Calendars “In the Kitchen With Cookie” and “Compositions in Black and Green”

Love black cats? Need a little more tortie in your life? I have the calendars for you! One features Cookie and one features the Five including photos you’ve seen right here on The Creative Cat, updated for 2014 I designed them in a compact size that won’t take up too much space on your wall or your desk but large enough to see all the whiskers.
Now reduced to $5.00 per calendar!
It’s halfway through the year so you only get half the use, but you can still enjoy all the photos!
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Read reviews from their first release in 2013
Review and giveaway: In the Kitchen with Cookie 2013 calendar on The Conscious Cat
Review and giveaway: Compositions in Black and Green 2013 calendar on The Conscious Cat
Two Unique Cat Calendars Giveaway From The Creative Cat on Cat Wisdom 101
The Creative Cat 2013 Calendar Review on We Have a Situation
Review & Giveaway: In the Kitchen with Cookie & Compositions in Black and Green 2013 Calendars on Texas, A Cat in New York
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In the Kitchen with Cookie 2014 Calendar

If you’ve followed my daily photos on The Creative Cat you may be familiar with my photos of Cookie interacting with properly-warmed pasta bowls, enamel pots and glass salad bowls in the series called “In the Kitchen With Cookie”. I was lucky enough to catch her in the act through the years photographing a dozen amusing images of Cookie exploring alternate uses for these items.
A number of readers requested a calendar which sounds like a wonderful idea to me, especially as a tribute to a part of Cookie’s unforgettable curiosity that still makes me laugh. The calendar is a 5.5″ x 8.5″ spiral-bound calendar printed on 100# matte-finish text paper so it’s easy to write on but the art still looks bright and crisp.
Each month includes one main photo of Cookie caught in the act which was either taken during that particular month or is themed for that month food-wise, plus a bit of the text from the original post on The Creative Cat—and Kelly even makes an appearance with Cookie in two of the photos! I’ve also included a simple recipe of my own that corresponds.
On the right a monthly calendar includes basic holidays, moon phases and room for notes at the bottom, and other photos of Cookie from the same and related explorations decorate open areas on the calendar page.
The recipes celebrate winter days in my kitchen and the seasons of my garden, long enjoyed with Cookie’s supervision, including my special “Cheesecake”, “Healthy Multi-fruit Crisp”, “Easy Lemon Vinaigrette” and my best advice for cooking fresh sweet corn.

Below is a list of photos and recipes included in this calendar:
COVER: Cookie in the Pasta Bowl
TITLE PAGE: Do You Really Need All These Cookbooks?
JANUARY: Cookie…Cake?, Just the Right Size, A Luxury Bath
RECIPE: Basic Pound Cake
FEBRUARY: Cookie’s Ready to Start Baking, Warm Kitchen on a Winter Day, We’re All Waiting
RECIPE: Healthy Multi-fruit Apple Crisp
MARCH: And a Bag of Rotini for a Bed, Finally a Nap, Step Right Up
RECIPE: Quick Pasta Salad
APRIL: So Much for the Apple Crisp, Just Right for a Bath
RECIPE: Crabapple Crisp
MAY: Cookie Dough in the Salad Bowl, Can I Just Have a Nap, The Scene as I Found It
RECIPE: Simple Lemon Vinaigrette
JUNE: Sweet Dreams, and a…Tomato for Your Pillow, To-o-o-tally Relaxed, Stacked Tomatoes
RECIPE: Individual Tomato Tarts
JULY: Cookie Picks Her Own Sweet Corn, A Little Fiber in Your Diet, I’ll Shuck My Own Thanks
RECIPE: Advice on Sweet Corn
AUGUST: Cookie in the Pasta Bowl, A Warm Pasta Bowl is a Perfect Cat Bed
RECIPE: Fresh Tomatoes on Cooked Pasta
SEPTEMBER: A Cookie in Every Pot, View From the Pot, A Bath in the Pot
RECIPE: All-day Vegetable Soup
OCTOBER: Chocolate Chip Cookies, Girl Talk, A Little Coffee
RECIPE: Chocolate Chip Cookie Advice
NOVEMBER: Two Naughty Torties: Cheesecake, Cookie Gets to Lick the Beaters
RECIPE: Basic New York Cheesecake
DECEMBER: Kitties N Cream, My Inspirations
RECIPE: Waffles with Whipped Cream and Fresh Berries
BACK COVER: How Do You Like Them Apples?

The convenient size is coil-bound either across the top so that it hangs like a wall calendar, or down the left so that it opens like a journal. I have both variations available for sale, so be sure to choose Wall Calendar or Journal Style when you purchase.

As a complement to the calendar, I have also designed from the images in this calendar a number of products such as placemats, decorative trays and wood-mounted artwork, all handmade by me so you’ll want to check my Etsy shop to see what’s available—search for “In the Kitchen with Cookie” or just click here.
Also, any image can be ordered as a print, and if there is one you’d like as a print or a special handmade item, just ask. I’ll offer these through 2014. Sign up for my e-newsletter at the bottom of this page to be sure you don’t miss any special offers.
Below is a handy slideshow so you can flip through the pages like a book, and below that you’ll find ordering information.
Compositions in Black and Green 2014 Calendar

Well, this is a natural for me, isn’t it?! I’ve been planning a calendar celebrating the beauty of black cats especially since Mimi and the Fantastic Four joined my life, only hesitating because I have SO MANY images and ideas that I can’t settle on one. But I find it imperative to create something that will also benefit the adoption of black cats because they are often left behind in the shelter. These five wonderful black cats will show the world that everyone needs to have at least one black kitty in their life, and, at least in my house, the more the merrier! I chose this theme for one of these small calendars because it’s a collection including silly, cute and artful photos in equal measure, just the thing to show others what black cats can bring to your life.
I’ve been collecting photos for this calendar since I finished last year’s calendar! These five wonderful black cats will show the world that everyone needs to have at least one black kitty in their life, and, at least in my house, the more the merrier! Again, it includes a collection of silly, cute and artful photos in equal measure, just the thing to show others what black cats can bring to your life.
Again in 2014 Jelly Bean is on the cover, and rightly so—he spends the most time in there and is the most beguiling where the faucet is concerned, and he also does some of the most interesting things…
Each month includes one main photo which was likely taken during that particular month so the lighting is right. On the right a monthly calendar includes basic holidays, moon phases and room for notes at the bottom, and thumbnail photos of the Five from other activities in green and white decorate open areas on the calendar page.
And Emeraude makes an appearance in this calendar since, not only is she a black cat in a green and white bathroom and she has spent most of her time in this house in that room and enjoyed it just as much as the Five, but her eyes are the greenest too! And even Lakota, though he was not black, appears as well.
The calendar is a 5.5″ x 8.5″ spiral-bound calendar printed on 100# matte-finish text paper so it’s easy to write on but the art still looks bright and crisp, and I have it available in both a journal and wall calendar style; I had been planning to choose only one style but last year’s orders were divided just about equally between the two styles so I decided to print both again.
The convenient size is either coil-bound across the top so that it hangs like a wall calendar, or down the left so that it opens like a journal. I have both variations available for sale, so be sure to choose Wall Calendar or Journal Style when you purchase.

Below is a list of images that appear in the calendar:
COVER: A Sudden Inspiration (Jelly Bean)
TITLE PAGE: Underpants 2 (Jelly Bean)
JANUARY: Through the Looking Glass, and What Mimi Found There (Mimi), On the Windwsill With Mom (Mimi and Jelly Bean), Plato’s Mirror (Mimi)
FEBRUARY: Anticipation (Jelly Bean), Just Waiting (Jelly Bean), Am I Cute enough Yet? (Jelly Bean)
MARCH: Who Is That Kitty in the MIrror? (Mewsette), I’m Going to Get That Kitty! (Mewsette), That’s Very Interesting (Mewsette), I Just Can’t Reach This Kitty (Mewsette), Mewsette Covers My Litterbox (Mewsette)
APRIL: Imitation Is… (Giuseppe), Interesting Viewpoint (Giuseppe) , Do You Understand Yet? (Giuseppe and Jelly Bean)
MAY: Mewsette Carefully Chooses Her Words (Mewsette), Sometimes Mewsette Has To Yell to Get Attention (Mewsette)
JUNE: Singing For a Drink (Giuseppe, Jelly Bean), The Three Amigos (Giuseppe, Jelly Bean, Mr. Sunshine), Hey Lady, Can We Have a Drink? (Mr. Sunshine, Giuseppe, Jelly Bean)
JULY: In the Mirror (Giuseppe, Jelly Bean), Toy in the Tub (Mr. Sunshine, Giuseppe, Jelly Bean), Ready in the Sink (Jelly Bean)
AUGUST: Morning Watch (Emeraude), Greeting Me (Lakota and Emeraude), Keep Your Friends Close, But Your Catnip Closer (Emeraude), Two Great Minds (Jelly Bean, Mr. Sunshine and Emeraude), Who’s That Black Kitty in the Sink? (Emeraude)
SEPTEMBER: Curiosity (Jelly Bean), Can We Get Some Service in Here? (Giuseppe, Jelly Bean), In the Tub (Giuseppe, Jelly Bean)
OCTOBER: That Time of Year (Mimi), Just Waiting (Giuseppe, Jelly Bean), Bean Drinking, From Above (Jelly Bean)
NOVEMBER: Thankful (Mimi), Caught (Giuseppe), We’d Like Some Service Here (Mr. Sunshine, Giuseppe), Resting (Emeraude), Birdwatching (Mewsette, Jelly Bean)
DECEMBER: Sunshine (Mr. Sunshine), The Thinker (Mr. Sunshine)
BACK COVER: Compositions in Black and Green, Giuseppe Version (Giuseppe)

As a complement to the calendar, I have also designed from the images in this calendar a number of products such as decorative trays and wood-mounted artwork, all handmade by me so you’ll want to check my Etsy shop to see what’s available—search for “Compositions in Black and Green” or just click here.
Also, any image can be ordered as a print, and if there is one you’d like as a print or a special handmade item, just ask. I’ll offer these through 2014. Sign up for my e-newsletter at the bottom of this page to be sure you don’t miss any special offers.
Below is a slideshow so you can flip through the pages like a book, and below that you’ll find ordering information.
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Images that appeared in the 2013 calendar:
COVER: Composition in Black and Green (Jelly Bean)
TITLE PAGE: Manipulative (Jelly Bean)
JANUARY: God, I’m Cute (Jelly Bean), No One Will Notice Me (Mewsette), This Sink Matches My Eyes (Mewsette)
FEBRUARY: Family Portrait Before the Tub (Mewsette, Jelly Bean, Mr. Sunshine), Everybody in the Pool! (all Five), I Hear Voices in the Drain… (Jelly Bean)
MARCH: May I See Some ID? (Mr. Sunshine, Jelly Bean, Giuseppe), Door Cat in Training (a baby Mr. Sunshine), Mr. Sunshine, Twice as Cute (Mr. Sunshine), This Sink Doesn’t Match My Eyes (Mr. Sunshine)
APRIL: Droplets Flying (Giuseppe, Mr. Sunshine, Jelly Bean), Have a Drink With Friends (Giuseppe, Jelly Bean, Mr. Sunshine, Mewsette), Having a Drink at the Sink (Mr. Sunshine)
MAY: Good to the Last Drop ((Jelly Bean), Well Disguised (Mewsette), Composition in Black and Green 2 (Giuseppe)
JUNE: I See You (Giuseppe, Mr. Sunshine), Through the Looking Glass, and What Mimi Found There (Mimi), Only the Shadows Know (Giuseppe, Jelly Bean), Mewsette Mixed Whiskers (Mewsette)
JULY: Green Leaves, Green Eyes (Mimi), Mimi This Morning (Mimi), Living With Your Grown Up Children on Mother’s Day (Mewsette, Mimi)
AUGUST: Three (Mr. Sunshine, Mewsette, Mimi), What’s This? (Fantastic Four)
SEPTEMBER: I See London, I See France, I See Someone’s Underpants (Jelly Bean, mostly), Can We Get Some Service in Here? (Giuseppe, Jelly Bean), You Wanted to Use the Sink? (Giuseppe)
OCTOBER: Pretty Pleeeeeze? (Mr. Sunshine, Jelly Bean), As If One Bean Isn’t Cute Enough (Jelly Bean), I’ll Hold Her Tail, You Get Away? (Jelly Bean, Mewsette, Giuseppe)
NOVEMBER: Toe Cleaning in Green and Black (Jelly Bean), Remembering (Giuseppe, Mr. Sunshine), Sculptural (Jelly Bean)
DECEMBER: Lost in the Shadows (Mimi), We’re Keeping Out of This! (Giuseppe, Jelly Bean, Mewsette, Giuseppe)
BACK COVER: Giuseppe’s Morning
As a complement to the calendar, I still use some of these images for products such as decorative trays and wood-mounted artwork, and any image can be ordered as a print. Sign up for my e-newsletter at the bottom of this page to be sure you don’t miss any special offers.
Below is a slideshow so you can flip through the pages like a book, just for the heck of it.

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I LOVE my “In the Kitchen with Cookie” calendar. My annual christmas gift is a Simon’s Cat calendar, which coordinates with our kitchen’s colors. So, really I was not in the market for a calendar, but who could resist the picture of a basil-covered cat. And, it was a great choice! The photos are whimsical and every single one is fun to look at. Even more so, the stories and recipes are enjoyable and reflect Bernadette’s love for her cats and great sense of humor. I especially appreciate the smaller format of the calendar. Even in our crowded house, it was easy to find a special niche for it. In fact, it now hangs just across from Simon’s Cat, and is probably more popular.
Steffi, I hardly thing Cookie is more popular than Simon’s Cat, but I’m highly complimented! And I’m so glad I could share Cookie, and all the time we spent in the kitchen.
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you want to make millions, make a calendar witha cookbook on food we can cook for our cats!
Jim, that’s in the works! It will take some time, though. I decided to do this little calendar in memory of Cookie while I work on the bigger project, which will likely take me all this year…
Hey Everybody !
“In The Kitchen With Cookie” is a great find, and a great gift. I was given one, and I too, like 3-dimensional calendars.
Bernadette’s sly, sardonic humor is matched only by Cookie’s own brand of curmudgeonly toleration and judgement of everything around her.
(And it made me want to cook)
Get one now !
Diana DiGioia
pinknoyze.wordpress.com
Thanks, Diana!
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