About

 

Wendy Casazza Scruton has been inspired by the felines in her life since she can barely remember. Sometime when faced with frustration of her previous day job she started making hats and placing them on the heads of her two cats Fluffy and Notso Fluffy as a source of amusement. A few years and hundreds of hats and accessories later, she decided that she had found her calling. Notso Kitty was officially founded in Salem, MA in 2015!  Now Wendy's catastic products can be found at awesome retail spots around the United States or at one of Notso Kitty's few pop-up shopping experiences.

Notso Fluffy and Fluffy unfortunately passed away in 2016 and 2017 respectively. Two new kitties joined the family in 2016 named Pepita and Roxy Hissfit. After they had settled in nicely, they met their brother Sneakers in 2017. All three kitties continue to inspire cat-tastic creations, much like the original Notso Fluffy and Fluffy once did. The original muses may have moved on, but their memories are still alive in Notso Kitty's legacy!

In 2022 Wendy founded the Salem Cat Museum which was successfully introduced to the public in 2023 via a 3-month pop-up program with the North Shore Community Development Coalition. At the end of 2024, Salem Cat Museum opened in a more permanent location at 107 Boston Street in Salem where it currently hosts a collection of cat art, artifacts, and books as well as craft opportunities and a cat-themed gift shop.

Wendy is also creator & organizer of the Witch City Kitty festivals that occurred in Salem, MA in 2019, 2022, and 2024 respectively. Each year's festival attracted over a thousand attendees and managed to raise over $1,000 in voluntary door donations that was split amongst participating cat-themed non-profits. Between 30-55 exhibitors from near and far participated each respective year in the heart of historic Salem. 

 

Wendy & Sneakers (2018)

Pepita & Roxy HIssfit (2017)

Dear Departed Muses, Fluffy & Notso Fluffy (2015)