mama cat is handmade

I'm coming in at the very tail end of this. There are still two hours for you to write the Consumer Product Safety Commission and ask them not to require makers of handmade toys to pay to have their products tested. The form is simple, so go ahead and take a minute. There's more information on much further-reaching blogs than mine, so read up if you haven't already.

This mama cat went to a dear little one-year-old friend of ours for her first birthday. She's a little different then my other mama cats--because I knew she was going to a baby I left off all the buttons and went with embroidered eyes instead. I made this toy, and I care about it and the person who receives it.

Actually the expensive testing of toys reminds me of illegal raw milk. There's nothing wrong with either, maybe even, both are more wholesome than their counterparts. But, because large manufacturers/producers have taken shortcuts that have caused people harm, the government (us) tries to protect us and goes too far. Hamfisted! Says my husband.