More Cat Things? Yes. More Cat Things.

March 10th, 2010

Do we write too much about kitties here in the Attic Blog? Perhaps. Kittens are our weakness, our vice, if your vice is kittens, is that really THAT awful? We say no.

Soooo, what’s awesome for kittens today? Turning them into sharks and rockets.
Etsy seller Youth Diaspora has broken into our hearts and very likely our wallets with two amazing sweaters made just for your kitty.

Will your cat be tired of you yelling 3,2,1 blast off! Very possibly.

Just when you thought it was safe to go into the living room.

Look at those kittens. They clearly love wearing these obscenely ridiculous sweaters. We have two kittens in the Attic and we’re pretty sure that one of them will grow to function, and perhaps even go so far as to tolerate/ignore being placed into these adorable pieces. Colin is good like that. Fred, well, he’ll pretend to be paralyzed until we remove the sweater and just push himself across the floor by his back legs. While this will vastly improve the sharky effect of the shark sweater, it may create the impression that the rocket sweater is a dud.

There’s also a bat sweater in her shop, but you’ll have to go visit the shop if you want to see that gothy kitten goodness.

So, if you’ve got a Colin on your hands, you really might want to pick up one of these things. It’s bound, at bare minimum, to amuse your guests to no end.

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Are You Accident Prone? Great News!

March 4th, 2010

I am extremely accident prone. So far, though, I’ve yet to break a bone. This used to be a happy thing, but now that I’ve stumbled across Casttoos, I’m not entirely sure about that.
Casttoos are exactly what they sound like. Tattoos for your cast! Arm or leg, there are casttoos for whatever limb you’ve had the misfortune of breaking.

It almost makes it all worth it.

Casttoos come in tons of designs, from dainty fairies

to a really cool seascape design:

If you’ve been very unlucky (or lucky?) and you have a really impressive break that you’d like to show off, you can even send casttoo a digital file of your x-ray and they’ll create a custom casttoo just for you.

Casttoo comes in kids and adult sizes, so I invite any of our more accident prone readers to check them out.

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We Love Books, We Also Love Book Related Things

March 3rd, 2010

You know when you’re reading an awesome book and you want to note a particularly meaningful paragraph, but you don’t want to write in the pages? Well, you *could* just use a paperclip, or a boring old post-it to mark your place, OR, you could do what we’re doing and go to Poketo to purchase some Bunny Bookmark Tabs.

That's right, there's even a ninja. Now you don't want them, you NEED them!

We’re sneakily geeky here at the Attic and this sort of thing very much floats our boat. But, say you don’t like bunnies, even, gasp, ninja bunnies! Fine. There are also bears!

That little bear on the left is BEGGING you to take him home, isn't he?

Poketo also carries leaf tabs, cloud tabs, and other rad, non-tab related items. We’re going to need some time to get over the adorableness of the bunny tabs though, so we’re concentrating on that.

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Amalthea’s Secret – Very Little Jewelry. An update!

February 26th, 2010

The occasional unique pendant, or collar aside, I’m not a really big jewelry person. I spend too much time digging in the dirt and doing messy crafts to be too highly adorned, but today I saw a ring that has completely won me over.

The Gear Ring from Kinekt Design has just about made my head explode with desire.  The ring is made from matte, stainless steel (a *squee* on two counts, as I prefer non-shiny silver things) and it features six FUNCTIONAL  micro-precision gears that turn when you twist the outer ring. The only heartbreaker here is that currently, the ring is only available from the site in US ring sizes 9-12 and I’m a 5.5. They do indicate that you can request other sizes though, so I’m off to make an attempt to secure a tiny one!

A quick update! Right after we posted this, we heard back from Kinekt (great customer service guys, thanks!) They told us the following:

YES we plan to make the Gear Ring in other sizes. Currently, we only offer
sizes 9, 10, 11, and 12 but will be adding additional sizes based on the
requests we have been receiving.

We are working on getting size 5,6,7, 8 and 13. I personally believe they
will be ready in approx 35 to 40 days or so. I will have a better eta in
approx two weeks.

Also, in the meantime, please add your email to our mailing list so that
we can keep you updated. We are not able to add your email due to the
privacy policy. As a result, you will need to sign up (submit your email).
Thanks.

Sincerely,
Andy – Kinekt Design team

Hear that? Get to the site and sign up to the list! I’m doing that right now. Let’s hope that by summer, there are many new gearheads (or gear fingers?) running about.

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Looking For Some T-Shirts?

February 22nd, 2010

Our house artist, Jesse Larson, has TONS of his lovely, creepy creations available on T-shirts through Redbubble!

Edward Gorey Steampunk it is!

Cryptids demand your respect!

He’s got tons of great designs available now, and more to come, as well as prints including Alice In Wonderland available. So check him out and support a great indie artist!

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Some Punk For Your Kitties

February 19th, 2010

Last summer, we added another member to our Attic family. We adopted a shelter kitten named Colin. Colin has grown a lot in the past year and last week we had to start a hunt to get her a new collar. The collar that used to hang down her chest was getting pretty snug (we like to be able to get two fingers in there comfortably) so a new one had to be found. Happily, we came across a site called The Modern Pet.

The Modern Pet absolutely rules! Our package arrived quickly and in Etsy-esque fashion, was wrapped in pretty tissue along with a little thank you package and an adorable book mark.

We can ALWAYS use another bookmark. Seriously, we can.

Our thank you envelope included a cute little info card to keep on the fridge with space for emergency numbers, return instructions (which won’t be needed!) and 10% off our next purchase (which absolutely WILL be needed.)

Colin is now the proud wearer of their pink and black “hardcore cat collar.”

Colin is a punk rocker.

Here she is showing off her new attire:

I can't be bothered looking at you right now.

This is my best side.

Colin seems extremely pleased with her new kitty collar and so are we. Thank you, modern pet! Now, our only problem is a small case of kitten envy.

And what about me?

We’ll be using that 10% off coupon to pick up the black and white version for Fred. Don’t want him to be too left out.

The Modern Pet has more than just collars! They’ve got beds, accessories, clothing, leashes, grooming supplies, toys and more for dogs AND cats! Give them a look see, it’s worth the click.

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