I was messing around with some .50 cent canvas placemats from Oriental Trading Company, my embroidery machine and some chalkboard fabric and came up with this - my new dog walking bag:




The flash makes it look like it has way more texture than it really does.  I really should have used a stabilizer, but I thought it was going to turn out really ugly, so I didn't bother!
 

Well, I have been wanting to learn to silk screen forever but just couldn't commit to the space it seems to require.  I saw this posting http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=68312.0 and thought I would try this stuff.  I know it may be "cheating" but it was so fun and easy!  A friend and I decided to do a couple of shirts for our respective businesses. Thanks so much uglyshyla for the link!

His shirt:


My shirt (which turned out really great but the grey color of the shirt makes the pic look horrible, also the little dog is also screened on the front):


and some undies that I thought would be funny since my bottom seems to get more piggly and wiggly with each passing year!!:

Yay, I got my camera back!  This is the great package I got from sephe711!

some cute wine charms which combine 2 of my favorite bad habits, smoking and drinking wine!
 
 
 

Two ashtrays.  One is hand painted and the other is an ashtray "to go" and it's personalized!




The sweetest cigarette holder - I am in love with this fabric!


The greatest pin cushion EVER!!!!  I totally cracked up when I saw it and I love the way it reminds me to take a break from the sewing machine!!!



She also sent me some great magnets that I didn't get a picture of before my camera battery died.

Thanks so much sephe711 - I love everything!

Well, I got busy this weekend and sewed Monkey some new jackets!  My beloved Elna died just as I was sewing a dog bed 

Jacket 1 - Made with a monkey print and the lining is a banana print



Monkey wearing it:



A raincoat because it won't stop raining here!  It looks too small in the picture but actually fits him just right.



and a bag to put all of his new duds in!



inside:

hjo101 is the best!!  I got back from vacation and all of these drinking goodies were waiting for me!

I got:
a really cool wine bottle decopauged with dogs and booze images (my two favorite things! ha!)
really pretty glass charms
a bottle bag with dog bones on it
drink umbrellas
a recipe book full of dog related drink recipes
two glasses with dog bones etched on them

Thank you so much hjo101 for taking the time to read my earlier posts!  Everything rocked and I couldn't be happier!  (btw - I am so sorry the shaker didn't arrive in one piece  )

Without further ado, here are the pics!



everything together



glass charms "in action"!



close-up of the recipe book

Thanks to all the help I got here, I made these for my nieces last weekend:

Flower Fairy Wings


Forest Fairy Wings


I'm hoping to make matching crowns and wands this weekend (if I get done with my swap crafting that is! lol!)

Okay, I couldn't resist - here is Monkey looking pretty miserable in his halloween costume!  He also has a crush on Kyla!

Mods, sorry if I posted in the wrong place!

I was bored the other night and decided to make some wall hangings honoring my dogs (they were being especially cute that night - but then again, it could have been the Pinot Grigio!).

Basically, 14x18" canvas that I painted and added pics and paper and stuff to. Really simple but fun!

I have a really long hallway where I was going to hang them.  I was also thinking about making one for my boyfriend, one for myself and then one of all of us together (in my defense, it is a really long hallway).  

Okay, please tell me, is that just too dorky/crazy dog lady?  Honest opinions, criticisms, welcome (I really don’t want to look like an idiot!)   Thanks!

Here is what I did with some eyelash yarn I had lying around.  I used it with a black yarn I also had lying around and the orange eyelash was great as it made the collar all "spooky" looking.  Unfortunately, the flash makes it look sparkly but it really turned out great.  Every Halloween I get tons of compliments and everyone wants to know where they can buy one.

I am always amazed at how people organize their crafting spaces.

Here is my craft room (although it rarely looks this tidy!  )