Meet the Furry Family of Beadaholique!

As the summer of 2022 flew by, I remember thinking on International Cat Day (August 8th) and International Dog Day (August 26th) that I needed to share our furry friends with all our beading friends and community. Then vacations happened, back-to-school happened, and life just kept whizzing by. Now as fall has officially arrived, I am happy to finally be writing this post and sharing with everyone some of the wonderful companions to the team members at Beadaholique. 

First off, meet Cassiopeia, AKA Cassi. She is a Husky-Collie mix and she is 9 years old.

1. Favorite Activity: Car Rides!
2. Favorite Toy: Napkins and paper towels (I love shredding them to pieces).
3. Favorite Treat: Bell peppers.
4. What I do best: Convince humans to give me treats!
5. One word to describe me: Cuddly.

Next up is Pedro. He is a short-hair black cat and is 7 years old. He and Cassi were raised together and rescued from a shelter together in 2020.

1. Favorite Activity: Running around my house at 3am.
2. Favorite Toy: Sushi plushies.
3. Favorite Treat: Anything cat nip flavored!
4. What I do best: Take naps in sunbeams.
5. One word to describe me: Hungry.

Please meet Baxter. Baxter is 1.5 years old and is a Treeing Walker Coonhound.

1. Favorite Activity: Eating. Is this even a question?
2. Favorite Toy: Anything with stuffing I can de-stuff.
3. Favorite Treat: Ice cream drives me crazy.
4. What I do best: I’m very good at finding one tiny, dropped piece of kibble no matter where it is. Obsessively pacing by the oven? There’s a piece of kibble you dropped under it the other day and I’m not going to stop until you fish it out for me.
5. One word to describe me: Stubborn.

Last but definitely not least, please meet 3 year old Ember! Jake is her older brother. Ember was one of the many kittens captured as part of a TNR campaign (trap-neuter-release) of a feral cat colony. She and all her littermates found homes.

1. Favorite Activity: Sleeping.
2. Favorite Toy: Insects.
3. Favorite Treat: I also like ice cream. The dog is copying me.
4. What I do best: I’m very good at jumping and finding high places and then being too scared to make my way down and instead crying and crying until I’m rescued.
5. One word to describe me: Curious.

Do you have a furry friend that keeps you company (or distracts you) when you're beading? Have any of them inspired your designs? For more animal-related fun, be sure to check our our free beading projects and patterns featuring animals.