I have always had a house full of cats. Not all of my cats were kittens when I got them, but they were all rescues of some sort. Right now I only have 4, but I have had as many as 5 in the past.

That’s a lot of cats.

They poop on things, pee on things, scream at 6:30am to wake me up, they demand attention, love, time, but they give so much too. In honor of the wonderful pets and adorable kittens and cats in my life, I am going to share some baby kitty pictures. I really couldn’t imagine my life without my pets, which are truly part of my family.

Please head to your shelter and pick out a new family member that will be loyal for life!

25 Adorable Kittens and Cats

How to make a Ribbon Rosette (tutorial)

I should honestly name this How to NOT make a Ribbon Rosette, because I made about 4 million mistakes before I found something that would qualify in the category of “working”. After all these mistakes, which undoubtedly you have been there if you found this post, i thought it would be beneficial to share what didn’t work (atleast for me), but perhaps inspire you to try a new direction.

Here are my attempts to make a variety of Rosettes, although if you want a simpler craft, you can try my how to make a tutu instead! Working with tulle was so much easier than ribbon. HA! :

How to make a Zipper Rosette

Materials:

Floral Wire
Zipper
Hot Glue

Step #1: This step is going to be firm with all the Rosettes you make. After the obvious of cutting the zipper in half, you will begin by securing an end piece to your wire and begin wrapping.

Step #2: Wrap the zipper around, dotting at the baseline, gather and stick. This is where I went wrong. My zipper was WAY too small and I ran out of length before I even had a rose.

Step #3: I took the remainder zipper size and began looping a figure eight around it to make petals. This gave me a half a flower. So there you have it….Half Flower Zipper Rosette.

*cough*

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