We Heart Cats

The CFA-Iams Cat Championship will be held from October 18th-19th at Madison Square Garden in New York City. You’ll have the chance to see the best of more than 40 breeds of cats, along with events like:

Feline Agility Competition
Adopt-A-Cat: Dozens of homeless cats from the Mayor’s Alliance for NYC animals will be available for adoption
Iams Trained Cats: The finest felines from Hollywood will be performing onstage!
New York’s Largest Feline Shopping Mall
The Breed Showcase

Click HERE to visit the official website for the Cat Championship

ALL OF THIS HAVING BEEN SAID…

I’m on the lookout for the perfect logo for We Heart Cats, and I know lots of you out there are creative! So, I’m pleased to announce my first contest for We Heart Cats! Here are the rules:

Please include the phrase “weheartcats.com” in your design.
Designs must be high-res, and a JPEG. Other than that, there are no design restrictions!

All entries are due by 12:00 noon EST on Saturday, October 18th.

An e-mail will be sent to the winner on Wednesday, October 22nd.

PLEASE NOTE: If you are the winner, you agree to give up all ownership rights to your logo, and thereby give me permission to use the logo wherever and however I choose.

So, what does the winner get? I’m glad you asked, because the winner gets a fabulous prize package. The Sophisticated Cat in the City Package (worth $250.00) includes:

Cattitude Mug
Purrfect Grooming Brush
The Purrfect Satin Close-up Cat Toy
Cat Charmer Cat Toy
16 lbs. of Iams Pro-Active Health Original Formula cat food with Lamb & Rice (Orange Bag)
2 Premium Cat Food Bowls
Organic Cotton Cat Collar
Faux Suede Cat Bed with Eco-Friendly 100% Recycled Fiber Fill

The contest is short and sweet. I look forward to seeing everyone’s designs!

Hi everyone! Unfortunately, the server for the site has been down for a while, but thankfully all has been fixed, and now we can get back to discussing what we love - cats! Before the site was down for updates, I had mentioned that I would be doing a week of cat products - what’s been tried and true. This will be starting on Monday, so I would love you all to contribute your thoughts on favorite cat products. Please send me an e-mail, and I will include your suggestions in a blog post next week!

I only took over the reins of writing for this site about a week ago, and have already met with such a positive response! I love feedback from all of you cat lovers out there, so if there’s something you’d like me to write about, just send me an e-mail and I’ll see what I can do!

Also, it has come to my attention that We Heart Cats has been nominated for a Blogger’s Choice Award! If you love this blog, please vote HERE.

We Heart Cats has been idle for a few months and without a writer. I am happy to announce that I am taking over the site for 451Press. In these first few days, I am going to be doing some “housecleaning” and tidying up the site. I have added a new banner, and I hope you will let me know what you think about it. For those of you who may have been readers in the past, all previous posts have now been combined into the General category. When I realized that the list of categories had reached 103, I knew I had to do something for the sake of organization. So for now all old posts are in General, and as I get time I may go back through them and re-categorize them. I will build a new, consolidated list as I add posts.

I have lots of ideas about this site. One major change I want to make is to open the site up to discussions and information about ALL types of cats: domestic, wild, big cats, extinct cats, and any other feline.

I also want to invite readers to submit photos of your cats, cat stories, artwork, and anything else you would like to share. You may use the contact link in the sidebar or e-mail me at Aprilfreelance@aol.com. Please be sure to include the name of the animal (when possible) and whether you want the image to carry a copyright notice. I have already begun collecting some from people I know. The photo here is of Hugger (the cat) and Dolphy. They are my “nephews” so to speak. I’ll be sharing pictures of my own two cats, Smokey and Shadow, as soon as I can reload some into my recently reformatted computer.

KIDS! I will be starting a category called “Kiddie Cats” that will carry information, fun and games for kids about cats. I also would like to have a special collection of artwork by kids to add to this section. So if you have children or friends with children that love cats, I want to hear from them. Artwork, stories, letters, questions from kids: I am game for anything. I want to make it as appealing as possible and a place where the children can share their passion about cats. My own son, who is 11, will be contributing from time to time with book reviews, drawings and stories.

So, who am I? I’m April Gilford, also known around the Internet as Aprilfreelance. I have another blog here on 451Press called Life as a Christian Woman. I also write for other projects both online and in print. My personal website with more about me and my writing projects is at Aprilfreelance.com.

I have shared my life with cats since I was a small child. A little stray calico climbed under the hood of the family car to stay warm, and soon had all the love, warmth and food she could want in our home. She promptly repaid our kindness with a litter of kittens, and I have been a multi-cat owner ever since. I am fascinated by all things feline, both large and small, wild or domestic. I hope to hear from you soon!