"That's quite a name. There must be a story behind that one?" a man asked me at one craft fair. This is probably the most frequent question that I hear about Feline Feathers. There actually is a story behind the name. My favorite reply is "The cat did it."

My sister, Tammy, and I were talking on the phone on day trying to come up with a name for the Etsy store I was in the process of setting up. We came up with some great ones and some not so great ones, but none of them seemed to fit. At the same time, I was watching my birds running back and forth in their cages. I had six cute little button quail in three large stacked cages. I didn't notice my cat sleeping underneath the cages at the time.

Tammy and I were just about to hang up the phone. I had a short list of names to consider, but none that I was entirely happy about when Boots, the cat, came stretching out from underneath the bird cages. He stopped on the rug right in front of me and started scratching his neck. To my surprise feathers started flying out of his fur!

"Feline Feathers!" I exclaimed.
"What?" asked my sister.
"Feline Feathers," I repeated.
"That's perfect! How did you come up with that one?" Tammy said.

Of course I had to explain to her what just happened, and that's how Feline Feathers got its name.