabetized by flavor and sit neatly in her cupboard. Her bowls are stacked according to size and color.

Ida, Original One-of-a-kind Gray-and-white Cat Art Doll by Max BaileyIda’s pinafores are all starched and pressed and arranged in the closet by color. Her shoes are clean and polished, and lined up under the pinafores with which she wears them.

Ida, Original One-of-a-kind Siamese and Gray-and-white Cat Art Dolls by Max BaileyIda holds choir practice at her house every Thursday evening. (She sings high soprano.) All choir members must bring their best voices and remove their shoes at the door. Ida is quite sure this practice of being barefoot will not only keep her floor clean, but will improve the tone of their voices.

Ida, Original One-of-a-kind Black and Gray-and-white Cat Art Dolls by Max BaileyIt appears that this is the case, as on Thursday nights, everyone in the town steps out onto their front porches to listen to the choir rehearsing. To date, there have been no complaints.

Ida, Original One-of-a-kind Gray-and-white Cat Art Doll by Max BaileyIda looks very nice today in her crisp white pinafore sprinkled with a pattern of blue roses and pale green leaves. With it she’s chosen to wear her white high-button shoes with scalloped tops and gold buttons. Her blue blouse has white bands around the collar and cuffs, edged in darker blue scalloped braid.

Ida, Original One-of-a-kind Gray-and-white Cat Art Doll by Max BaileyIda wears white pantaloons with pale blue polka dots, from which her grey kitty tail emerges. She’s as pretty as a summer day.

Ida, Original One-of-a-kind Gray-and-white Cat Art Doll by Max BaileyIda is an original one-of-a-kind work of art, created from my own design and pattern. She is made from 100% cotton fabric which has been sewn, stuffed, and completely hand painted with acrylic paints. Her whiskers are made from stiffened cotton thread.

Ida, Original One-of-a-kind Gray-and-white Cat Art Doll by Max BaileyIda’s paws are needle-sculpted, and her arms are button-jointed so that she can pose. Her face was sculpted from paperclay smoothed into her fabric head.

Ida, Original One-of-a-kind Gray-and-white Cat Art Doll by Max BaileyIda’s curled tail enables her to sit by herself on a shelf or a table, or in a cabinet. She can also sit on a chair, or stand with a doll stand. (Chair and doll stand not included.) Ida is meant for display only.

Ida, Original One-of-a-kind Gray-and-white Cat Art Doll by Max BaileyIda is signed and sealed with matte varnish for protection and preservation. She is 8 and 1/2 inches tall.

Ida, Original One-of-a-kind Gray-and-white Cat Art Doll by Max BaileyIda is available for $299.99. Please inquire to [email protected]

Ida, Original One-of-a-kind Gray-and-white Cat Art Doll by Max BaileyIda’s cat friends are Cleo the Siamese cat, and Lucinda the black cat.