Monthly Archive for October, 2011

Sad News, Bella The Dog Died

Published on October 31, 2011 in Dogs. 8 Comments Tags: elephant, rescue, sanctuary, video.

Remember Tarra the elephant and Bella the dog at the Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee? Sadly, it appears, Bella was killed—most likely by coyotes. Staff pretty quickly realized Tarra must have carried Bella back from where she’d been killed because there was no sign of a struggle where Bella was found and there was blood on Tarra’s trunk. An amazing friendship. Don’t you wonder what stories they told each other over the years?

Find out more about Tarra and Bella’s friendship and the important work carried on at the Elephant Sanctuary.

Tribute to Bella

Tarra & Bella playing in the snow.

DIY: Jack-O-Lantern Designs—Cats, Rabbits, Dogs, Ferrets, Rats, Mice, Fish & Reptiles

Published on October 28, 2011 in Birds, Cats, Do It Yourself, Dogs, Ferret, Fish, Lizard, Mice, Rabbits, Rats, Reptile and Turtles. 0 Comments Tags: design, halloween, jackolantern, pattern, pumpkin, stencil.

I really love Halloween! I especially love carving something different each year on our pumpkins and, though I’m very fond of cats, I thought other pets should be represented too. Here are a variety of patterns for a bunch of different animals that should make some pretty nifty jack-o-lanterns. And, yes there are more cats. Just click on an image for a larger version to print or download.

And don’t miss these cat stencils and these dog breed stencils. Or you can make a stencil from your own photos of your pets.

Have a fun Halloween and keep your furred & feathered friends safe!

Cats

Rabbit

Dogs

Ferret

Rats

Mice

Birds

Fish

Reptile

DIY: Make A Pumpkin Stencil Of Your Pet

Published on October 28, 2011 in Birds, Cats, Do It Yourself, Dogs and Rabbits. 1 Comment Tags: carve, halloween, photoshop, pumpkin, stencil.

Use photos of your own pets to make a nifty stencil for your jack-o-lanterns this year. These three tutorials show you how to do it.

If that’s too fiddly, there’s a program called Pumpkinshop you can buy that converts your photos into stencils.

If you don’t want to make your own patterns check out these cat stencils and these dog breed stencils.

DIY: Silhouette Pet Portraits Round-Up

Published on October 27, 2011 in Birds, Cats, Do It Yourself, Dogs, Ferret, Fish, Mice, Rabbits, Rats and Reptile. 1 Comment Tags: DIY, paint, portrait, saw, sew, silhouette, tutorial, video.

(via SilhouetteArt)

A reader asked about tutorials for making silhouette pet portraits, so here you go! You can do this for any pet, so don’t limit yourself to cats and dogs. A budgie portrait would be really cute!

The video shows 2 techniques—a higher tech version that uses Adobe Illustrator & a robot cutter and lower tech version that uses tracing paper.

Here’s a second tutorial on how to make another version of a silhouette plaque. Just use your pet’s portrait instead.

More ideas on ways to use pet silhouettes from Martha Stewart. I think the suggestion to have a custom rubber stamp made of your pet’s silhouette is a great idea. It would also make a nice gift for a pet lover.