Decorative, colourful, imaginative: Those are the qualities of Amazing Gracie Doodle’s Instagram and TikTok pages, the place you’ll discover the 6-year-old Australian Labradoodle Gracie wearing elaborate costumes, starting from a Christmas tree wrapped in garland and ornaments, “grilling” for the 4th of July and roses in her fur for Valentine’s day.
“Holiday photographs are my obsession,” says Gracie’s pet mother Fanny Karpman, who celebrates each Christmas and Hanukkah and annually has Gracie decked out in celebration of each.
Fanny began taking photographs when Gracie was a pet and instantly knew how a lot pleasure Gracie’s costumes may carry to the world due to how uplifting the artistic outlet was for herself. A former lawyer, Fanny was going by a funk in her private life. Creating distinctive and coloration costumes grew to become therapeutic, she says.
“I really feel a number of love from the canine neighborhood,” she says of each on-line and in individual Los Angeles connections.
Inspiration for locating distinctive canine costumes
Fanny plans her themes and costumes months prematurely, getting inspiration from popular culture and driving across the metropolis searching for intriguing and vibrant artwork displays, metropolis murals and gardens. She carries props, lighting and treats in her automotive so she and Gracie are prepared when inspiration hits.
Her efforts have paid off. Not solely does she obtain messages from youngsters who’re going by their very own robust instances saying Gracie is the one optimistic factor of their lives, however her cheerful photographs get picked up by a wide range of main retailers.
This 12 months for the vacations, Fanny plans to recreate the well-known tongue scene from A Christmas Story with Gracie sporting a puffy jacket and licking a light-weight submit. Fanny’s trick? A bit peanut butter on the sunshine submit.
Tips for creating distinctive vacation canine costumes:
- Costumes which have designs on the entrance work greatest for canine photographs
- Keep props and treats in your automotive incase inspiration hits whereas on the go
- Cardboard goes a good distance when constructing props and backdrops for photograph shoots
- Connect together with your area people on social media for group photograph alternatives
- Stores like Homegoods, TJ Max, Michaels and XX promote out quick; begin trying within the fall.
Follow Gracie’s adventures — and trend traits — @AmazingGracieDoodle