This is a cat mom shirt with photo collage at its heart: a personalized 90s bootleg tee with CAT MOM in chrome block letters, the cat’s name in white script underneath, and pictures of you two in the middle. Most cat merch shows a cartoon. This shows your actual cat portrait.
Before anything else: our photo rule
We only print real people and real pets from your own camera roll. That means no celebrities, rappers, athletes or other public figures, and no logos, brand names, team marks or cartoon characters. Please send photos you took or have permission to use.
If an order includes that kind of content, we cancel it and send a full refund.
The design
In our samples, a woman and her gray and white tabby take selfies, cuddle on the couch, sit in an open car door and go for a leash walk. A lightning frame surrounds the whole collage.
Colorways include silver chrome, teal mint and orange fire, plus a hot pink sample with a different cat mom and her tabby. The chart shows all 15.
How do I order a cat mom shirt with photo uploads?
- Garment: pick a tee, long sleeve, crewneck or hoodie and choose your size.
- Color: choose a shirt color, then a numbered design colorway.
- Photos: upload 3 to 8 clear shots of you and the cat, which replace our sample pair.
- Name: type the cat’s name for the script under CAT MOM.
Finally, cat mom merch with the actual cat
- Cat merch is almost all cartoons and crazy-cat-lady jokes
- Cat moms rarely appear in their own cat photos
- Dog owners get custom gifts, while cat people get generic ones
Cat people get left out of personalized gifts, and they notice. Real selfies of her and the cat on the couch and on a leash walk fill a lightning frame, with the cat’s name in script so the pair gets top billing.
Example result: Mochi in script, teal mint colorway 6, a couch cuddle in the center plus a selfie, a leash walk and a car-door sit around it.
Gift ideas, roughly ranked
Usually it’s someone shopping for a cat mom who has never once seen merch with her own cat on it. She has couch-cuddle selfies and car-door photos of her tabby, and every cat shirt out there is a cartoon with whiskers.
She moved out and took the cat with her, so a shirt with the two of them is a sweet way to say you noticed.
When her cat has more followers than she does, a collage that shows them both puts her back in the picture.
She’s been asking for a funny cat mom shirt for years, and this one has her real cat instead of a cartoon.
If she pins cat photos at her desk, a crewneck with her own cat makes a thoughtful Secret Santa pick.
A first adoption anniversary is a good excuse, since the collage can hold the shelter photo next to a cozy one from now.
Upload the couch cuddle and type the cat’s name without waiting for someone to take the hint.
Shirt, sweatshirt or hoodie?
The Comfort Colors 1717 tee is 6.1 oz garment-dyed ring-spun cotton, relaxed unisex, in S–4XL.
A personalized pet sweatshirt comes on the 1566 crewneck (S–3XL, 80/20 fleece) or the 1567 hoodie (S–2XL, preshrunk fleece with a jersey-lined hood, matching drawcord and pouch pocket). For fleece, true size fits relaxed; go up one or two for oversized.
See the size guide for exact measurements on those. Want sleeves but not a sweatshirt? The Comfort Colors 6014 long sleeve has S–3XL.
The garment menu adds two kid options too, the Comfort Colors 9018 youth tee in XS–XL and the Rabbit Skins 3326 toddler hoodie in 2T–5/6T.
Production and delivery
Printing takes 1–3 business days after you order, and USPS tracked shipping adds 3–5 business days. That’s roughly 4–8 business days, with no guaranteed date. More on our shipping page.
Want it under the tree? Order by December 5, 2026.
- Order by December 5, 2026 for Christmas delivery in the US.
- Free US shipping on 2 or more items, or on any order of $75 or more.
- A single item ships for a flat $5.99.
- Misprinted or the wrong item? Send a photo within 15 days of delivery and we replace it or refund you.
FAQ
Two cats, one shirt?
The layout holds one name in script, but the second cat is welcome to photobomb a picture or two in the collage.
Can the shirt show my cat with a cartoon cat or a famous face?
No. Famous people, rappers, athletes, logos, brands and characters can’t be printed. Send only photos you took or are allowed to use; a request like that is refused, and the order is canceled and refunded.
What if I don’t have photos of me with my cat?
A few cat-only close-ups work. For the center, a quick selfie with the cat on your lap by a window is usually enough.
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