A Magic Mushroom Ride Awaits...

*Big hugs* to everyone who adopted kitties and/ or Buddha bears from my web site update last week! Your orders have been shipped out and hopefully have reached your homes safely by now. There are still a few lonely kitties and Buddha bears, waiting for that special forever home! Please do stop by and visit them~ if you have a little bit of space and a big heart, they'd be ever so glad to ride their *magic mushroom caps* to your doorstep :)


And speaking of... thanks for your lovely responses about my new *Magic Mushroom Cap* cushions! I've been meaning for a long time to come up with something "foresty" for my Buddha's to rest their plumpness on. And I think these mushroom caps do the trick! They also work well as a jewelry cushion too, so I discovered :O) Multitasking, reversible little cushions they are...
At the moment, these cushions are not available separately. They were designed for each particular bear/ cat in mind.. and made to measure so they sit just right.

Boy, it's time to be thinking of Christmas season already! I have loads of neat projects I'm working on to keep my paws busy, and great things to share with you soon. Hope to have some new bear patterns any day now in my Etsy shop! fun times ahead!

Enjoy your Sunday! xoxo

Dear Studs, We Are Listening

Known as a master interviewer, Terkel was able to establish an easy rapport with just about anyone. His secret, he once said, was simple: "It's listening."

Studs Terkel~ May 16, 1912-October 31, 2008. A master chronicler of American 20th century life, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, spirited radio-show host, oral historian, veteran radical and the pulse & soul of Chicago, has died at 96. Yet all these glowing descriptions still don't convey how profound a man he was.
As the late CBS newsman Charles Kuralt once said: "When Studs Terkel listens, everybody talks."

What can I say here...I love Studs Terkel. My husband and I are friends with a family who by chance, became Studs' next door neighbors. I would say half joking (and a little more than half serious), "So when are you having us over for dinner with Studs?" Now that would have been a night to remember.

Listening to Studs' radio shows never fail to stir up my emotions, to make me think, to feel how that we as humans - from all walks of life- are irrevocably connected... and frequently left me without a dry eye. I've never heard Bob Dylan open up to anyone the way he did with Studs in 1963 (listen here). How fortunate we all are to have shared time on this planet with such an remarkable individual. Chicago misses you, the world misses you. Thank you for leaving an incredible legacy. And because of you Studs, we will be listening.

Hear downloads of his Conversations With America at Studs Terkel official web site

Julie Newmar, We Salute You! Have a Purrrrfect Halloween!

Well folks, Cat Month has come to it's tail end...but every month is cat month in my heart!
What a better way to celebrate Halloween than to honor the Original and quintessential (at least in my book) Cat Woman... the lovely and sublime Julie Newmar. Yes, she is by far my favorite Cat Woman (and hubby's too, LOL). When Batman reruns were being aired on our local network, we were psyched. Especially when it was a Cat Woman episode. She was Batman's one true love after all!


I happen chanced upon Julie in a 1963 pre-Cat Woman role as the devine "Miss Devlin" in The Twilight Zone episode “Of Late I Think of Cliffordville”. A must see, if you can Netflix or YouTube it. We were on a Julie Newmar kick after that, and watched DVD's of anything she was in. It's clear she was born to wear those headbands with little cat ears, or devil horns!

Newmar also is an avid gardener and even has a rose named after her. She has pix of her gorgeous lush California garden on her web site. Gotta see it. Thanks Julie, for defining the cat suit and your unmistakable cattitude! And to the Cats, and Cat lovers everywhere, we salute you with paws n' claws!

Happy Halloween Everyone!

Today is the Day!

Hello! We are looking for loving homes.. possibly yours? See us at peng-peng.com.

New One-of-a-kind Cuties this week!

Looking for something sweet, totally sugar free and zero calories this Halloween season?

Well, Good News! I'll be updating my web site this Wednesday, October 29th at 12 noon Central (that's 10am Pacific/ 11am Mountain/ 1pm Eastern).

I'm really loving this group of plump, smiley Buddha bears and sweet teeny kitties! Oh, there may be one elephant too, if there's time! October is Cat Month, and we are ending it with a bang, ahem... a miaow!

Be sure to 'refresh' your browser at the scheduled time to see the update, at this address:
http://www.peng-peng.com/pages/bears_monkey.htm

Questions about ordering? click here

Hope you can join me this Wednesday! Signing off 'til then, xoxo ~pp :)

Breakfast Buddy for a Lonely Lady

"Well good morning, bright eyes! Would you like a morning snack? Oh, you're just too cute sunning yourself there on the fence post. Don't mind me, I'm just the weird human behind the window." Gee, does it sound like I have empty nest syndrome or what? I've created a new nickname for myself; the crazy-cat-lady-who-doesn't-have-cats. Wonder if I'm the only one?

That's all the time I have for posts today! It's Sewing frenzy 'til Schaumburg! xoxo