Mr. Preppy Cat

Posted on July 25, 2026 by mimik

I think that argyle is always going to be preppy. Especially on a tuxedo cat.

Under his argyle cashmere cardigan, he has Liberty cotton lawn shirt with tall ships all over it.

A Brown Cat Fellow

Posted on July 24, 2026 by mimik

I never realized that there was such a thing as a solid dark brown cat but then I met one. My daughter does cat fostering and one of her temporary charges was just that! So here is to that sweet kitty.

He has a striped jacket, a handkerchief, and a messenger bag. What you can’t see here is his brown vest: but here it is (below).

Yes, it does have moons and stars on it.

Also, this brown cat is made of cashmere coat fabric- so soft!

Aqua and Grey Kitty

Posted on July 19, 2026 by mimik

Here is the third girl kitty-

I gave her a popping purse to contrast with the aqua.

Her cashmere sweater has a sweet lettuce edge.

Close-up of her purse-

and glass buttons.

The whole gang!

Gardening Kitty

Posted on July 18, 2026 by mimik

She is a kitty who loves the garden. She has her flower dress, her cashmere sweater, and her gardening basket. Her dress is made from a light vintage cotton fabric from my mom’s stash- so probably 70’s or 80’s?

She is a tweedy orange cat.

Bird Watcher Kitty

Posted on July 16, 2026 by mimik

Finally I have something to show you! The last month has been nuts but this week I have gotten some studio time and here she is- the first kitty. She is a bird watcher.

A green cashmere sweater to match her green eyes.

She has binoculars and a bag where she keeps her bird watching notes.

Plant Nerdiness Immersion!

Posted on July 6, 2026 by mimik

I had a wonderful time at the Gesneriad Convention! It was 5 full days of not thinking about anything but beautiful plants. I learned so much and met a ton of fellow enthusiasts.

I entered several pieces into the show- first time ever. Firstly- Miss Siningia, a lady pillow doll. Look, she won a blue ribbon!

Also, 3 plants; they won ribbons too! I was entering into the novice class which means I have never participated in a plant show before. I was the only entrant and I won this giant pink rosette- it all makes me silly happy :-)

Here is my blue ribbon plant-

I won’t overwhelm you with flower photos but these were some of my favs-

This is called Smithiantha ‘Ode to Peter Shalit’. It has beautiful leaves that are velvety plus such a gorgeous flower.

Below is a Streptocarpus ‘Dale’s Flock of Sparrows’.

There was a sales room with (probably) thousands of plants, and almost every talk I went to had giveaway plant material. I now have a bunch of new plants plus cuttings, leaves, and tubers to plant up and hopefully grow. It was such a treat to spend almost a week focusing on my other passion. I hope I can go next year!

Is Been an Unproductive few weeks

Posted on June 27, 2026 by mimik

I started working on the mermaids but nothing was working out so I put them aside for a while. I decided that I needed to work on something very different and so, as you can see in the photo, kitties! Also, some summer shirts for me.

I haven’t actually been getting a lot of studio time either. We’ve had guests, and then a family member in the hospital for tests. It’s really disrupted all my ability to focus on my work and that’s life. This coming up week I will be immersed in my plant hobby- completely nerding out with all the other gesneriad enthusiasts at the annual convention. That’s all to say that I won’t be finishing up any of these kitties until after July 6. See you then!