**VALENTINE'S CRAFTING RE-RUN**PART IV** Crafting With Cats Valentine's Special ~ **CAT TREE GLOW UP** The Best Cat Tree Makeover In The World **MEW WON'T BELIEVE YOUR EYES**

Welcome to

Supurr Furbulous Greetings Pawesome Pals

Thanks for joining us for Part IV of our supurr fun Crafting with Cats re-run. We thought we'd get a head-start on the Valentine's Crafting, as the big day is only a couple of weeks away, so if mew want to make anything we share over the next couple of weeks, mew should have plenty of time! 

If mew missed Part I, click here to see how we made an epic heart shaped crinkle mat, and here for Part II, when we made some epic catnip hearts and kicker toys. Check out Part III for the most epic Valentine's Cat Cottage ever.

Stay tuned for more epically epic crafty fun!

If mew missed any of our previous CWC posts, stop by the Crafting with Cats Page and see all our previous projects, and mew don't have to be an expert in anything to make any of them. Plus we offer workarounds and no-sew projects for those who don't like to sew.

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**A quick note before we begin**

All Crafting with Cats ideas and creations are of our own design and we share them fur purrsonal/home use only.

  So purrlease do not copy for commercial/resale purrposes.

Copyright ©BionicBasil®

This time we're updating an old cat tree, which no one loved, and we're calling it...

CAT TREE GLOW UP

The Best Cat Tree Makeover in the World!

We don't know about mew, but we think that most cat trees are sooooo horrendously bland and boring, with zero purrsonality. 

So when we were planning this project we decided that if we're doing a makeover, WE'RE DOING A MAKEOVER, if mew get our drift. There's no point in getting some faux fur and redoing it the same, what would be the fun in that. Besides mew guys know what we're like by now, and if we can't make it look epically epic then we're not going to do it.

What We Used:

An old cat tree that still has some life in it but looks a little sorry for itself

Funky fabric, we chose a selection of rather ditzy kitsch fabric in fun patterns

Trim, we used some small pom pom trim in 3 different colours

Glue gun + extra glue sticks

Staple gun + extra staples

Gorilla tape and self-adhesive rubber grommets

needle and thread

Today we're doing things a little bit differently again; instead of step-by-step instructions, we're sharing a video of the entire process... so get a lovely beverage, sit back, relax and just press play!

If for any reason the video doesn't play go here to: watch direct on YouTube

If there are any parts of the process mew'd like to know more about, ask us in the comments.

Pandora loves her new princess cat tree in the catservatory, although Smooch did manage to try it out before it even made it into the catservatory, and then Melvyn and Fudge both tried it out while she was outside!

Everyone loves it, in fact we think it's one of the best things we've ever done! MOL

What do mew think to it? 

And that furiends furry sadly brings us to the end of today's pawesomely fun Crafting with Cats post, we do hope mew liked it. Don't forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel as we've got lots of videos there, and some of which mew might have not seen before.

We'll be back tomorrow with Chapter 13 in our brand new, and terrifically exciting, claw-biting, edge of your seat adventure, if mew missed last week's installment, click here.

Epic crafty purrs

Wing Commander Basil & The B Team

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Disclaimer:

We at BionicBasil HQ are not responsible or liable fur any injuries to person/s and/or cat/s, crafting addictions, glue on cats, paper cuts, misplaced pins and needles, cats stealing your supplies, broken scissors, cat fur stuck on your projects, or your project not turning out as planned.  By using this information you hereby agree to indemnify and hold harmless BionicBasil and staff from and against any and all claims for personal injuries or damages of any kind arising from the use of any Crafting With Cats posts we may share.

Graphics created with paid licence www.canva.com and www.befunky 

Welcome to The BBHQ Midweek News Round-Up ~ The Epic Cat Tree Glow Up Finale, Fudge & The Flying Saucer And Look What We Did To Our Cat Steps **PLUS** Haunted Happenings Update

Epic Wednesday Greetings Furiends

Welcome to the BBHQ midweek news round-up!

How are mew all doing today? It's been freezing in Mewton-Clawson the last few days, and the coal heap is getting low, and Smooch keeps getting in said coal heap and returning with rather sooty paws, what a heathen! MOL

Anyhoo, let's dive right into our news, and first up this week is our epic cat tree glow up, if mew remember last weeks post and saw how sad, miserable and rather uninspiring it looked, well it doesn't look like that now.

We asked if mew could guess what colour we were going to cover it in and here are the guesses:

The Tabbies of Trout Towne said green 

MeowMeowMans thought maybe blue

Katie Isabella guessed dark brown

World of Animals thought maybe blue or red

Great guesses guys, but sadly mew were all wrong, it's PINK! MOL MOL

Yes, pink trimmed with white fringe and the obligatory pink pom-poms, and we think it looks epic, not very man-catly but Pandora insisted it was pink and who are we to argue with that?

She loves it.

We haven't put the ramp back from under the box because; a, when the P.A. originally built the cat tree, there was a mistake in where the holes were to fix it and it never sat properly, and b, she ran out of fabric - oh dear and as the fabric came from Hong Kong, she needs to place a big order and that won't be happening for a while as we're all fabric'd out at the moment.

There are some scraps left, so maybe she might get really innovative and do something, we'll keep mew posted.

So is it a: YES or NO for the PINK?

Next up in the news this week, the P.A. found a Flying Saucer cardboard scratcher that she bought us before Catmas as a present and hid it, but she hid it a little too well!

Anyhoo, the Flying Saucer appeared in the sitting room on Monday and we've been loving it.

Fudge was first on the scene to check it out, Smooch has slept in it and Melvyn likes it when there's catnip involved.

And finally this week, here's what we did to our cat steps.

This was a project from last February and we were planning on sharing it ages ago, but mew know how things go, and then times flies and it's almost a year! MOL

The video is about five and a half minutes long and shows exactly what we did, well the P.A.!

We think they turned out pretty neat, what do mew think?

Haunted Happenings Update

The P.A. will be back with more Haunted Happenings at BBHQ starting 2nd February, she's just a little swamped with lots going on at the moment.

But has she got a story for mew, so here's a little teaser; it's not only BBHQ that is haunted in Mewton-Clawson with poltergeist activity!!! OH MY COD!!!

Bet mew can't wait to hear all about it.

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 Part 5 of Fast, Furry & Dangerous. 

Epic purrs

Wing Commander Basil & The B Team 

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Crafting With Cats ~ Part XXII ~ Valentine's Special ~ **CAT TREE GLOW UP** The Best Cat Tree Makeover In The World **MEW WON'T BELIEVE YOUR EYES**

Welcome to

Supurr Greetings Pawesome Pals

Thanks for joining for us fur Part XXII of our Crafting with Cats segment. Mew know we have so much fun making all this stuff for feline enrichment, and we hope mew enjoy seeing it and are inspired to make stuff too! 

If mew missed any of our previous CWC posts, stop by the Crafting with Cats Page and see all our previous projects, and mew don't have to be an expert in anything to make any of them. Plus we offer workarounds and no-sew projects for those who don't like to sew.

*    *    *

**A quick note before we begin**

All Crafting with Cats ideas and creations are of our own design and we share them fur purrsonal/home use only.

  So purrlease do not copy for commercial/resale purrposes.

Copyright ©BionicBasil®

This time we're updating an old cat tree, which no one loved, and we're calling it...

CAT TREE GLOW UP

The Best Cat Tree Makeover in the World!

We don't know about mew, but we think that most cat trees are sooooo horrendously bland and boring with zero purrsonality. 

So when we were planning this project we decided that if we're doing a makeover, WE'RE DOING A MAKEOVER if mew get our drift. There's no point in getting some faux fur and redoing it the same, what would be the fun in that. Besides mew guys know what we're like by now, and if we can't make it look epically epic then we're not going to do it.

What We Used:

An old cat tree that still has some life in it but looks a little sorry for itself

Funky fabric, we chose a selection of rather ditzy kitsch fabric in fun patterns

Trim, we used some small pom pom trim in 3 different colours

Glue gun + extra glue sticks

Staple gun + extra staples

Gorilla tape and self-adhesive rubber grommets

needle and thread

Today we're doing things a little bit differently again; instead of step-by-step instructions, we're sharing a video of the entire process... so get a lovely beverage, sit back, relax and just press play!

If for any reason the video doesn't play go here to: watch direct on YouTube

If there are any parts of the process mew'd like to know more about, ask us in the comments.

Pandora loves her new princess cat tree in the catservatory, although Smooch did manage to try it out before it even made it into the catservatory, and then Melvyn and Fudge both tried it out while she was outside!

Everyone loves it, in fact we think it's one of the best things we've ever done! MOL

What do mew think to it? 

We have a much larger cat tree that we're planning to do next, let us know in the comments what colour mew think we should do the next one.

If mew'd like to see our previous Valentine's crafting posts, here's the list:

How We Made A Valentine's Heart Crinkle Mat

Valentine's Special ~ Catnip Hearts and Kicker Toy

The Valentine's Cottage Cat House

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And that furiends furry sadly brings us to the end of today's Valentine's Special Crafting with Cats post, we do hope mew liked it and feel inspired to be supurr crafty.

We'll be back tomorrow with our usual selfies post, so do hope mew can join us then.

In the meantime,

Keep calm and craft on...

Epic Valentine purrs

Wing Commander Basil & The B Team

Don't furget to subscribe to our blog and never miss another post. 

Disclaimer:

We at BionicBasil HQ are not responsible or liable fur any injuries to person/s and/or cat/s, crafting addictions, glue on cats, paper cuts, misplaced pins and needles, cats stealing your supplies, broken scissors, cat fur stuck on your projects, or your project not turning out as planned.  By using this information you hereby agree to indemnify and hold harmless BionicBasil and staff from and against any and all claims for personal injuries or damages of any kind arising from the use of any Crafting With Cats posts we may share.

Graphics created with paid licence www.canva.com and www.befunky