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January 17, 2013

I Almost Forgot!!!!

Guess what I missed on Monday?

National Dress Your Pet Up Day!

I know! How could I have missed that? To celebrate (a bit late) here are some pics of my puppy posse.

Now … nobody needs to tell me that dressing up a pet is mean. I literally dress them up for maybe five minutes once a year. These are the most spoiled rotten, pampered dogs you have ever met (Charlie won’t even step off the deck to potty if there is dew on the ground — God forbid he get his delicate little paws wet). So we have a bit of an agreement: they get this wonderfully cushy lifestyle, and in exchange they have to deal with dressing up once a year. I think they are doing pretty OK.

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January 16, 2013

Book Page Wreath Tutorial

Hey Guys! A few months ago I posted a picture of a book page wreath I made. Since then, I have received lots of requests for me to do a tutorial on how to make one.

Ask and ye shall receive.

This is not a hard project, but it is a time-consuming one. It took me about 2 1/2 hours to complete this wreath.

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January 15, 2013

Freak Out

I have good news! I am doing my very first craft show February 2nd.

The bad news: I have nothing ready for it.

I am not exaggerating here people. I am freaking out! I had custom pieces that nearly killed me, due right up until Christmas Eve day. I kept telling myself that if I could just hold out until Christmas, I would then give myself a few weeks off to recuperate and regroup.

Then I found out I was doing this craft show, and I only had 4 weeks to get ready for it. I felt a bit stressed then, but I knew I had 3 finished pieces under my belt, and that I had time to crank out some more.

Here’s the problem: the big aqua dresser I just finished sold the day I posted it on my blog. Not good, I was going to bring that to the show — please don’t misunderstand … I’m thrilled it sold, but now I have one less piece. So that left me down to two pieces, plus the two new pieces I have started.

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January 14, 2013

Valentine’s Day Pom Pom Garland

I hope everyone had a great weekend! It was freezing here, and we even got a quick dusting of snow.

Whenever there is snow on the ground (even a teeny bit), my prissy little pups refuse to leave the deck to take care of business, so that’s exactly where they go. My deck is covered in yellow snow. Usually I have to wait around forever to get them to come in, but as soon as they see the white flakes coming down, it is a race to see who can get out, get done, and come back the quickest. (Is that too much information?)

So last week, I made my Valentine’s Day Topiaries for my mantel. The ol’ mantel was still looking a bit bare though so I decided to make a garland. I made tissue paper pom poms and strung them on some ribbon. This is a pretty easy project that I think I had finished in about an hour.

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January 9, 2013

Million Dollar Babies

I had to take our three dogs to the vet today.

First of all, do you know how hard it is to get three dogs into your car? Then to coral them into the vet office, where you have to wait 10 minutes? Now 10 minutes might not sound like a long time, but when you have three hysterical dogs wrapping their leashes around themselves (and around you), ten minutes is a loooonnnggg time.

Charlie had a problem with his eyes, so he needed drops and shots, but when they tried to take his blood, he pulled away and started bleeding everywhere — six pounds of fury. He ended-up having to wear a bandage around his leg for a few hours. Also, his paws have been itching quite a bit, so he needed to have some medicine squirted on them (something we need to continue doing daily).

Gracie has an ear infection, so they slathered her with some salve that smells suspiciously like Windex — and she now smells like a cross between Neosporin and window cleaner.

Lulu has been struggling with bad eye stains and has also been prone to urinary tract infections, so we suspected she needed a dose of antibiotics.

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January 8, 2013

Valentines Topiary Tree Tutorial

Last weekend I took all of my Christmas decorations down — so sad.

Today I was looking at my very naked mantel and decided it needed some Valentine’s Day sprucing up. So I pulled out my tool box (which held my glue gun), glitter, and crepe paper and off I went. I went to Michael’s and bought these supplies (remember to print off their online coupons before you go):

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