{"id":1030,"date":"2013-01-02T08:28:34","date_gmt":"2013-01-02T08:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kittycats.biz\/blog\/?p=1030"},"modified":"2013-01-06T05:25:40","modified_gmt":"2013-01-06T05:25:40","slug":"monthly-mewsletter-december-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kittycats.ws\/blog\/2013\/01\/02\/monthly-mewsletter-december-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Monthly Mewsletter &#8211; December 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello friends! It&#8217;s time for our Monthly &#8220;Mewsletter&#8221; again, wrapping up all of the news from the previous month!<\/p>\n<p><strong>NEW RELEASES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>December was a GREAT month for new releases! We kicked off things with the release of two new additions to our line of collectible KittyCatS. Our AWESOME Development Team was thrilled to present our <a href=\"https:\/\/kittycats.ws\/blog\/2012\/12\/10\/presenting-the-kittycats-winter-collection-snowstorms-collectible-kittycats\/\">Snowstorms<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/kittycats.ws\/blog\/2012\/12\/10\/presenting-the-kittycats-winter-collection-cookiecats-collectible-kittycats\/\">CookieCatS<\/a> collectible KittyCatS!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/kittycats.ws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/KittyCatS-SNOWSTORM.png\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"1024\" height=\"750\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/kittycats.ws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/KittyCatS-COOKIE-CATS.png\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"1024\" height=\"750\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We followed up the Winter collection release with the release of some fun <a href=\"https:\/\/kittycats.ws\/blog\/2012\/12\/16\/kittycats-christmas-decoration-statues\/\">decorative KittyCatS<\/a> and new festive <a href=\"https:\/\/kittycats.ws\/blog\/2012\/12\/17\/kittycats-santa-hats\/\">Santa Hats<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/kittycats.ws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/kittycats-winter-decoration-pack_001-1024x542.jpg\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"1024\" height=\"542\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/kittycats.ws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/kittycats-new-santa-hats.jpg\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"516\" height=\"687\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Finally, we ended the month with the release of the special <a href=\"https:\/\/kittycats.ws\/blog\/2012\/12\/24\/kittycats-advent-calendar-gift-snowball-collectible-kittycat\/\">Snowball collectible KittyCat<\/a> which was our complimentary gift to the Second Life community that was featured as the final gift of our 2012 Holiday Advent Calendar. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/kittycats.ws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Kittycats-snowballs-ad-final.png\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"1024\" height=\"750\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>NEW DISCOVERIES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>December was another month of discovery for our KittyCatS owners! Congratulations go to Mimos Lane for discovering the Salt &amp; Pepper Foxie fur, Ina Soulstar for discovering the Abyssinian Creme fur, Lexxi Lynwood for discovering the Stubby Whiskers, Giuliana Verrazzano for discovering the Tiger Quartz Blush eyes, and Leaf Spires for discovering the Wild Tiger ears. Congratulations to everyone on your new discoveries! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><strong>SPECIAL EVENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You might recall that KittyCatS was nominated in the category for &#8220;Favorite Breedable&#8221; for the Avi Choice Awards. Well guess what?!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kittycats.ws\/blog\/2012\/12\/26\/kittycats-wins-best-breedable-in-the-avi-choice-awards\/\">WE WON!!!<\/a> WOW!!! <\/p>\n<p>We are so excited and thrilled to have been chosen as SL&#8217;s Favorite Breedable!!! Thank you so much for voting for us, and for being the BEST breedables community in SL!!! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>That wasn&#8217;t all that KittyCatS was involved in this month! KittyCats was excited to take part in the <a href=\"https:\/\/kittycats.ws\/blog\/2012\/12\/17\/kittycats-at-the-rfl-christmas-expo\/\">RFL Christmas Expo<\/a>, where we featured two special collectible KittyCatS Decor statues for sale, with ALL proceeds going to RFL!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/kittycats.ws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/kittycats-RFL-2012_001-1024x542.jpg\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"1024\" height=\"542\" \/><\/p>\n<p>KittyCatS also took part in the <a href=\"https:\/\/kittycats.ws\/blog\/2012\/12\/04\/kittycats-is-in-the-peace-on-earth-hunt\/\">Peace on Earth Hunt<\/a>! Our gift was an adorable shoulder pet, which you can see up close <a href=\"http:\/\/arialeeslook.blogspot.com\/2012\/12\/peace-on-earth-4.html\">here<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Finally, the month of December also marked the return of the popular KittyCatS Holiday Advent Calendar! Don&#8217;t forget you have until January 10th to pick up all of the complimentary gifts that the calendar holds, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/kittycats.ws\/blog\/2012\/12\/24\/kittycats-advent-calendar-gift-snowball-collectible-kittycat\/\">KittyCatS Snowball cat<\/a>! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><strong>RETIRED TRAITS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>December also marked the retiring of many traits from the KittyCatS starter genetics. You can read the full list on our blog <a href=\"https:\/\/kittycats.ws\/blog\/2012\/12\/10\/retired-traits-december-2012\/\">here<\/a>. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><strong>KITTYCATS OF THE MONTH &#8211; December<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Congratulations go to both Lixy Byron and Shayla Juran for breeding the KittyCat of the Month for December! They each won a jewel and a big-sized version of the cat that they bred. Congratulations! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><strong>COMMUNITY EVENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The month of December saw the return of our Winter Cabin Decoration Contest, as well a Collar Building Contest, where participants used our KittyCatS Custom Collar Kits to create their own holiday and seasonal collars. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Cabin Decoration Contest<\/strong><br \/>\n1st Place &#8211; Neckcadaver Resident<br \/>\n2nd Place &#8211; Tara Yeats<br \/>\n3rd Place (tie) &#8211; CatWoman Beverly &amp; LickN Wonder<\/p>\n<p><strong>Collar Decoration Contest<\/strong><br \/>\n1st Place &#8211; Micaela Lemondrop (No. 37)<br \/>\n2nd Place &#8211; Adrienne Arliss (No. 34)<br \/>\n3rd Place &#8211; Nynaveve Wirefly (No. 2)<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to our winners, and congratulations to all who participated!<\/p>\n<p><strong>BLOG POSTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>First, we want to give a big thank you to the lovely Harper Beresford for taking time to blog all of the wonderful gifts available through out KittyCatS 2012 Holiday Advent Calendar. You can check out Harper&#8217;s posts on her blog, <a href=\"http:\/\/slfashionpassion.wordpress.com\/2012\/12\/01\/kittycats-advent-calendar-day-1\/\">A Passion for Virtual Fashion<\/a>, and don&#8217;t forget you can still pick up the Advent gifts until January 10th!<\/p>\n<p>The other blogs we&#8217;re featuring below all took time to blog our KittyCatS in December, so we want to be sure to say &#8220;thank you&#8221; for featuring us in your write-ups! Did you blog about us and we missed it? Tell us! Send your link to Kitten Longmeadow in world and we&#8217;ll be sure to link back to you. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/breedablesinc.com\/2012\/12\/17\/congratulations-to-kittycats\/\">Congratulations to KittyCatS @Breedables, Inc<\/a> &#8211; Tracy Sparrowtree<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/breedablesinc.com\/2012\/12\/30\/kittycats-advent-is-over\/\">KittyCatS ~ Advent is Over @Breedables, Inc<\/a> &#8211; Tracy Sparrowtree<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.haha-die.com\/2012\/12\/arcade-fever.html\">Arcade Fever @haha&#8230;die<\/a> &#8211; Emi Jane<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lisannalauria.com\/2012\/12\/344-its-beginning-to-look-lot-like.html\">#344: It&#8217;s beginning to look a lot like Christmas @lisanna lauria<\/a> &#8211; Lisanna Lauria<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/arialeeslook.blogspot.com\/2012\/12\/peace-on-earth-4.html\">Peace on Earth #4 @Arialee&#8217;s look<\/a> &#8211; Arialee Miles<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/glamhippiesl.blogspot.com\/2012\/12\/peace-on-earth-hunt-2012.html\">Peace on Earth Hunt 2012 @Glam Hippie<\/a> &#8211; Peace Edenflower<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/brokebypayday.blogspot.com\/2012\/12\/wintery-and-kitteny-and-stuff.html\">Wintery and Kitteny and Stuff @Broke By Payday<\/a> &#8211; Sileny Noel<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/dressingupdottie.blogspot.com\/2012\/12\/poe-hunt-mohna-lisa-couture-and.html\">POE Hunt &#8211; Mohna Lisa Couture and KittyCatS @Dressing Up Dottie<\/a> &#8211; Dottie Idlemind<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello friends! It&#8217;s time for our Monthly &#8220;Mewsletter&#8221; again, wrapping up all of the news from the previous month! NEW RELEASES December was a GREAT month for new releases! We kicked off things with the release of two new additions to our line of collectible KittyCatS. Our AWESOME Development Team was thrilled to present our <a href='https:\/\/kittycats.ws\/blog\/2013\/01\/02\/monthly-mewsletter-december-2012\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,12,3,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-collections","category-press","category-news","category-ourcats","category-8-id","category-12-id","category-3-id","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kittycats.ws\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kittycats.ws\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kittycats.ws\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kittycats.ws\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kittycats.ws\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1030"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/kittycats.ws\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1030\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1039,"href":"https:\/\/kittycats.ws\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1030\/revisions\/1039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kittycats.ws\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kittycats.ws\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kittycats.ws\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}