2012 Pet Talk Cat Calendars *THEY ARE READY!!!*

[kittycats_delight]

The calendars are READY!!!! I will have all other products ie: mugs, teddy bears, pet dishes, mouse pads etc ready in the next day or two.

For now HERE (http://www.cafepress.com/ptcat2012.590421519) is the link for calendars and HERE (http://www.cafepress.com/ptcat2012) is the link to the shop itself.

Hi everyone - I figured I would volunteer to do the calendars again this year since it seems Kay doesn't have internet or time to do them!

So here goes all the details once again:

Photo MUST be clear.
Please just original photos. No photoshops - however, brightening/darkening, red eye changes, etc. are fine. I will fix the eyes if you are unable to.
Photo MUST be 1600 x 1200 pixels minimum. I don't want to use anything smaller because it won't print out right. If you send something smaller, it will show up small in the calendar.
Photo can be of multiple cats, as long as it's just cats. You must be the owner of the cats.
ONE entry per PT CAT - you may submit more than one entry, as long as it's of a different cat.
Once you send your photo to me, you're claiming it's ownership as well as giving me the permission to use it.
Lets make the deadline for sending in photos October 31st, 2011 which will give us a good 6 weeks.

They will be the same price this year: $25


Send all entrys to [email protected] - WAIT! Keep reading before you send..

**IMPORTANT**
For multiple photos, please send each photo in seperate emails.
PLEASE include the following in your subject line:
"CAT Calendar - "

In the body of the e-mail include the following:
Owner's First Name:
PT Member Name:
CAT Name(s):
Month you would like your photo to appear in: (Optional)

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A few photo tips:

-Natural lighting usually makes for the best picture.
-Headshots will make your cat more prominent in the calendar.
-The less background clutter, the better the shot. Flowers, scenery, etc are a nice touch.


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Reminders:
-October 31st, 2011 is the deadline to send in your entries.
-If you have any ideas, concerns, etc. please PM me.
-I will NOT accept entries via PM - e-mail only please!



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Entries so far:

DJFyrewolf36 - Remus & Spook
Malibu's Mom - Buddy & Malibu
momoffuzzyfaces - Frankie
kittycats_delight - Vega, Bella, Phoenix, Frost, Pirate & Opera
catmandu - Josephine Moosie Spunkette, Tubster Panther, JJJ3, Michael, Princess, Sam & Precious
phesina - Princess Poppaea Sabina Eugenia, Elmer, Sparkler, Sydney, Lavinia, Poppy, Bob, Cristofur
krazyaboutkatz - Storm, Pearl, Ziggy Stardust, Alani, Blaze & Sky
astrid - Sophie
Taz_Zoee - Paizly & Jax
roxyluvsme13 - Domino & Tallulah
kirsten - Lily & Luna

[kittycats_delight]

Karen, Could this be made a sticky please?

[momoffuzzyfaces]

I just sent you Frankie's pic. Like the one in my siggy. Please let me know if it's ok. Feel free to cut the junk out of the background. :D
Thank you for doing these.:love:

[slick]

Oh I would really love Merlin to have his 5 min of fame. This weekend I'll sift through the pics I have and send you some.

Thanks for taking this huge task on!! :):love:

[Malibu's Mom]

Thank you for doing this!!! I sent pics of Malibu, Buddy & Chance (for the dog calendar.) Hope they're alright and that I didn't go too overboard...

[catmandu]

The Libray Computer will not allow me to access your address.
Is there any other I can submit Found Cat Photis?

[kittycats_delight]

Gary, you can try sending to either of these addresses. [email protected] or [email protected] or [email protected]



Remember folks let me know if you would like your kitty's picture in a certain month.

[krazyaboutkatz]

Michelle, thanks so much for volunteering to do this again.:) I will definitely be sending you pictures of all 6 of my furkids.:)

[katladyd]

Looks like I will be sifting through all the pictures of my boys to find the "right" one for each. Thank you so much for doing this!:)

[lvpets2002]

:) Many Thanks for doing this.. I will be searching for a good pic && to send soon..

[DJFyrewolf36]

Pictures Sent! Thank you for putting this all together!

[kittycats_delight]

Thanks guys. I have updated the first post with the entries I have so far. Looking forward to seeing lots of beautiful kitties for the 2012 calendar. :love:

[astrid]

hooray!!! my camera is ready..
Thanks for doing this again:)

[lvpets2002]

:) I will PM Karen on your request.. I am sure she has not read this yet.. Many Thanks for doing this..


Karen, Could this be made a sticky please?

[catmandu]

Moose the MagnfiCat , Sepember 2010 Bump:love:

[phesina]

Hello, Michelle,

I just sent in pictures of all seven of my cats.

Unfortunately, I forgot to attach the pictures three times, so I re-sent those ones with the pictures attached.

I apologize for my slip-ups causing delays for you.

Thank you for taking on this task again! GREATLY appreciated by all of us.

Pat

[kittycats_delight]

No worries Pat. With gmail when the messages are under 1 conversation they all come in almost like a reply with quoted message like in PM here so all were in one page. It's one of the things I love about gmail. Got all your photos and no worries there is no delay. I will start organizing & layout etc once the deadline has passed on November 1st.

I have a sample page done for anyone who would like to see. Just PM me & I will send it to you. I don't want to post it here for those who want to keep it a surprise.

[catmandu]

We would love to see that page Michelle!!:love:
Sadly My Josephine Moosie Killearn Spunkette Smoke Smokey is still being hissed at chased:(
I have to close the bedroom door so I am not startlled at night by screams and growls.:(
She is such a nice Cat Of The Future:D:D, we will send you some Photos soon!!!:love::love::love:

[krazyaboutkatz]

Michelle, I sent you all 6 pictures of my cats last night. I hope you got them. Thanks again for doing this calendar for us.:)

[kittycats_delight]

Michelle, I sent you all 6 pictures of my cats last night. I hope you got them. Thanks again for doing this calendar for us.:)

Thanks Tracey, got them all and they are great. :)

[kittycats_delight]

Time is passing...let's get some more pictures in for the calendars. There is just about 4 weeks left until the deadline. Keep those photos coming. :)

[kittycats_delight]

Just about 2 weeks left guys...let's get those photos in. Time is flying by and we want to see as many of those gorgeous PT kitties (rb kitties included) as we can on the 2012 calendar.

[momoffuzzyfaces]

I just sent you Angel Rose's picture. Let me know if it's too big. Thanks again for doing this. :love:

[kittycats_delight]

I just sent you Angel Rose's picture. Let me know if it's too big. Thanks again for doing this. :love:


It can never be TOO big...the only issues we sometimes have is too small. The bigger it is the better it is to work with & resize to the needed specifications. Thanks so much for your Entry. Angel Rose is a beautiful girl & will be a great addition to the calendar. :love:

[astrid]

I just sent Sophie's picture, please let me know if it's ok :)

[kittycats_delight]

astrid, I got Sophie's photo and it is perfect. ^_^


MOFF...Angel Rose's photo didn't come through to me. Can you please resend it. Thanks :)

[kittycats_delight]

Hi guys, it is the 28th and entries will close at 12:00 am GMT on November 1st. So, that means you have 3 days and 15 minutes left if you still want to enter your kitty in the 2012 Pet Talk Cat Calendar.

[Taz_Zoee]

Just sent Jax. I hope its not too big. When I looked at what I sent the picture was HUGE!! I hope you can work with it. :o If not, let me know and I'll figure something out.

Off to find one of Paizly. This is more difficult. She is NOT photogenic at all.

[kittycats_delight]

OK guys we are on the home stretch here now. Just 12½ hrs until the deadline for entries is met. So...if there are anyone out there that would still like their babies to be in the 2012 calendar then now's the time to get them in, it's not too late. Last call guys. hehehehe

Big thanks to all who participated. With all the purrfect PT kitties we have it's gonna be awesome.

:love: Michelle

[slick]

Thanks for the PM Michelle. I know I missed the deadline, but Merlin has sent in a picture with his best side. He's glad that Mz Sparkler is entering too and hoping the lovebirds can be in the same month.

[lvpets2002]

:) Yes I was late too.. Thanks for the PM too Michelle.. Hope you got my pics ok too.. Please PM when can.. Many Thanks for doing this Michelle..

[kittycats_delight]

The calendars are READY!!!! I will have all other products ie: mugs, teddy bears, pet dishes, mouse pads etc ready in the next day or two.

For now HERE (http://www.cafepress.com/ptcat2012.590421519) is the link for calendars and HERE (http://www.cafepress.com/ptcat2012) is the link to the shop itself.

[catmandu]

Is there a way I can see all the months of the 2012 Calendar , Michelle.
All I can see is the January page:confused:

[momoffuzzyfaces]

I just took a peek at the calender. Beautiful!!!

Gary, under the front cover of the calendar are the links for the months. Click on the blue VIEW CALENDAR PAGES line.
You can then click on each month and they show you that page for that month. I looked through the entire year. So many wonderful PT babies!!!!:D:love:

[kittycats_delight]

January (http://www.cafepress.com/cp/get_latest_product_view.aspx?ProductNo=590421519&pr=January&showBleed=False)

February (http://www.cafepress.com/cp/get_latest_product_view.aspx?ProductNo=590421519&pr=February&showBleed=False)

March (http://www.cafepress.com/cp/get_latest_product_view.aspx?ProductNo=590421519&pr=March&showBleed=False)

April (http://www.cafepress.com/cp/get_latest_product_view.aspx?ProductNo=590421519&pr=April&showBleed=False)

May (http://www.cafepress.com/cp/get_latest_product_view.aspx?ProductNo=590421519&pr=May&showBleed=False)

June (http://www.cafepress.com/cp/get_latest_product_view.aspx?ProductNo=590421519&pr=June&showBleed=False)

July (http://www.cafepress.com/cp/get_latest_product_view.aspx?ProductNo=590421519&pr=July&showBleed=False)

August (http://www.cafepress.com/cp/get_latest_product_view.aspx?ProductNo=590421519&pr=August&showBleed=False)

September (http://www.cafepress.com/cp/get_latest_product_view.aspx?ProductNo=590421519&pr=September&showBleed=False)

October (http://www.cafepress.com/cp/get_latest_product_view.aspx?ProductNo=590421519&pr=October&showBleed=False)

November (http://www.cafepress.com/cp/get_latest_product_view.aspx?ProductNo=590421519&pr=November&showBleed=False)

December (http://www.cafepress.com/cp/get_latest_product_view.aspx?ProductNo=590421519&pr=December&showBleed=False)

[krazyaboutkatz]

It looks great. Thanks again for doing this Michelle.:)

[Pinot's Mom]

It looks wonderful! I was a bad cat mommy and didn't get Pinot's picture in. Thank you for taking care of this!;)

[astrid]

Dear Michelle,
The calendar looks AMAZING, starting with the gorgeous picture of Malibu on the cover! :eek: what a great work you did! Thank you so much! :love:

[lvpets2002]

:) Yes Michelle the Calendar is Great.. Awweesome.. Will be ordering soon.. Cant wait to see the Mugs & Mouse Pads.. Many Many Thanks for doing this for us && Biggss Huggss.. Yes I Will Be Ordering Uncle Gary's the found cats Calendar For Him..

[kittycats_delight]

Thanks guys, glad you like them. :)

I have the teddy bears done & the mousepad. I am still working on the other stuff. HERE (http://www.cafepress.com/ptcat2012) is the link to the store to have a look-see. hehehe

[lvpets2002]

:) Woo Hoo the Mouse Pad is so Aweesome && Great.. What else are you doing Michelle so I can wait & get everything??..

[kittycats_delight]

I am doing regular & large coffee mugs, travel mug & food/water dish for the cats. I am doing regular & large coffee mugs, travel mug, small & large food/water dishes & dog tshirt.

I was also thinking of putting in the 4 set of mugs with more generic designs like Purr-ent to a Pet Talk Kitty or Meowmie to a Pet Talk Kitty etc. I actually have those designs ready so may put the generic ones in now.

I am also doing custom orders so if there is anything like magnets, button, ipod covers, iphone cover etc that you would like your own pet or idea on just let me know and I can do that as well.

[lvpets2002]

:) Woo Hoo My Shopping Days Are Coming Soon.. Cant wait to see all.. May need a second job.. Nope nope just kidding..

[catmandu]

:love::love:
Thank You Michelle for showing both My Angel Cats:love::love:and My Two Saved Porch Cats.
The Future and the Past, both on the same Calendar.
My Awesome Angels are so happy to be remembered.
Thank You again.
:love::love:

[kittycats_delight]

All cat items are now ready. Of course I will take custom orders as well for anyone who wants anything done of their own babies or anything else for that matter. If you want a custom order done email me at [email protected] and please include in subject line...CUSTOM ORDER.

So HERE (http://www.cafepress.com/ptcat2012) is the link to the store. Both Dog & Cat items have been placed in the one store to make it easier for those with both cats & dogs. I will also include links here for the individual items available.

CAT CALENDAR (http://www.cafepress.com/ptcat2012.590421519)

COFFEE MUG 2012 CATS (http://www.cafepress.com/ptcat2012.593624881)

LARGE COFFEE MUG 2012 CATS (http://www.cafepress.com/ptcat2012.593624879)

COFFEE MUG PURR-ENT (http://www.cafepress.com/ptcat2012.593476076)

LARGE COFFEE MUG PURR-ENT (http://www.cafepress.com/ptcat2012.593476073)

COFFEE MUG MEOWMIE (http://www.cafepress.com/ptcat2012.593476075)

LARGE COFFEE MUG MEOWMIE (http://www.cafepress.com/ptcat2012.593476072)

CERAMIC TRAVEL MUG PURR-ENT (http://www.cafepress.com/ptcat2012.593476070)

CERAMIC TRAVEL MUG MEOWMIE (http://www.cafepress.com/ptcat2012.593476069)

SET OF 4 STACKABLE MUGS 2012 CATS (http://www.cafepress.com/ptcat2012.593624875)

SET OF 4 STACKABLE MUGS PURR-ENT (http://www.cafepress.com/ptcat2012.593476066)

SET OF 4 STACKABLE MUGS MEOWMIE (http://www.cafepress.com/ptcat2012.593476065)

FOOD/WATER DISH 2012 CATS (http://www.cafepress.com/ptcat2012.590421518)

MOUSE PAD 2012 CATS (http://www.cafepress.com/ptcat2012.590421520)

PURR-ENT TEDDY BEAR (http://www.cafepress.com/ptcat2012.593056414)

PET TALK FAMILY TEDDY BEAR (http://www.cafepress.com/ptcat2012.590433917)

PET TALKER TEDDY BEAR (http://www.cafepress.com/ptcat2012.593056415)

[phesina]

WOW, Michelle! You're amazing!

[slick]

I am absolutely blown away........:cool::)
You've done an amazing job and yes, I've just placed my rather large order.

Thank you so much. You rock! :love:

[kittycats_delight]

LOL...you're not kidding slick...I hope you enjoy your items. :)

Thanks everyone. I am today finishing off the other dog items so that there will be a good balance of things for both sides.

I am happy you are all liking the products this year. :love:

[lvpets2002]

:eek: WoW Michelle All Looks So Great.. I am making my list now of what all to order.. Many Thanks for doing all of this.. Biggss Huggss

[krazyaboutkatz]

Michelle, I received both my PT Cat Calendar and customized mousepad yesterday. The calendar looks great.:) Unfortunately the mousepad wasn't lined up correctly when it was printed so some of the purple border is missing and they added some white edeging around some of the borders too.:(

I called Cafepress and I spoke to a wonderful lady who said that they could print me another one at no charge and I can even keep the defective one so that I won't have to pay to ship it back to them.:) The reference number on my receipt didn't match up with the correct picture and I didn't keep the link that you had given to me. I had to upload the picture that you sent me and then I had to pull it to fit it in the mousepad area. The lady could then view it and said that it should print fine. She's also going to make sure that a printing specialist will oversee the printing to make sure that everything is done correctly. I should have it by Dec.13th or sooner.

Here's a picture of what the defective one looks like. My batteries in my camera were also dead so the pictures of the cats look kind of washed out. They really look much better in person. Just look at border though.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v176/krazyaboutkatz/CustomizedMousepad-12-3-11001-resized.jpg

[pomtzu]

Wow - they really did mess that mousepad up, didn't they. I'm surprised that it wasn't caught before shipping.
Last year, thanks to Michelle's design, I got a mug and a mousepad, and the work on both was perfect. Glad that you'll get another without a hassle tho. :)

[kittycats_delight]

Michelle, I received both my PT Cat Calendar and customized mousepad yesterday. The calendar looks great.:) Unfortunately the mousepad wasn't lined up correctly when it was printed so some of the purple border is missing and they added some white edeging around some of the borders too.:(

I called Cafepress and I spoke to a wonderful lady who said that they could print me another one at no charge and I can even keep the defective one so that I won't have to pay to ship it back to them.:) The reference number on my receipt didn't match up with the correct picture and I didn't keep the link that you had given to me. I had to upload the picture that you sent me and then I had to pull it to fit it in the mousepad area. The lady could then view it and said that it should print fine. She's also going to make sure that a printing specialist will oversee the printing to make sure that everything is done correctly. I should have it by Dec.13th or sooner.

Here's a picture of what the defective one looks like. My batteries in my camera were also dead so the pictures of the cats look kind of washed out. They really look much better in person. Just look at border though.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v176/krazyaboutkatz/CustomizedMousepad-12-3-11001-resized.jpg

Tracey, if they haven't printed it yet then I can send you the original. It is much larger is size and higher in resolution as well so there will be no stretching needed. Sorry the print job turned out so bad on the mouse pad. The white border you see is actually the 'raw' mouse pad. It is white in color so there is just nothing printed where you see the white. Going to send you the mouse pad file now. (FULL SIZE)

[krazyaboutkatz]

Well I received the new customized mousepad on Mon. and it looks better than the first one but there's still some white on top. At least this one is more lined up and straight because the first one looked a bit crooked. I"ll just live with it as it is because it's still useable. I guess pictures with frames must be harder to print correctly.

[Freedom]

Tracy, this is how mine came:

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q57/sfsamm/2011/Dec%2015%20mousepad%20PT%20Cafe%20Press/IMG_4824Small.jpg

Above is with the flash ON. Here it is with the flash OFF.
http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q57/sfsamm/2011/Dec%2015%20mousepad%20PT%20Cafe%20Press/IMG_4825Small.jpg

Definitely better than your first one. But they need to work on quality control.

[krazyaboutkatz]

Tracy, this is how mine came:

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q57/sfsamm/2011/Dec%2015%20mousepad%20PT%20Cafe%20Press/IMG_4824Small.jpg

Above is with the flash ON. Here it is with the flash OFF.
http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q57/sfsamm/2011/Dec%2015%20mousepad%20PT%20Cafe%20Press/IMG_4825Small.jpg

Definitely better than your first one. But they need to work on quality control.

Wow! So I'm not the only one having problems. Michelle pm'd me this morning and she's going to contact Cafepress. My second one was also supposed to have a printing specialist overseeing everything. They really do need much better quality control. My second one looks similar to yours except that it still has more white on top and the bottom portion of my purple frame is almost cut off at the corners.

[kittycats_delight]

This is NOT acceptable. People are paying for items that are being sent out sub-par. Under the item picture they say WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET....NO...this is not what you are getting. I made sure to use THEIR template & FULL BLEED so that there would be NO problem. I am not happy. I am waiting for them to get back to me. If I do not get satisfaction from the email then I WILL be calling. I will torture them until they get this product out to you both in the way it should be.

You can see by the picture Freedom posted that it is twisted slightly. This is just ridiculous.

[krazyaboutkatz]

Okay so I received my third customized mousepad today. Although it's better than the first two, it still isn't quite what I was hoping for. I don't think that they'll ever get it right. I think the border is what is causing most of the problems. Here are pictures of all 3 printing attempts.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v176/krazyaboutkatz/CustomizedMousepads001-resized.jpg
This shows 1,2, and 3 next to each other.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v176/krazyaboutkatz/CustomizedMousepads004-1stprintingattemptresized.jpg
1st printing attempt

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v176/krazyaboutkatz/CustomizedMousepads006-2ndprintingattemptresized.jpg
2nd printing attempt

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v176/krazyaboutkatz/CustomizedMousepads009-3rdprintingattemptresized.jpg
3rd printing attempt and there's still a tiny bit of white next to Storm on the left side

[kittycats_delight]

This isn't going to fly with me.


I have just emailed them a second time. I have removed the last names of the Freedom & krazyaboutkatz & the order numbers etc. so as to keep that information private. But here is the email I just sent them.

Hi Jennifer S., I have just received a message from 'Tracey', the lady that was not satisfied with her mouse pad. I don't know what is happening there but the mouse pad is still not right. Here is a link for you to see how they have come out. http://petoftheday.com/talk/showpost.php?p=2398236&postcount=57 Please do have a look. While the newest one is not as bad as the previous ones it has now be cut off across the top. I am assuming that it was stretched larger to be sure that there wouldn't be white across the top once more.

I also just clicked on a link in an email that was sent to me because I had placed my own order and it was a link to the video about quality control on YouTube. It seems by reading through the comments that the negative comments about quality and misprinting started about 2 weeks ago when we (my customers) also had problems. It seems to be only happening with the mouse pads for us, atleast so far that has been the case.

I have another customer with the same problem with a mouse pad she ordered. While she doesn't seem to mind (she said it didn't bother her), I do. This is the link to the photos of her mouse pad. http://petoftheday.com/talk/showpost.php?p=2396845&postcount=54 You will also see it is skewed slightly if you look at the angle of the names across the bottom. I have made the Custom_Orders_PT shop premium so I could have both these orders in the shop at the one time. http://www.cafepress.com/custom_orders_pt.603455717 This is the mouse pad she had ordered that was misprinted. The customers name is 'Sandie' & her order number was ?????????.

Please let me know what can be done. And please make sure the items, while they are to be printed at FULL BLEED have NO white on them, are NOT twisted/skewed & are NOT cut off like the last mouse pad of 'Tracey'. I know I am being particular but these people paid for a product to be made in a particular way and Cafe Press notes under every single preview of each product NOTE: WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET....yet, that is not happening in these 2 particular cases.

Thank you,
Michelle

[krazyaboutkatz]

Thanks Michelle.:) I sure hope that they'll be able to get their quality control under control or they certainly will lose many customers.

[krazyaboutkatz]

I just received my 4th mousepad from Cafepress today. So far it's the best one that they've done. I did notice that both Storm & Blaze are now facing in different directions and there isn't the window pane effect between my cats pictures either. All in all I'm very satisfied though. I'm sorry it photograph very well. Here's the mousepad:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v176/krazyaboutkatz/Mousepad4-1-24-12001-croppedresized.jpg

[kittycats_delight]

The missing frame & the kitties being faced differently would be my fault. :o When they asked me to delete the old photo and upload a new 1 I must have uploaded the first one I did (the one I hadn't edited for printing). I am glad though it turned out without white and without being twisted. I am so glad you are satisfied with it. Took them enough tries to print it correctly.

:love: Michelle

[Circinus]

WOW, Michelle! You're amazing!

[Thomaslek]

Really want a dog, or at least a friendly cat. I plan on getting a dog once Im in college or done with college, but do you guys have recommendations for breeds to consider?