Hand-Painted Beagle Pin

Not a WW1 Flying Ace, but dashing and stylish just the same!

About our Painted Wildlife Jewelry

Our individually-painted wild and domestic animal jewelry is very special and unique. Take a look at these beautiful creatures and fall in love! Each piece is about 1 1/2 inches at the longest dimension. The jewellry is also available in gold plate, silver plate, bronze plate, and pewter. Call for details on our regular line (503) 325-3179, use our new toll-free number (888) 325-3179, or order above.

If you don't see the animal you want, please ask! Made in Washington and Idaho by a team of three U.S. artists, these high-quality pins and tie tacks are unique. Each exquisitely detailed piece of animal jewelry is cast in pewter and painted by hand. The finish is extremely smooth and shiny, as you can see by the highlight from the scanner. Each pin is secured by two sturdy tacks on the back so it doesn't skew sideways or turn upside down, except for the head-only pins, which are secured by one tack near the top, which keeps the animal right-side up. The finished product is not only gorgeous, but satisfyingly substantial in weight. This collectible animal jewelry can be used as lapel pins, hat pins, tie tacks, and more. They are heirloom quality, and the details are so realistic, they are found in museum gift shops and bought by organizations in need of the perfect animal to represent their group. In fact, if you're interested in having the name of your organization put on an item, write to us for details.

 

About Snoopy, and "A Charlie Brown Christmas"

The first prime-time animated TV special taken from the comic strip "Peanuts" (created by Charles Schultz in 1950), A Charlie Brown Christmas first ran in 1965, and has run every December since. The special has been awarded both an Emmy and a Peabody award, and is arguably the most recognized and beloved animated Christmas show ever made.

Amongst the cast of characters is Snoopy, the beloved pet beagle of the strip's central character, Charlie Brown. The character of Snoopy began as a conventional dog in the comic strip, but evolved over time into the strip's most dynamic character, showing a level of sophistication, wit, charm, skill, and clarity to rival any animated character. In "A Charlie Brown Christmas" (as in every Peanuts special), Snoopy has no actual dialogue, yet manages to effortlessly communicate with both the audience and the characters through action and emotion. This sets Snoopy apart from most other animated characters, who communicate primarily through dialogue. As part of his character, Snoopy is a writer, a fashion and interior designer, a World War 1 flying ace, and a motorcycle enthusiast.

This blog is sponsored by Tapir and Friends Animal Store.



Hand-Painted Pewter Leopard Shark Jewelry

A beautiful, unique piece of art you can wear!

Our Leopard Shark Pin

Made in Washington and Idaho by a team of three U.S. artists, these high-quality pins or tie tacks are unique. Each exquisitely detailed piece is cast in pewter and painted by hand. The finish is extremely smooth and shiny, as you can see by the highlights. Each pin is secured by two sturdy tacks on the back so it doesn't skew sideways or turn upside down, and the finished product is not only gorgeous, but satisfyingly substantial in weight. They can be used as lapel pins, hat pins, tie tacks, and more. These collectible animal pins are heirloom quality, and the details are so realistic, they are found in museum gift shops and bought by organizations in need of the perfect animal to represent their group. In fact, if you're interested in having the name of your organization put on an item, write to us for details. We can also get this design for you in pewter finish, bronze plate, silver plate, or 24-karat gold plate (ask about prices). You can find more fish and animals by the same artists listed on our Hand-Painted Jewelry page.

The leopard shark pin or tie tack measures about 1 3/4 inches long by about 5/8 of an inch tall. Be sure to see our other shark jewelry.

About Leopard Sharks

The Leopard Shark is so named for its distinctive dark brown saddles and splotches on a silver to dark gray background. They are found in the coral reefs of the Pacific Ocean where they feed on crustaceans, worms and small fish. They range in size from 3-6 feet and can live 25 years.

This blog is sponsored by Tapir and Friends Animal Store.

Painted Animal Jewelry (Pins)

For the last couple of days, I've spent my online work time reorganizing the beautiful painted animal pins we have in our online store. We have so many on consignment from the artist, and only a fraction of them are available to look at on the site! My plan is to get a lot more up over the next few weeks, and I needed to reconstruct some pages so they would be easier to find. You can now find all of the butterfly pins in two places: on the Painted Animal Jewelry page and also on the Insect page. So far, I've updated the postings for butterflyies, moths, spiders, alligators, crocodiles, fish, and a quite a few more. If you wonder whether we have some animal that isn't posted yet, give me a call! (503) 338-8646, or send e-mail.

This blog is sponsored by Tapir and Friends Animal Store.

Unique and beautiful crab jewelry!

Check out the lovely details in this unique and beautiful piece of crab jewelry. Our crab pin will bowl you over with it's realistic detailed design. Come see this crab and its many aquatic acquaintances in Tapir and Friends Animal Store (online). If you're interested in products made in the U.S.A., this could be just the thing for you. These beautiful animal pins are hand-made and hand painted in the state of Washington.

This blog is sponsored by Tapir and Friends Animal Store.

Our horseshoe crab jewelry has a whole new design

Our hand-made (hand-painted, hand-cast) horseshoe crab pin has a whole new design! It looks more lifelike than ever, and certainly will make a unique gift for someone who loves sea life or horseshoe crabs in particular! Come on over and check out our unusual hand-painted animal jewelry! This horse shoe crab is only one of the many delightful pieces we have in stock for you. And if you're looking to buy something made in the USA, this line of jewelry could fit the bill. It's designed and made in the state of Washington by craftspeople who love and study animals, fish, birds, and the very unusual critters like this horseshoe crab!

Charming puffin pin with character!

Our brand new hand-made puffin pin is not only unusual, it really looks like a puffin! This bird jewelry certainly has character as well as quality workmanship!

Our Hand-painted Puffin Jewelry

Does this puffin portrait jewelry have character, or what? These items are unique in the world of animal jewelry! Made in Washington and Idaho by a team of three U.S. artists, these high-quality pins or larger tie tacks are exceptional. Each exquisitely detailed piece is cast in pewter and painted by hand. The finish is extremely smooth and shiny, as you can see by the highlight from the scanner. Each pin is secured by two sturdy tacks on the back so it doesn't skew sideways or turn upside down, and the finished product is not only gorgeous, but satisfyingly substantial in weight. They can be used as lapel pins, hat pins, tie tacks, and more. These collectible animal pins are heirloom quality, and the details are so realistic, they are found in museum gift shops and bought by organizations in need of the perfect animal to represent their group. In fact, if you're interested in having the name of your organization put on an item, write to us for details. We can also get this design for you in pewter finish, bronze plate, silver plate, or 24-karat gold plate (ask about prices). You can find more fish and animals by the same artists listed on our Hand-painted Jewelry page.

About Puffins

Puffins are any of three auk species (or alcids) in the bird genus Fratercula with a brightly coloured beak in the breeding season. These are pelagic seabirds that feed primarily by diving in the water. They breed in large colonies on coastal cliffs or offshore islands, nesting in crevices among rocks or in burrows in the soil.

All puffin species have large beaks. They will shed the colourful outer parts of their bills after the breeding season, leaving a smaller and duller beak. Their short wings are adapted for swimming with a flying technique under water. In the air, they beat their wings rapidly (up to 400 times per minute) in swift flight, often flying low over the ocean's surface. Similarities in body shape and colour between puffins and penguins are due to convergent evolution.

References source: Wikipedia

Beautiful hand-painted tiger jewelry (pin)

This beautiful hand-made, hand-painted tiger jewelry was crafted in Washington state, USA. At $29.00, it makes a completely unique gift or keepsake priced that could fit your pocketbook in this difficult economy.

New Sturgeon Jewelry

Hey, great news! Our hand-made, hand-painted sturgeon pin has been redesigned by the artist to look even more like your favorite fish! Come take a look at Tapir and Friends.

We have animals that start with "Y"!

This is our yellow Labrador (or yellow Lab) hand-painted pewter pin. Thanks to the color yellow, we actually have a number of animals that start with "Y." They're all hand-painted pins, and you can find every one of them pictured in our online web album. We even have a fish pin that actually DOES start with "Y." It's a yamame, but we haven't scanned it yet, so if you'd like to see our yellow-finned (yes!) yamame, give us a call at (888) 325-3179 or send e-mail.

Above is the (double) yellow-headed Amazon parrot. We have several color variations, so be sure to look in our album, linked above.

This looks like a yellow-crested cockatoo.

This poison frog's name probably doesn't start with Y, but we're stretching here to come up with a blogful of yellow animals, and the frog pin is absolutely gorgeous!

This greyhound is quite yellow.

And what is a collection of yellow animals without including a flock of cute baby chickens?

Our koi carp could be called "gold," but the paint on it is very yellow, so today it's a yellow koi carp. Look how beautiful it is! Each scale stands out in physical and visual relief.

This sunny collection of animals has been brought to you by Tapir and Friends Wildlife World Online Store!

Tree frog hand-painted pins

These tree frog pins make memorable gifts! You will be sure to receive compliments on these beautifully-colored pieces of wearable art jewelry! Come visit our frog page to order today. There is still time to have them shipped for Christmas!

Gorgeous new tiger jewelry (hand-painted pin)

UPDATE: The tiger pin is now online and ready to order!

The new tiger on the block is this lovely hand-painted pin. It's two inches long (larger than most of our other hand-painted jewelry) and is beautifully detailed, shiny and durable. Wear it with pride and confidence! If people don't ask where you got such an interesting pin, we'll be totally surprised. As of today, this tiger has just entered our lineup, and is not yet on the web site. You can order the painted tiger pin at $29.00 each by calling (503) 325-3179 in Astoria, Oregon. You can also call toll free (888) 325-3179. We look forward to hearing from you!

If you like the idea of painted animal jewelry, but the tiger is not your cup of tea, please check out our other wonderful and unusual exotic and domestic animals. Check them out via our hand-painted jewelry menu page. If you still don't see the animal you're looking for, just give us a call!

More dog pins!

Yes! I've put even more dog pins online in our Tapir and Friends Wildlife World web store. We have so many dog breeds available, there are still a lot more to come. If you don't see the breed you want in our outstanding dog jewelry section, please call us toll free at 888-325-3179 or send e-mail. We'll let you know what's in stock. You can also read over the list posted here. This probably covers most of them, but it may not be complete. Shown above is one of our Great Dane styles and of course a yellow Labrador.

Dog jewelry pin page coming along

Today I've been working on the dog pin page. I transferred the 8 dogs I already had on the multi-species pin page to the new dog pin page, and then added a bunch more. There are 20 dogs on the site now, and 9 more to go that are already scanned. I like this Australian cattle dog! Actually, they're all very nice, but this guy caught my fancy.

Painted butterfly and dragonfly jewelry, presented by Yours Truly, certified geek

I love messing with web pages, although sometimes it gets a bit overwhelming trying to get a large number of gift shop items organized and figuring out how the pages will make some kind of sense. I've been doing that today, starting with the butterfly and insect painted animal pins. We have SO many styles of painted animal pins. They are gorgeous and fun, and I want to get all of them online in the next few weeks. Our older site optimizes better than the new one (longevity does make a difference online!) so even though I can put them up and organize them faster on the new site, they're just not being found. I thought I'd try to bring some of that organization back to the original site and get them up where people are at least visiting the pages in larger numbers. I really, really want to get this done, it just takes forever. I wish I had more time to devote to this one project. To be honest, I can say that about all my projects, but this one is on the front burner today.

Another purpose for the revamped page is that I finally got a BlackBerry and surfed the web with it the other day for the very first time. It's VERY cool! I love the way phone calls and e-mail links tend to merge. Either or. The PDA doesn't care. You want to call? OK. You want to e-mail? No problem! I also see some of the issues with reading web pages on a hand-held device, and I'm attempting to build in some assistance for phone surfers. I'm making links that take you easily back to the top of the page, and I'm beginning to eliminate the endless sidebar menus that you have to scroll through to get to the meat of the content. These can be overlooked on a computer, but not on a hand-held. I'm starting to discover some of the web-surfing shortcuts when using the BlackBerry, but there's no point in making a web page harder than it needs to be. (I know, I know - one should be using CSS, but I don't find it that easy or that much fun, so I'm still working around it for the most part. I did try it. I just don't care for it. My old-code pages actually work much better and faster on a BlackBerry than I feared they would - better than this blog, for instance.) And. Cleaning up the pages is nice for the design, too. It's funny. It seems the form follows function thing works here, too. "Necessity," or at least preference for making the pages easier to use is helping me see the logical way to clean up some of the junk I've been wanting to streamline. What could be better?

Running zebra hand-painted animal jewelry!

This engaging running zebra pin is only one of hundreds of pieces of our hand-painted animal jewelry that gallop, fly, swim, scuttle, slither, and wriggle. Come check them out in and Friends online gift shop! We have dog jewelry, bird jewelry, reptiles, frogs, cats and kittens, sea animals, sharks, fish, horses and ponies, farm animals, insects, butterflies, dinosaurs and a unicorn! All are made and painted in the USA!

Blue whale jewelry - it's so blue!

This lovely realistic blue whale pin or oversized tie tack is now online on our new animal jewelry web site. Take a look. There is so much to see with over 170 pins now online and more coming soon. In fact, I'm going to work on another five to ten as soon as I post this blog entry. A lot of the whale's friends are also newly online. Check 'em out, OK?

Animal jewelry: yes, we have T-Rex dinosaur jewelry in two colors

We have three dinosaur pins left in stock! We have two green t-rex pins and one red pin. You can order them by phone or e-mail or check out our site. You can call us toll free at (888) 325-3179 or send e-mail. These hand-painted pins are $29.00 each. Read more about this US-based artist's work on the painted animal jewelry page of our web site.

Beautiful climbing tree frog jewelry - pins, tie tacks - striking, gorgeous, durable, and only $29.00 each

Come take a look at our stunning frog jewelry! In addition to the pieces shown here, we also have the same style of frog in dark green with small round black spots - looking something like a toad. The frogs are cast in pewter and painted by hand. The finish is hard and durable. They will not scratch. Each frog has two pins on the back that attach with pinch-clasps so the frog will not shift position once you've attached it to your lapel, hat or tie. Come see and order our frogs online! Some of these species are poison frogs from South America, one is a red-eyed tree frog, one is a strawberry poison frog. One or two are harlequins. All are absolutely gorgeous! Click on the photo for a larger view.

Back in stock and gorgeous as ever: Lobster jewelry in two styles

Some of our favorite animal jewelry in Tapir and Friends are these two brilliantly colored and detailed lobsters! Click the image for a larger view and check them out on our painted animal jewelry Web site!

Animal jewelry: Luna moth pin/tie tack (hand cast and hand painted)

This beautiful Luna Moth pin or tie tack was hand cast in pewter and painted by hand. The cost is only $29.00, and it is gorgeous! I was unable to capture quite the sparkle and dramatic coloring, but this is close. You can buy the moth jewelry online at TPF's Painted Animal Jewelry ~ Hand-painted Animal Pins or call us at (503) 325-3179 or toll free at (888) 325-3179. If you don't see it as a picture link, scroll down to the list of items with text links to the photos. See more of our painted hand-made jewelry at Tapir and Friends.