Marketplace: New Styles and Art on Keepsake Boxes

June 22, 2023 Bernadette

black cat with keepsake boxes — Mewsette models my keepsake boxes.

Mewsette made her debut as a new-product model for my latest keepsake boxes in May this year. I wish we’d be able to see her talents grow, but I’m oh-so-glad she made herself available for this one opportunity. She actually came over while I was trying to work things out and hopped up on the wicker loveseat. I guess she’d watched Mimi enough times!

This group of keepsakes is different from previous ones—where most of my keepsake boxes have been made from very well-loved vintage cardboard cigar boxes, most of these boxes are quite new and are made of light-weight wood instead of cardboard, and they also have far more sparkly things on the original packaging than the older boxes. The boxes themselves still have the same wonderful traditional decoration, patterns and bling that I love to work with.

They’ve already sold to customers who subscribe to The Creative Cat Preview Newsletter, but I’ve replaced the ones that sold with similar boxes. But if you’d be interested in signing up for my monthly newsletter with either my newest designs or a special deal, you can sign up here.

I included some of my newest artwork too.

Another difference is that instead of painting over areas I want to cover on the original box, I printed sections of the painting and used that to cover the areas. I’ve long been wanting to try that and finally decided to just go ahead and do it. Check the edges on the Allegro Moderato box below—Allegro is on the front edge, and the sheet music is on the side, another section is on the other side.

Some of the boxes are very slim, some tall, each is so different it made this particular batch very exciting.

I didn’t make any of the smaller and medium mache boxes this time. Taking care of Mewsette during this time I just ran out of time, but I gladly gave that to care for her. Now I have the time and space to make them, so I’ll add them to the gallery on the Keepsake Boxes page and share them here.

Use them to store your kitty’s keepsakes or your own, or jewelry or office items and much more. Some people use them to keep their kitty’s cremains. Give them as a gift or use them as gift boxes.

And don’t forget that I often have other handmade gifts using the same artwork, like Votive Lamps. They make wonderful gift pairings to celebrate a kitty who looks like the art, or to memorialize one.

Order a Keepsake Box, or Two!

They are $25.00 each when you purchase one, but you’ll find special pricing of $15.00 each when you purchase two or more, no coupon code needed. That price includes shipping, handling and taxes.

Don’t forget, each one is unique, and when it’s gone, it’s gone.

You can find them my Keepsake Boxes page on Portraits of Animals.

Marketplace

Mewsette helps me with lighting and composition while photographing the keepsakes.

Take a look at other new merchandise and featured artwork.

Marketplace is a feature on The Creative Cat to share the latest coming out of my studio with my readers. Once a week on Thursday I feature something new in my “shop” .

Read about creating custom items

Find out more about creating custom items for your own home using the images you see here. Visit the “Ordering Custom Art” page to see samples and read bout how to order.

Find out about events and festivals where you can find me and my work.

Sign up for my e-newsletter (below), check the widget on the sidebar on my home page, or sign up to receive posts on Portraits of Animals Marketplace. I plan on plenty of events this coming summer in the Pittsburgh area.

It’s all done under the close and careful supervision of my studio cats!

Copyright

All images and text used on this site are copyrighted to Bernadette E. Kazmarski unless otherwise noted and may not be used without my written permission, although links to your site are more than welcome and are shared. Please ask if you are interested in using and image or story in a print or internet publication. If you are interested in purchasing a print of an image or a product including it, check my animal and nature website Portraits of Animals to see if I have it available already. If you don’t find it there, visit Ordering Custom Artwork for more information on a custom greeting card, print or other item.