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Tabs

Sundays With Tabs the Cat, Makeup and Beauty Blog Mascot, Vol. 835

October 27th, 2024 by Karen Leave a Comment

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No one threw a Halloween shindig like Tabs — fancy cat costumes, spooky snacks, special appearances from top-tier talent, including Tabs. In fact, Heidi Klum stole the idea for her spooky soirees from him. Here’s a look back at a typical Halloween 🎃 and all the prep Tabs usually did.

My Darlings,

There’s an old saying in the plus-size kitty modeling world: “Go big or go home,” and I take that phrase to heart when it comes to hosting parties. I want my guests to be talking about them for years to come.

Being a famous feline supermodel, I’ve hosted many Halloween shindigs in my time, and I have almost a decade of party-planning experience. In that vein, here are the four essential components of a successful feline Halloween party.

1. Invitations

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First things first — the invitations. In the digital age, e-vites and group invites via Facebook are acceptable; however, I’m a little old fashioned. I prefer paper invitations. Do what I do, and ask your assistant to design you a custom invite.

Don’t forget to include all of the pertinent details, like date and time, location, how to RSVP and, most importantly, the dress code.

2. Food

Shrimp catnip cocktails
Shrimp catnip cocktails

As you can tell by my husky girth, food is EXTREMELY important to me. Catering is always an option, of course, but if you are lucky enough to have an in-house chef/gravy preparer (I do), spend some time with them brainstorming fun Halloween-themed beverages, hors d’oeuvres and desserts.

I start scouring gourmet cat culinary magazines months beforehand, and this is what I’ll be serving this year. Feel free to riff on any of these ideas.

Gravy shooters with crushed catnip rim
Gravy shooters with crushed catnip rim
Purrfectly Simple Halloween Cat Cookies,  Mighty Delighty blog
Purrfectly Simple Halloween Cat Cookies, Make Me Cake Me, via Mighty Delighty blog

Catnip Jello parfait
Catnip Jello parfait

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Categories: Just For Fun, Marnie, Rosie, Tabs

Sundays With Tabs the Cat, Makeup and Beauty Blog Mascot, Vol. 834

October 20th, 2024 by Karen Leave a Comment

Yup, it’s officially fall around here, and Rosie’s soaking it in.

Tabs would have been bustin’ out the scarves already! As you know, this is a great time of year for feline fashion.

Rosie’s also a big fan…

Tabs did some of his most memorable kitty modeling campaigns for fall, including his award-winning Autumn Leaves tutorial, which set the standard for feline makeup infographics for years to come.

Rosie has kept the fall vibes going here at Tabs the Cat Industries, LLC, but Tabs was the cat who blazed the trail.

Jeez, that swagger, those eyes, those markings…

Simply incredible. 🙂

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

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Categories: Just For Fun, Marnie, Rosie, Tabs

Sundays With Tabs the Cat, Makeup and Beauty Blog Mascot, Vol. 833

October 13th, 2024 by Karen 1 Comment

Rosie may not look like a fighter, but she’s a tiny tiger! She’s 9 pounds of torbitude and ferocity.

She’s so tough that our herding dog shakes in her boots when Rosie comes around the corner!

And she isn’t just fierce. She’s also a genius.

Tough, smart and beautiful. She’s the total package, and she uses her gifts to help the downtrodden. After hours, when she’s done with her scientific research for the day, she switches her lab coat for a trench coat and hits the mean streets to solve crimes.

The criminals of Novato know her as Two-Meow Rosie, Furrensic Investigator.

Like her predecessor, she keeps Novato safe.

You see, Tabs moonlighted as a crimefighter as well. When the runway shows were done, and the studio lights turned down, Tabs patrolled town as Tabby San, Ninja Detective…

We don’t know yet whether Marnie will follow in their law enforcement pawsteps. I sure hope so… It would be a shame if she turned to a life of crime.

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

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Categories: Just For Fun, Marnie, Rosie, Tabs

Sundays With Tabs the Cat, Makeup and Beauty Blog Mascot, Vol. 832

October 6th, 2024 by Karen Leave a Comment

Rosie soaked up the last bits of summery weather today. She enjoyed basking underneath the trees, which still have leaves on them (but not for long).

Among the many things she contemplated were cold fusion, a better way to produce nutritionally dense cat treats, how Marnie the dog is slowly ruining her life, and most importantly, what she’ll wear for Halloween.

Unlike Tabs, who loved elaborate costumes, Rosie likes to keep it simple and chic.

I asked if she needed any help brainstorming, but all I got were slow blinks and a tum flash in return.

When it got too hot to be outside, Rosie made her way back indoors.

I couldn’t help but notice her ignoring Marnie…

I suspect Rosie’s afraid of Marnie rocking a costume that will steal Rosie’s thunder.

Marnie, on the other hand, hasn’t even begun to think about Halloween. She started Marathoning Gilmore Girls this weekend, and she’s currently obsessed.

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

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Categories: Just For Fun, Marnie, Rosie, Tabs

Sundays With Tabs the Cat, Makeup and Beauty Blog Mascot, Vol. 831

September 29th, 2024 by Karen Leave a Comment

Hiya. So, I’ve seen Harris sneaking around the neighborhood a few times lately — once, a couple days ago when he was chilling under a car out front. I was walking Marnie Mae around the circle when she started barking like mad woman at something. I crouched down to get a better look, and who do you suppose was sitting there totally chillin’ like a villain a few feet away?

Yup, Harris, the neighborhood cat lothario (and, incidentally, Tabs’ former foil).

Anywho, I also spotted him darting across the main street at the base of our hill (I think he was chasing a squirrel), and then again yesterday skulking through the dry grasses, presumably hunting something else.

This post is a reprint in Harris’ honor. He’s still around. I believe he’s about 10 now, still doing what boy cats are apt to do (causing trouble).

What’s up with these damn cat stalkers?! Every week there’s a new one trying to dominate the common area, which sucks because that’s where Tabs likes to do his morning exercises and tai chi.

Every time he goes out there, there’s a different cat skulking around the employee parking area, even though there are signs posted everywhere that say, “No soliciting cats. STEP OFF!” and whenever Tabs turns to head back to the office, there’s always some cat intruder trying to sneak around the corner to make a move on him.

It’s enough to make a cat nervous!

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Categories: Just For Fun, Marnie, Rosie, Tabs

Sundays With Tabs the Cat, Makeup and Beauty Blog Mascot, Vol. 830

September 15th, 2024 by Karen Leave a Comment

Striking poses like he was striking fear into his competitors…as if he actually had any.

Domination — that’s the word that springs to mind when I think of Tabs.

Model. Genius. Boss. Majestic maestro of magnificence.

He was…Mr. Perfect.

For Connor Claire, he was there from the beginning. He was her first best friend.

Guarding the neighborhood…

Then Rosie came along, and she was…different.

She’s always had a lot on her mind, like particle physics…

And picnics. Also brunch.

Of course, she also does a little modeling on the side, mostly to fundraise for her scientific endeavors…

And her music career…

Marnie, our newest employee, is still kinda-sorta learning the ropes.

Let’s just say it’s a work in progress… 😂

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

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Categories: Just For Fun, Marnie, Rosie, Tabs

Sundays With Tabs the Cat, Makeup and Beauty Blog Mascot, Vol. 828

September 1st, 2024 by Karen Leave a Comment

One year on a very special Labor Day, Tabs gave the employees of Tabs the Cat Industries LLC the day off…

I know! Obviously, this came as a shock because Labor Day was normally not one of the holidays the company observed because Tabs preferred to interpret the phrase “Labor Day” as meaning “a day to labor,” rather than as a day to celebrate labor…by taking a day off. 🤔

Even though I basically ran the office on a day-to-day basis, it was hard to question the boss. He was, after all, the most successful plus-size kitty supermodel in Novato, California, history, so he obviously knew what he was doing.

Even though Tabs didn’t encourage taking time off from work (he was a workaholic, after all), there was one thing he did encourage…

Fashion!

He always dressed to the nines, and he liked to see his employees do so too.

Whether it was through clothing, jewelry or crowns, there were always humans and cats playing dress-up at the office.

Yup, it was a fun place to work. 🤗

Nowadays, the office isn’t as “spicy” as it once was, but Rosie and Marnie have been getting gussied up more often than usual. Like today, Rosie had four wardrobe changes!

That cat is definitely improving her style. 😄

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Karen

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Categories: Just For Fun, Marnie, Rosie, Tabs

Sundays With Tabs the Cat, Makeup and Beauty Blog Mascot, Vol. 827

August 25th, 2024 by Karen Leave a Comment

Hi, friend. Happy Sunday to ya. 🤗

Oh! — do you remember last Labor Day? Not sure if I shared this on the blog last year, but during the annual Novato Labor Day parade, while Rosie was officiating and leading the Novato NASA chapter’s float to introduce cats and kittens to the space program and promote the value of STEM, there was a HUGE robbery.

The Dread Pirate Picklebeak, the most wicked woodpecker in all of Novato, robbed the Marin County Cat Credit Union. 😮

It happened right under everyone’s noses while they were enjoying the parade.

Yup, it was a big scandal. The crooks made off with a million dollars in diamonds and forty pounds of kibble!

And they never caught Picklebeak either.

I sure hope nothing crazy happens like that again this year. Labor Day is one of Rosie’s favorite holidays, and she just wants to celebrate hard work and unwind with friends and family for a day. 😊

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

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