Holiday Cheer

And then it was 2015…

The Kreatrix • January 8, 2015

Interesting times around here, folks-

Today, January 7th, the Kreatrix woke up and announced she was now ready for Christmas.

M'kay. Well, Kreatrix:

Stick a fork in it cause it is DONE. Fried. Come n' gone in a heated rush. Like a low flying bug on a car windshield, like yesterday's bubblegum on the bottom of your shoe, like-

Somebody stop me!

And don't tell anyone...shhhhh...

but the Christmas trees are still up...shhhhh...

Poor Kreatrix. One of those dreaded beasts we hear her call "clients" had a "semi-urgent" job that partway through turned into

oh my sweet patooty, slimy, lizard skin coated butt shenanigans YOU (the Kreatrix) have to get this job done even earlier!!!

Wanna know why Kreatrix had to work all through the holidays?

Because China is taking a 3 week break coming up in February for their New Years!

How nice for them.

Three weeks.

Three. Not days. Weeks. And stuff has to get printed and loaded onto the ships bound for Long Beach, CA so they can take a vay - cay - shun.

All designs were finished uploading to China on Tuesday the 5th. Here's a little peak at some of the ~~evil~~ pretty artwork that made her client so happy he called her a miracle worker.

Ok. So that was nice to hear but it kinda wasn't a miracle from what we witnessed because she never left the computer...she worked really, very, very hard...every day...Saturdays and Sundays and everything in between.

Behold, pretty storage boxes shaped like books:

Giant big storage boxes (showing lid and flap only):

But wait! There's more!

Liquid soap labels using the same elements from the large projects:

There's more!!!! Three pack soap boxes, pyramid shaped boxes, two pack soap boxes, single bar soap boxes. Whew!

So...

BELATED HAPPY NEW YEAR to all of our Catberry Tails fans!! You mean the world to us!!

By the way...2015 is the Year of The Ram. Hmmmm. I'm afraid to hear what the Kreatrix has to say 'bout that.

Happy Holidays! • 7 Comments

The Kreatrix • December 23, 2014

Santa Has Entered The Building!

Remember this?

Yep. Twas for me. And I was told to pick my own "Elf Assistant"

sigh

Ok...so I wasn't real happy about it at first (as you'll see in the video below).

BUT

When I knew the ladies got to sit on my lap...well...

Naturally, Kreatrix is on a massive deadline that has made liquid spew from her eyes and she's frothing at the mouth saying things like

"It's Christmas for foo-foo sakes"

P.S. She didn't say foo-foo. Sometimes she has a potty mouth and my curse jar loves her.

Happy Holidays everyone!!!!

The Chairman cat doll is in a santa suit meant for dogs. It is obvious by his photoshopped frown that he is not happy. — Santa and his Elf Assistant

Uh oh • 5 Comments

The Kreatrix • December 16, 2014

I've Got A Very Bad Feeling About This

Yes. Yes, I do.

Let's all just take a deep breath and send healing energy my way.

In the meantime, I am going to watch this again and again, because it makes me laugh. I need to laugh.

Don’t Be Afraid… • 4 Comments

The Kreatrix • October 30, 2014

I know...scary, right?

Helloooo Eve. What the heck are you? We're cutting her some slack because she painted and decorated that pumpkin.

And Ginger's giant ears kept getting in my face!

We asked Bandit what his costume was and he said:

I am camo cat.

Riiiiight. It is kinda hard to see him in all that black and white.

We had an "incident", though. See the skinny dude creeping around Bandit? Ya, well, he suddenly fell over. Out cold!

Bandit started giving him CPR and screaming:

Don't you die on me, man!

Ginger starts hollering in the background:

He's not dying! Just feed him somethin' for poop's sake....MEN!

Not so sure I liked the way she said MEN!

Lets take a closer look at Bandit's technique during this dramatic moment.

Hey, remember the dude we picked up alongside the road and gave a ride home? Well, check this out:

I told him:

You have the best Halloween costume ever, dude.

He says

Costume it's not. Look like this I do.

I think I understand. Maybe he's from the same planet as the Kreatrix.

Halloween Is Coming! • 7 Comments

The Kreatrix • October 13, 2014

In Honor of Halloween

The Kreatrix took me to a scary place and I had to travel there in the darn pink shopping bag.

As you can see above, I WAS NOT HAPPY ABOUT THE BAG!

That said...I present to you the scary place I traveled to:

Seriously humans? I liked the dancing but that place is indeed scary. Kreatrix says humans like to hang out there.

Whatever floats your boat...

Ginger and I were going to go buy a pumpkin but this dude appeared outta nowhere in our backseat and there was no room for the pumpkin.

He looks oddly familiar. Ginger says he looks just odd. Nice guy, though.

We brought him home. We're keeping him. Kreatrix doesn't know, yet...SHHHH!

Bad Bunnies and Angry Chickens • 3 Comments

The Kreatrix • April 17, 2014

Dear Humans,

Do help me understand something.

What does this

Or better yet…WHAT DOES THIS

Have to do with this?

Rabbits don’t lay eggs. They’re B. O. R. N., people. NOT hatched.

SO, I’m just going to have to assume there's a lot of this goin' on lately.

AGAIN.

If you saw this hopping through your front yard

WHAT WOULD YOU DO PEOPLE?

I’m thinking this:

So you all have fun this weekend. The Kreatrix has so much work to do that I’m hoping she won’t have that giant, scary bunny come to our house!

Do have a fabo Easter.

Keep your doors locked.

And watch out for angry chickens.

Here is a non-scary, non-thieving bunny Kreatrix made several years ago.

The Bad Uncle • 7 Comments

The Kreatrix • March 23, 2014

Things are getting very interesting around here...

Lots of little slips of paper with numbers. Lots of cursing.

I have learned the Kreatrix has a bad uncle.

His name is Sam. And every year he asks for some money.

I offered to have a word with him but I was told

“Naw. Everyone has the same Uncle Sam. He’s very large.”

Humans.

Just when I thought they all clock in somewhere around 6 feet (give or take a bit) I learn there’s one of you that’s even bigger.

So.

I googled Uncle Sam.

I see no family resemblance to any human I know other than (possibly) a somewhat angry Santa Claus.

Is Santa a human?

Purrs and Valentines Wishes! • 6 Comments

The Kreatrix • February 13, 2014

In Honor of Valentine's Day

A black and white cat with a perfect black heart patch under his chin.

A beautiful black and white cat with a perfect black heart on his chest.

A tortoishell cat with a perfect black heart patch on her chest.

Two kittens laying side by side and their spots match up to make a perfect heart.

A very tiny kitten with a heart patch on his side.

The internet is full of pets who have heart patches in their fur. These are a few of my favorites that have been floating around the web for awhile now.

Up next is an animation from one of my favorite animators, Simon Tofield . His entire series, entitled Simon's Cat, is absolutely charming. Here is his latest one fresh off the assembly line for us this Valentine's Day.

And since love is often composed of an unlikely paring of two oddly matched individuals, I present to you one of the winners of the FRISKIES AWARD for best cat video of 2013.

To all of you who have supported us during these first months, please know that The Chairman and his entire community send their purrs and love to you today and always!

The Kitten Bowl! • 4 Comments

The Kreatrix • February 3, 2014

We Got Our Own Super Bowl

That's right! With cats!

Thanks to The Hallmark Channel and The North Shore Animal League we got to watch the first ever Kitten Bowl!

The North Shore Animal League is the world's largest no-kill animal shelter! They rock!!

Ginger prepared a lovely bowl of crunchy snacks for us and we had the best time watching The North Shore Bengals win the championship!

The Kreatrix thought we were so cute watching our own superbowl that she took some silly little videos and here are the highlights:

Life is good! Now it's back to work tomorrow. A BIG WEEK coming up!!

You Can’t Always Get What You Want • 6 Comments

Head Honcho • December 30, 2013

But If You Try Sometime, You Find, You Get What You Need

The Kreatrix kept singing those lyrics every time I grumbled about my car machine. You know, this one:

Apparently a human named Rolling Stone sang this song so I googled him. Lo and behold, this popped out at me:

It's got to be a sign!!!! Remember this:

Immediately I assumed Mr. Rolling Stone must be a genius so I figured I'd listen to him and try to work on my car machine. And while I was scrubbing it I found something.

AND GUESS WHAT?????? I GOT WHAT I NEEDED!!!

TA DA:

A Cup Holder! Awesomeness.

And since I was so excited about my car machine that comes with a cupholder, I let the Kreatrix put a traditional Happy New Year's costume on me.

Why, humans, why? Is this really necessary?

You all go and enjoy wearing your New Year's costume and we'll catch you back here on Friday.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

Catberry Tails™

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