Special custom Squaredy

We don't say enough how much we appreciate getting actual fan mail. We get letters and pictures pretty often, and we try to acknowledge everyone with free stickers, but sometimes, here at Squaredy Cats Headquarters, we get so busy we forget to say thank you. We're going to try to post some of these pictures so you can see what makes us smile.

We got this letter and artwork from Madison of Florida a few weeks ago, and decided to take her up on her request to draw her idea. We only made a few tweaks to keep within our own guidelines of how we draw our Squaredy Cats. Below you'll find her letter and our version to Madison.

Thanks, Madison!

PS We decided that we'll tag the first name on fan art posts so you can easily find yours!

It's Geek Pride Day!

If you are proud of your geekdom, tell us what you geek out about? We'd love to hear it. We think we're geeks sometimes, but other times we feel like we're not geeky enough!

This cat was designed as our "not squared to be a nerd" cat, but it still makes sense. We've updated her with pigtails and a cute bow. She's a geek. We're all geeks! :)

Star is not squared to GO PURPLE

Today is Spirit Day (October 20). Star is wearing purple today to take a stand against bullying, and to show support for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youth. 

Spirit Day was started in 2010 by teenager Brittany McMillan as a response to the young people who had taken their own lives. Please visit glaad.org to learn more about #spiritday, and for more details.

National Talk Like A Pirate Day

Yar, me hearties, it's National (International, even) Talk Like A Pirate Day, and we be participatin' to our best abilities. Make yerself savvy to it, and speak to us in the respectful pirate way, ya landlubbers!

Visit our Facebook page, and say something snarky, and visit the interNational Talk Like a Pirate Day Facebook community page, and mention where ya heard of it.

Happy belated National Pie Day

Awww, we missed National Pie Day too. We lost internet over the weekend and couldn't post. So, happy belated National Pie Day (January 23). Did you eat pie? We had pizza :P

The search for squares is on

We made this cat for our "Interwebs" series on our Facebook page, but we never posted it to the blog, Twitter or our Tumblr. There's something interesting about this cat because she rarely shows up in a Google image search, but there are a LOT of interesting results otherwise ;)  ...

Show us your braces

A lot of people were happy to see this one appear on the Facebook page. We're happy to tell you this one is the basic version of one in the second series of plush to be released in spring 2011 :)   The first series is out in late fall 2010, but we look forward to seeing how many of you are proud to sport your braces with a bigger than life smile. Show us your braces! Post pics on our wall :)

Big, bad voodoo kitty

Hello, and big thanks to all the Squaredy Cats fans in Louisiana!

This is my latest favorite. I love designing new Squaredy Cats, but I especially love to make them fun or weird. It's not the usual M.O. for Squaredy Cats, but they can be anything. Look through our photos on Facebook, and let us know your favorite.

Reminder: If you Tumbl, you can find Squaredy Cats on Tumblr too!

Wrangling up some kittles

Good morning, Oklahoma. Thanks for voting for your Squaredy Cat :)

What's buzzing?

If April showers bring May flowers what do May flowers bring?

*Waves hello*

Surf's up, East coasties. Welcome, and thank you to all our fans in South Carolina who voted for their state in our 50 cats for 50 states project.

Did you remember to say Happy Mother's Day?

Even Squaredy Cats have mothers! Hope you remembered your mom this Mother's Day.

Anyone else know a mom in the Red Hat Ladies?

Viking Kitteh!

Hello, welcome, and thanks to all the Squaredy Cats fans in Minnesota who voted for their state cat.

If you love Vikings and you love kitties you have to see this video on YouTube:

Dessert goes straight to my…head

Whipped cream!

This was a Squaredy Cat we designed a long time ago for the first Style Guide. We posted it to the Facebook page and you told us what your favorite dessert was. Maybe asking that question was a mistake because now we've got a sweet tooth, and the cravings don't stop!

Cats don't ALL hate water

The water sign - Aquarius.

There will only be only more Zodiac post to the blog after this. We've got a great interactive idea coming up on our Facebook page, so if you had fun with the Zodiac Squaredy Cats you're really going to love what we have brewing. Hello to all the Aquarius kitties!

Where'd those eggs go?

We waited almost a year to post these Easter Squaredy Cats. Next year will be even more fun. Thanks for all the comments on the Facebook page :)

Eight arms and nine lives!

This itsy bitsy Squaredy Cat is in costume.

We wanted to hold out until Halloween to post this cat, but we just couldn't wait. We have a bunch of cats we designed for Halloween before we started the blog and Facebook pages. Should we wait until October to post them?
This itsy bitsy Squaredy Cat was actually designed around the same time as the "not squared to bug you" cat, and not necessarily for Halloween, but since it's fun and spooky we're tagging it that way. Joining the other costumed Squaredy Cats this wall crawler can scare away those creepy little critters so you don't have to be squared.

We'll sweeten the deal

Maybe peppermint isn't necessarily the sweetest of choices for a lollipop that's supposed to represent "sweet." Cut us a break ;) this is another one of our earlier cats that we hadn't posted until now. This is the first, and possibly the only (if I'm not mistaken) that has eyebrows to this point. Perhaps we'll revisit this one. Friends seem to like the concept, but maybe the image doesn't work as well as it could have. What do you think? Should we do a new, updated version?

Emo supremo

The emo Squaredy Cat was conceived to wear her heart on her sleeve, but we weren't sure that the literal translation would be recognizable at all. We decided a heart with a cross bone as a barrette would cooler. There wasn't a lot more that went into the thought process other than using purple because we think somehow purple seems like an emotional color that isn't necessarily representative of any specific emotion.

An honest reflection

You may need a mirror to read this ;)

Yesterday we posted this cat on our Facebook Page with the question, "If you could change one thing about yourself what would it be?" and we were blown away by the honest responses. Never before when we've asked a question did we expect you to actually open your hearts to us so much. Squaredy Cats hope to continue to send a positive message, and we so appreciate that there was no making fun in that thread. We hope you all can continue to be positive with each other. Thanks to everyone who responded.

This Squaredy Cat was designed to be simple with no stand-out features that anyone could associate with something they may feel negatively about in themselves. In other words, there's nothing so special about this cat, but also there's nothing really wrong with this cat. We hope you can look at yourself in the mirror, and feel good about what you see. We're all different, and we're all the same. Your reflection is beautiful :)