Cornflower

Two bright blue cats: the first arrived in March, 2008...

..and the second (5 inches high), in July 2008

A vivid blue cornflower

Iris

Just one Iris so far from May 2008, and with the round 'teddy bear' eyes - I still have so many of them to use up! She's 7 inches high...

...and here she is in her new home in Tamerton Foliot, in the South West of England, with gorgeous Marmite to look after her! August 27th 2008.

Iris flower

Speedwell

Speedwell 1; created in May 2008 and 5 inches high; embroidered, felt, eyes, which all my early cats had. Went to a very good home in Edinburgh on the 5th June 2008!

Close-up - looking a much deeper blue for some reason

Speedwell 2; 6 inches high, July 2008. Started life as a standing cat but changed into a sitting one! As with Buttercup, I think I should change the name to that of a blue and yellow flower, or use cream for the contrasting colour, more like actual Speedwell flowers. Of course, sometimes the colours are just an approximation, but I like to get as close as possible! There aren't that many true blue flowers around - most seem to be closer to shades of violet.

Speedwell flowers

Felicia

I'll start off this new blog with a photo of Felicia who is nearly 6 inches tall, with glass eyes (I think these were some of the ones I bought on Ebay and which came from America). She was created in May, 2008.

I couldn't find a flower which was blue and cream, but I liked the name 'Felicia' and the colour seemed to match both the blue and the orange eyes, so that has stuck.

Felicia flowers

Maybe next time I'll make the contrasting colour orange rather than cream, to fit the flower shades a bit better!
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