A tribute to all of our wonderful pets...

When I sent out the invite for pet pictures, I had no idea so many wonderful pictures would come flowing my way. It was a very special creative project to be able to see all of your beautiful fur-babies come to life through photography. I would have liked to have posted the pictures much larger, but I think it would have taken all afternoon - so I made the images small, but hope you will click on each one to see the larger version and to really see the soul inside. These pets are amazing and isn't it even more amazing what they have brought and added to our families? I hope you will enjoy this tribute to some amazing "kids". Hugs and love - Christie

My babies - Chloe, Kaleigh and Anabelle

"Thousands of years ago, cats were worshiped as gods. Cats have never forgotten this." ~ Anonymous

"An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language." ~ Martin Buber

Mya's beauties - Leon & Nikko

"Dogs come when they're called; cats take a message and get back to you later." ~ Mary Bly

Doris & Dan's little dog - Miss Daisy


Erin's babies - Raegan & Lucy

"Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms." ~ George Elliot

Robyn's big little man - Rowdy

"The greatest pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself, too." ~ Samuel Butler

Valerie's sweet new addition - Maggie

And her little angels - Corky & K.C.

"My little dog -- a heartbeat at my feet." ~ Edith Wharton

Melissa's Babies - Zeus & Jeter

“You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there long before any of us” ~ Robert Louis Stevenson

My mom's dog - Miss Molly (sweetest dog ever!)

Erin's Mom's Dogs - Bonnibelle & Penny (Hi Gran!)

"The average dog is a nicer person than the average person." ~ Andrew A. Rooney

My Aunt Deany's darlings - Dexter, Mojo, Tica, and Tullulah the Bird

"Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole." ~ Roger Caras


"Who can believe that there is no soul behind those luminous eyes!" ~ Theophile Gautier

Kelley's Puppy - Miss Hattie

"Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened." ~ Anatole France

Last call...

OK gals - last call for those wanting to get their fur-babies in on my pet tribute. I know some of you have e-mailed me to say you wanted to - so let's have them!

I'd like to go ahead and get the post up by tomorrow, so send em on ova, and check the previous post for my e-mail address and details.

Hugs,
Christie

On Second Thought...

I started thinking about how expensive professional photos are. Then I started thinking, "how hard can this be?" I grabbed up my little Canon Elph Powershot and went in search of the pets. What luck! They were all nestled on our bed, snoozing the afternoon away. They quickly woke up for their photo-op and here's what we came up with...not too shabby for a complete and utter photo amateur. If you have a favorite pet picture and would like me to re-create it the way I did here for free (just for you - all my bloggy pals!), e-mail your pic to me at scrapbooksweetie1@yahoo.com. I will fix it up and send it right back - then we can all have our babies looking top notch on our blogs! M3 Posse - you're up - send em' ova! (You too Colleen, Melissa, and Donna!) When we're done I will make a nice big post with all our babies with links back to your blogs - kind of a tribute, if you will, to our sweetie-pies...

I've got nothing.....

So how about some pics of my fur-babies? Aww, come on? One can never have too many pics of the babies - professional or otherwise...

The Pitiful "Punky Brewster" (she's in a time-out, can you tell?) Kaleigh

Quite possibly the sweetest dog ever - Anabelle. Or "Anabelly, kinda smelly"

Her Royal Highness, the Queen "Chloe" (don't even mess with my mama-cat!)

Awww....so sweet...and my hair...good night! Short and red...totally not me....(it was a phase) You too can have professional portraits with your animals at "The Picture People". They take pets first appointment of the day or last. We were in and out in an hour and had our pictures another hour later. Pretty cool!