Category Archives: cat greeting cards

Upcoming Event: Carnegie Farmers Market Sundays in July 2021

Carnegie Farmers Market Sundays! July: Sunday, July 11, 18 and 25, 2021 Noon to 3:00 p.m. I’m so excited to be getting out to events again! Many events are brewing and I’ll have news on them soon, but the first one up is the farmers market in my own town, on Main Street in Carnegie. […]

Spring Open House and Studio Sale

Join us for an In-person and Virtual Open House! Sunday, May 2 through Saturday May 8, 2021 In person or virtual, you’re invited to our Spring Open House, May 2 through 8! I’m busily working on the newest designs and products, like hand-stenciled doormats, suncatchers, masks, totes and accessory bags, and framed artwork. I always […]

Take Time for Handwritten Notes on Handprinted Tabbies Note Cards

While you’re socially isolating, why not write notes and mail them to friends? Imagine the excitement at going to the mailbox and finding a piece of personal mail from a friend! These 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ note cards are hand-printed on over a dozen different paper colors in both pastel and bright tones of yellow, pink, […]

Valentines for Cat Lovers and Lovers With Cats

As if the candy Valentine hearts-inspired Valentines aren’t enough, I have a ready supply of feline Valentine images with all the cuddling that happens around here, a mix of both photos and illustrations. These cards are 5″ x 7″ and are available singly or in half or full dozens. Read about the on The Creative […]

Hand-printed Valentine Cards Inspired by Valentine Candy Hearts

Candy hearts-inspired Valentines with kitty messages—what could be a better Valentine for cat lovers? Each is hand-printed so be sure to order early. I usually print these little linocuts in earth tones or “tabby colors”, but I’ve been itching to use brights and pastels and all sorts of combinations with them. I decided they made […]

It’s Black Cat Friday on The Creative Cat

Can you find both Giuseppe and Bella in this photo? Just in time for: Black Cat Friday, Small Business Caturday, Cyber-tooth Cat Monday, and and Giving Toes-day, here’s a review of what’s available. Sign up for my enewsletter and get a 25% discount on your entire order! Read more on The Creative Cat: It’s Black […]

“Window Kitty, Snowy Night” Seasonal Card

This card is a hand-printed linoleum block print, based on the actual scene that met me many snowy nights when I came home from my day job and seeing one of my kitties in silhouette, Sally for many years, then Sophie, then Kelly, sitting on the windowsill at the big casement window facing north, the […]

Time for Meow-loween Cards!

As an artist I turn to my surroundings for creative output, and what better to do with a family of five black cats during the festive Halloween season? I posted many of these photos on my blog, The Creative Cat, for my daily photos during 2010. Each of the cats depicted here is one of […]

Garden Sketch With Mimi, Owning the Garden She Used to Visit

"Garden Sketch With Mimi", 5" x 7", watercolor, 2013 © Bernadette E. Kazmarski

Garden Sketch With Mimi isn’t just Mimi in the garden. It’s Mimi in the garden where she used to hunt for food to feed herself and her kittens and sneak sips of water from the water bowl I had outside for my own cats. I remember seeing her in just about this spot in 2007, […]

A New Display, and New Things

A set of gift items with a "Summer Living" theme.

With all the new gift items I’ve been making I needed to modify my vendor display. I tried out a new layout this past weekend at the Hearts & Paws Pet Fair that included two sets of shelves and it just about perfectly fit all the small things I had to display. I had decided […]