I was recently interviewed by Amanda Genther for her Creative Spotlight series, focusing on small businesses. If you’ve ever wondered how I shape my days at home or how we fell into a career of mini pet portraits (a result of Scott’s plea for a pup – which as you know, he totally won), we […]
Category Archives: The Pet Shop
The Pet Shop v.2 Makes Its Debut!
As if Scott’s 31st and our bloggy anniversary weren’t enough to make a week worth celebrating, we’re adding one more to the table (and we can hardly contain ourselves): meet our “new” Pet Shop, v.2! For the last couple of months, we’ve been busy on the back end, working to bring you a new shop […]
Introducing Maddie, a Shop Sneak Peek
For the last month, we’ve been hard at work on a Pet Shop overhaul that will debut in a few short weeks. You know this, and you’ve even given us a boost of inspiration when we unabashedly felt that aching twinge – the one that says you’re in over your head. It seems that no […]
Shipshape Shop
Update: We’re tweaking on the back end for the best possible Pet Shop experience. The new Shop will debut in June 2012, and until then, we’re happily accepting orders as usual. Our (read: my) scatter-brained updates as of late (like this one or this one) have been for good reason – we are scattered. We’re […]
Painted: Ammo
Ammo was painted on a pint-sized 4×4 panel, appropriately sized for his mini stature, but maybe not so much for his proud, heroic outlook. The teeny dachshund is full of personality, perhaps not surprising when you consider that he’s the baby brother (and very handsome sidekick) to a trio of painting ponies – yes, really […]
Painted: Hendrix
With as many pets as I ship out behind the scenes (thank you, thank you!), it’s a shame that, lately, they’re not getting the limelight they deserve. I’d like to remedy that – temporarily, if only for the day – by introducing you to Hendrix: We’ve had the pleasure of meeting this little man in […]
Come On In, We’re Open (Again!)
After a bit of a holiday hiatus and a nice, good stretch for my painting fingers, we’re happy to say that the Pet Shop is back at it, taking custom orders as usual! We’d like to say thank you for being patient and not forgetting about us. While that may sound a wee bit dramatic, […]
Renegade, Word.
Simply put, the Chicago Renegade Fair was a blast and a half. So much so, that I find myself saying things like blast and a half and as predicted last Friday, here we are wishing we were back in the frenzy of it all. This year, we found ourselves with ol’ Grampy Pete of Wood […]
Renegade 2.0
You guys, it’s here. The Renegade Holiday Market is in Chicago this weekend! We’re back for round 2 as vendors (you can see how it went down last year, right here), and we’re bursting to get this show on the road, so to speak. For those that have been to the Market in years past, […]
Gift Certificates!
The title of this post should have at least twenty more exclamation points, as the Pet Shop gift certificates have (finally!) arrived, and they’ve been a hard-earned labor of love. We met our personal goal to introduce them to all of you no later than the last week of November, and holy goodness, they’re here! […]