Hey Now, You're a Rock Star!!

I love this card! It's so versatile! You can give it to your teenager or pre-teen as a birthday card or a 'way to go' or you can give it to your husband as a 'you rocked my world'...perhaps to your favorite "Rock Band" or "Guitar Hero" player? The possibilities are endless!!

I am an equal opportunity stamper. Meaning I have no loyalty to any one stamp company. If I see something cute, I buy it. I had to have this guy. He totally rocks! So when I recently received my Stampin' Up order, this guy was at the top of my list to use. He totally rocks!

Whose Powderpuff am I?

While most of us would love to spend a day being pampered with a good wash and set at the local spa, my four legged daughter disagrees. Not a fan of the bath this one. Normally I would just take her to the doggy wash, however, I chose to do it myself, on the cheap this time. It was quite easy, and for summertime baths, it seems like this will be our method from now on. It will save me about $100 a summer. So now that I'm more soaked than she is, and she doesn't look quite so mangy, with tufts of hair falling out all over her and my floor, I had to take a picture. She looks like a big black powder puff. Of course we didn't have any regular shampoo, no, this pooch got the good stuff..the Pantene shampoo AND conditioner. Now she's sitting by the sliding glass door looking out on our deck, the scene of the crime, and probably cussing me silently. After I go bathe myself (although if you saw me right now you'd argue that I had already done that....with clothes on...) I will conquer the canine manicure. She should be happy though, at least I didn't make her wear one of those doggie bandanas that she loves (read: loves so much that she shreds as soon as she can get her teeth on them) so much....

Spot the Terrier Wants to Help A Place To Bark!!

This is Spot the Terrier. He wants so badly to help the fabulous Bernie Berlin's non profit animal shelter, A Place to Bark. Spot was donated to me by the fabulous Lori Peterson, an insanely talented lampwork artist. In turn, I wire wrapped spot, and I'm offering him up for adoption. 100% of his adoption fee will be donated to A Place to Bark!!! Please help Spot find a forever home and the animals at the shelter benefit! And guess what? Spot has a few friends that will be making their debuts in my Etsy shop soon.

Also, don't forget to check out Bernie's blog at
http://aplacetobark.blogspot.com
and see what's happening there!

Rescue work is a cause near and dear to my heart. Many of you know we have a rescued furbaby, and I'd have 20 more if I could!

Merry Christmas!!

I hope everyone had an enjoyable Christmas, and is looking forward to the New Year with excitement!

I seem to have a lot of dog related posts lately, but I could not resist one more! This is my niece's new Shih Poo puppy. He doesn't have a name yet, but he looks like a Niblet to me. Mr. Nibs for short. She got him for Christmas. Recently they had to put their Greyhound to sleep because he had cancer. Anyway, Niblet is 7 weeks old here. As you can see, he can't see over the bottom door jamb! LOL It's only about 2" high. He's about the size of a beanie baby, and oh so cute! All fur!

If you notice the size of the camera in the picture below, you'll see he's the same size!

It was a fun day had by all!

A New Product - Earring Cards

I tried a little something new today.....earring cards! This is the first batch I made, silver skull and crossbones on black, textured card stock. They measure 3.5" x 2" and fit wonderfully into my mini pocket envelopes (providing the earrings on the card aren't huge). You get a set of 35 with each purchase. I've got a few other designs up my sleeve too, hopefully I'll be able to get them listed tomorrow!

Relics

So today I finished this necklace. I am really enjoying working with copper, it came out much better than I expected. The Buddha is a resin piece, and the beads are Czech glass that I hand wrapped on 20 gauge copper wire. I also hand formed the clasp myself. So what do you think?