MegaCon 2010 :)

We had a great time and I did really well. Can't wait to be back next year! I met so many people and heard so many cat stories too. Jessica, it was so nice to finally meet you IRL! You are a doll! I was in the Artist's Alley, Purple # 14 and had Deanna Davoli next to me with Tammy Pryce & Carri Travis on the other side of her. It was nice having friends so close :) I also got to visit with Jasmine Becket-Griffith, Celine Chapus & Ash Evans some too before, during & after the show each day :) Here are a few pixs.....


My booth set up for MegaCon, March 12-14, 2010 Orlando, Florida


MegaCon, March 12-14, 2010 Orlando, Florida
Tammy Pryce, Deanna Davoli, Jasmine Becket-Griffith, Me; Carrie Hawks & Carri Travis


Me; Carrie Hawks & Ash Evans


Me; Carrie Hawks, Tammy Pryce & Deanna Davoli


Me; Carrie Hawks, Celine Chapus & Deanna Davoli


Me; Carrie Hawks, my hubby Dewey & Larry Elmore

Lots more pixs here...Tigerpixie's MegaCon 2010 Pixs on Facebook

After the show Dewey & I took monday to go to Universal Studios for the day :) I'll post some pixs from there in the next day or so. The Harry Potter section is looking really close to being finished and it looks Amazing!! :D

New Art! "Lil Mardi Gras Cat", New Zazzle Items & Sales...

Happy Chinese New Year! The Year of the Tiger! Also Happy Fat Tuesday too! I have another New Painting to share with you tonight! Plus some New Zazzle items & Sales ......

*New Art!

"Lil Mardi Gras Cat"
8" x 10" Original Acrylic and Ink on Bristol Paper
The next painting in my Cat Nips collection. A chubby little silver gray tabby cat dressed for New Orleans Mardi Gras! She's wearing her beads, a colorful jester skirt and of course has her Fat Tuesday mask with the Fleur de lis! She's ready to Party!
10 Day Auction on eBay here...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=370336254794

"Lil Mardi Gras Cat" is available as Prints, Cameo Necklaces, Bookmarks, Keychains, Magnets, Notecards on my website here....
http://tigerpixie.com/catalog.php?all=yes

*Zazzle Gift Gallery
I have added lots of new items to my Zazzle Store! "Lil Mardi Gras Cat", T-shirts, Mugs, Tote Bags, Mousepads, "Rue Rue's Fortune items, etc!
My Zazzle Gift Gallery... http://www.TigerpixieArt.com
Please remember, If there is a particular image you would like to see added, please let me know you are interested & which products and I will add them to the gallery for you.
Also if the image you love is not on the product you would like yet, please let me know and I will get that product added to the gallery for you.



Here are some current Zazzle Sale Codes you can use on your Zazzle orders....

$5 off $45 or more order
Zazzle Coupon Code : SAVEFIVEON45

15% on 3 or more Mugs
Zazzle Coupon Code : MUGS15SAVER1
Ends Apr 1

Save 10% on T-shirts
Zazzle Coupon Code : TSHIRTS10OFF
Ends Apr 1

Save 15% on Calendars
Zazzle Coupon Code : 15CALENDAR15
Ends Apr 1

Save 10% on Binders
Zazzle Coupon Code : BINDERSDEAL1
Ends April 1

I hope that you enjoy the New Art & the Zazzle Sales! I've already got an idea in mind my next painting! I'm also busy, busy getting everything ready for MegaCon! It's only 4 weeks away!! Thank you so much for your support! As always please feel free to E-Mail me with any questions, suggestions or requests. I'll be in touch!!
Take Care,
Carrie

New Art "Steampunk Valentine", New Zazzle Items & Sales, Upcoming Appearance @ MegaCon

My first update of the New Year! Where to begin?, I have had a very rocky start to my new year. The short version, First my computer fried New Years Day. I spent the next few weeks getting a new computer built and all set up so I could get back to work. Next, a few more business setbacks and finally, I'm now back to work! Worst of all we had to say goodbye to my kitty Leo. We didn't even know he was sick and there was nothing we could do. Leo passed away on January 23rd and we miss him very much. I have updated his page on my website with my journal post about his illness and passing. His page will remain on my site as a Memorial to Captain Leo. Here's Leo's Page.

On to happier news, I have lots to share tonight, a New Painting, Lots of New Zazzle items & Sales and an upcoming appearance! ......

*New Art!

"Steampunk Valentine ~ The Key To My Heart."
Approximately 8" x 10" Original Acrylic and Ink on Bristol Paper
The next painting in my Cat Nips collection. A chubby little calico steampunk cat wearing her Victorian heart locket. In her hand a skeleton key, she's giving you the key to her heart. This painting is very different from all of my others. This painting has burnt edges to give it an old vintage look. The white border shown is only for the online photo. That is why the size is listed as approximately 8 x 10 because the burnt edges made it slightly smaller.
10 Day Auction on eBay here...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=370331325072

"Steampunk Valentine ~ The Key To My Heart." is available as Prints, Cameo Necklaces, Bookmarks, Keychains, Magnets, Notecards on my website here....
http://tigerpixie.com/catalog.php?all=yes

*Zazzle Gift Gallery
I have added lots of new items to my Zazzle Store! "Steampunk Valentine" T-shirts, Posters, Mugs, Cards, etc, "Alien Cats", Color Your Own Products!, Stationary & many more items!
My Zazzle Gift Gallery... http://www.TigerpixieArt.com
Please remember, If there is a particular image you would like to see added, please let me know you are interested & which products and I will add them to the gallery for you.
Also if the image you love is not on the product you would like yet, please let me know and I will get that product added to the gallery for you.



Here are some current Zazzle Sale Codes you can use on your Zazzle orders....

$5 off $45 or more order
Zazzle Coupon Code : SAVEFIVEON45

10% off $50 or more order
Zazzle Coupon Code : LOVETOZAZZLE
Ends Feb 10th

Save 30% on Cards
Zazzle Coupon Code : ZAZZLEVDAY10
Ends Feb 10th

20% on Stickers
Zazzle Coupon Code : ZAZZLEVDAY10
Ends Feb 10

15% on 3 or more Mugs
Zazzle Coupon Code : MUGS15SAVER1
Ends Apr 1

Save 10% on T-shirts
Zazzle Coupon Code : TSHIRTS10OFF
Ends Apr 1

Save 15% on Calendars
Zazzle Coupon Code : 15CALENDAR15
Ends Apr 1

Save 10% on Binders
Zazzle Coupon Code : BINDERSDEAL1
Ends April 1

*Upcoming Appearance!
Mega Con (Artists' Alley )
March 12 - 14, 2010, Orlando, Florida
I will have a table with all of my art and merchandise for sale in the Artist's Alley. All of my items will be at reduced show prices! So those of you that come see me in person get a really great deal on my artwork and gift items! If you attend please be sure to come by and say Hello!
MegaCon is the southeast’s largest comic book, science fiction/fantasy, anime, gaming, toys multi-media event.
http://www.megaconvention.com

I hope that you enjoy the New Art & the Zazzle Sales! I am already working on my next painting as well as getting ready for MegaCon! Oh and Chinese New Year is February 14th! I'm starting my new year over then. It's "The Year of the Tiger"! Purrrfect for me! Thank you so much for your support! As always please feel free to E-Mail me with any questions, suggestions or requests.
Carrie

My Kitties!

After what happened with Leo we decided to take Zoe & Tabby and get them full senior cat checkups. We went to the new vet my mom has been using because she is really good. She checked them all over and took blood and urine for testing. The lab work came back on both of them. Turns out Tabby has Hyperthyroidism and I have started her on meds for that. I hope she responds well to the meds. *fingers crossed* Zoe, as many of you know has what we thought were chronic UTI problems and has been on meds for that for years. The meds she was put on by our previous vet were a type of steroid that have caused Zoe to gain a lot of weight. Not good because she could develop Diabetes. So our new vet is suggesting we wean Zoe off of her meds and try some diet changes to canned food and more water in her diet. She thinks the UTIs are not UTIs but really Interstitial Cystitis which she believes can be treated with just diet change and more water. Hopefully that is the case *fingers crossed* Overall they are very healthy and the rest of their blood work and labs looked great. So I'm very happy about that. Yes, my pets have more health issuesand are more meds than my whole family combined LOL! I love my furbabies!! I need them to be well!

Thank You

Thank you to all of you for your sympathies & e-mail about Leo. It really means a lot to me. I will be making his page on my website a memorial page when I feel up to it. I will let you know when it is up. xoxoxoxo

My sweet Captain Leo.

Friday, I noticed that I thought he was breathing a little heavier but thought it was just because he was purring. All you had to do is look at him and he would start purring. He was still up and around begging for catnip, eating, sitting in the open window, he seemed fine. Later that night I noticed that he was breathing heavy all the time so I decided to take him to the Emergency Vet Hospital. It was after 10 at night on Friday and that is the only vet open. Dewey was working and couldn't leave, my mom was tired and didn't want to go with me. Neither of them thought it was that serious. I thought it was so I left to take him by myself. I wasn't even out of my neighborhood and my car got a flat tire. So I called my mom and she came and drove me to the vet with Leo. That flat tire turned out to be the best thing because I could not of done this all alone. I got there & started to signed in, the guy at the desk took one look at him and said he needed to take him back asap. I waited what seemed like forever and the vet lady came in to talk to me. She said Leo had severe congestive heart failure & his lungs were filling with fluids. She said he had probably been hiding his pain as cats usually do that and that is why I didn't notice anything wrong with him sooner. The medicine that she put him on when they took him to the back along with the oxygen wasn't working as well as she had hoped. At his age and the how bad his condition was, even if they would of been able to pull him through this he would of only had 3-6 months to live at the most and his quality of life would not be the same. She felt it was best for Leo that we end his suffering and not put him through all of what would of been necessary for those few months. So after talking to Dewey, my mom and my dad we decide that the vet was right and did what was best for Leo. They brought him back in the room with oxygen so he could breathe and I said goodbye. Dewey & Ian picked Leo up Saturday afternoon and we buried him in our yard next to Pookie Bear :(

Leo had changed so much in the last few years. He was no longer the super skittish scaredy cat. He was out and about around the house and even around the dog. He found he like to eat little pieces of people food and loved to be petted, even by Angel. He had the loudest purr. My bedroom was still his favorite place and any time one of us would lay on the bed he was there two seconds later purring and wanting to be petted. I just wish Leo had broken out of his scared shell sooner so he could of had more years like this but I'm glad his last few years with us was probably his happiest.


Leo 1996-January 23, 2010
Rest in peace Captain Leo.
We miss you so much :(

Leo 1996-January 23, 2010
Rest in peace Captain Leo.
We miss you so much :(

Zazzle Mugs BOGO Sale!

All Mugs on Zazzle are Buy 1 Get 1 Free!

Remember you can change the image you like to any of the styles of mugs Zazzle sells ... Coffee / Tea Mugs, Steins, Travel Mugs, Glass Mugs

Use Coupon Code - 12DEALS2MUGS for Today OR ***I have just been informed if you use this other coupon code - EMAIL12MUGS9 you can get this Mugs BOGO through 12/7/09!




See All TigerpixieArt Mugs

Zazzle Calendar Sale! 44.4% Off my 2010 Fantasy Cat Calender!

Had to share this! I already ordered myself 2 ;) HUGE Calendar Sale! 44.4% OFF Calendars! Now - 12/10! That makes my calender Only $13.12! Wow! Use Coupon Code - CALENDARS998 Then also enter Free Shipping Code - HOLIDAYSHIPS for Free Shipping too! Note* This shipping code expires at Midnight tonight 12/2!

2010 Fantasy Cat Art Calendar. Fairy Cats by TigerpixieArt
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Black Friday Sales! Zazzle & Tigerpixie.com!

've got some GREAT SALES to share with you tonight!

~* Zazzle is having a HUGE Black Friday Sale! *~
The sale is NOW through FRIDAY (11/27/09) AT MIDNIGHT. This is the biggest and best sale I have ever seen them offer! I have added lots of new items to my gallery just in time for this sale :) You must enter the Coupon Code - ZAZZLEFRIDAY when checking out to get any of the discounts listed below. As an Extra Bonus you can also get FREE SHIPPING on all orders over $35.00!

$8 OFF Binders, TigerpixieArt's Zazzle Gallery
(Beautiful Customizable Avery Binders! Add your own text! Perfect for School, Photos, Scrapbooking, etc.)

30% OFF Mousepads, TigerpixieArt's Zazzle Gallery
(The purrrfect pads for your little mouse!)

$3 OFF Mugs, TigerpixieArt's Zazzle Gallery
( Coffee/Tea Mugs, Steins, Travel Mugs in all sizes and colors!)

$4 OFF T-Shirts, TigerpixieArt's Zazzle Gallery
(Shirts! All sizes, colors, styles for adults, kids & babies!)

50% OFF Posters, TigerpixieArt's Zazzle Gallery
(Art posters in multiple sizes, paper types! You can even choose to have it matted and framed!)

55% OFF Cards, TigerpixieArt's Zazzle Gallery
( Gorgeous glossy cards & notecards!)

IMPORTANT: You must enter the Coupon Code - ZAZZLEFRIDAY when checking out to get the discounts listed above.

Plus an Awesome Bonus: FREE SHIPPING on all orders of $35.00 or more!

My Zazzle Gift Gallery, http://www.TigerpixieArt.com

Remember, If there is anything specific you would like with a particular image please let me know and I will get it added to my Zazzle Gallery for you ASAP!


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~* Tigerpixie Art Studio Black Friday Cyber Monday Sale! *~
Tigerpixie Art Studio, www.Tigerpixie.com

Along with my current FREE Shipping offer on orders over $20.00 you can now also get 15% OFF EVERYTHING* on my website! This is perfect time for all of your holiday shopping for yourself or the Cat Lovers on your list!......

Super Holiday Sale! 15% OFF EVERYTHING* on my Website!
Tigerpixie Art Studio, www.Tigerpixie.com
Use the Voucher Code = 15HOLIDAY09
& click Recalculate when you checkout to receive the 15% off discount AND if your subtotal is over $20.00 after the discount you will also receive FREE Shipping too!!
This sale will end at Midnight (Pacific Time) December 2, 2009 so Shop Now!! :)

This offer applies to everything* on my website. Have you been watching one of my Original Paintings? If you buy it now you could save Hundreds of Dollars and get Free shipping too! Need Gifts for the Cat Lovers on your Holiday List? LE Canvas Prints, Fine Art Prints, Keychains, Magnets, Cameo Necklaces, Coloring pages, Figurines, etc, are all at Great prices too!

Tigerpixie Art Studio, www.Tigerpixie.com
Remember you must add the Voucher Code, 15HOLIDAY09 in the Voucher section of the Checkout Cart & click Recalculate to receive the 15% discount. Then if your subtotal is over $20.00 you will also receive the Free Shipping for your order too. This sale will end at Midnight (Pacific Time) December 2, 2009.

*Exclusions, This sale does not apply to Custom Commission Paintings, Wholesale Orders or on any of my other shops, eBay, Etsy, Artfire, Zazzle etc.

Just a Reminder....FREE Shipping on my Website! This offer is running from Now - December 10, 2009 Only. The shipping will be removed automatically in the Checkout Cart for all orders OVER $20.00. *Note This offer does not apply to eBay or Etsy sales! More details are on the Monthly Special page on my website

Happy Shopping!!! I hope that you enjoy these Holiday Sales! :)

HUGE Holiday Sale 20% Off Everything on my website!

Hello!
I hope that you are looking forward to the holidays as I am :) Time is flying! As many of you already know I had to cancel my November craft show appearance. Sadly there was just no way possible I could of done the show. Hopefully next year I will be able to. So the craft show's loss is your gain since I am now running a HUGE SALE on my website! Tigerpixie Art Studio, www.Tigerpixie.com The Biggest Sale I have ever had! Now is the absolute best time to buy from my website!

Along with my current FREE Shipping offer on orders over $20.00 you can now also get 20% OFF EVERYTHING* on my website! This is perfect time for all of your holiday shopping for yourself or the Cat Lovers on your list!......

Super Holiday Sale! 20% OFF EVERYTHING* on my Website!
Tigerpixie Art Studio, www.Tigerpixie.com
Use the Voucher Code = NOSHOW1109
& click Recalculate when you checkout to receive the 20% off discount AND if your subtotal is over $20.00 after the discount you will also receive FREE Shipping too!!
This sale will end at Midnight (Pacific Time) November 25th so Shop Now!! :)

I do not run this kind of sale very often & I have never offered one this large on my own website! This offer applies to everything* on my website. Have you been watching one of my Original Paintings? If you buy it now you could save Hundreds of Dollars and get Free shipping too! Have you always wanted one of my Limited Edition Canvas Prints? Now they are starting at $79 for the 11x14 size and $60 for the 8x10 size! All Open Edition prints are starting at just $7.20! Need Gifts for the Cat Lovers on your List? Keychains, Magnets, Cameo Necklaces, Coloring pages, Figurines, etc, are all at Great prices too!

Tigerpixie Art Studio, www.Tigerpixie.com
Remember you must add the Voucher Code, in the Voucher section of the Checkout Cart & click Recalculate to receive the 20% discount. Then if your subtotal is over $20.00 you will also receive the Free Shipping for your order too. This sale will end at Midnight (Pacific Time) November 25th.

*Exclusions, This sale does not apply to Custom Commission Paintings, Wholesale Orders or on any of my other shops, eBay, Etsy, Artfire, Zazzle etc.

Just a Reminder....FREE Shipping on my Website! This offer is running from Now - December 10, 2009 Only. The shipping will be removed automatically in the Checkout Cart for all orders OVER $20.00. *Note This offer does not apply to eBay or Etsy sales! More details are on the Monthly Special page on my website

*Zazzle Gift Gallery
I have added more items to my Zazzle Store.
My Zazzle Gift Gallery, http://www.TigerpixieArt.com
Please remember, If there is a particular image you would like to see added, please let me know you are interested & which products and I will add them to the gallery for you.
Also if the image you love is not on the product you would like yet, please let me know and I will get that product added to the gallery for you.

Here are some current Zazzle Sale Codes you can use on your Zazzle orders....

10% off $50 or more order
Zazzle Coupon Code : DLTVSAVING10

12% off $75 or more order
Zazzle Coupon Code : DLTVSAVING12

10% Off T-Shirts
Zazzle Coupon Code : 10OFFTSHIRTS
Expires 12/31/2009

10% off Mugs
Zazzle Coupon Code : 10SALEONMUGS
Expires 12/31/2009

I hope that you enjoy these Holiday Sales! Let me know if you have any questions about anything :)
Carrie

Canceled Show :/

I had to cancel my show this weekend :( I have a million reasons why it had to be done. I'll be having a big sale on my website soon to make up for it! :)

New Art! Elemental Cats, Free Shipping, Appearance, Zazzle Sales

It has been a while since my last real art update! I have been super busy with lots of things going on with both my art business and family as well. Lots to share today, New paintings, an upcoming appearance, free shipping offer, new Zazzle items & Sales and my artwork in an upcoming calendar......

*New Art!
I have finished my "Elemental Cats" Air, Earth, Fire & Water. "Elemental Cats" is a 16" x 20" Acrylic painting on canvas, 2009. I have listed the Original(s) for this a little differently than normal. They are not on eBay at this time. They are only available for sale through my website.

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All four "Elemental Cats" are available on my website for purchase as, the Original Painting(s), Prints, Cameo Necklaces, Bookmarks, Keychains, Magnets, Notecards...
See all Elemental Cats products on my website, Click Here!

Here's the interesting part about the "Elemental Cats" Original Paintings.....Important Note: I have all four 8" x 10" Elemental Cat original paintings up for sale individually. I also currently have the entire 16" x 20" original painting of all four Elemental Cats together up for sale. Should the 16" x 20" original painting sell, I will remove the four individual listings. Should any of the four 8" x10" Elemental Cat original paintings sell first, I will remove the 16" x 20" listing and sell remaining three original paintings individually as well.

FREE Shipping on my Website! Perfect for your Holiday Shopping!
I am offering FREE Shipping on all Website Orders Over $20.00! This applies to everything for sale on my website, Prints, Originals, LE Canvas Prints, Cameo Necklaces, Figurines, Notecards, Bookmarks, Buttons, Postcards, Keychains, Magnets, Coloring Pages, Coloring Note Cards, etc. This offer is running from Now - December 10, 2009 Only. The shipping will be removed automatically in the Shopping Cart for all orders OVER $20.00. *Note This offer does not apply to eBay or Etsy sales!*
More details are on the Monthly Special page on my website

*Artwanted Calendar
I am very proud to announce that my painting "Nami & Rookia's Dragons" was accepted to be in the ArtWanted.com 2010 calendar. They had over 700 images to choose from and only 365 places in the calendar. So I am very excited that my images was chosen to be included. This is a 365 day desk calendar & my painting will be featured on September 13, 2010.
To order an Artwanted.com 2010 calendar please visit the Artwanted.com site

*Upcoming Appearance! CANCELED, I will not be able to attend this year
I am very excited and a little nervous to announce that I will be showing my artwork at my very first outdoor show the first weekend in November.....

17th Annual Old Farmhouse Christmas Arts, Crafts & Antiques Show
November 6, 7 & 8, 2009
Friday and Saturday 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Sunday 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
9615 N. Loop Rd. Pensacola, FL 32507

I will be there with a big 10' x 10' booth full of all of my art and gift items fore sale at very reduced prices from my website prices! This show has Free parking & Free admission. It features well over 100 Arts & Crafts venders and a variety of foods & antiques. There are also farm cow tours and pony rides for the kids on Saturday and Sunday. More info can be found on their website

More Info about my upcoming appearances can be found on my website here Carrie Hawks Appearances

*Zazzle Gift Gallery
I have added more items to my Zazzle Store.
My Zazzle Gift Gallery, http://www.TigerpixieArt.com
I have been adding new items as I have time. Please remember, If there is a particular image you would like to see added, please let me know you are interested & which products and I will work on adding them to the gallery for you.
Also if the image you love is not on the product you would like yet, please let me know and I will get that product added to the gallery for you.

Here are some current Zazzle Sale Codes you can use on your order....

20% off any order
Zazzle Coupon Code : RACHAELRAY20
Expires 10/24/2009

$5 off $45 or more order
Zazzle Coupon Code : 5OFF45ZAZZLE
Expires 10/31/2009

10% Off T-Shirts
Zazzle Coupon Code : 10OFFTSHIRTS
Expires 12/31/2009

10% off Mugs
Zazzle Coupon Code : 10SALEONMUGS
Expires 12/31/2009

I hope that you enjoy the my newest artworks! I am working on some new fun projects that I will be able to share with you soon! Let me know if you have any questions about anything :)

"Earth Elemental Cat" WIP pixs #1-3 ~ Zazzle ~ Dragon*Con Pixs....

Here's "Earth Elemental Cat" so far :).....

Blocked in colors on the cat, grass & earth...



Worked on the grass, earth & a little shading on the cat....



Workign on the cat's, started the face & blocked in colors on the wings...



Still far from done but it's coming a long nicely! :)

Zazzle!
Getting close to Halloween! Yay! I've started posting some "Witch's Cat Eyes" products & also new "Summoning Old Friends" & "Raven's Moon" products on Zazzle ;) More Tigerpixie Halloweenie theme stuff coming soon!!.....


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Dragon*Con was a blast as alway :) Even more fun since I didn't have to work this year. I posted some pixs over on my Facebook page here.... Dragon*Con Pix 2009

"Fire Elemental Cat" Done!, "Steampunk Guy Cat" WIP #1

"Fire Elemental Cat" Done!, "Steampunk Guy Cat" WIP #1

Finished "Fire" now the only one left is "Earth" :) .....



I also started the background for my Guy Steampunk Cat. The Gal was finished being paid for (she was on layaway, yes, I'm happy to do layaways for my original painting, LE Canvas prints or other large orders) Sooo I went ahead and painting the Guy's background so I could match the mountains, valley, sky and rocks up perfectly together ;) It came out just right!....



I don't even have my sketch drawn for him yet. I do have a good idea of how it's going to be though ;) He will match with his Gal purrrrfectly! I will start working on him as soon as I finish the "Earth Elemental Cat".

"Fire Elemental Cat" WIP pixs 2 & 3....

Finished the Lava Rock & started the cat's fur.....



Finished the cat's fur, face & necklace ( I took this pix outside. It looks sooooo much better than the others. Maybe I'll take them all outside from now on! )....



All that's left now is to paint some fire & flames for her wings, tail & tips of her ears ;D

"Air Elemental Cat" Finished! Fire Elemental Cat WIP1 ...

Wow! I haven't posted on here in forever! I have been so busy with family/mom stuff :) We took the kiddos to Fort Barrancas & the Aviation Museum this week. I hadn't been to the fort in ages. On to the artwork ;) ......

I finished "Air Elemental Cat" today. This is still just a crappy digital camera pix. I'm going to wait till I'm done with all of them and scan it all at once.....



Started on "Fire Elemental Cat". This is just the base colors....



Hopefully things are calming down around here and I feel like I;m getting back on track :) I have painted for 2 days in a row! Yay! I haven't done that in forever!!

Air Elemental Cat WIP 1&2

Here's a few wip pixs of my little Air Fairy Cat :) .....





She's about 1/2 way done now. Hopefully I'll have her finished early next week ;)

Updates! Free Shipping on my Website! Steampunk Cat LE #1 Canvas on ebay

Hi!
Just a little update tonight :) ... In honor of the postage rate once again going up, I have a Free Shipping Offer on my Website!, Next, I'm sorry I completely forget to post my "Steampunk Cat" LE Canvas Print #1 on eBay so she is up for auction now!

FREE Shipping on my Website!
I am offering FREE Shipping on all Website Orders Over $20.00! This applies to everything for sale on my website, Prints, Originals, LE Canvas Prints, Cameo Necklaces, Figurines, Notecards, Bookmarks, Buttons, Postcards, Keychains, Magnets, Coloring Pages, Coloring Note Cards, etc. This offer is running from Now - June 1, 2009 Only. The shipping will be removed automatically in the Shopping Cart for all orders OVER $20.00. *Note This offer does not apply to eBay or Etsy sales!*
More details are on the Monthly Special page on my website

Just a FYI.... "Steampunk Cat" Prints are still on sale on my Website! Combined with Free Shipping is a Great Deal! LE Canvas Prints *On Sale!" $75 each, Prints *On Sale!" 5x7 are $7.00, 8x10 are $10.00 & 12x16 are $24.00

eBay Auction.....
"Steampunk Cat" LE Canvas Print # 01/75, Bidding Starts at 50% off, $49.99
This is a 10 Day Auction Ending on, Sunday, May 24, at 6:57 PM Central Time.

Today I started painting the "Air Elemental Cat" :) I hope to have some WIP pixs to show soon!!
Now it's time to watch the Hell's Kitchen finale! ;D

Water Elemental Cat WIP 3 & 4 She's Done!!

Wow, that was fast! I should start painting more 8x10s!

Here's another wip with her body & face started.....



Here she is all done :) Each of the cats will have a necklace with their element symbol. This is still just a crappy digital camera pix. I'm going to wait till I'm done with all of them and scan it all at once.....

Water Elemental Cat WIP 1&2

Here's a few wip pixs of my little Water Mercat :) .....





I am really liking this :) The painting is going a lot faster than I expected too.

Etsy! Treasury!

Etsy! Treasury! Meowwwwwww! Wow!

Some Faves & some thanks to those who have featured me before.

Elemental Cats WIP Pixs 1&2

Here's what I've done so far :) I am now working on the white starburst that will be in the center. The first image is the purrrty background with paper cut outs of the cats taped over the middles. The second image I did some splatter painting (so much fun!) over all four backgrounds and used the cut outs to keep the splatters from getting in those areas ....





Right now all 4 paintings are on one big 16" x 20" canvas sheet together. This way it will be easy for me to scan & offer them as one big 12" x 16" print together as well as individual 8" x 10" prints too. As for the Original I may offer it for sale as the whole big painting and also individually at the same time BUT once one of the individual paintings sell I will just sell the others on their own too & take down the whole big painting offer. I hope that makes sense LOL!

WIPS! Elemental Cats, Air, Earth, Fire, Water, Rough Sketches...

Here are all 4 very, very rough sketches of my Elemental Cats. They will each be 8x10 paintings and will all fit together as one big print with a neat kind of star burst in the middle.....









They will be really pretty when they are all done and a little different from my normal paintings. I'll post more WIPs of them as I am painting them ;)

Sorry I haven't had much to say on here. I've just been really busy with family stuff and haven't felt like writing much online.

Fantasy Cat Figurine Auctions Ending Wed. Morning!

They are all still at very good prices! You can check them all out here......

1/2 Price Fantasy Cat Figurine Auctions on eBay




Dea Dragonfly Fairy Cat, Logan Ladybug Fairy Cat, Calico's Mystical Pumpkin, Bubble Fairy Cat, Monarch Butterfly Fairy Cat!

Thanks for looking! ;D

News! All Figurines back in stock! Fantasy Cat Necklaces, New Art ....

*Figurines
I now have All 5 Figurines back in stock & available for purchase! Dea Dragonfly Fairy Cat, Logan Ladybug Fairy Cat, Calico's Mystical Pumpkin, Bubble Fairy Cat, Monarch Butterfly Fairy Cat
Only a limited number of each will be available!

I have put one of each of them up for auction on eBay starting at 1/2 off the regular prices for 7 day auctions, Ending on next Wednesday, April 22! You can see them all in my eBay store here...
1/2 Price Fantasy Cat Figurine Auctions on eBay

Fantasy Cat Figurines! on my website



Fantasy Cat Jewelry!

Thank you so much to everyone that preordered my new necklaces! I hope that you are enjoying them. All preorders have been mailed out. I have listed the remaining quantity of necklaces that I have available on my website.

* Next paintings! I am working on sketches for my next paintings. They will be a series of 4 images that will all fit together as one large image. It's going to be really neat! I should have the first sketches ready to share soon!

Zazzle Sales! Friends & Family Event! 15% off Your Order! Through Monday! Cards Sale! 30% off cards, Through Wednesday

Zazzle Sales! *Friends & Family Event! 15% off Your Order! Through Monday! Use Code; FRIENDS15OFF

**Cards Sale! 30% off cards!Through Wednesday, Use Code; SPRINGCARD30



My Zazzle Gift Gallery, http://www.TigerpixieArt.com

*Details.... 15% off discount is applied to orders of one or more qualifying products and applies to the price of the product, not to shipping, taxes, and other charges. The coupon code FRIENDS15OFF must be entered during checkout to receive the offer. Offer is valid from April 1, 2009 at 12:01am PDT, through April 06, 2009 at 11:59pm PDT. Your order must be placed during that time to receive this special promotional pricing offer. This offer does not apply to past purchases and may not be combined with any other Zazzle promotional or discount offers. Offer valid on Zazzle.com only and is not valid on Smilestore.com orders.

**30% off discount applies to each qualifying Zazzle greeting card or note card product. The coupon code SPRINGCARD30 must be entered during checkout to receive the offer. Offer is valid from March 26, 2009 through April 8, 2009 at 11:59pm PDT. Your order must be placed during that time to receive this special promotional pricing offer. This offer does not apply to past purchases and may not be combined with any other Zazzle promotional or discount offers. Offer valid on Zazzle.com only and is not valid on Smilestore.com orders.

"Steampunk Cat" Original Painting is SOLD!

"Steampunk Cat"
12" x 16" Original Acrylic on Cotton Canvas Sheet, 2009

I sold the original off of my website yesterday! Yay! So I have ended the eBay store listing for this painting :) *I still have all the prints on sale on my website including the LE Canvas Prints that look just like the original painting are 25% off right now! * "Steampunk Cat" items on my website *

I'll be spending the rest of today getting orders ready to mail ;) Have a great day you guys!!

New Art! "Steampunk Cat"!, New Jewelry Pendants! ImagiCon Art Show & Print Shop

Happy Spring! :) I have an exciting update to share with you tonight! Lots of News!! I have my completed "Steampunk Cat" painting, NEW licensed Designer Jewelry Pendants featuring my fantasy cats & my artwork at the convention ImagiCon this weekend! First my new painting! I am so thrilled with the way this painting turned out! It took me such a long time to complete due to the tons of little details but it was well worth it!


"Steampunk Cat" 12" x 16" acrylic & ink on Canvas, 2009
An elegant Victorian steampunk cat gal poses for the perfect portrait with an interesting collection of flying ships, hot air balloons and other flying contraptions behind her.

* "Steampunk Cat" on my website *, Original Painting, Cameo Necklaces, Bookmarks, Keychains, Magnets, Notecards...
LE Canvas Prints *On Sale!" $75 each,
Prints *On Sale!" 5x7 are $7.00, 8x10 are $10.00 & 12x16 are $24.00

"Steampunk Cat" Original on eBay

Prints Sale on eBay!"Steampunk Cats" 12x16", 8x10" & 5x7".


** NEW Fantasy Cat Jewelry!! **
Designer jewelry pendants inspired by my fantasy cats created by Pacific Trading Giftware! The pendants measure about 1.5 - 2 inches in length and have an 18" black cord necklace with 2" extender chain. They are handcrafted of lead free enamel metal / alloy and each comes purrfectly packaged on a backingboard in a cello bag.
NOTE! *Pre-Orders* I am taking pre-orders for all 12 pendants. All orders places for pendants will be shipped around the last week of April.

(These new pendants have been made a part of my "Jewelry" category on my website. This Jewelry category now links to both my new pendants and to my cameo necklaces.)

ImagiCon!
March 27 - March 29, 2009, Birmingham, Alabama. I am unable to be there in person BUT I will have a my art available for sale in both the Art Show and Print Shop at reduced show prices!
"ImagiCon is a first year Full-scale Science Fiction and Fantasy convention premiering in Birmingham, Alabama on March 27 - 29, 2009. Building on the success of a similar one-time event in Birmingham, which attracted record numbers for a first-year event of this type, the Magic City proved itself a perfect site for a Fandom-focused convention for Sci-Fi and Fantasy enthusiasts."

LE ACEO Prints
This is just a heads up about my LE ACEO prints on eBay. Due to many reasons I am planning to remove ALL of my ACEO prints from eBay and place them either on Etsy or my own website for sale as I have time to do so. It could be a few weeks or it could be a few months before I get them relisted.. They will all be removed from eBay on April 10th. If you would like to purchase any before they are removed from eBay please click the link above.

Well I think that's it for now ;) Time to take a little break tonight!

Louis Wain "The Man Who Drew Cats"

I Love Louis Wain's cats. :) I've even had a few people compare my artwork to his. I think it's a nice compliment. Here's a neat video about Mr. Wain's cats & life...



It's so sad to see he was ill in his later years :( How fitting he was able to live out the rest of his life surrounded by cats.

Edited to add...There is some debate over if it really was his illness that caused him to create that way or if he was just experimenting with patterns.

From Wikipedia ..."It is not known if these works (The patterned paintings) were created in the order usually presented, as Wain did not date them......Wain experimented with patterns and cats, and even quite late in life was still producing conventional cat pictures, perhaps 10 years after his [supposedly] 'later' productions which are patterns rather than cats." I guess we will never know for sure.

"Steampunk Cat" WIP #3 & 4

Here's a few more WIP pixs since I paint sooooo slow. Well not that slow ;) I have been busy with some family stuff & business stuff as well. Also this painting has a ton of tiny details......





I have finished more than you can see here. I just didn't taker another photo yet. I should have her all done early this week *fingers crossed*

Steampunk Cat Rough Sketch
Steampunk Cat WIP #1
Steampunk Cat WIP #2

I'm in a newspaper article about Artists on Etsy....

The article was in our local paper ( Pensacola News Journal ) on Saturday 3/7 on the front of the Life section :) I was a little disappointed that they didn't show my artwork I sent BUT I am very glad that they put my website link in the article. Weird isn't it... An article about selling on Etsy and they put my website link not Etsy Shop link. They also goofed and said that the other girl they interviewed is "Tigerpixie" on Etsy. It's all good! I am just happy I got to be a part of it at all :) Here is the link to the article online ( my little paragraph is on the 2nd page ) ... It's so Etsy