 Do you have an animal lover on your list? Does someone on your list love flowers or walks in the woods? Well, animals, flowers and walks in the woods are three of the things I love best, and I have a variety of gift items I've made inspired by animals and nature. That's what Portraits of Animals is all about!
I have plenty of unique and inexpensive items I've made by hand or printed from my artwork. You can find them at the events listed here, or follow the links to my Etsy shop and my website.
 Everything I sell is either made by me, or it's made from one of my paintings, photos or designs by a printer or other vendor here in my area. All of us entrepreneurs and small businesses support each other, and your purchases go a long way toward keeping the local economy healthy.
WHAT'S AVAILABLE?
 In addition to a few things I'll feature, I offer hand-printed t-shirts and tote bags, hand-printed gift bags and prints and originals of all kinds! Browse Etsy or the Marketplace on my website—or read below.
CROCHETED PAWPRINT SETS AND FLOWER SETS
 These pawprints and flowers are my own designs, and each one is made by me from carefully selected cotton yarns.
I've collected two or three of each of my crocheted cloths along with a bar of handmade natural soap to create sweet little gift sets. The pink and brown set pictured includes two pawprints and a bar of Pink Peppermint Refreshment handmade glycerine soap, a happy little gift for children or adults! You can see the whole selection of both pawprints and flowers in my shop on Etsy, or visit me at one of the events!
NOTECARDS AND WRITING PAPER
 Get tired of e-mail? I do. And sometimes e-mail doesn't feel right for certain types of messages—only a good old-fashioned written note will do.
 Whether pen and ink, pencil or full color my notecards are beautifully printed on quality card stocks with envelopes to match, and packaged in durable viewable boxes, just right for storing for your own use or for giving as gifts.
You can find my feline-oriented correspondence materials in the Marketplace on my website under Feline Notecards and Greeting Cards.
You can find the nature-oriented correspondence materials in the Marketplace on my website under Nature Greeting Cards.
GREETING CARD SETS
 I have to raise my price on greeting cards after the first of the year—right now they are $1.50 each and a dozen for $12.00, but they'll soon be $2.50 each and a dozen for $20.00, so stock up now!
I'm proud to say that "Peaches and Peonies", above, won a Muse Medallion for Illustration in the 2010 Cat Writer's Communication Contest. I offer this as both a card and a print.
 Flowers, flowers, flowers! I have two sets of flower-oriented greeting cards, one of my paintings and one of my photos. The art cards, made from my paintings, are blank in side and feature only my artwork on the front. The more formal greeting cards feature my photos of garden flowers and wildflowers and are also blank inside but feature a sentiment on the cover.
Buy them for yourself to give through the year or purchase a set to give as a gift. I offer Animal Sympathy Cards, Feline Art Cards, and Flower Greeting Cards and In the Garden Art Cards on my website.
CARNEGIE ANTIQUES
 Visit any time, but especially DECEMBER 18! Judi has been filling her shop with so much new merchandise I can hardly keep track of it all! There's new furniture large and small, sets of dishes, hand-painted china, novelties, jewelry and more.
And we'll have refreshments by Fabulous Homemade Cookies, and cookies and holiday desserts will be on sale.
There's no better time or place to start your holiday shopping—a week early! Support your local small businesses, and you support your community at the same time.
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December Events
Sunday, December 5
Candlelight Soup
and Stroll
(details below)
Enoch Wright House
12:30 to 6:30 p.m.
815 Venetia Road
Venetia, PA
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Crocheted Pawprint Sets
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Boxed Notecard Sets
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Greeting Cards
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Small Prints
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Gift Bags
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Tote Bags
Saturday,
December 11
Open House at Portraits of Animals
at Carnegie Antiques
(details below)
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
423 West Main Street
Carnegie, PA 15106
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All of the above PLUS
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Original Artwork
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Small and Large Prints, Framed and Unframed
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Block Prints
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Photos
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10% off every sale
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25% off framed art
Saturday,
December 18
Open House at Portraits of Animals
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Carnegie Antiques
(details below)
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
423 West Main Street
Carnegie, PA 15106
All of the above PLUS Judi and I both offer special deals on everything in her shop and mine! We're opening an hour early to catch the early birds on the weekend before Christmas.
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5
I'll be at the Enoch Wright House in Venetia 12:30 to 6:30 p.m. for the Peters Creek Historical Society's annual "Candlelight Soup and Stroll". We vendors will be on the second floor.
The historic 1816 house will be trimmed in Williamsburg-style decorations and visitors can browse the exhibits such as the Colonial Kitchen, Museum of Pre-history, which features artifacts as old as 10,000 years, and the Museum of Mining including photos, stories and maps from the region's biggest industry.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11
I'll be in my shop at Portraits of Animals in Carnegie Antiques, 423 West Main street, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., and Carnegie Antiques will also be open all day.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18
Hard to believe Christmas will only be a week away! Judi and I will join forces and open early, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., and Judi will be offering deals on all the beautiful things she has in the shop.
OPEN HOUSE DISCOUNTS EXTENDED TO ETSY PURCHASES
Enter "HOLIDAY10" in the notes in your PayPal shopping cart, or send me an e-mail with the code.
I'm offering 10% off your entire order of items from my Portraits of Animals shop including greeting cards, crocheted pawprints, tee-shirts, tote bags, unframed prints and anything else you can find there.
As a bonus, I'm offering 25% off framed artwork! I've been framing even more prints of my feline, wildlife and nature art as well as photographs, including views of Pittsburgh. I've brought in several larger originals as well, so if you've had your eye on something, now is the time to get it!
You can see a good bit of what's in my shop in my Etsy shop. And for recipients of this newsletter who can't make it to the open house, I'll also extend the discount to items in my Etsy shop! I'll apply the discount after your purchase.
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