I was recently hired as the Website Editor for a local family magazine and therefore I’ve been scaling back on my personal blogs / websites.  There’s a good chance I own more websites (and certainly more domains) than I do shoes. To each his / her own I guess. Admittedly, I’ve been neglecting my sites because I’ve been too busy with [...]

…meet Skadi, a lovely Yellow Lab that owns my friend, Lisa.  She says she’s the norsk goddess of wintertime and the hunt…which means she’s probably a Minnesota Vikings’ fan too. Clearly, she’s smart…& beautiful. Thanks for letting me paint her, Lisa!

Meet Stella….(aka Princess Puppy Paws) a quirky & cute Jack Russel Terrier. I “discovered” Stella on Facebook. She’s the perfectly pampered, rescued pooch of a Facebook friend of mine who gave me permission to paint her. Here’s the before… …and the after. I am still looking for more dog models!  If you have a great frontal shot of one of [...]

I had the opportunity to paint a dear friend’s “pup-in-law” recently and I was quickly reminded how much I’ve  missed working on dog-paintings!  Life has beenbusy lately but I am committed to setting aside a few hours in the evenings to work on my digital pup-paintings! If you have a pup I can paint (for free) click here to email [...]

Let me start by saying that I have a love-hate relationship with dentists.   The hate-part started when I was a kid and my dentist tortured my sisters and I.  And by tortured…I mean – tortured.  My sister bit him once and he deserved it.  Enough said. …that’s why I was pretty specific when I chose a local dental office [...]

Busy working on a new bulldog project for a good friend of mine.  Beauty is relative, right?  Mind you, I think he’s pretty fantastic…colorful or not. Still looking for more dog models!  Click here for details!  

Admittedly I spend much of my time updating and improving *other* people’s websites. Unfortunately, that means my personal sites (and I have more than a few) end up taking a back seat. Therefore I decided to enjoy a little “me-time” tonight and update the Daily Deal Directory. Normally I knit and watch mindless shows (like Real Housewives of…wherever)…but this was [...]

I love when little kids recite the alphabet and say, “elemeno-p”.  Therefore I created a fun, fresh, funky & funny t-shirt tonight featuring the alphabet…the way it should be….abcdefghijk….elemeno-p…naturally. Elemeno-P! by traci_designsBrowse more Elemeno p T-Shirts

  I just launched Trick or Feed.com.  It started with an effort to get my kids involved in a service project and turned into something bigger…and better.  My kids and I were talking about ways that we can collect food for our local food bank and naturally the “door-to-door” trick-or-treating ritual seemed like a natural fit.   I’ve created some flyers and [...]

So I spent the afternoon totally photoshopping my favorite (girl-pup) .  Mind you, I love my boy-pup…but he’s not nearly as serene and peaceful as the girl and I couldn’t get a shot of that crazy-muppet-dog…to mess with. I love the saying, “Wag More…Bark Less”.  It speaks volumes, right? So here’s my photoshopped version of my peaceful, sweet, girl-dog…that I [...]