Welcome to the Cat Cafe - Enamel Pin Collection

WE DID IT!! 😸
We are officially funded and IT IS HAPPENING!



Our next goal is to open up the Coffee Shop with Chuck and his friends, and we're 75% of the way there already!
 


Also, I added two more add-ons thanks to some feedback.

In addition to your pledge, you can add now add Treat Pins and Cafe Pins of your choice. 

You'll select the design after the campaign closes, but this gives you the opportunity to mix and match your pledge and add-ons in case what you want isn't pre-loaded for you.

Cheers!
Lindsey + the cats

With launch just two days away (!!), I wanted to share a first look at how the campaign will work.


A few things to know up front:

Everyone who supports the campaign will get the following freebies!

Let's Talk Add-ons!
The following add-ons will be available:

Mystery Add-ons!

ORIGINAL ART

At this time, shipping is open to most of the world. Some places might be unavailable due to logistical challenges - if you think this applies to you, please ask!

Still got questions? I’ll add a short FAQ to the campaign page for anyone who wants more details.

Cheers!

To celebrate the upcoming launch of Welcome to the Cat Cafe, I’m running a little series of giveaways in the four days leading up to the launch.

Join us for your chance to snag:

✨ A 3" vinyl "Not Suspicious" sticker
✨ A 3" vinyl "Beans" sticker
✨ A 3" vinyl "Tip your Purrista" sticker
✨ A sticker sheet!

The giveaways start this Thursday, 5/7.

Join here to be included, and you might get a little extra surprise!

Hi friends!

Thank you so much for following Welcome to the Cat Cafe, and I'm so happy to have you along for the ride. At this point there are over 50 of you following the project, and we're just three weeks away from launch!

If we haven't met before, I'm Lindsey, the artist, maker, and and cat enthusiast behind this project.

This is my 18-year-old orange menace Bowser, cleaning his lil beans and using my face to steady himself.

Fun fact: my art business is called Angry Gato Designs, and while the name pre-dates him, he fits the vibe perfectly. (Or, purrfectly if you're punny. I call him our meow-scot.)

Where did this project come from?

Some of you may know me from my recent Kickstarter campaign, the Ask the Cats Oracle Deck. (As of this moment I'm waiting for the oracle decks themselves to appear on my doorstep.)
 
That was my first crowdfunding campaign, and it went so well. It was also a ton of fun.

But I don't know if I would have done it without the encouragement of my good friend Max from Made By Max Designs.

As the Ask the Cats campaign was wrapping up, I needed a distraction. Max and I started joking around about enamel pins, and before I knew it, the Cat Cafe concept was coming to life!



Coffee shops hold a very dear place in my heart. Thinking back to the pandemic era, they were the single biggest thing about "the before times" that I missed.

Sometimes they're quiet. Sometimes there's chatter and the squeal of the espresso machine. Sometimes I go there alone, to do things by myself such as draw or read. Sometimes I go there to spend time with friends.

I've developed a special relationship with one particular coffee shop. I've sold art there, I've made friends there, and it's become a non-negotiable weekly visit.



It's no surprise that I took my sketchbook to my favorite coffee shop and started to draw. I remember wandering and looking for as many ideas as I could find.

As the sketches took shape, I also started imagining the characters that live in the Cat Cafe world. I gave them names, and I recently drew my very first comic about one of them!

You'll get the opportunity to journey into this world starting May 11th when the campaign goes live.

 
Each character pin has been placed in a particular "area" of the cat cafe, and different areas will open based on funding goals. 

I'll share more about that in a future update.

Want to help us reach our goal and unlock all of the designs? 

Until next time,

Lindsey & the cats!