Review (5/5): Beautiful deck
First off, I highly recommend this deck. It's beautiful. The paintings of cats are simply magical - from the more realistic ones in natural colors to the highly stylized, almost fairy-like ones in an array of soft pastels.
The colors are gorgeous. No picture does them justice. Soft pastels, earthy browns and a few striking black and white images with pops of color. The images are boarderless; the watercolor having a soft blend to it that makes the cards very dreamy looking. There is no "back" to the cards. One side has the image of the cat, the other side has a keyword, like "Play" and a paragraph starting with "Meet..." (I love the cat's names - everything from normal names like Luna and Golden, to charming titles like Miskin Rough-n-Tumble and Varo Tiptoe Sky) and a description of the meaning and energy of that cat. There is no guidebook as that is technically *on* the cards themselves. The meanings on the cards are insightful and encouraging. This is a gentle deck.
I'd been eyeing the cards for awhile, but been thrown by the image and meaning being on either side, no "back". How do you shuffle and draw? I eventually hit on the obvious: draw from the bottom. These are great for a daily draw to get a feel for the energy of the day or as a closing to a tarot reading. The artist's site also suggests using them as inspiration for art and writing projects and I think they could be used in a number of different ways.
The cards themselves are square and have a satiny feel to them; and are quite large.