Notso Kitty, Salem, MA (2026)

04/02/2026

Newest postcard design is now available online and at 🎉😻 This one is a catty version of everybody’s favorite Salem house that Hawthorne wrote a book about. I personally would like a house with more gatos than gables— how about you?
I’ve been meaning to pick up the postcard designing track again since two years ago, but I’ve been so distracted with all the other things that go into running the cat museum (turns out it’s an endless amount of things) 🤪😹 But my love for postcards is still strong! They are my preferred antiquated form of marketing— representing art & culture in the purrfect size. My grandma started me with a postcard collection when I was 7 and I still have it active after all these years! Will I get my act together and finish drawing my Mewnited States postcard series this year? Maybe not…. But know I’m meaning to someday 😻

03/05/2026

I recommend putting some Churu on a mirror for your cat’s next photoshoot 📸🐈‍⬛😝
Starring Sneakers the cat 🖤
Fantastic vintage mirror from 🪞😻

02/12/2026

Reminder our Instagram kitty crystal story sale starts meow! It goes until 11am 2/12/26. Purrfect valentines presents 😻😻 What’s leftover will be available on notsokitty.com - but if you want to take advantage of free shipping, the story sale is where that’s at ✨✨😻😻 Thank mew for your support 😻😻

02/06/2026

💕✨💕✨The “All You Need is Love & Meowgic” Kitty Crystal collection is landing first in this Caturday 2/7/26 🎉🎉💕💕✨✨ This collection is full of handpicks fresh from the 2026 Tucson Gem & Mineral Show 💕💕✨✨ I will be updating the Notso Kitty online shop with some of these mid-next week and hosting a story sale 2/12/26 for those who would like to buy online. There are so many new cool kitty shapes I had so much fun finding— pictured is just a fraction! They start as little as $6 too 🙀💕💕✨💕✨💕

12/15/2025

Pictured: My ideal birthday party 🐈‍⬛🖤🎉 It’s my birthday today! I’ve made it to my elder years by being a grumpy contrarian — don’t expect that to change 😹😹 If you’re looking for someone to pay you lip service, you’re going to have to find another person 🤪😹 Good thing there’s all kinds of people out there! And not everyone dislikes grumpy contrarians, thank goodness 🙏🏻🙏🏻😻😻 Thanks to all that can keep it real with me— you know who you are 😻😻 And to those that can’t, I’m trying to be cool with you too— part of the whole getting older and wiser thing 🤪🤪 Thanks for being a part of it all 🙏🏻😻

11/28/2025

The holidays are upon us, and are Sneakers & I ready? 🧐🧐 NO! 😹😹 But we have been working like little elves in our attempt to prepare. I just updated Notsokitty.com with a bunch of new stuff including some new holiday kicker patterns and some Xmas-themed Decole Concombre figurines fresh from Japan 🎉🎉😻😻 They’re all 15 percent off until 12/1 — discount is automatically taken at checkout 🎉🎉 Locals can use code PICKMEUP for free local pickup at Salem Cat Museum. The Cat Museum’s in-person gift shop is 15% off until 12/1 too 🙀😻🎉 Salem Cat Museum can be found at 107 Boston St, Salem, MA, open Thursdays-Mondays 11am-6pm 😻😻
This year you can also find Notso Kitty kickers locally at and . You can find Notso Kitty not locally in Philly and through our cat toy collaboration with popping up around NYC 😻
Flip to the end to see Sneakers Thanksgiving high jinx — the best holiday entertainment every year 🐈‍⬛😻❤️

09/30/2025

About 10 years ago today my ex-coworker in engineering said the nicest/meanest thing to me: he said he hoped to never see me in our shared office space again 🙀🙀 Now on the surface that sounds a bit bitchy, but I knew at the time he was wishing me well— if I had showed up in that office again, that would’ve meant my dream of being a cat-themed entrepreneur didn’t work out— which was certainly a possibility given the statistics of business startups failing…
But I never did step foot in that office again for business purposes (I might’ve visited for lunch once or twice 😹 ) — and now that office is closed so I couldn’t go back if I wanted to. So I guess that’s settled 😺
Thank mew to all that have been supportive of my catrepreneurial journey over the past 10 years! I can’t believe I’m participating in my 10th Haunted Happenings market (which was the first outdoor market I ever attempted) this October 🎉🎉🎃🎃
Pics are from the Notso Kitty booth last weekend— taken by my Salem pals Joanne Bolden & Pam Shelton — who when I asked them to please snap a few pics of me “being busy” immediately understood the assignment 🙏🏻🙏🏻😻😻 From cat events to cat museums, I would’ve never guessed what was possible 10 years ago… Thank mew for helping it all exist 🎉🎉😻😻

09/12/2025

This morning at we have the purrfect example of what keeps happening to all the catnip kickers I keep making — I put the box down for a second to say hi to owner Uri and a cafe kitty had claimed them all by the time I turned around again 😹😹 It’s only September and I’ve already entered the mode where every catnip kicker I sew is already claimed by pre-sales for wholesale clients and/or stock for the October Derby Square Notso Kitty booth (usually I get half way through October before this happens 🙀). I’ve made more kickers than ever, but I sell them faster than ever too so it’s been hard to keep up. Cats don’t care though— they’re just like “where are my kickers? I need more right meow”… It never ends ♾️😹 Wish me luck this busy Fall season in keeping our furry overlords appeased 🙏🏻😻

08/11/2025

A week ago was the 10th anniversary of CatCon— 9 in-person and 2 virtual events have happened since the event’s debut in 2015, and I am proud that Notso Kitty participated in all of them 🎉🎉😻😻 Though I hope continues for many years, this was probably my last time flying across the country for any pop-up events with the Notso Kitty brand bc of personal reasons (mainly : busyness of , fear of planes, and increasing hatred of lugging s**t through airports). My CatCon era has been a crazy adventure and I’m so happy to have been a part of it all 😻😻🎉🎉 It seems unlikely that a girl that has called herself an unfluencer would make it this far at a huge convention— 10 years has been a surprisingly great run 🎉🎉😻😻 Cheers to the next round of unfluencers to try it 🥂✨
📸 1-5: booth & friends
📸 6: at
📸 7-8:
📸 9-11:
📸 12: Con damage = 23 bruises 🤪
📸 13: Back to museum life 😻

07/26/2025

How could the 10th anniversary edition of be next weekend when it feels like just yesterday I received the 2014 Etsy message that would launch my professional kitty career? I remember receiving Susan’s note while having a particular tedious day in my previous engineering job. Up until that point I had been posting wacky hats that few cats would actually wear on Etsy as a form of rebellion from corporate life — I dreamed of the day I would no longer have to listen to the prattling on of men (all my bosses were male 🤮) who quite frankly should speak less (iykyk) 🤫 I had already been saying “I’m going to quit and make cat accessories” every day for 2 years, a serendipitous invitation was just the prompt I needed 😻😻😻 Thank you CatCon for being there from the very beginning of my officially professional cat life! I’m so happy to be attending the 10th anniversary event next weekend in Pasadena 🎉😻 See mew there? 😻🎉
Photos: Notso Kitty CatCon moments from 2015-2024 — including pics of my first event ever 🎉😻

06/27/2025

Back in 2011, when Notso Kitty was more of an idea lab than an actual business I was contacted by people who desperately needed Elton John-inspired glasses for their cat’s Oscar’s Party look. I mean, who doesn’t need such things? In the moment I realized I was lucky to have the inspiration of the LGBTQIA+ community— the community that not only created the look I was cattifying— but was also most likely to support such creations 😻🎉🌈 Since then I have had many opportunities to be both further inspired by and supported by this community — and that’s why I’ve chosen to give back to this area of society in particular. This Caturday will be my 5th time vending at and my third year giving half the profits to 🎉🌈 I don’t get to do pop-ups much these days with running Salem Cat Museum, but this one is an important one. Hope to see you there 🎉🌈 Happy purride ❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜🩷🤍🤎🖤
📸1: The great Notso Fluffy as Elton John
📸2: Recent selfie at “Power full because we’re different” by at

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