Welcome to The BBHQ Midweek News Round-Up ~ Fudge Modeling his Jubilee Bandana, Smooch's Purrfect Sun Spot and Pandora's Helping Out In The Craft Room

 Epic Greetings Furiends

Welcome to the BBHQ midweek news round-up!

Grampaw had a supurr birthday lunch on Sunday to celebrate his 80th birthday, and we all got to nom on some roast chicken which was pawesome. 

The P.A. started to paint the door on the library on Caturday, but we've had a little issue. She read that a grey undercoat should be used under the red gloss paint, even though she knew that the decorator used a red oxide type undercoat when the door was painted last time, but she thought she'd try the advice from google even though she wasn't convinced. 

Anyhoo, she painted two coats of the grey, and she's applied two coats of the red, and it's not looking great. In fact, she thinks it will take another two coats of red to even out the colour, as mew can imagine she's not furry happy and will not be using the grey undercoat again. She's now purchased a tin of red oxide paint to use instead, as there's still the back door, french doors, telephone box, wine pump and two large shed doors to do in the red.

And the moral of the story is, to trust your instincts and don't always believe google.

First up in the news this week

Fudge Modelling his Jubilee Bandana

Take a look at his smexy mancat TikTok video.

The P.A. has made four identical bandanas, and she's hoping to get of picture of all the B Team Boys together. But we'll keep mew posted as mew know how unpredictable we are.

Next up in the news

Smooch's Purrfect Sun Spot

Smooch found a perfect sun spot under the gazebo on Sunday tea time. Just look at those warms. When we say epic, we mean it was epically epic!

Look how floofy his fur looks. What a little beat!

Finally, this week

Pandora's Helping Out In The Craft Room

Pandora adores being in the craft room, and she was helping out the other day when we were making a special snuggle mat for Smooch's Birthday winner. And NO, it's not the one she's sitting on, just case mew're wondering! MOL

We made a beautiful one with purples and greens, and hopefully that should be leaving BBHQ this week and heading off towards the USA, ready for some lucky kitties to get their fluffy derrieres on.

That's us done for today. Amber will be back on Friday with another fab book just for mew, and if mew missed Monday's post, click here to catch up on The Smooch Report and find out all about our tripawed dude and his feral family.

Epic purrs

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Fashion With Felines - Sharing The World of Kitty Couture and Apparel ~ Today's Special GUEST STAR is **ERIC'S EMPAWRIUM** & We Have A Little Give-Away Too!

Hello fabulous kitties and hoomans

Mancat Monday was previously scheduled with Humphrey, but I Pandora Von Der Plume Feline Fashionista Extraordinaire hijacked the blog instead as today I am back with my Fashion with Feline series sharing all the latest news, gossip and trends from the world of Kitty Couture and Apparel.

This is your go-to place for all emerging fashion trends for 2020, and I'll be interviewing exclusive brands and exceptional kitties who share a love of fashion, design and dressing up too.

This week I have the utmost purrleasure introducing Eric from Eric's Empawrium which is actually only a few miles away, and even in the same county as us; Robin Hood country aka Nottingham U.K., OMC can mew believe it!  And he's a kitty with a furry generous heart as mew'll see in his exclusive intermew.

Eric is also a very talented and handsome tuxedo kitty who designs the cutest bandana's mew've ever seen, plus he model's all his own designs too, how epic is Eric?  EPICALLY EPIC! 

Image Copyright Eric's Empawrium

Plus Eric has an Etsy store, so if mew're in the market for a fab new bandana, he's the go-to guy to get yours. Click the link below to check out the latest creations:

Eric's Empawrium 

Exclusive Intermew with The Designer

Eric dahling, do tell us about how mew came up with the idea for your exclusive Empawrium?

We wanted to make a little store for cats and help causes along the way by having fun. Each year we chose cat charities to share their work and donate a percentage and encourage donation drives. I love my Bandanas so I wanted to share in this by making them for others.

How long has your shop been open? 

We are VERY new and just this Christmas we opened.

Where do mew get your inspiration from?

Mum has a creative brain and will very often be inspired by colours and themes which could pop up anywhere... movies, adverts and so much more. 

How many designs do mew sell?

We sell over 25 designs at present but I'm working my paws on another 20 for this year.

Do mew have a favourite design or fabric?

My favourite is 'meowgical' mum says it brings out my sparkly purrsonality!

Do mew ship wurldwide?

We sure do! We are expanding each day with countries so most will be available mid-year so we can keep our shipping costs compawtetive!

How easy is it for mew to source fabrics?

Very easy, mum goes to events and has a couple of lovely suppliers. We are even designing our very own this year to print! Designed by mum herself.

Image Copyright Eric's Empawrium

Is there anything else mew'd like to share with our readers?

We are a little business with a great big heart! We love the pawsome cat community and hope we can help many unfortunate paws this year!

Thank mew very much for intermewing me

Eric xx

Just before we pop off, we have one of Eric's beautiful charity bandana's to give away to one lucky reader; we purrchased two a few weeks ago to support the Koala Rescue**.  Just leave a comment below to be in with a chance to win one of these beauties - FYI Eric and Melvyn are not part of the prize! MOL

**Help our Furiends' bandana for cats with 100% profit to Koala Rescue Queensland Inc

Image Copyright Eric's Empawrium

Here's Melvyn wearing his.

The give-way is open wurldwide** as usual, and all mew have to do is leave a comment below.  We'll do the draw for the winner on Monday 10th Feb at 5pm, so mew have until then to enter and we'll post the winner*** on The Pet Parade on the 12th of Feb.

GOOD LUCK!!!

[**Unless mew're in one of those countries that aren't allowed to join in. Mew know who mew are!] 

[***Prize is as stated, and no substitutes or cash prizes will be given.  It is up the winner to send us their snail mail address after we announce the result here on the blog after the winner is drawn.  Failure to respond in good time will result in a delay in the prize being sent, or failure to respond at all will result in no prize being shipped. The rules are simple and straightforward, so purrlease abide by them.]

If mew're on Instagram follow Eric here to see all the latest designs as they literally fly off the sewing machine.

And don't furget to swing by his amazing Empawrium to see the latest range of pawesome bandana's available for mew to get your mittens on!

Very many thanks for joining Eric and me today, he's been the purrfect guest in the BBHQ Fashion Studio and an absolute delight!

If mew're a fashion-conscious kitty or have a kitty shop, do contact me for a future fashion-feature and I'll be back with another special guest star before mew know it.  The B Team will be back on Wednesday, which I've just remembered is the P.A.'s birthday, so do join us then!

This is your feline fashionista

Pandora Von Der Plume signing out until next time

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