Long before there was a Pritti Kitti Boutique, there was simply... Pritti.

I still remember the very first photograph I saw of her. She was the most beautiful and elegant kitten I had ever laid eyes on.

Her registered name was Zarlee Arlette, but it didn't take long after she came to live with us before she earned a new name.

She simply became...

Pritti Kitti.

She was a Seal Point Bi-colour Siamese from my own Xarifa lines, and to this day she remains one of the most beautiful cats I've ever known.

But it wasn't just her striking looks that captured everyone's heart.

Pritti had the gentlest nature. She loved not only me and my husband, Iain, but also every one of our other cats. She seemed to bring a quiet kindness wherever she went.

In the show ring she turned heads. Judges admired her elegance, and I suspect more than a few fellow exhibitors secretly wished they had a cat quite like her.

She only had two litters of kittens. I still grimace at my own decision not to keep a little girl from her first litter, and then, just to keep life interesting, her second litter consisted entirely of boys.

Looking back, I wish I'd made a different choice.

But life has a funny way of taking us along unexpected paths.

Although Pritti is no longer here, her name lives on every single day.

Every collar I make.

Every toy I create.

Every little parcel that leaves my workshop.

Pritti Kitti Boutique is, and always will be, a quiet tribute to the beautiful little cat who inspired it all.