Calling All Pet Lovers

A New Etsy Artist . . . for Your Pleasure

If you love your pets and want something special - check out kidesign.etsy.com. I am now the proud owner of paintings of my two adorable "grandpugs", Lily and Channey. Actually, I only get to enjoy them for a couple days and then they are on their way to Georgia for a birthday present. Christi is the artist at kidesign.etsy.com and she has been doing a number of types of painting for years, but recently embarked on pet faces. She does emarkable work - and I wish I could see my son's reaction to his birthday present. Both Bill and Paula will love the paintings of their cuties - I just know it! These little paintings are on 6" ceramic tiles and she furnishes the easels as well. If you have pet lovers in your family, bundle a grouping of pictures and email them to Christi. She has a fast turn-around time, but she really likes to have a large grouping of pictures to get a good representation of your pet in the painting. I expect her to get really busy before long - these will make wonderful Christmas presents.

Always keep an eye out for the interesting and wonderful on etsy and let me know when you find something special. I love helping promote hand crafted items - especially those from Kentucky.

Check out kidesign.etsy.com and see some of the other examples of Christi's work. She has also saved lots of old windows from certain death in landfills by reclaiming them and painting on them - providing beautiful wall art and saving room in the landfills for some of the non-recyclable items. That's a double good thing!!!!

Another of My Favorite Etsy Artisans

Speaking of special - another special etsy artisan is Linda at poppypatch.etsy.com. Linda makes a great variety of hand sewn items. She does wall hangings, credit card holders/wallets, Christmas Tree skirts and table runners - but my favorite of all are her "baby blocks". These are fully washable (in the washing machine) fleece blocks rangeing from 3 " to about 6 ".

These are wonderful for encouraging the early crawler. Baby will crawl to get the block after he/she flips it away.

This charming little lady is holding the 6 inch one.


I got the set of these for Ryan, the new baby in our family. From what I hear, he loves them - and he notices the sound of the little tinkling bell inside each polyfill stuffed block.


Your favorite baby can have fun tossing the block without the banging or clanging of nosy toys and without the worry of injury. And, how nice to know you can occasionally toss it in the washing maching to keep if fresh and clean.