What do cats and knives have in common?

They both need to keep their edges sharp!*

Now that the life update is out of the way, here are two little projects I did last month...

For the cat: I made a scratching post out of 1/2 of a flor tile, a piece of plywood, and some zip-ties.

He Sniffs!


He Scores!


He Smokes and Snores...

For the knives: I made a magnetic knife strip out of a piece of wood and some magnets, cork, and epoxy.

And then I extra nerded-out and documented the steps in a tutorial over on flickr :)

*(yikes. Did that really just happen?)