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Emily and the Whippet

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Custom Illustrations, prints, cards and more

For more information on our prints, cards and custom artwork, please contact us at illustration@emilyandthewhippet.co.uk

You can find a selection of our previous custom pet artwork below
Archie the Cocker Spaniel
Archie the Cocker Spaniel
Brodie the tripawd Azawakh
Brodie the tripawd Azawakh
Daisy the Staffordshire Bull Terrier
Daisy the Staffordshire Bull Terrier
Buddy the Sprocker Spaniel
Buddy the Sprocker Spaniel
Daisy the Golden Retriever
Daisy the Golden Retriever
Skye the Border Collie
Skye the Border Collie
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I always find promoting myself so daunting yet I c I always find promoting myself so daunting yet I could talk about Ziggy from dawn til dusk. His little fuzzy face. How his ears can point every ditection imaginable. The way he settles down next to you curled up in a little ball before slowly encroaching more and mor einto your personal space. He's amazing. Without him, I wouldn't have begun making breakaway house collars. I wouldn't have met so many people out on walks who asked where they could get their dog one. I wouldn't have opened my dog wear shop StarDogDesigns and then my illustration shop. So much has changed since Ziggy arrived in our lives. I've always found it really hard to promote myself in person. I feel self centred and silly talking about my collars or illustration, so awkward when somebody praises my skill. Why? It's so silly! If I can talk about the whippet so much, why not the work I love? I believe everyone experiences this when they sit down to write a job application or a perdonal bio on a website. We can't praise ourselves too much, we'll look narcissistic but we can't say nothing, we'll look like we're lazy. I've been learning to become more comfortable promoting myself. I believe that if we all said one nice thing to promote ourselves we'd feel more positive and maybe it'd make these times that bit better. Mine is that I love illustrating and making and would love you to go to my bio to check out my shops. What's can you say to promote yourself? I'd love to know below. - Bandana and braided tag collar from #StarDogDesigns - I mixed up today's #MarchMeetTheMaker prompts so we're doing yesterday's prompt 'self promotion' today! I can't believe I've almost done a whole month of posting everyday!
Oops! Posting a bit late today, do you think the I Oops! Posting a bit late today, do you think the Instagram Gods will mind? πŸ˜‚I almost missed my daily post for #MarchMeetTheMaker! We couldn't have that with just two posts left could we? Today's prompt is 'work life balance', another fitting prompt on a day when I've been so busy working I almost forgot to post about it. Though its the weekend for some, I usually work throughout the weekend when home. This week I had a day off in the week so I've been finishing up some #StarDogDesigns orders and have almost finished the custom illustration I've been posting about on my stories. It's been a busy day. I've had to stop myself this evening to think about what I want to be doing during this forced slowdown. I'm trying to see it as a blessing. It's time to stop workimg all hours of the day and to give myself the breaks I know I should really be taking. To look after my plants and cuddle the whippet whilst playing Animal Crossing on my DS (I've not sold enough prints for a switch yet! πŸ˜‚) What will you be slowing down to do this week? - As well as cards and custom illustrations, we have a range of professionally printed art prints available on the EmilyandtheWhippet Etsy shop. This is my 'Whippet and Calathea' print, a full colour illustration of Ziggy in his favourite spot next to my beautiful Calathea warscewiczii from @moonko____. It's one of my favourite drawings and a copy of it stands proudly on our bookcase. Go to the link in our bio to get a copy of your own now! - - #emilyandthewhippetillustration #ourstudiotime #justacard #createmakeinspire #makersgonnamake #calledtocreate #smallbuisness #shopsmall #simplethingsmadebeautiful #discoverunder1k #discoverunder5k #dogsofinstagram #whippetsofinstagram #sighthoundsofinstagram #whippet #theinstahound #whippetgood #dogmilk #galgo #levrier #windhund #greenyourfeed #dogsandplants #livingthegreenlife #plantpackedparadise #houseplantsofinstagram #calathea #Calatheawarscewiczii
Well helllooo there! You going to draw me like one Well helllooo there! You going to draw me like one of your French doggos or what? 😘 - I've been feeling really down today. It's just one of those achey joint, nausea filled days. To add to that, C's been furlowed and I don't know what to feel. To take my mind off things I've been planning. I'm going to release a limited amount of custom drawing slots at a reduced cost, hopefully sometime bext week when my current orders are complete. I'll share more in the coming days but I'm very excited to share the details with you! - On a side note, I've not seen Titanic. It was French doggos she wanted him to draw right? 🀣 Perhaps now is the time to give it a go? - Bandana, tag collar and tags from #StarDogDesigns - Today's prompt for #MarchMeetTheMaker is 'planning' - - #littleziggystardog #whatmyhoundworetoday #dogsofinstagram #whippetsofinstagram #sighthoundsofinstagram #whippet #theinstahound #whippetgood #dogmilk #galgo #levrier #windhund #assistancedogintraining #assistancedogsofinstagram #ehlersdanlossyndrome #chronicfatiguesyndrome #notalldisabilitiesarevisible #butyoudontlooksick #lifewithchronicillness #endthestigma #createmakeinspire #makersgonnamake #calledtocreate #emilyandthewhippet #discoverunder1k #discoverunder5k #joyspotting #smallthingstosmileabout
'Future goals'. That's today's #MarchMeetTheMaker 'Future goals'. That's today's #MarchMeetTheMaker prompt. To be honest, right now I just want to make it to the future. There's so much going on in the world right now. So much hanging in the balance. Our income's been slashed and I'm worried about the future of so much. I don't want to go on about the virus but we're all thinking about it. How are you? Are you hanging in there? I hope you're okay. I hope you're well. I'm here if you need to talk about this all. Let's look for the good. I'm trying to see the good things where I can right now. Did you hear everyone clapping for the emergency services last night? It was beautiful. Though I work from home and am often stuck inside with illness, the social isolation has meant that I've been able to spend more time with my partner now he's at home which has been lovely. What's happened to you that's been good? Have you needed that slow down? Have you had the time to binge watch Disney + or play a ton of Animal Crossing? Let me know in the comments πŸ’š - Custom pet illustrations available from my Etsy shop. Go to the link in my bio to get yours now! - - #dachshund #dachshundsofinstagram #sausagedogsofinstagram #dogsofinstagram #dogsandplants #plantpackedparadise #airplant #Tillandsiabulbosa #houseplantheaven #houseplantsofinstagram #lushlittlejungle #howihouseplant #stylingmycreativity #creating_boldly #ourstudiotime #justacard #veganowned #createmakeinspire #makersgonnamake #calledtocreate #smallbuisness #makeadifference #shopsmall #emilyandthewhippetillustration #chattycaptioncommunity #discoverunder1k #discoverunder5k #joyspotting #smallthingstosmileabout
Oh what's that? I didn't see you standing there. W Oh what's that? I didn't see you standing there. We're just here, licking our lips in preperation for the delicious dog shaped onigiri I made yesterday. Yes, you heard right! Dog shaped rice balls. I'm using my time in isolation well. Whilst I do have photos of these delicious sweet soy mushroom filled balls of happiness, I won't be sharing them. Unfortunately, the shops had none of the nori sheets I was going to use to make faces (um, why are y'all panic buying the seaweed?) so these little guys would just be staring directly into your souls in abject eyeless horror. Still, they're super darn delicious. In other news, I've only gone and hurt the elbow of my dominant arm. I'm going a bit mad trying to rest it for today. You can't tell right? - Now everyone, what on earth can I do today with one arm? - Today's #MarchMeetTheMaker prompt is 'this or that' which is rather perfect for today. I want so badly to continue on with my orders but I know it's better for me to rest my arm for today and see how it is later. Owning a small buisness with a chronic illness is always and bit of this or that when it comes to self care and I'm trying to be better at it. This ties in quite nicely with today's prompt from #AprilLove2020, slowing down when you need to is definitely 'a good thing'. Today's prompt for #creativefrominside is 'get crafty'. I'm a very crafty person in general but stuck trying to slow down today. Dog shaped onigiri counts though right? πŸ˜‚ Lastly, we have today's prompt for #pawsonlockdown, 'next dog model'. I mean, just look at that little tongue blep! - - #emilyandthewhippet #littleziggystardog #whatmyhoundworetoday #dogsofinstagram #whippetsofinstagram #whippet #dogmilk #galgo #levrier #windhund #assistancedogintraining #slowsimpleseasonal #chattycaptioncommunity #thewildernesstonic #discoverunder1k #discoverunder5k #joyspotting #smallthingstosmileabout #calledtocreate #greenyourfeed #dogsandplants #livingthegreenlife #plantmebotanicals #ehlersdanlossyndrome #notalldisabilitiesarevisible #lifewithchronicillness
What's made you happy this week? I'm realising thi What's made you happy this week? I'm realising this new golden retriever card today and that makes me really happy! I'd held off releasing it for a while, it didn't look right to me. I drew a golden from memory and when I'd finished, it didn't lool right to me. I couldn't place why until I finally realised- it wasn't a drawing of our friends golden Daisy and so it just didn't seem to look right to me! πŸ˜‚ Though not Daisy, I love it all the same. Through the world's turmoil, there's still so much good. Golden retrievers for one! These are my five things that have made me happy this week for #wonderfulwednesday. 🌿 Sitting inside with the windows open and the sunlight streaming in. It may be chilly but it's just warm enough to be doing this this week. Isn't the spring sunlight fabulous? 🌿 Getting to spend time with my lovely boys in the day even though busy working. 🌿 Ziggy using my leg as a head rest as he cuddles up with me πŸ’š 🌿 The opportunity to sit down with a good book. Over the last few days I've been devouring Emily BrontΓ«'s 'Wuthering Heights' and @jccronin's 'The Passage' over the last couple of days and it's been wonderful. 🌿 Prawn cocktail crisps! How had I not had these for ages before this week? 😍 I've got to admit, staying in and this forced slower pace of life is doing me good. I have been craving some good gluten free fish and chips though! πŸ˜‚ I think getting fish & chips will be the first thing I'll be doing when this lockdown is lifted! 🀀 - This fluffy boy is now available to buy as a card in my illustration shop (link in bio). All our cards are printed on recycled materials and are sent out in recyclable, biodegradable packaging. Click the bio link to get yours now! - Plant: Bulbous air plant/Tillandsia bulbosa (Pet friendly) - The #creativefrominside prompt is 'what brings you joy' but I think @sallytangle's Winderful Wednesday covers that quite well! - Today's #MarchMeetTheMaker prompt is 'how it's made' so I've included a little clip of me working on my current custom order. I'd recorded a ton but my hyperlapse app won't work so here's the little clip I posted to my stories!
I'm trying to let go of being a perfectionist. All I'm trying to let go of being a perfectionist. All of our #StarDogDesigns collars are personally inspected by myself before being sent out. Though our collars are designed to pull apart if they get caught on something for your pets protection, I'd never want to send you something that just fall apart straight away from daily wear. We're lucky that we've only had a two occasions when Ziggy's tag collar has needed to break apart and it did so. He spends his days wrestling with friends and running through the countryside, all wearing his tag collar, so it's important that they stand up to daily life, as well as having this breakaway feature. Though these personal quality checks will always be something I do, I'm trying to let go of perfectionism in other areas of my life. If I'd never put the collars on my shop because I was worrying about the listing being perfect, you never would have seen them and I wouldn't be here talking about them now. I always want everything to be perfect but there are times like that when it can definitely slow you down. Is there anything you want to be perfect that you're holding back? I'd say just get it out there. You can work out the kinks as you go. Mybe you'll get some great feedback from someone you wouldn't have though of yourself. Some personal touches of perfection, like checking our collars, are paramount. However, waiting forever to show people something you're proud of because it's 'just not right yet'? Are you holding yourself back for the wrong reasons? - Bandana, tga collar and tags from StarDogDesigns - Today's #MarchMeetTheMaker prompt is 'personal touch'. Today's prompt from #creativefrominside is 'blooms from outside'. - - #slowsimpleseasonal #chattycaptioncommunity #thewildernesstonic #littleziggystardog #whatmyhoundworetoday #whippetsofinstagram #whippet #theinstahound #whippetgood #dogmilk #galgo #levrier #windhund #adventureswithdogs #allthingsbotanical #flowersmakemehappy #ihavethisthingwithflowers #seasonalfloweralliance #underthefloralspell #inspiredbypetals #capturingcolour #locallygrownflowers #botanicalpickmeup #aquietstyle #alliseeispretty #seekthesimplicity #thesimpleeveryday
The thought of not being able to take Ziggy out as The thought of not being able to take Ziggy out as Spring starts to bloom has been getting me down. The thought of spending months stuck inside whilst the seasons go on without me makes me sad. I love watching the flowers push through the earth and the trees blossom. Is that silly? I don't know. It's not too much different to being stuck inside when I have a bad health flare up but at least then I get the chance to go see places a bit more. I'm missing our old garden, our little jungle with its beautiful bulbs and lush green plants Ziggy used to lounge under. Our new garden is mostly gravel and old garden waste, like branches and brambles, but it does have one thing I love. Taking up most of the garden, the thick, bushy line of fir trees smells divine. We spent a while with a cup of tea in the garden yesterday and Ziggy found the perfect spot to curl up in beneath them that just catches the afternoon sun. I went out again this morning to photograph some of my print for the #emilyandthewhippetillustration shop and they're the perfect backdrop for my art prints. (Not that I can edit them very well!πŸ˜‚) Even though the house is falling apart, there's always good if you look hard enough. What's your favourite part of Spring? - My art prints, like this 'Room in the Bed' one, are available now on the EmilyandtheWhippet shop. Get yours now via the link in the bio! - The day 23 prompt for #MarchMeetTheMaker is 'photography'. - You might have seen this photo before with slightly different words. I posted it earlier but managed to accidently delete it a few hours later. πŸ€¦β€β™€οΈ That's brain fog for you! πŸ˜‚ - #springishere #alliseeispretty #stylingmycreativity #creating_boldly #justacard #veganowned #createmakeinspire #makersgonnamake #calledtocreate #shopsmall #slowsimpleseasonal #simplethingsmadebeautiful #momentsthatmattertome #thatvelvetfeeling #chattycaptioncommunity #thewildernesstonic #distractionsandinspirations #discoverunder1k #discoverunder5k #joyspotting #incolourfulcompany #greenyourfeed #livingthegreenlife #frommygarden #growsomethinggreen #urbangardening #plantsmakemehappy #smallthingstosmileabout
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