Sunday, January 11, 2026

Shimshi Has Been Busy - Caturday Art and Sunday Selfies

Greetings, Effurrybuddies!


Yes, it's Me, the Mighty Shimshon (Shimshi for short),  The Little Purrince, Furrst of My Name, aka The Baby Mancat, Master of the Queen's Mischiefs and Captain-of-the-Guard! I am here to repurresent the J-Cats in this weekend's blog hops -  the Caturday Art blog hop, hosted, as always, by the Wise and Beautiful Athena and her HuMum, Marie, and the Sunday Selfies blog hop, hosted by the Indefatigable and Predictably Unpredictable Kitties Blue and their HuMom, Janet.

We got really busy this weekend, almost going overboard with all the artiness involved in prepurring Our Pictures, as you will see. We made use of all three of Our Favourite Photo Editing sites. Maybe it was a bit Over-the-Top, but We had fun.

So, without further ado, let Me show you what We came up with.

Furrst of all, here is the Original ME, in a pawtriotic Blue and White frame We made with the help of LunaPic.

































You know, We didn't even think of it at the time, but the frame, with the tiny Stars of David in the corners, purrfectly complements the blue and white bed-linen.


We made three different artifications of this picture, all with BeFunky, and then framed each one with settings from PhotoFunia.  Tell Us which is your favourite - if you can decide. WE certainly couldn't!


Furrst of all, for those of My Female Admirers (Feline and Human) who are looking for a Pin-Up, you might like this Calendar, which uses the Realist GFX effect:


























Our next design uses the Impressionist GFX effect, with the Interior Picture setting:















Mummy likes this because, as well as Me, it contains a cup of Her Favourite Beverage (mol). You can guess what that is, can't you?


Anyway, that being the case, We decided for Our Third Shot to go all out, and We used the Vector Pop GFX effect and the Morning Mug setting to create a Coffee Cup embellished with My Handsome Features:















Coffee, a croissant and ME - what more could Mummy want for the best pawssible start to the day?


Next, here are the blog hop badges:


        



Now, all that is left for Us to do, before setting out to visit as many of you as pawssible  before Mummy turns off the computer and goes for her afternoon Pre-Caterwauling siesta, is to tell you to watch out tomorrow for a new post on Mummy's Own Blog about the 5th day of her Vacation in Greece. She has nearly finished it and just has one more photo to add and although She doesn't want to make any Purromises, it is 99% certain it will go live tomorrow. 

As for Us - We will, COD-willing, be back here again next week, same Cat Time, same Cat Channel. Till then, be safe. Be well. We love you all!



10 comments:

Memories of Eric and Flynn said...

They are all lovely including your original. I don't have a favourite, but I do like the colouring on the mug.

The Florida Furkids said...

These are all great!

Eastside Cats said...

I want to boop your nose!

Lynn and Precious said...

Sir Shimshi as a girl kitty I think I'll take the pin-up calendar. You are so furry handsome. And you are on a coffee cup! Lynn looks forward to the next edition of the trip. I'm still radioactive for another 8 days. It'll soon be over and then I get a blood test.

Brian's Home Blog said...

That is a most wonderful selfie and your art is totally beautiful! Y'all be safe over there please!

Kea said...

Shimshi, you've outdone yourself! I admit your calendar pin up has me swooning and is my favourite! 😻❤️

Leah said...

Shimshi, we love this picture of you in every variation ... but ... I so do love that coffee mug! It's just too 😎 cool!

Kitties Blue said...

Shimshi, our Mom had to enlarge your original photo to find those stars. She thought at first it must be some kind of illusion she was missing. We like all the art and the settings to which you added it, but the first is our favorite. Thanks for hopping with us! Have a great week. XOCK, angels Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, Fiona, Astrid & Sawyer, Lisbeth, Calista Jo, Cooper Murphy, Kizmet, Audrey, Raleigh, Gibbs & Tali

Athena Cat Goddess Wise Kitty said...

Those are all great and we love the mug!

da tabbies o trout towne said...

lookin good dood...eye like yur own art peace de bezt tho de foto on de end tabullz prette awesum !!! ☺☺ hope mummy haza grate time at sing a long N lookin for werd ta when her poztz bout her holly day in greece !!! ☺☺♥♥ heerz two a happee safe week a head =^..^=