Pop Art of Your Pup + A Giveaway

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Pop Art of Your Pup + A Giveaway

What if I told you that this stylish canvas portrait next to me was a me! I bet you never imagined I could be so cool. But I knew, I always knew I had this epic greatness in me, so great that when your new friends at Pop Your Pup offer to turn a photo of you into pop art you don’t hesitate because you know it will be grand.

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See, I told you I was epic!

Pop Art of Your Pup + A Giveaway

The cool folks over at Pop Your Pup can create lots of fun items from any photo of your pet. And don’t worry, it doesn’t need to be a professional photo with great lighting, they can make most any image work and turn it into a masterpiece.

Pop Art of Your Pup + A Giveaway

Mom helped me pick out some of my favorite photos to send in, and they turned out so fabulous that I couldn’t wait to share them with all of you!

Pop Art of Your Pup + A Giveaway

They even have kids sizes in t-shirts too, because you know I couldn’t let Baby P be left out of all the fun!

Pop Art of Your Pup + A Giveaway

Not only am I Baby P’s Big Brother, but I’m also her very very favorite thing in the whole wide world.

National Hat Day with Ammo the Dachshund

I mean who can blame her when you look this stylish?

Pop Art of Your Pup + A Giveaway

So when I gifted Baby P this pop art t-shirt from Pop Your Pup I was thrilled when she got so excited she started yelling “woof” “woof” (because she can’t say Dog yet).

Pop Art of Your Pup + A Giveaway

Now everywhere she goes her big brother can be right by her side!

Pop Art of Your Pup + A Giveaway

Mom loved her shirt just as much, although I didn’t quite get the same “woof” “woof” reaction out of her – I’m pretty sure she enjoyed it just the same.

Pop Art of Your Pup + A Giveaway

Pop Your Pup made it simple and easy for me to put these smiles on my family’s faces (and don’t worry, Dad was smiling too behind the camera). Simply upload your pet’s photo to their website, choose your products (you can even choose fun background colors and patterns), and in one business day you’ll get a proof to approve. And with unlimited edits to your design, there is no reason you wouldn’t love it!

Pop Art of Your Pup + A Giveaway

While I enjoyed all of the products from Pop Your Pup, I think my favorite had to be the 16″x20″ canvas. Immediately it found a home on the wall with some of my other dog art.

Pop Art of Your Pup + A Giveaway

….in the playroom of course! Because I love hearing my little sister bark like a dog when she sees it!

Pop Art of Your Pup + A Giveaway

So if you’d like to turn your pet into pop art, be sure to visit Pop Your Pup!

And now for the best part…

Pop Art of Your Pup + A Giveaway

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Disclaimer: This post and giveaway is brought to you by Paint Your Life. All opinions are my own, and I only share products I think you and your pets will love.

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As many of you may recall I spend most of my week working at mom’s custom picture frame shop. So over the years I’ve developed a love of the arts. So when my new friends over at Paint Your Life offered to do an oil painting of yours truly I said “why of course the world could use more paintings of me!”

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Over at Paint Your Life they have a whole variety of different art mediums you can choose, and not only can you commission a painting of your pet, but they can even paint people too.

Affordable Pet Portraits + A Giveaway from Paint Your LifeFor me the hardest part was then choosing what photo I wanted them to paint my portrait from. Goodness knows my mom has thousands of pictures of me from over the years.

So the really neat part is you can actually send Paint Your Life several photos and they can recommend which one would make the best paintings (but ultimately the decision will be up to you).

I combed through years worth of pictures and picked out a few that I thought would be fun to hang on my bedroom wall.

 

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After sending them off to Paint Your Life they recommended I get my portrait painted from the one of me sleeping on my dog bed. Which is great, because that was actually my top pick too!

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A couple weeks later they sent me an online proof to approve, which I could either accept or even request additional changes to be made. As I suspected though, it came out fantastic from the start so I had them ship it to my door right away!

Affordable Pet Portraits + A Giveaway from Paint Your LifeWhile I certainly knew I’d love my painting, it’s great to know that Paint Your Life offers a 100% Money Back Guarantee. So if you aren’t happy they will redo it or refund your money in full.

Shipping is also always free, and you never have to pay for your painting in full up front. (just 20% down).

Regardless you always have plenty of time to request changes and review your painting before it even ships to your door, and the whole process is extra simple through their website!

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The likeness is uncanny don’t you think? (It’s even more beautiful in person!)

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When you order your painting from Paint Your Life you can even choose to have it framed or stretched onto stretcher bars, however since I do work in a picture frame shop I decided I could do that part for myself (well at least make mom do it for me). So once my painting arrived I set out to pick out a frame!

Affordable Pet Portraits + A Giveaway from Paint Your Life

I narrowed my frame picks down to two…but I can’t decide! So you’ll just have to help me choose by leaving a comment below on which one you think I should put on my painting – the grey frame or the teal with grey liner?

You can grab your very own pet portrait (or any portrait for that matter) from Paint Your Life, and as a bonus save 40% off your next order with code AMMO40

You can even ENTER TO WIN A CUSTOM PAINTING FROM PAINT YOUR LIFE! (a $299 Value)

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Painting with famous Ponies

Painting Pony // Ammo the Dachshund

This is my very special pony friend, Minnow. You’ve probably already met him before, but incase you didn’t know, Minnow is a world-famous artist! His paintings have sold all over the world and help to raise money for animal rescue groups.

Over the weekend I got to hang with my pony friend and watch him create some of his masterpieces.

Painting Pony // Ammo the Dachshund

But famous artists can’t do it alone, there’s always a clean-up crew hiding behind the scenes.

Painting Pony // Ammo the Dachshund

It’s a tough job, but someone has to do it!

Painting Pony // Ammo the Dachshund

Painting Pony // Ammo the Dachshund

Of course even assistants sometimes get a painted nose or two!

It’s all part of the job description. Ammo the Dachshund

You can find out more about Minnow and all the Painting Ponies at PaintingPony.com 

My Crazy Rebels Custom Pet Painting

Right before Christmas my mom entered a giveaway on the Pawsh blog for a spiffy pet painting made by the fine folks at Crazy Rebels. And as luck would have it, she won! The even better part was that the painting was going to be of me!

So I helped mom look through lots of my photos, and we picked out this silly photo from a few years ago of me in my super hero cape. I thought it would look fun turned into a cartoon style painting.

Crazy Rebels Custom Pet Painting // Ammo the Dachshund

The I headed over to Design Seeds and picked out the blue background color seen in the photo below.

Crazy Rebels Custom Pet Painting // Ammo the Dachshund

And a few weeks later this fun painting arrived at my doorstep.

Crazy Rebels Custom Pet Painting // Ammo the Dachshund

Silly and fun, just like me!

Crazy Rebels Custom Pet Painting // Ammo the Dachshund

Crazy Rebels Custom Pet Painting // Ammo the Dachshund

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Folding Dog Crate from Elitefield

ammo the dachshund elite field dog crate

A couple of weeks ago mom ordered me a new dog crate made by EliteField.

ammo the dachshund elite field dog crate

Honestly, I wasn’t super thrilled about this purchase because I’m not really a “crate” type of dog.

ammo the dachshund elite field dog crate

I especially hate being zipped inside, but sadly mom has decided that I need to learn to be in a crate now – even though I’ve survived for 3 years just fine without one. During my agility classes I’m required to go inside my crate while the other dogs get a turn on the course – this is like pure torture. But on the plus side because mom is training me to like the crate more I get lots and lots of treats for being quiet when I’m inside.

ammo the dachshund elite field dog crate

My new crate came from Amazon and included lots of extra goodies, like a carrying bag, and extra storage bags for all my travel gear.

ammo the dachshund elite field dog crate

The very best part about my new crate though – it folds completely flat! Mom likes it because it’s easy to take places, I like it because when it’s flat it means I don’t have to go inside it!

ammo the dachshund elite field dog crate

Now if I could just figure out where to hide it so mom can’t find it……

 

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Little Super Hero on the Wall

ammo the dachshund custom painting

You might remember that for Christmas I got a special little gift card from my Mom & Dad to get a custom painting of myself from Yellow Brick Home. Well, a few days ago a little package arrived at my door from the very talented Kim Vargo.

ammo the dachshund painting from yellow brick home

Photo Credit: Kim @ Yellow Brick Home

I couldn’t believe how much it looked like me! Mom says she even captured the special feisty little look in my eyes.

ammo the dachshund super hero

After modeling for a few photos with Mom and sending Kim some of my favorites from years past, I was so excited to see the results. Kim even said I was the very first Super Hero she got to paint! (I’m the cutest too, right?)

ammo the dachshund custom painting from yellow brick home

Mom hung it up in my home office for me, and I really can’t help but stare at it all day long!

ammo the dachshund custom painting from yellow brick home

Oh handsome little hero on the wall – you are just way too cool!

You can get your own custom pet paintings from Kim @ Yellow Brick Home (make sure you tell her the cutest Super Hero EVER sent you!)


*I was not paid or perk’d to write this post – I’m just super super excited about my new portrait!

Messy Paws

Yesterday on the farm mom decided to bring the ponies’ paints out of storage for a little winter painting.

ammo the dachshund and the painting pony

ammo the dachshund and the painting pony

ammo the dachshund and the painting pony

ammo the dachshund and the painting pony

ammo the dachshund and the painting pony

ammo the dachshund and the painting pony

ammo the dachshund and the painting pony

As you can see, they made quite the mess.

ammo the dachshund and the painting pony

A mess that I somehow got suckered into cleaning up.

ammo the dachshund and the painting pony

And my lovely assistant was absolutely no help at all!

ammo the dachshund and the painting pony

You can check out the paintings by my fabulous pony pals on their website.

Creative Paws

Me and mom have been busy updating our online Etsy Shop (which I share with the Painting Ponies), so today I thought I’d share with you some of my new additions to the shop.

white dachshund no. 12

This one is White Dachshund No.12, isn’t he special looking?

yellow dachshund no.2

And this one is Yellow Dachshund No. 2, he’s such a happy little fellow!

Now, although I feel I am the most talented artist in the bunch, my Painting Pony friends (mostly Minnow) have also been busy filling the shop with some of their new creations.

painting pony

Ok, I admit it, Minnow is pretty talented. But, he has been painting for much longer than I have (since 2007 to be exact).

ammo the dachshund in beret

But we all still know who looks the best in the beret! Eat your heart out girls!

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Picasso Pony

It’s no surprise that I spend my time with a bunch of famous painting ponies. And when mom announces “it’s a painting day”, she really means it’s a painting DAY. As in I have to spend ALL day hanging around the farm while the ponies put their brushes to work.

ammo with painting ponies

Don’t get me wrong, I love seeing them create masterpieces, but all day can get kind of tiring.

ammo with painting ponies

But, the ponies always make sure everyone has a good time. Like Boomerang, who tells the best jokes when he’s painting – they even make him giggle!

ammo with painting ponies

ammo with painting ponies

At the end of the day, the best part is always the clean-up. Well, at least it is for little doxies that love to lick the floor clean of spilled cheerios and the ponies’ sweet feed.

ammo with painting ponies

You can check out all of the ponies’ masterpieces from our day of painting on their Blog.

P.S. Make sure you tell them that I sent you – so maybe next time they’ll leave a few extra cheerios on the floor for me!

Wet Paint

Wet Paint.

 

I should have known. When your day starts like this….

….. you will end up like this……

sigh.

 

My pal Minnow had a much more successful painting day than I did.

While he created 3 masterpieces (check them out here) I somehow ended up with blue paint in my mouth. Don’t ask.

At least I’m not the only one that requires a bath after painting day….