No frumpy cat lady sweatshirts here! Check out these incredibly cool cat-themed tank tops, mini and maxi dresses, and over sized canvas tote bags from Etsy seller So You Think You Can Rock. Coming from Thailand, I wouldn’t expect anything but cool, plus they’re totally affordable. Everything is screen printed by hand. Check out the full selection on Etsy.

Congratulations to Angelique (comment #84), you with the Valentine’s Day greeting cards from The Dancing Cat! Enjoy!

Polish artist and designer Marta Chojnacka created the Las Chicas de Manolo collection of fashion accessories by transforming her hand drawings into unique pieces. The collection is inspired by Henri Toulouse Lautrec’s drawings of ladies and classic cameos and pays tribute to women. Each piece is made of hand painted solid walnut, that is engraved and finished with a coat of varnish. Handmade and assembled in England.

Bufon the Cat is part of the Manolo collection. The brooch is available from bottica.com for $39.

I just came across these stylish modern pet beds from Etsy seller Pet Design. Made with durable upholstery weight cotton fabrics in beautiful colors and prints, these would be perfect in a modern home. Available in a range of sizes starting at just $29. Visit the Pet Design Etsy shop to see the full selection.

The Dancing Cat is here to bring some chuckles to your Valentine’s Day! I just can’t look at these drawings without smiling. Jamie Shelman created a set of four Valentine’s Day cards featuring her signature Dancing Cat and this is your chance to win a set! To enter, please leave a comment on this post. The winner will be chosen in a random drawing and announced on February 10, 2012 (hopefully in time to get the cards to the winner for V-day!) One entry per person, please. This giveaway includes free shipping to addresses everywhere!

Our friends over at PuuttyPower.com, one of the coolest online cat stores around, are hosing 7 days of Valentine giveaways! All you have to do is visit the Puutty Power Facebook page everyday from today through February 14 and leave a comment on the daily giveaway post. Winner’s will be announced the following day. There will be a different cool product giveaway every day!

Here’s your chance to win the perfect little purse for a night on the town! It’s the baguette purse from Moderncat fave RedTango. Measuring 5.5″ x 14.5″ x 4″, this bag holds holds all your necessities with a touch of kitty style. Made of soft quality vinyl with metal stud feed and chrome details, it comes in burgundy or black, both with a pink striped lining. So cute!

ENTER TO WIN!

One lucky winner is going to win a RedTango baguette purse in the color of their choice. To enter, please leave a comment on this post. The winner will be chosen in a random drawing and announced on February 13, 2012. One entry per person. This giveaway includes free shipping to addresses everywhere!

RedTango has a huge sale going on right now. Check out their online giftshop to see all the great savings on cool kitty merchandise.

Congratulations to Frances from Fort Worth, Texas, winner of the January monthly giveaway! Frances chose the 4 foot Alexa Corner Cat Tree from The Vertical Cat! I know your kitties will enjoy it!

Here’s a cool kitty bed in a mod flower print that’s perfect for a Valentine’s Day nap. It’s the Ramona Heart Bedavailable in red or green. On sale now at Amazon.

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Tomorrow is game day, but depending on where your interests lie, that may mean one of two things. The new limited edition collection created by fashion designer Jason Wu exclusively for Target hits stores tomorrow. The collection features at least three pieces (t-shirt, tote bag, and scarf) adorned with a beautiful black kitty named Milu. Jason Wu is a cat lover himself, admitting that his two cats, Jinxy and Peaches, are the “loves of his life.”

Milu has been seen plastered on buildings and billboards as the days count down to the launch. And check out this beautiful Target commercial where she helps out with the design process (if you can’t see the video below in your email, click here to watch it on the site):

Where will you be tomorrow? Maybe I’ll see you at Target.

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Here are some very special Valentine’s Day gifts for the cat lovers in your life! These are original cut paper sculptures from Matthew Ross. They measure 2.5″ x 3.5″ and each one comes with a decorative paper stand for display. Matthew only made a few, so get ‘em while you can! They’re all available now in Matthew’s Etsy Shop.

Moderncat Discount

Matthew is extending his special Moderncat discount through Valentine’s Day! Enter discount code MODCAT25 to get 25% off your order! (Expires February 14, 2012)

If you’ve been following Jackson Galaxy and his show My Cat From Hell on Animal Planet, you’re going to love this bit of news! Jackson’s first book, Cat Daddy: What the World’s Most Incorrigible Cat Taught Me About Life, Love, and Coming Clean, will be published by Tarcher/Penguin this May. Cat Daddy is a memoir/cat care manual telling the story of Jackson and his cat Benny, who together traveled the road to hell and back, setting Jackson on the path to becoming the amazing cat behaviorist he is today. The book also includes Jackson’s tips for raising happy, healthy cats.

Pre-order Now and Help Shelter Cats!

For every copy of Cat Daddy pre-ordered before May 10, Tarcher/Penguin will donate $1.00 to the cause of saving shelter cats. To make your pre-order count, simply e-mail a photo or scan of your receipt to: CatDaddyBook@gmail.com.

Jackson has chosen three wonderful charities to receive the donations: Best Friends Animal Society, Stray Cat Alliance, and Neighborhood Cats.

>> Pre-order your copy today from Amazon

But wait, there’s more!

For those of you on Twitter, Tweet a picture of your cat using the hashtag #CatDaddy from February 1 through 29, and Tarcher will donate 5¢ for every tweet!

If you love to entertain and you love your cat, you’re going to flip for this month’s giveaway! One lucky reader is going to win the new Cat Convertible Cabinet! This multi-function storage cabinet/cat bed/cat scratcher is perfect for any feline-friendly home where the humans don’t want to give-up their sense of style. The winner of the February giveaway will receive a Cat Convertible Cabinet in the finish of his or her choice (black walnut or brown cherry), including the luxurious faux fur bed.

EXTRA CHANCE TO WIN!

To enter the monthly giveaway, make sure you’re signed-up to receive Moderncat updates via email. If you’re already getting the updates but you’d like an EXTRA chance to win this month, please leave a comment. Complete details on the monthly giveaway here. The winner will be chosen in a random drawing on February 29, 2012 and contacted via email. This giveaway includes free shipping to US addresses, but international readers are welcome to enter if they are willing to pay the extra shipping costs.

The new Satellite Lounge from Hepperis one of the coolest modern cat beds we’ve seen! A polished stainless steel half-sphere holds an ultra-plush microfiber bed that’s reversible and washable. You can adjust the position of the bed on the steel frame to any angle. How cool is that?

The Satellite Lounge was created especially for larger cats, up to 30 lbs. There are only a limited number available in the first production run, so get yours now! Choose from burgundy, blue, or white. Available only from hepper.com for $147 US.

Everyone’s favorite internet cat Maru recently acquired a fabulous cardboard hideaway, which he demonstrated for us on YouTube. This appears to be Kamakura’s Lair, a cardboard cat habitat created in Japan and available through the Japanese website Rakuten.

What a perfect little hideaway made from heavy duty cardboard. Maru’s a lucky guy, since it looks like this creation costs ¥9300, which is about $120 US.

If you haven’t seen the video of Maru with his new house, check it out below (if you can’t see the video in your email, click here to watch it on the site). Apparently, he was only interested in his new hideaway after it was placed on his favorite chair. He’s such a funny guy!

Since creating the original Moderncat Studio Scratch Tower, we’ve had lots of requests for a taller version. Some cats like to stretch out while they scratch and they need something tall. So, with the help of the team at Juggernaut Design, we developed a new wall-mounted version of our popular Scratch Tower.

Now you can choose the perfect height for your kitty to stretch and scratch, plus our wall-mounted scratcher doesn’t take up any valuable floor space. It’s great for small spaces, like hallways.

The wall-mounted version of the Scratch Tower comes in two sizes, a small scratcher measuring 12″  and a large version with a full 24″ of scratching surface. Both scratchers extend from the wall approximately 6″ and securely attach with white powder coated steel brackets. You can choose either the Trio or the Triangle shape for the cardboard and red or black ball knobs.

The wall-mounted scratcher is made with the same high-quality cardboard as our original freestanding Scratch Tower. The cardboard pieces are held together with compression, so there are no adhesives or glues.

The new wall-mounted Scratch Tower is available in the Moderncat Studio Etsy shop. The small version sells for $45 and the large for $65, plus shipping.

The original Scratch Tower made an appearance on last night’s episode of Jackson Galaxy’s My Cat From Hell! Stephanie on the show said “I’ve never seen scratching posts like this!” when Jackson brought out the Scratch Tower, and everyone agreed it’s more like art than a scratching post.

Every once in a while we have a fun photo round-up over on the Moderncat Facebook page. Yesterday was “Show Me Your Teeth” day, with pix of kitties yawning, talking, or otherwise showing us their pearly whites. Here are some of the photos that readers uploaded, just for fun! (The stunning image above is from Nynke Wierda Photography.)

I think this one is just begging for a caption. What do you think?

Here’s a fun little craft for you to do this weekend! These sweet 3-D illustrations are from the one and only Tubbypaws, creator of happy things, often involving cats. Now you can make your very own Internet Box Cat or Keyboard Cat. Simply download the free files, print, cut out, and assemble. There’s even a little instructional video showing you the process (if you can’t see the video below in your email, click here to watch it on the site):

Now, you may be wondering “Who is Tubbypaws?” Apparently, it’s quite a mystery. I found this Tubbypaws interview with El Interrogador that is very entertaining. The best discovery, however, is this video by Tubbypaws showing his creative process. Check this out, especially if you’re a graphic designer. This cat has complete mastery of the pen tool!

Thanks to Gaby for the find!

I would expect nothing less that the finest design from an Italian pet furniture company, and that’s exactly what Form Italia has to offer. This new line of modern pet furniture embodies the highest Italian design standards and takes design for pets to a new level.

Beautiful finishes and sleek, modern lines make these beds and loungers some of the most stunning I have seen. From the elegantly suspended Suite pet bed to the tubular steel Agilo lounge, each one of these pieces is designed to accommodate the pets needs as well as the owner’s sense of style.

All of Form Italia’s products are handmade in Italy. Fabric and finish options are all customizable, so pricing is available only by quote. Visit the Form Italia website for more information.

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Moderncat Studio just added a special limited edition Valentine cat toy set! This set includes one small ModKicker catnip kicker toy, two Felt Rollers cat toys, and a bonus pink pom pom for $8. Available from the Moderncat Studio Etsy shop. It’s really a limited edition so when they’re gone, they’re gone!

Congratulations to Dominique (comment #289), winner of the Em & Sprout giveaway! Dominique will be stylin’ in her new new t-shirt and tote bag.

IKEA Hackers just featured this incredibly simple and brilliant kitty hideaway hack from a reader in Portugal. Simply take two GOSIG toy baskets, flip one over, sew them together, and you have the perfect kitty hideaway for just $10! Brilliant!

Here’s a beautiful, contemporary take on the felted cat cave. These handmade felt cat beds are by Etsy seller VaivaNat, a graphic designer from Lithuania. I love the smooth shape and the beautiful texture, and clearly, this adorable kitty loves them, too! Available from the VaivaNat Etsy shop.

Thanks to Moderncat reader Susan for the find!

Congratulations to momm77 (comment #42), winner of the Comtempo Kitty Cat Breed Poster by Sarah Menzies! These colorful kitties are sure to bring a smile to your face!

DISCOUNT CODE

You can still get one of Sarah’s Contempo Kitty posters, or anything else in Sarah’s Etsy shop, with a special discount just for Moderncat readers. Enter code SARAHLOVESCATS15 and get 15% off your whole order!

Kitty deserves a sweet treat this Valentine’s Day! Check out this uber-adorable catnip chocolate sampler from Etsy seller Mycrobe Catnip Toys. Four handmade needle felted bon bons filled with yummy catnip come nestled in candy wrappers inside a cute green box. So sweet! Kitty will love you forever.