Typically our holiday rush of orders starts in the middle of October and we get so busy that we have to set our deadline in the middle or third week of November, and sadly sometimes even turn people away after Thanksgiving. Well, this year we didn’t want to have to do that so we increased our artistic staff in anticipation and set our first holiday ordering deadline late, December 2nd. Then, while we have had some early-bird shoppers popping up since the middle of June, when the first week of November rolled around we were starting to wonder where our holiday shoppers were?? We were certainly experiencing an increase in our orders for dog portraits and especially cat portraits, but it was not quite what we were used to in the middle of autumn.
Other artists friends were experiencing the same trend so we were all speculating.. maybe it’s the economy, maybe it’s the weather – it’s been way too warm most places for people to be thinking christmas..
Well whatever it was, it has passed! Since the second week of November there has been an avalanche of custom pet portrait orders to fill in time for the holidays! So here we are, the week of Thanksgiving, considering shortening those deadlines…
So if you’ve been on the fence, or still procrastinating, do not delay! This may be your last week to order a Pop Art Pet portrait in time for christmas! We’ll have to see how things go this week, particularly this Friday, but we may have to move our deadline up to this weekend or the middle of next week, so stay tuned and we’ll keep you posted…
You can check our current deadline on our Holiday Ordering Info page, or go directly to our Order Page to place your holiday order now!
And thanks to all of you for shopping early – or at least on time!
