Monthly Archives: December 2008

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The grinch by Tamandra Michaels

If this doesn’t make you laugh out loud you are dead inside. Dead I tell ya. 

These shots were taken by my virtual friend Tamandra Michaels of Heart Dog Studios Photography, at what was clearly a super fun and hilarious holiday pet event. You’ve gotta go check out her blog for more funny holiday dog shots.

A brussels griffon plays the grinch.

Calendar giveaway from Creative Thursday

Some of you may be familiar with Marisa Haedike’s adorable work of Creative Thursday- darling little animals bursting with personality- both in paintings and 3d sculptures so tiny they practically define the word ‘cute’. If not you need to go check it out now, and enter to win her thoroughly sweet 2009 calendar. (But do it soon- the contest is only open through this Sunday, December 21 midnight PST!)

Click on the photo to head to the Creative Thursday blog and find out how to enter. Yippee!

Dog art gift giveaway from Anne Leuck Feldhaus

Oh boy, this is so exciting. I am just starting to blog-hop, after (finally) catching up with posts on my private forum (more on that soon) and am discovering lots of super talented artists and photographers are doing holiday giveaways. Hopefully it’s not too late to post most of them here. I’m in luck with Anne’s because she just posted it yesterday, woohoo!

Here is what you can win:

Enter to Win Anne’s Holiday Giveaway!

 

Enter to Win:
A Large Dog Lover’s Gift Pack:
2 Note Pads Poodle & Mixed Breeds + Border Collie Ornament
A Small Dog Lover’s Gift Pack:
Mixed Breed Notepad + Magnet
A Mounted Ready To Hang Laminated Print
Little Sweetie Black & White Dog
6 Pack of Mixed Canine Holiday Cards & A Magnet!

 

A $100 value (shipping is on Anne)!

Go check out her post here to learn how to enter.

Whoopee!

Henry and Gracie in the studio

Some experimenting with natural light in the studio a couple of weeks ago. And it was natural light only because the studio lights I rented did nothing to illuminate the voluminous space. Oh and uh, I broke one of them. More on that in a later post, lol.

Gracie. She is so pretty.

Gracie and her favorite toy.

Gracie’s brother Henry, who is also handsome from the front as you will see in a moment.

Froggy legs!

I have NO idea what I am doing in the studio. The whole concept baffles me, and I’m not totally sold on the idea, but I have a little bit more experimenting to do before writing it off entirely. Here I had some weird color balance issues, which you can see in the next pair, which I actually think are a bit of a happy accident color-wise (FYI: the seamless paper was a deep smoky blue). 

Oh Henry you are so handsome. Not as handsome as Frank, but close. :-)

More studio shots soon. Hope everyone is staying warm out there! Fergie is LOVING our snow!

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