My 2013 calendar is officially up for sale at my Zazzle store! My human got the proof and it was okay as it was, but she decided to lighten up a few of the photos just a touch (they look darker on paper than on the computer), and make the spiral black instead of white (although you can change it to any color you want). So with that done, she believes it’s the best it can be for 2013! And this year her best is quite good! But it took a lot to get there… 10 years’ worth of work!
That’s right — this is my tenth calendar in a row! Nine out of ten of them are here. I don’t know what happened to 2007. I kind of liked that year.
Here is my very first calendar for 2004. Can you believe how terrible it was? Can it say “amateur” any louder?
By 2006, my human’s photography, and her taste in fonts, had begun to improve. I actually still use this photo to show off my sexiness!
For a couple of years, my human made different sized calendars! Since she was not exactly a Photoshop wiz, it took her forever to do them because she had to resize everything by hand (she did not know any of the good shortcuts!). After a while she decided it was too much work. This calendar got beat up looking from sitting around for so long — it was too big for her to file away.
My 2009 calendar was pretty nice looking! In fact, it won a Muse Medallion from the Cat Writers Association for Best Photograph (series).
The calendar for 2010 got a Muse Medallion too!
I did not get a Muse Medallion for my 2011 calendar, although it did get a Certificate of Excellence. The cover does feature one of my human’s favorite photos of me, but she does not think the inside photos were quite as good as the past two years. My 2012 calendar got a Certificate of Excellence, but I won’t know if it has won anything more for a couple of weeks.
Which brings me to my 2013 Calendar! Each month has a different Cat Rule for your human, in an awesome layout! You have to check it out — it makes a great gift for anyone who likes us kitties, not just cat bloggers! Two things make it even better:
1) Zazzle sells internationally! I was told shipping to Canada is pretty reasonable — you tell me if it is the same for other countries!
2) This is the best of all — if you get my 2013 calendar between now and November 27, you get 25% off! Just enter CALENDARTIME at checkout in the “Zazzle Coupons/Gift Certificates” box. So this is a great time to do some gift shopping — 25% off means if you order 4, it’s almost like getting one for free!
I am totally proud of my calendar this year. I am even proud of my human, and that is saying a lot! So please spread the word!
What a cool post! Loved to see each calendar. You folks really rock, you are so purr-fessional and have such beautiful pictures and calendars. We hope you make tons of sales on your 2013 – it looks awesome!
Very nice! Very professional. Love the cover of last year’s calendar. With your guidance and instructions, your human does wonderful work but she’s got a wonderful model to photograph.
Oh wow…this may be the closet I get to you, Ms. Sparkle, so I gotta get one…you are just mesmerizing…..:)
Wow! sparkle! Yous has been a super model /pin up girl cat for 10 years! who knew? Yous does not look that old at all.
Kisses
nellie
You are truly a very big star!
You are a true star, Sparkle. I can’t wait to see you rules for humans to live by.
This was an awesome selection. I must get going on my Cat Wisdom101 before it’s 2014!
We’re pretty amazed by your human (of course you too, Sparkle, that should go without saying). We didn’t realize you’d been doing your calendar for 10 years, though. Wow! Congrats and kudos!
Holy mackeral Sparkle
You and your human are so talented.
That is pawsome and I sure hope you win a lot of awards this year!
purrs
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What a beautiful calander, Sparkle!!! We love it:)
Yay! I hope you sell a squillion of them!
Sparkle, my hat is off to you for having a calendar, period, much less..how many? Ten? The best I’ve done so far is a novel and that I have to share with a whole bunch of other people. I say keep up the sexiness..er, I mean good work! (Also, we think the very first calendar really shows off your floofy tail best 🙂
Hugs,
Tom
Your calendar is adorable!
What talent your human has, Sparkle 🙂 But then her subject is pretty brilliant 😉
It was fun to see your old calendar covers up to this one. They all look great to us Sparkle! Your human does a beautiful job of getting those sultry photos of you with the light on you just right. Our mommy can’t even fathom how she does that but that’s why you are the famous calendar girl and we aren’t!
A whole year of Sparkle. Wow. If the publicist did not make a calendar full of me she might just buy one.
ps: she does not much like mustaches either but Lin is a good friend and helped mustache me up
Your calendars are awesome! Concats on all the awards! We hope more are on the way!
Mowzers concats on all the awards! We didn’t know you’d been having your human slave– err, produce those calendars for you for that long! Well done!
Your new calendar looks wonderful! I agree, your mom got better and better at making it over the years. I love your beautiful photos!
That is a fabulous calendar! I bought so many last year from cat folks and didn’t use half of them! This year I have received a number of free ones so I’m not buying any…BUT……I tweeted this and Facebooked it!!!
Have a great day!
We always love your calendars Sparkle and this one will be no exception!
We didn’t realize you had been doing calendars for so many years. But always, the pics are beautiful. Good luck with your latest one.
We just LOVE the pic on the front of your newest calendar! Great job!
PURRS!
Selina
Hi, beautiful girls, we’ve missed you all very much!!…Wow, gorgeous Sparkle, we are always so impressed with you and love being friends with such a big celebrity=your calendars are all awesome and we will definitely order some, thanks for the discount code!!…Thank you, dear ones, for your sweet comments in the last few months while our Mommy has been gone=they were so appreciated!…Happy week ahead, lovely friends…xoxo…Calle, Halle, Sukki, Mommy Cat, Daddy Cat
10 years of calendars?! That is so cool! Our mum was going to make a calendar of us last year. She got to May and gave up. You should be very pleased with your human.
Wow! That is a fabulous array of calendars! We will add the 2013 one to our Chirssymouse wish list.
Everything is an evolution Sparkle, you and your human work together now like a well oiled machine and your beautiful calendar is the proof 🙂 Congratulations on a job well done!!!
Your calendar looks so great! And I think our humans could use your expertise more often 😉
Purrs
That looks like a great calendar for this year but then we think they are all good We just like pictures of you. Hope you have a great week and sell tons of those calendars. Take care.
With you featuring so regally on your calendar Sparkle we’re sure you will sell out quickly.
Luv Hannah and Lucy xx xx
Your calendars are great, Sparkle. We hope you sell lots and lots!!
Any calendar with your picture in it is beautimus! Have a great week!
I’m going over to purchase your calendar for a friend, maybe I should get two just in case I want to keep it for myself.