Tabs

What did Tabs, the single most powerful, influential kitty supermodel in Marin County, California, do this weekend?

He gardened. And planned for the apocalypse.

Allow me to explain.

Are you familiar with the old saying, “Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; show him how to catch fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.”

Today Tabs tried to apply that same logic here at the office by hanging four bird feeders.

In the event that something disastrous were to occur, and worldwide gravy supplies were to plummet, Tabs feels that the bird feeders could serve as a sustainable food source.

Whatever… He’s the boss, but I do think he’s been watching The Walking Dead too much.

In other news, Tabs shook his tail feathers for a bunch of big beauty brands this week, kitty modeling for MAC, Dolce & Gabbana, Too Faced, Maybelline and Pacifica, and he “turned in some pretty stellar work.” (His words.)

Here’s a look at the campaigns. Hope you enjoy. 🙂

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In this business, reputation is everything. Word of mouth is the best marketing. Being known as the cat who gets the job done is priceless.

That’s Tabs. He’s the cat who always gets the job done — the fixer of the kitty modeling community, if you will. When a big brand like Dolce & Gabbana comes out with a new cream blush that no one’s ever seen before and they have no idea how to sell it, whom do they call?

They call Tabs.

Why?

Because there are no excuses. No whining. No complaining (unless they run out of gravy on the set). Just stunning good looks, a powerful purr machine and a tum powered by gravy. In other words, the complete package.

This week Tabs modeled for a bunch of big beauty brands, and here’s a quick look at his portfolio. 🙂

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You may know Tabs as a playboy, jet-setting kitty supermodel extraordinaire, but he’s also just a very sweet boy.

Most of the time.

Today I expected flowers, or chocolates, or a day off, or at least some little recognition for Mother’s Day, but nope. Nada. No brunch, nothin’. He didn’t even get me a card.

I don’t know… Maybe he’s saving up for Admin Assistant’s Day.

He has been busy, so maybe that was the reason. Who knows? The phone’s been ringing off the hook with kitty modeling jobs, so he decided to take a break this week from working on his Husky Tabby comic to model for MAC, Benefit, Dior, Urban Decay and Milani.

He wanted me to ask which of this week’s campaigns you like best. He’s partial to the Dior one for Jet Ski Jet Black Waterproof Mascara. He says it was a lot of fun to shoot. 🙂

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“What in tarnation!?”

If Tabs could talk — what am I saying, of course Tabs can talk. He just chooses not to. 🙂 But if he did speak up more often, he would have had plenty to say about his walk today.

There was a ton of racket out there! — and Tabs thought it was very off-putting.

You know cats. They aren’t big fans of loud noises.

All Tabs wanted was to take his mind off his new comic book for a while and maybe chase a lizard, but between the neighborhood dogs howling at a distant siren and the neighbor building something with power tools, it was too noisy to relax.

Poor cat… Oh, well. He hopes you enjoyed the latest issue of The Husky Tabby.

Who is Tabs the Cat? About five years ago I befriended a stray, flea-bitten tabby cat with a bad case of worms. I could see he’d fallen on hard times, but his profound knowledge of high fashion and department store cosmetics led me to believe that he was more than meets the eye. We became fast friends, and now he’s actually my boss (and a successful kitty model).

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

P.S. Listed in the Guinness Book of Cat Records as the World’s First Plus-Size Kitty Supermodel, Tabs the Cat honed his craft on the runways of New York, Paris and Milan. You can view his extensive body (of work) here, Sundays With Tabs, the Archives: From Anastasia to Zoya. 🙂

Comics! Your nephew has been trying to get in on the action lately. Literally. The comic book scene. But since he didn’t trust anyone to do his story justice, he decided to do it himself.

He sketched a storyboard directly into Photoshop this weekend, and then worked on the final draft from there. For the story, he drew from his own real life adventures, or so he said. 🙂

Hope you enjoyed it.

Who is Tabs the Cat? About five years ago I befriended a stray, flea-bitten tabby cat with a bad case of worms. I could see he’d fallen on hard times, but his profound knowledge of high fashion and department store cosmetics led me to believe that he was more than meets the eye. We became fast friends, and now he’s actually my boss (and a successful kitty model).

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

P.S. Listed in the Guinness Book of Cat Records as the World’s First Plus-Size Kitty Supermodel, Tabs the Cat honed his craft on the runways of New York, Paris and Milan. You can view his extensive body (of work) here, Sundays With Tabs, the Archives: From Anastasia to Zoya. 🙂

If I could — if we lived in a house with a yard — I’d give Tabs his own cat dream backyard. A huge open-air cat enclosure, like a safe kitty resort, with all of the amenities of the great outdoors. It would have a grassy area in the middle of it with a small catnip, zinnia and echinacea garden, multiple bird feeders, bushes to hide under and a climbing/shade tree surrounded by a tall wooden fence to keep the less-than-neighborly wild animals away.

I think he’d really, really like something like that…

He could unwind out there after long, grueling days of kitty modeling work, like the day he had today.

It was a tough one. Started with a 6 a.m. flight down to San Diego and ended with a job for MAC in Oakland up here.

Yup, such is life when you’re a world-famous kitty supermodel trying to strike while the iron’s hot. Gotta take the work while you can get it. 🙂

Who is Tabs the Cat? About five years ago I befriended a stray, flea-bitten tabby cat with a bad case of worms. I could see he’d fallen on hard times, but his profound knowledge of high fashion and department store cosmetics led me to believe that he was more than meets the eye. We became fast friends, and now he’s actually my boss (and a successful kitty model).

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