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Sunday Shopping: Nifty Corgi Gifties!

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It’s that time of the year again, Corgi People!   Time to sniff out some very cool Corgi-themed gifties for your friends and family.
All of the items featured are from independent artists and craftspeople. 
Please contact them directly if you have an interest in any of their merchandise.
Happy Shopping!
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Miriam Carnell
Artist’s Note:
Miriam draws inspiration from her faith walk and appreciation of the divine in creating her oil paintings. While her favorite subjects are dogs, horses, wildlife, birds, flowers, scenery and some landscapes, she can do custom portraits upon request.

Learn more about Miriam’s work and view her gallery HERE.
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Pilar’s Animal Art Works

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Pilar Rinky sculpts these dog breeds from low-fired clay, makes a mold, fires them and then individually hand paints each dog. Each dog is about 4-5 inches high x 3 inches wide and is individually created. There are both Pembrokes and Cardigans available in all colors.

See more of Pilar’s work HERE.

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Blogger Kelly Steckler, Mom to Gibson — the inaugural Dog of of the Day on The Daily Corgi — brings her graphic design talent to a range of items and designs at her Corgi Butts cafepress shop.
Kelly donates 100% of proceeds from the sale of her Corgis With Blogs 2011 Calendar to Lakeshore Pembroke Welsh Corgi Rescue!
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SachiDoo specializes in dog breed recycled cotton tote bags.  There are some coin purses and snack bags, too! 
See the whole range HERE.
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Nichole’s heartfelt pet portraits tell the stories of her subjects.  See more of her work HERE. 
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Fiber artist Michelle Arszman recycles wool sweaters into felted purses and pillows with needle felted dogs and other designs.  She started with a Corgi series!  Michelle will do custom orders using your photo, or a “generic” Corgi or dog.
See more of her work HERE.
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Potter Alicia Daily spins originals works at her horse farm in Virginia.  Her themes include equestrian, animals, and Scriptural verses.
See more of Alicia’s work HERE.
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Angela Kau paints Corgis on glassware, signs, and makes small sculptural figurines. 
See more of her work HERE.
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Beon and Candy are a husband and wife team who handcraft unique leather items, like this keychain and iphone case.

See more at their shop HERE.

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Karen designs, writes, screenprints, sews and assembles a variety of original items, working with paint, linen, canvas, leather and metal.
Featured above:  keychain, tea towel and cell phone tote. 
See more HERE.
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Barbara Tilley fashions her creations from clay, acrylics and wire.  She paints (including custom orders), makes jewelry and a variety of mugs, tiles, clocks, trinket boxes and more.
See more of Barbara’s work HERE.

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 Merry Go Round Monograms

Embroidered canvas briefcase (made for yours truly! 🙂
Plush fleece blanket
sample

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Jean Martin of Merry Go Round Monograms can embroider your favorite Corgi’s likeness on a range of items, from tote bags to t-shirts, sweatshirts to golf shirts, canvas briefcases to plush fleece blankets. 

Merry Go Round does not have a website at this time, but Jean can be reached by phone at the number on her business card:

 

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Kristine is an author, illustrator and art educator.
The characters and illustrations in “Floyd and the Irresistible Cookie” are based on the imaginary adventures of her three “very spoiled” Welsh Corgis.
Learn more about Kristine’s work HERE, and purchase a copy of “Floyd” from amazon.com HERE.

Watch a clip from the video version of “Floyd” HERE.

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Fine artist and illustrator Margi hand-renders portraits using a color pencil painting technique.
Learn more about Margi’s work and view her gallery HERE.
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Kim Hundley is a fine art animal portraitist specializing in dogs.  She works with pastel, acrylic or pen and ink in the creation of your pet’s custom portrait.
Learn more about Kim’s work and view her gallery HERE.

BTW, Kim did the cover art for this year’s edition of CorgiAid’s “The Watching.”

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Last but not least, there is The Daily Corgi 2011 Calendar, filled to the brim with nearly 300 Corgis to keep you company all year long!

Feel good and do good:  $2 from every sale goes to CorgiAid!

(September page)

Artist’s Note:

I began work on the calendar as a fundraiser back in April, coordinating with 200+ Daily Corgi readers to reserve spots in the calendar for their Corgi(s). 

Graphic artist/Corgi Mom Elisa Migliacci generously donated her time and talent to lay out the photos and design the calendar so that it looks really good.  It’s a BIG calendar (11 x 17) and it looks AWESOME!

(If I do say so myself).

The calendar project generated over $1,000 in entry fees alone, and at the time of this blog post has raised an additional $450 in sales … all for CorgiAid.

To view all twelve Corgi-licious months and purchase your copy, click HERE.

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That’s all for this week!  Visit the blog again next Sunday to see more nifty Corgi gifties!

If you are an independent artist/craftsperson who creates Corgi-themed items and would like to be featured here, please contact me:  thedailycorgi@gmail.com

Laurie

About Laurie Eno

If a hunky Welsh Corgi on a windswept beach is your idea of a celebrity snapshot, welcome home! My name is Laurie Eno and I invite you to the tribe.

Comments

  1. xtreme says

    My Dog! So many talented, gifted folks. All of the products shown are amazingly wonderful! Can't wait to start ordering holiday stuff now. Thanks for sharing all these folks with us.

  2. Crystal & Hamlet says

    Thank you for doing this! This should definitely be an annual thing. I see some wishlist items and some gifts for corgi friends! Thanks!

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