***This giveaway is now closed – see who won below!***
And the lucky random pet parent who’s about to get a cheery pet portrait is… Kirstin (who’s excited to get a portrait of Lola, her “adorable Boston Terrier/English Bulldog mix”). Congrats Kirstin AND Lola! UPDATE: Kirstin sent us a photo of Lola. Isn’t she a heartbreaker?
Somebody turned six last week around here. And his name rhymes with Schmurger (video evidence to come on Young House Life – we just have to upload it). Anyway, in honor of that exciting canine milestone, we’re hosting an exciting canine giveaway, courtesy of our good friend (and fellow Virginian) Lesli Devito. She’s got an incredible knack for turning a photo of your pet into a brightly colored, cheerful piece of artwork that’ll wake up any wall. So start digging out that perfect snapshot of your pup (or kitty or whatever else) and hunting for the perfect spot for that 20 x 20″ custom painting that just may be coming your way!
- PRIZE: A custom pet painting from Leslie Devito Paintings up to 20″ x 20″ in size (a $500 value)
- TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “PAINT MY PET!” and tell us…
- BONUS QUESTION: … what pet you’d want painted. And while you’re at it, what’s one thing that makes your pet especially lovable, weird, loyal, or just generally fun to have around?
- GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, October 3rd at 8pm EST or at 10,000 entries (whichever comes first)
- NUMBER OF WINNERS: One
- PRIZE SHIPS: The United States & Canada
- DISCOUNT: 15% off any order when you mention YHL with your order (through October 15th)
- USUAL STUFF: One entry per e-mail address is permitted. The winner will be selected using random.org and announced on Thursday as an update to this post. That’s right, come right back here on Thursday for the announcement of our winner. Good luck…
Note: We aren’t paid or perked for hosting these giveaways, we just do ‘em to thank you awesome folks for stopping in. See our Giveaway FAQ page for more info. Pics courtesy of Lesli Devito.
Elizabeth @ Southern Color says
PAINT MY PET! I would want my neice painted – she is a chihuahua & german shepherd mix (don’t ask how it happened) and she is adorable!!
Anna says
“Paint My Pet” We do not own a pet, but my daughter (age 5) is so in love with my mother in laws cat…Red Man. She wants to see and play with the cat every chance she gets. Would love to have a picture of “Red Man” for her new big girl room we’re working on.
Brittany says
PAINT MY PET! I’d have my 6 month old puppy Molly painted. Whenever she finds a particularly exceptional stick (even if it’s twice her size) she likes to pick it up and prance around the yard with it.
Bethany says
PAINt MY PET… we have a beagle basset mix – June. She loves to sniff, chase squirrels and is constantly finding ways to make me and my husband get off the couch so she can take our spot.
Amy Castle says
PAINT MY PET!
Are you allowed to have 2 in one photo? I have a black lab and a yellow lab who are inseparable.
Kate says
Paint my pet!!!! We have a 1 year old goldendoodle and can’t get enough of him!!!
Aubrey says
PAINT MY PET! I’d love to have my 8-year-old Pit Bull/Boxer/maybe American Bulldog? mix painted because he’s a super-special furball! After spending 2 years at the shelter, he’s still one of the most lovable animals I’ve ever met. He licks tears away, can’t get close enough for cuddles, and runs laps around the living room whenever I arrive home! :)
Paige says
Paint my pet! I would love a portrait of our rescue mutt, Hank. He is SUPER well-behaved and does tricks like sit, roll-over, dance, and fetch! He also lets out a soft bark when you sneeze. It’s like he’s saying “bless you!”
Alissa says
Paint my pet!
We have 2 cats and 2 dogs so it would be hard to choose…But I’d probably go with the dog I got first. He’s a momma’s boy. PS- I first saw Lesli’s paintings in a local restaurant in Charlottesville, VA; she’s awesome! Her cow paintings have to be my favorites.
Stina says
PAINT MY PET!
I adopted my first dog Maxwell three years ago, and I’m not sure how I survived the first 26 years of my life without him! He is the perfect dog for me! He’s calm and low-key but still loves to play, and he cuddles with me all the time.
meghan says
PAINT MY PET!
Our dog Jessie does does what we call “pretty girl,” where she sits up on her hind legs as if she were begging. Who am I kidding? She’s totally begging.
Jessica L. says
Paint my pet: Branson, our first baby, a cutie little Maltese cross who follows me around all day.
Jessica says
“Paint my Pet” I’d love a painting of my new lab, Piper. My husband waited a long until we bought a house to get her. And needless, to say, we are both so in love. Having a painting would be awesome!!
Jules says
PAINT MY PET!!!….My mini doxie Bubbles. She is my baby. She is the sweetest thing ever and has been right by my side through a lot of tears and sadness. She is such a joy to have around and I take lots of pictures of her. It would be so special to have a painting of her.
Jennifer says
Paint My Pet
my dog…a cocker spaniel/chihuahua mix (A cock-huahua!)totally bizarre mix but is super sweet…and she likes to lick my feet, which is kinda gross, but it feels like a foot massage!
Oh and Happy Birthday BURGER!!
Sarah says
PAINT MY PET!
My puppy Penny has the biggest grin.
Abbey says
PAINT MY PET!!! I would love to have a painting of my pug Worsham.
Shari says
PAINT MY PET!
My chihuahua Fernando, he’s adorable and likes to do “somersaults” on the carpet. He pushes his head along the floor with his bum in the air.
Brittony Hodgins says
Paint my Pet! I have 6, but I’d love to get our oldest dog, Hirshy, painted. He’s more my husband’s dog, and he looks kinda silly, his neck is bigger than his head. And he grunts, a lot. But he’s sweet and likes to give Hirshy kisses all night long.
Carrie says
PAINT MY PET!
I have four cats, but I’d choose Shooby to get painted. He’s almost 13 and was recently diagnosed with diabetes and chronic kidney disease which makes me feel badly for the little guy. He’s a good dude, though. Best snuggler of all the cats!
Claire says
PAINT MY PET! I’d have you paint my sister’s dog. He’s a sweet bichon maltese and it’d make a great Christmas gift!
Andrew says
Paint My Pet! My cat Malcolm is a wonderful and rambunctious orange tabby. He is handsome with his little white neck tie.
Heather says
PAINT MY PET!! I have a Boston Terrier, Chloe and a Doberman, Kash. We got Chloe just after my grandmother passed and as weird as it sounds I feel like she really helped me through my sadness. Kash has been with us for 2 weeks and we love her so much. I would have them both painted.
Morgan says
PAINT MY PET!
I’d have my sweet & saucy maltipoo, Lucy, painted. She is paralyzed because of a back disc disease, but that doesn’t stop her from being cute and happy.
Megan says
PAINT MY PET!! My sweet dog Rylie is a pittie rescue who may be full of muscle, but is the biggest snugbug and lover there is!
Jeanette says
PAINT MY PET! I would love to have a painting done of one of our cattle, probably the bull as he’s my favorite. I’ve been wanting a cow painting for awhile, and one that is literally our own would make it perfect!
Gina says
PAINT MY PET! I have two miniature schnauzers…I’d hate to pick only one. ;)
Martha says
PAINT MY PET! We have a 100 pound rhodesian ridgeback who is more like another man in the house than a pet :) We love him.
RS Caines says
Paint my pet Sugar!! She is one lovable cocker spaniel, who just brightens my day!!
Sarah says
Please PAINT MY PET! He is a boxer jack russel mix! Really! His name is Atticus and he is definitly the light of my husband and my life! He hates anything to do with baths and nail cutting although if you tell him he stinks he will sit in the bathtub and wait for you to go give him a bath! His appearance is apparently very important to him! haha!!
Elena says
PAINT MY PET!
My Beam passed away this past April, after a long fight with cancer. It was an aggressive kind and nobody expected him to live 9 month after the diagnosis, he was a real trooper. He was my first dog though I wanted to have a dog as long as l remember, just did not happen for various reasons that are too much to explain. He was a part of me, I cannot describe it in any other way, he was with us, with my family for 9 years and almost 10 month without 3 days, hiking, traveling, moving; our daughter grew up with him. He was an Airedale, I still cannot see another Airedale without crying.
Jess says
Paint my pet!
I’d like to have my dog Ralph painted. He’s the perfect body guard.
Cathryn says
PAINT MY PET! I have the cutest Pug and I want to have her portrait done. We have a portrait of our pug that passed away and it just isn’t fair to our current one!!
Jenn says
PAINT MY PET!
I’d love to have a painting of my beagle Rocky who passed away last year from cancer. He was a total mama’s beagle and my five year old’s first pet; we still miss him and talk about (all) his quirks. I may be biased but he’s the most handsome beag ever!
Vanessa says
Paint my pet!!!
A lovely golden retriever…
Rachael says
PAINT MY PET…I’m pretty sure my wheaten Terrier Riley is actually a person digused as a dog, she has so much personality- I wish she could talk, I’m sure she’d be wity and clever.
Jen says
Paint my pet! We have rescued 3 cats and 1 puppy (I promise we aren’t animal hoarders…I feel like I have to say that every time I buy their food. They best part of each of them is that they have their own distinct personalities.
Susanna B. says
PAINT MY PET! I’d have a hard time picking which of my 3 cats I’d have painted.
Erin says
PAINT MY PET!
I’d love to get a painting of my great dane that we had to have put down exactly one year ago today (10/1). She is reason my husband and I are together and meant the world to us.
Jennie says
PAINT MY PET! I’d love to have a painting done of my pupster, Bailey! He’s a Lab-Pointer mix who absolutely loves life… especially when he gets to go for a run! :)
Jenny says
PAINT MY PET…pretty please!
I would have my muttly dog Otis painted. He is such a mix that every person we meet has a great story about a dog that he reminds them of. He’s such a sweet, loyal dog and the best running buddy around.
Morgan J. says
PAINT MY PET! Our golden retriever Cody is pretty handsome (and he totally knows it), our black lab puppy Millie is pretty cute too but she never stops moving!
Teresa says
PAINT MY PET!
I’d have my current dog painted. She’s a blond husky-malamute and it’s so adorable that she “talks.” Not like barking, but she tries to make words. It’s so funny.
Kate says
Paint my pet! This might sound a little morbid, but I had to euthanize my sweet girl this summer after a battle with cancer and would LOVE LOVE LOVE a picture of her to hang in my new apartment (I just got a job and will be moving out of my parents house). THANK YOU!
Carly W. says
PAINT MY PET!!
I would want all of my pets painted (two cats, one dog), all because of their own little quirk but in this case I think I would get my dog, Pesky, painted because of all of our pets, he had the hardest life before coming to live with us. All of our pets are rescues but he was older when we rescued him and his old owners were not overly nice to him. For that reason his new, fun loving, personality would need to be captured in paint.
Judy says
PAINT MY PET!!! I love how when my dachshund starts to get too far away and I say stop, she rolls over on her back and becomes paralysed. I have to get get her and carry her. It is so funny.
Love those pictures. They are great!
Tonya R. says
We have the best three legged little mini Pom named Mitzi. You would think with her disability she would be all sad, but quite the opposite. She is our blessed little bundle of joy that hops around with the big dogs like there is no tomorrow. Really makes us smile we saved her and she really saved us. She is a blessing in butter ball form. We would love to have her in our hearts and memories forever, especially in a portrait like this. They really say a picture is forever!! :)
Lindsey says
PAINT MY PET!! I have the an adorable black lab, Bailey. She’s clearly in charge of our house and portrait of her would be quite fitting!
Lauren says
PAINT MY PET! It would be a toss up between our two cuddly dachshunds Jazzy and Shockley.
Mary-Kate says
Paint my Pet! I’d have my Lab, Brody, painted. He can dribble a soccer ball with his paws!
Jennifer Giorno says
PAINT MY PET! I’d love to paint my parent’s golden retriever, Lilly. She is my 3 year old daughter’s best friend. My daughter even calls my mom to find out what Lilly has been up to…digging bones, barking at squirrels..she thinks it’s great.
Michelle says
PAINT MY PET!
I would love to have my husky, Mystic, painted. I had to make the very difficult decision to have her put down a few years ago and I’d love to have a reminder of her sweet face.
Mandy says
PAINT MY PET!
I would get a portrait done of my Mitchell, the E.T. to my Eliot, my doggie soulmate.