Wednesday, October 24, 2007

2008 Wine Country Cats Wall Calendar For Sale Now



Three ways to buy:
If you want to purchase in bulk:
  • Standard UPS ground shipping is $12.60 for the first 15 calendars and 40-cents for each additional one.
  • It takes about a week to be produced, shipped and delivered, although I expect it to take longer the closer to Christmas we get.
  • Each order can be shipped to only one address and no PO Boxes allowed. Shipping outside the U.S. will no doubt cost more. Just let me know where you're sending it and I'll figure out how much it is.
  • If you want to purchase in bulk just let me know how many you want and what address they'll be shipped to. Then I'll send you an invoice if you're purchasing for a business; or, for individuals, a link so you can pay for them through PayPal (no account necessary).
  • If these are for resale, and your shipping address is in Washington, you can send me a resale certificate to avoid me having to charge sales tax. The DOR form is at: http://dor.wa.gov/docs/forms/excstx/exmptfrm/resalecertificate_e.pdf. Fill in "Wine Country Creations" as the seller, and fax it to me at 1-866-514-9126.
Do you want a calendar with your cat's photo?
If you want a minimum of 30 calendars, but want a more personalized version of the calendar, I can produce a special batch just for you at no extra charge. For example, maybe I didn't have a chance to take photos of your cat for this calendar. Or I have taken photos, but your little mouser didn't make the cut. By getting a personalized calendar, you could put your kitty on the cover and/or one or more of the months. Contact me for details.
If all goes as planned, there will be another Wine Country Cats calendar for 2009. If your favorite wine cat didn't get in this year's calendar, please let me know about the mouser if you haven't already. Also, please let me know if you're interested in me offering other gift items such as postcards, greeting cards, or prints of the kitties and I'll get to work on it.

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Friday, September 28, 2007

Oscar and Oliver at Otis Kenyon Wine

Oscar and Oliver are about a year old and still very kittenish. In other words, they were kind of hard to keep in one place long enough to focus! Oscar didn't want to have anything to do with getting his picture taken. Oliver, on the other hand, didn't mind as long as I could keep up with all the places he wanted to go, which a couple of times was into the back of my car! Thank goodness their owners, Muriel Kenyon, who is the sales director at Otis Kenyon Wine, and her boyfriend, Dreux Dillingham, the assistant winemaker, were patient cat herders.

Push the play button below to hear Muriel talk about Oscar and Oliver and see some photos of the cats:




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Thursday, September 27, 2007

A Crazy Idea

I shoot most of the photos for Wine Press Northwest magazine, and while on assignment for them and other freelance clients, I've gotten some cute shots of cats who make their home in and around wineries and vineyards. I've also been impressed with the job that Craig McGill & Susan Elliott have done on their Wine Dogs books, so when I recently wrapped up work on a book project with Braiden Rex-Johnson (Pacific Northwest Wining & Dining: The People, Places, Food, and Drink of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and British Columbia), I was thinking of ideas for another photo project and came up with Wine Country Cats. Ultimately, I'd like to take enough good photos to turn the project into a book, though the editor of Wine Press, another cat lover, says I'm always welcome to make a photo story for the magazine on the subject if nothing else. For now though, I'm researching which wineries and vineyards in the Northwest have cats and trying to slowly but surely make trips to visit them all. I also wanted a place on the web where people I've told about the project can see how things are going.

If you know of a winery or a vineyard with a cat, please let me know by contacting me directly or adding a comment below.

Thanks for visiting,

Jackie Johnston
Photographer
Wine Country Creations

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