cute cat pic of the week

I'm feeling nostalgic today. Here is Russ, shortly after he was adopted, drinking milk out of my glass. I don't think he can fit his head in those glasses anymore. 

Happy 4th Birthday Russell!

Happy birthday to my darling baby, Russell!! He is 4 years old today. It seems like only yesterday he was being brought home in his cardboard box from the animal shelter...

And now he's all grown up! Aww...

cute cat pic of the week

Custom Cat Toys by fing

Hey y'all. I was browsing around some of my favorite Etsy shops yesterday, and stumbled upon fing's new custom art toy listings. I requested a custom toy a few years ago of my dear Russell, which i just love! The eye color is perfect, and she managed to capture Russ' worried expression. Anyway, she used her picture of the Russell toy and the one i sent her of the two Russells together in her listing! My baby is famous. I highly recommend you take a look at fing's shop, for incredible felted adorableness.

cute cat pic of the week

cute cat pic of the week

Here's Russ playing with his new catnip mustache. As you can see, he likes it very much. In fact, he liked it so much, that he ripped it open this morning and left piles of catnip all over the carpet. He can be rough on his toys. Both russell and tom loved their mustaches - maybe your cat will too! You can buy them HERE.

cute cat pic of the week

Russ and Jake get cozy on the couch.

I haven't posted in a while, so i have a few things to say. Christmas is coming and the goose is getting fat! But really, it is coming and i don't know how it snuck up me. I think i finally have everyone's christmas presents bought/ordered, so no one will get them in time for christmas (since they're all shipping to my house instead of the recipient's). I haven't even picked out christmas cookie recipes! Sheesh. But, today we are getting the tree, so that's a move in the right direction.

The bazaar bizarre was a success! And a lot of fun too. Everyone was super nice and i was excited to see people showing interest in my pet portraits. I'd also like to give a shout out to the lovely couple manning the Figs and Ginger booth across the row from me. I had a great time in our faux dance off!

I have one more craft fair in Biddeford, ME this saturday. I'd love it if you stopped by! You can check out their blog HERE.

That's all for now folks. Time to get the christmas tree!

cute cat pic of the week

cute cat pic of the week

cute cat pic of the week

cute cat pic of the week

Oh my goodness he used to be so tiny!

In other news, i have been featured on a blog! It's a really cool blog for kid stuff. You can check out the post i'm in, and the rest of the awesome site HERE.

cute cat pic of the week

Russell sure does enjoy lounging on those armrests.

pet portraits!

NEW!!! Custom pet portraits are now available in my Etsy shop! They are made out of cut color-aid pieces and painstakingly collaged together for beautiful results! All pet types welcome, except for spiders of course. I will be posting two other listings for the portraits featuring other animals i've done. I'll let you know when they're up!

cute cat pic of the week

cute cat pic of the week

An oldie, but a goodie.

Well! I have been busy actually. I'm almost done with my new set of prints - just one more to ink and then add some color to all of them. I'll let you know when they're done and up in my shop! I finished my secret color aid project. It won't have to be a secret for much longer. I think it came out pretty nice, but of course, it looks better from far away. But as my mom pointed out, so does a lot of art. So true.

Unfortunately, you won't be able to find my chubbikins at Summer Island Studio in Brunswick. All the chubbikins that didn't get sold will be sent back to me. So if you want to buy them, you'll have to get them through me! It's depressing, but i understand. They just weren't a good fit. But if you're in brunswick, you should still stop by the store - there was lots of nice things there.

Alright kids, only one day left to vote for my tshirt design on threadless! If you haven't done so already, please vote for my shirt. Or if you have vote already, you could make another account and vote again! Too much? Oh fine... The link is HERE!!!!!!!!

cat birthday

Today is a special day indeed. It's Russell's third birthday! Here are just a few pictures of my little guy throughout the years - it was hard to pick just a few. There are so many good ones!

cute cat pic of the week

cute cat pic of the week

An oldie but a goodie.

Well, i mailed off the convention souvenir paper dolls today. I guess we'll see what happens! Keep your fingers crossed for me. Please.

whoops

I am not doing very well updating my blog in this new year. I have been working on things - it's just that i haven't taken pictures of them yet. Hopefully that will come soon. In the meantime, here's a quick update on what i've been doing.

Chubbikins: Well, i have some new designs to share with you as well as new secret Chubbikin project. I think they're pretty darn cute! I will let you know when those guys are up in my shop.

Paper dolls: I am almost ready to print out my samples and mail them off! I just have to fix a few of them up in photoshop and put together the pages. I'm pretty happy with how they're coming out. Fingers crossed!

Other: I ordered some new cards that will hopefully get here soon so i can put them up in my shop for Valentine's day (oh boy, that's coming up quick isn't it?). I've decided i'm going to buy some colored inks. I get frustrated painting with watercolors sometimes because the colors get muddy. So i'm going to try to do some paintings and see how that works out. It'll work out fantastically i'm sure! Then, when i have some amazing new paintings, new paper dolls, and whatever else, i can work out a new design for my website. It needs an update! But i don't want to update until i have new work. Haha, so it might be a while before i have a new website. And on an unrelated note, i have at least 900 more songs to rate in my itunes library. Not making much headway with that. Oh well.

That's all for now folks!

cute cat pic of the week

Looking very dapper for the new year.

I just want to wish everyone a happy new year! Hopefully there will be more work and fun things to show you soon. As for right now, i think i'll make some hot chocolate and watch a movie. Snow day!