Door Stopper and wall art for Pinay

Door Stopper

Last night, while I was in the roiling sea of back pain, I decided to keep my creative juices on a high gear to to keep my mind off the pain.

Our cat Pinay has an issue with our bedroom door. She will meow, scratch her clawless paw on the door until you open it for her, she prefers it to be a little bit ajar. You see, she wants to have the liberty of moving in to our bed so that she can curl with us or have her neck rub . If you are ready for a sleepless night then shut it tight.

We can not use the wedge door stopper for some reasons that I will not waste time discussing on my blog. My husband uses his shoe, and it irritates me for it has no aesthetic sense. In order to solve this pestering issue, I made a door stopper. I got the inspiration on line. See the attached link if your cats need one.

Materials was a fabric that is used for outside furniture and throw pillows, it will not get dirty and easier to clean. I used decorative stones instead of rice (orientals like me have reverence for rice, we eat it and should not be used for bedizenment ) to give it some weight, pillow fillers to give it shape and after less than an hour, woke up my husband to present to him my pain reliever - e. g. the door stopper.

Actually, the fabric for the door stopper was a remnant from another project. I originally planned to use Marimekko fabric but it was expensive so I opted to a more cheaper alternative. I got canvas stretchers bars from a yahoo website reuseit.com here in St. Louis. It's a recycling club where you can post what you need or post what you can give away. A gallery owner gave me different sizes of canvas stretchers . Fabric cost $10.00 a yard (on sale), staple gun courtesy of my hubby and some inspiration and I have an instant wall art.

Fabric Wall Art

Now my cat has a matching wall art and door stopper.

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