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Catnip Chronicles Blog
All the latest news about custom pet portraits, dog portraits, cat portraits, and much more from Dogrose and Catnip


Ready To See Canvas Artwork For Your Home?
I have had prints available to buy for a long time now but I always felt that I needed a 'ready to hang' option. So I have collaborated...
lyndajruggart
May 161 min read
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**The Hustle of a Pet Portrait Artist: Balancing Art, Business, and a Love for Animals**
The Hustle of a Pet Portrait Artist: Balancing Art, Business, and a Love for Animals Life as a pet portrait artist is anything but quiet!...
lyndajruggart
Feb 283 min read
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Setting New Goals for 2025: Fresh Focus for CreativityAs 2025 begins, I’m excited to share my vision for the year ahead.
Each year as an artist brings new challenges, lessons, and opportunities for growth, and this year is all about focus, creativity, and...
lyndajruggart
Jan 163 min read
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I'm such a poor Blogger!
I have just looked back at my last blog that I wrote and it was July! Can you believe it? And even worse is the fact that I write in my...
lyndajruggart
Nov 18, 20242 min read
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Why I Started My Print-On-Demand Business with my own Nature-Inspired Artwork
Introduction; As an artist with a deep love for nature, animals, and wildlife, it suddenly occurred to me....... how great it would be to...
lyndajruggart
Jul 25, 20244 min read
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Meow-tastic: From Feline Friend to Fashion Inspiration
Oh, the adventures we have with our furry companions! Our cat, a mischievous ball of fur named Maisie Jo, has been with us for many...
lyndajruggart
Jun 14, 20243 min read
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Attempts to help save the planet!
in a very small way...but it's better than nothing! In my search for Companies to produce my range of printed clothing, I came across a...
lyndajruggart
May 3, 20243 min read
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New Year…..New Venture Reality!
I have been contemplating this blog for some time now and the way it should be going! Reading other artist ‘Blogs’ I see that most are...
lyndajruggart
Apr 3, 20244 min read
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A New Adventure!...........
I recently posted this on my Facebook and Instagram page. After years of doing things a safe, sensible way, I decided to take the biggest...
lyndajruggart
Aug 6, 20231 min read
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Collaborations!
Pet portrait commissions...a collaboration between artist and pet owner. I understand that approaching an artist to paint a portrait of...
lyndajruggart
Apr 3, 20231 min read
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What to expect when you'd like to commission a custom pet portrait for yourself or as a gift......
I hope you are all keeping well...it's finally starting to get a little colder now and it's not so difficult to think that Christmas...
lyndajruggart
Oct 1, 20222 min read
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So this is me...a pet portrait Artist!
In my first post, I said I would introduce my family.....just quickly so you can see who you're dealing with! This is my lovely...
lyndajruggart
Sep 20, 20221 min read
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How did the pet portraits start and where are we going?
As a new business, one of the many challenges is to work out the ebbs and flows of the yearly calendar. Talk of recession is not a great...
lyndajruggart
Jun 8, 20222 min read
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