I love dog paint-by-numbers, I truly do.  I love that they’re all painted by regular people who just wanted to create their own art even though they weren’t “artists.” I love that most people stayed within the lines but not really because each one is different even when the design is the same.  I love to call them “Art by the People.”   Or “Photoshop before there was Photoshop.”

I just received these two Pomeranian vintage paint-by-numbers that I bought from a wonderful woman, Dixie, who lives in NYC and has a shop on Etsy.   When she sold me these, I knew how lucky I was that she was willing to part with them but when I opened the package today, I found this love letter “To My Bob” on the back of one of them and now I know how really lucky I am.   In the letter, “Your Babe” describes how she and  Bob were arguing but once they found a little dog they named “Rex,”  ”everything seem to be straightened out.”

This just made my day.  I hope it makes yours.

(And thank you Dixie for these very special PBNs.)

On the back of one of the Pom PBNs, a love letter was written just like in The Notebook.

What says "Retro" like a PBN with all the classic colors from the 50s?

From the Craftint K9 Animal Series