As Requested

As requested, here is the painting I did of Pallo.

Painting of Pallo

Overall, it came out nicely. The red as the background color was, in my opinion, both a mistake and a total fail.

I feel like I should name this "A Portrait of a Dog in a Blood Puddle" or something.

Shame, too. I liked the painting of Pallo before all the red got thrown on there.



PS. I will let you all in on a little secret. I totally suck at drawing. And painting for that matter. And most crafts. I always did pretty good at Paint By Numbers, though. So you know what I did? I held up my paper to a photo on my computer monitor, traced the outlines of the dogs, then traced in all of the different colored areas. Basically, I made myself some personal Paint By Numbers templates of my dogs. But man, I sure can fill in those lines!

Saturday Blog Hop and some collars

I picked up some leather scraps from a local shoemaker, with the idea of using them for dog collars and leashes.

First step was to sort through all the scraps, picking out the biggest pieces, most colorful, etc, then sort and cut to size.

Next step was to pull out the sewing machine and get started.



I made three collars total and one leash. I have more leather to work with, but ended up getting a bit bored with the sewing.

Koira's new leather collar:



Pallo's new collar:



Both dogs together modeling their collars:



I didn't get a picture of the leash, but really liked how it turned out. The other collar I made ended up a little large for either of my dogs, but pretty cool looking. I have to decide if I want to alter it and keep it, or find someone who has a larger dog and needs a collar.


Enjoy the Saturday Pet Blog Hop!