Happy Faux Fur Friday 2019

Do you love your cat?  Do you feel lonely for your cat when she he/she is not with you?  Despair not!  On this special day (and all year round) you can be with your cat in spirit by petting your coat,  hat, scarf, and other fine garments (while thinking of your honey cat).  That's IF you celebrate FAUX FUR day by selecting the right garments from your closet. or buying them ahead of time.  The most luxurious, softest and silkiest of all holidays has arrived...FAUX FUR FRIDAY! (The first Friday in December). 



Here is some really cool history about Faux Fur Day:

Faux Fur Friday, observed on the first Friday in December, provides a stylish way to wear and buy faux fur.

Also known as fake fur, the textile made its debut in 1929. Initially made from alpaca wool, faux fur increased in quality as synthetic fibers became available. The fibers not only allowed for more variety and texture, but they also provided warmth. While the neo fur didn’t breath as well as animal fur, nor did it insulate as well, it lasted longer. Animal fur required refrigeration to avoid degrading. 

Whether you call it fake, imitation or simulated, faux fur has found a place in fashion. Designers use it as an accent on clothing. They also create decor and entire ensembles. Faux fur comes in every color imaginable, too. 

HOW TO OBSERVE #FauxFurFriday

Throw a faux fur style show or shop for a faux fur deal. Wrap yourself in a soft, furry throw or poncho. Add some faux fur to a denim jacket or jazz up pillow in your room. Share your faux fur secrets and use #FauxFurFriday to post on social media.

We have prepared a FAUX FUR Friday Celebration 

of our own, cozying up to various articles in our household!

 Hats are a verrrrry imporlant part of this celebration!
We have a particular attachment to Carol's TIGER hat. Now that might be because we ARE tigers...

 This is one hat that I allow Paprika to share (see below). I am not usually this generous though.

 Paprika here. This is NOT Peaches' tiger hat. It is OURS.  That means it is also mine. My pillow in this case. Peaches better not bother me now.

Hoping you will all enjoy Faux Fur Day with or WITHOUT your fur babies...

Our O So Thrilling Secret Paws Event

About Secret Paws

So this year for the second time we participated in the scrumptious Secret Paws event, organized by Ms. Paula of Sweet Purrfections.   To read more about it, check the link above!  We got amazing & thoughtful gifts this year from the blog, Friends Furever that we truly treasure.




The joy of this annual event is that we get to have tons of fun picking out toys, presents, treats and what have you for our "Secret Correspondent" while some lucky kitty & their human are doing the same for us!  AND THEN WE GET TO OPEN OUR PRESENTS!  

The Box Arrival

As mentioned above, Friends Furever, composed of kitties Raz, Allie, Noelle & their mom, Sharon, were our secret paws!  It was an incredible bonanza involving a "Silver Cat, " a Palm Tree, a Lollipoop, er Lollipop wand toy, a scrrrratcher and la piece de resistance, a fleecy santa-cat blanket MADE by Ms. Sharon  Naturally, I, Peaches, inspected the Fedex box upon arrival and found it  most satisfactory. I know this because I am a trained cat-detective.

Investigation

After that thurrrilling arrival we had to WAIT impatiently patiently for DAYS. We DID get a good sniff or two of the packages while  waiting, and we (kinda) enjoyed our preliminary inspection.

Opening Day

So exciting! Again we impatiently patiently waited as the colorful packages were laid out for us.  Paprika tried to get ahead of me, she is the nosier of us two.

The Green Palm Tree Toy

Wouldn't you know it, since our Secret Paws friends were from FLORIDA they couldn't resist rubbing it in about our cold New England winters (we live in Connecticut). I was enthralled with the toy palm tree, but didn't get to enjoy it long.That scoundrel, Paprika, STOLE it, ran away & hid it somewhere. Two days later I still don't know where she put it.  SCANDALOUS!

THE SCRATCHER

The next intriguing package was a Scccrrrratcher!  Yummm..I started sharpening my claws on it immediately.  It had a "red monster" on it but that didn't scae ME! It felt very delicious to my claws!

That's it, with the green stem sticking out!

The colorful Lollipop Wand Toy

 Okay so this time I did let my sisfur Paprika in on the fun. Though I am NOT a sharing cat I do make an exception for wand toys. Our wand toy was very colorful--red, green, yellow, purple...wow.  Well we both had a blast with it as anyone can see!

Peaches carried away with wand toy

wand toy further inspection

          

The Amazing Red & White Santa Cat Blanket

Talk about thurrrrrrrilling! What can be better than A FLEECE blanket. And we later learned it was Hand Made by Mom 

Sharon. We couldn't get enough of that blanket. It is VERY  SOFT! It has a reversible red side, too. Here I am, trying it out in my full glory. In fact I DO consider it "MY" blanket! 

Nice Try Paprika!
Here you will notice PAPRIKA tried to act like it was HER blanket. She pretended she was just trying to show off it's reversible red side. Don't believe her! She wants to get the blanket away from me!

My "Cheesecake" shots on the Santa Blanket

A few cheesecake red and white blanket shots should convince you this blanket is MINE!

Maybe I should just hang out & take a little relaxed nap to cement the deal!

Or a formal portrait may be in order!

The Silver Cat

The last item we opened was apparently a gift for our human!  (Too bad, see below) It is a beautiful silver cat (pewter?) which stands by itself and has room for a photo in the middle of it. Our human was awed and put it on her mantel.  Isn't it beautiful!

Now there IS more to this silver cat story. You see me and Paprika were & are Verrrry interested in this cat. Check out our reaction in the photos.  We both wanted to kiss him and Paprika tried to hang out with him during her morning birdwatch.  It could be we are attracted to the FISH hanging out of his silver jaws!  Okay so we're nuts. Takes all kinds!

Signing Off

Paprika communing with silver cat

Well goodbye for now. Thanks for reading about our "grand event." 

And a special special thanks to Ms. Sharon 

and her Friends Furever gang 

and Ms. Paula. 

I, Peaches checking him out

Signing off to go interact with our new delectables!

Paprika keeping company with Silver Cat during bird watch excursion

My Sultry Side - Caturday Art -by Peaches the Cat

We are joining Athena & Marie's Caturday art to show off my sultry dreamy side today.  I love the extra stripes the Lunapic software gave me with the "dreaming" effect.  I like to dream as often as possible and someday my dream of ruling the world (or at least the household will come true! Agree?

Peaches' Blue Calico "Photo Op"

Sultry

Adoring

Peaches here! I always delight in any new photo opportunity so when I saw this blue calico print my human brought home I HAD to try it out. Which "me" do you like best?

Proud

Paprika: "What's going on here?"

Paprika, who missed all the fun emerged from her hiding place in the cat carrier during my posing session. As usual, she managed to miss the whole photo session! At least she made a cameo appearance.