An announcement...

Just to say I have closed my books for Christmas orders and I will also not be taking any orders for completion in January. I currently have 4 portraits on my waiting list and another one I am expecting soon as I donated a dog portrait for a dog show this Saturday just gone.

We are moving house in January, so want to have a month to pack up here, move and then unpack and settle in before taking on more commissions. I apologise to anyone who might have been thinking of ordering a pet portrait. I do sell Gift Vouchers as an alternative.

Gift Voucher cards

In between working, drawing pet portraits and sleeping I have managed to fit in a card making evening class. We've done four weeks now and i'm loving it. I've had a few ideas about producing cards with my artwork on but didn't really know where to start, hence the class. It's also lovely to get out and have a chat with some different people.

I had the perfect opportunity to put my new skills to the test when a customer ordered a Gift Voucher and another ordered a Pet Portrait for January and wanted a card from me to give at Christmas as a gift. Because I don't have any Christmassy cards I made some. Here they are:

This one is the card confirming the January pet portrait

And this one is the Gift Voucher card.

The Cavalier Spaniel on them is one of my drawings. I'm actually pretty pleased with them. Maybe I'll get organised and make some to sell next year.

No more Christmas commissions

I have decided to close my waiting list to any orders required before Christmas. I was thinking today at work that I could probably manage one or two more on top of my current list, then came home to find two orders in the post from the same customer and an email order form. I was just sorting those out - doing deposit invoices and adding them to my waiting list spreadsheet when another customer called to confirm a go ahead on an order discussed a couple of weeks ago. So - 4 commssions ordered in one day! That's a first.

Last year I was still accepting orders at the end of November and ended up rushing in the week leading up to Christmas and i'm not doing that this year. I shall be organised. I have 11 pet portraits to comlpete between now and Christmas which is plenty, so there should be lots of artwork to add on here in the coming weeks.

If you were thinking of ordering a portrait for Christmas I do supply Gift Vouchers as an alternative.

It's nearly Christmas!

I had my first query for a Christmas pet portrait a couple of days ago - I can't believe it's that time already, these people are so organised.

Pet portraits make fantastic Christmas presents - they are incredibly personal and are an excellent way to preserve a memory of a past pet. If you can't get hold of photographs I also sell Gift Vouchers so you could always give a voucher instead.