A Year of Holiday Pets

Good morning! There is not much to report on the pins, I just wanted to say hello. Pins in progress. Here is what I have been up to instead of clogging your in-box. 

It is kitten season! I didn’t know that was a thing until I fed a feral cat that was visiting my yard. Then suddenly I had 5 coming for dinner. Two were pregnant females. I realized I need to do something before we have dozens. I read up on TrapNeuterRelease programs. I bought my own trap. I put fliers on doors in about a 400ft  radius from my home which is near a cross road of fences in the neighborhood looking for the kittens. Posted in Nextdoor and FB. Finally got help from our neighborhood organizer. Within 2 days I got messages from ladies just outside my radius that the kittens were in their yards. Shadow’s kittens were coming out to play.  I couldn’t get traps set up until a few days later, after thunderstorms  came through . The kittens had scattered. We caught mom and 2 days later got 3 kittens but never saw the others. I got Shadow spayed and kept her for 7 days with the babies. 

 Big cage with lots of room, but mom makes the best sleeping spot. I didn’t realize how much work would be to socialize 3 kittens. But, it is so much fun and they are getting really sweet. They are now 8.5 weeks old. Next I have to get Chloe and her two babies. They have established my yard as home and play out in the open. Her babies are 12.5 weeks old. I couldn’t find them until she started bringing them here to eat a few days ago. They had already disappeared when I was trapping Shadow. So my days are filled with a herd of animals. My 4 resident cats, 3 kittens inside, and 3 cats plus whoever else comes for dinner outside, possums and the occasional raccoon. I also have a meal worm farm going to feed some tiny wrens every day. That started before the kitten craze. Yet it hasn’t completely kept me from shopping 😹.  When that slows down I might have inspiration to make more cat pins.
Have a great summer while we wait for pins to come.

Hello!
It took me a long time to pick pantones and make the document with all of the information. Then I waited for the results of the President's visit to Beijing to see if there were any big changes.
Today I sent the order to my rep and she will send me an invoice in the next couple of days.  Thanks for your support and patience! Below is the free sticker, "Too big to hide" White Maine Coon and Gerber Daisies. The green border will not be as wide. This one includes bleed, so color is printed all the way to the edges when cut out.
Dacia

Hello! I am working on the pin order. I still have 3 surveys that are incomplete and a few charge cards that experienced errors. If you have not already done so, please do your survey. There are 2-3 people who need to update payment information. 
Thank you for all of your support!
Dacia
This little grey lady showed up a couple of weeks ago. I started feeding one feral cat a little over a month ago and then within a week I had 5. Two just had kittens.  This one was loaded down. Now I am looking for kittens.  I put out some fliers in the neighborhood to see if anyone knows where these two have babies hidden. Goal: get em spayed. Game cameras are fun to use. 

Thanks everyone who has completed the survey. There have been enough add ons ordered to cover the cost of the acrylic pins, even if we don’t reach the mini goal set in the survey. I removed the minimum so all acrylic pins that have been ordered will get made. 

There are only 13 surveys left to be completed (33%). 

Let’s get em done! 
Thanks again, 
Dacia