Children aren’t the only ones who will be celebrating Halloween this year, yes our furry pets will also be joining in the fun!
According to the National Retail Federation’s 2007 Halloween Consumer Intentions and Actions Survey, “Many consumers who own pets think of them as family members,” said NRF President, Tracy Mullin. “Pet owners will go all out to include dogs, cats and other critters in Halloween festivities, including trick-or-treating, handing out candy or even celebrating at a friend or family members’ house.”
Pets do seem to be involved in all the Halloween fun, I know personally as I get photos in my email inbox from my daughter, many of her puppies joining in the Halloween fun. The photo above is of one of her dogs that is helping give out the Halloween candy as children drop by for trick or treating.
I used to think it was kind of funny when people got their pets all dressed up in Halloween costumes, but I have changed, even doing this myself now. For me it seem to start after my children left home and my dog, Emily started getting all the maternal attention.
She gets lots of attention these days, and I especially couldn’t resist dressing her up, when I saw a Halloween dog shirt that said “Will beg for Treats!”
I thought that this Halloween shirt was so cute, and I thought the costume was perfect for Emily because I always keep her hair short and as the Fall chill rolls in I often put her into a dog shirt or sweater any way to keep her warmer.
So the Halloween shirt made sense to me and made me laugh too….. It is good to have a good chuckle sometimes I think it is good for your health and soul too!
One thing I have noticed when I take photos of my sweet little puppy is that sometimes she gets doggy green-eye in the photos, it is sort of like the red-eye people get when we take some photographs with the flash on. If you would like to fix doggy green eye, then you should take this video tutorial that teaches how to fix pet green eye – the Removing Pet Green Eye in Photoshop Elements training is in our Scrap Shop.
Scrap Your Halloween Pet!
Once you get your photos fixed then try digital scrapbooking your special pet and all the Halloween Activities!
It is fun to add digital scrapbooking pages that include your pet and all the Halloween fun.
In this example I used the papers, tag and bow from the Old Fall Digital Scrapbooking Kit
This kit can create a gorgeously weathered, aged-looking page for digital Halloween projects.
Also, another fun digital scrap kit I used to scrap my favorite Halloween pups is the Halloween Embellishment Kit.
The Halloween Digital Embellishment Kit is an adorable set of Halloween-inspired digital embellishments that add “spook-tacular” fun to Halloween projects! Use this ghoulish digital embellishment set and add adorable Halloween-detail to pages and projects!
This kit is filled with Halloween-essentials that can add a little excitement to holiday projects, from scary spiders with sticky webs, to a haunted house filled with spooky ghosts, and a few holiday pumpkins too!
I hope you have a very happy Halloween and that your pets have a good time too!
Cheri
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If you are interested in some pet Halloween Costume Ideas you might like to look at Good Housekeeping webpage that shows lots of pet costumes you can buy that are under $25. Also Good Housekeeping is having a Halloween Pet Costume Contest you might want to check into as well.
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Do you want to get rid of the green-eye in your digital photos of your precious pets? If so check out our new training Removing Pet Green-Eye in Photoshop Elements
This training is the second part of the Eyes Series within the Digi MakeOver Madness Tutorials.
In this Lesson you’ll learn how to remove that nasty-looking green from pet digital photos – which is much different than simply using the Red-Eye Removal Tool! Make your precious pet’s eyes look natural and brilliant once again; just like when you snapped the pic!
Why not have your pet look great with regular looking eyes when adding photos to Facebook, MySpace, your Website, Email, or even just as you add them to your Digital Scrapbooking Projects! With this tutorial, your pet doesn’t have to have nasty-looking green-eye any more!
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Get more Halloween Tutorials to make your digital photos look fun for Halloween!
“Halloween Tutorial 1: Black and White Digital Photos with a Touch of Spooky Color “ is part of the Digi MakeOver Madness Training Series with Photo Editing focusing on making your Halloween photos look fabulous and spooky! This Series has lots of Tips and Tricks to make your Digital Photos great for all your Halloween digital scrapbooking projects, or for posting your spooky photo on Facebook or your Website! Note: This Training is in Photoshop Elements 7 (but Elements 8 users can also learn from the training too).
In this particular tutorial, you’ll learn how to convert a photo into black and white and add back a touch of color! Use this creepy photo editing effect to your Halloween pics by giving them a “dark-feel” by converting them to black and white, and then add back some color to make an object in the pic seem to “pop!”
Whether you want to add color back to an evil grin, or some glowing eyes, adding color back to selected areas of your photo will make them look great on Halloween-themed digital scrapbooking pages and projects!
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