Bootiful Pet costumes

Today was the Bootiful pet costume contest at Petco. It was not a huge turnout. There was 6 dogs and 4 turtles. My turtles. The went out as a Garden Party.


Michelangelo “Mikey” was a Bumble Bee.

Samantha “Sammie or Sam” as a Butterfly & Tucker (the only Tortoise in the group) went as a Lady Bug



Tokka the smallest of the small was the Flower.





I was only able to get pictures of a couple of the dogs. The first and second place winners.

First place was Buddy the Dirt Devil. He had wardrobe malfunction, his horns wouldn’t stay on.



And I can’t remember the name of this dog, but he was a little cutie. He was the Frog, and his Mom came dressed as the Princess. He was such a good boy willing to stay put in the basket as long as him Mom asked him too.



Tokka and Sammie made a new friend.



The turtles were a hit of the pet costume contest. I don’t know how many times someone asked to take their pictures. They certainly had their Paparazzi moment today.

Tucker was happy enough to wander around the store. He stopped a few times to check out peoples’ feet or a dark spot on the floor, checking to see if it was edible.





At the end of the contest, we packed up the turtles but let Mikey stay out for a little longer and stroll down the side walk outside of Petco. She was enjoying the heat from the sun, and drawing a lot of attention. People were stopping their cars to look at the Bumble Bee strolling along on the sidewalk.





While those guys didn’t go to Petco for the contest, they did get to try on their own fashions.

Toothless has dragon wings made for him.

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She was a little, ok a lot unhappy with me putting the wings on her that I decided that she could stay home. I didn’t want her freaking out on me and trying to take a plunge off my shoulder to the hard floor below. I am sure she didn’t mind at all.



My dogs and one kitty got to try on fairy wings. I bought them for Sydney, if I decided to take her to a contest any time in the future. Everyone got a chance to be pretty and sparkly for a few minutes and get their pictures taken. Of every one the cat tolerated it the best.

Peaches



Neo



Sydney (now 8 months old)



Nani







I made the turtles costumes using felt, the red and the pink was sparkly felt, Sparkly sticky foam (the bee’s wings) pipe cleaners and pom-poms. Tokka flower was a pin I found the bargain bins at Michael’s I just took the pin off the back and glued on a belt. Next year when I make the costumes, Sammie will either have an elastic belt, as her belt made it had for her to walk, he nails kept getting stick in the belt or I will get her a stiffer belt like the one I put on Mikey. My Mom sewed the veins in Toothless wing’s and the butterfly and the dragon wings had pipe cleaners inside of them so that they could be posed. I used Velcro to secure the belt to the animals. It was safe and secure and could provide a quick release if I had to get them out of their costumes suddenly for whatever reason.

I would have gotten more pictures of the contest if I had been able too, my hands where full holding on to Tokka and following Sammie and Tucker. My son followed Mikey around as she was the most active of the bunch.

Everyone who attended the costume contest received a goodie bag. The turtles got a can of canned mangos, a reptile treat. I am sure they will love it. They also got a tennis ball, and even though I didn’t bring the dogs, they got a treat bag as well. A bag of peanut butter dog bones a few loose cookies from the dog treat bar and a tennis ball too.

The turtles each got a certificate of participation with their names on it.

Gingerbread Puppy and Gingerbread Kitty

I have been working on these two for a couple of years now. Not stitchinging them, that part was easy. I had a hard time finding buttons. I could have ordered the peppermint candy buttons but I didn't want too. Finding the buttons for the eyes was hard I had to find eight the right size.

So I have finally completed my Gingerbread Puppy and Gingerbread Kitty

October 11, 2013

Been busy lately, working on ornaments for exchanges, that I can’t post yet as they haven’t seen their ornaments, except for one. She received her Mr. Pumpkin patch.




I have been working on Apple Doodle and Pumpkin Doodle by San Man Originals. I finished Apple doodle. Not sure what I am going to do with it yet.



I took my son to Bookman’s after I picked him up from school this afternoon. My son got me this snake necklace for my birthday. Isn’t he cool?



I got myself this Gekco Necklace



Got this new Turtle Wall Hanging, there were several other cute turtle items down at Bookman’s as well. A trivet, a purple turtle that I think was a plant pot?? And a hand painted turtle box, or and a shoe that have a turtle shell for its side and a head were the toe of the shoe is, it was actually a little creepy.



I received a lovely Fall Exchange package in the mail, actually I got it in September, but my camera wasn’t working so I wasn’t able to show it off until now.

The ornament is San Man design. I love how it was finished. And she included some lovely goodies in he box, not pictured was a tiny pair os scissors about the size of a thumb nail. Way too cute, and the candy that came in the box, candy corn and Sugar Babies. Yum Caramel. There as also this really neat variegated green ruffly scarf.





This is one of my new toads. He is “spy hopping” actually he is waiting for me to drop crickets on his head. These 2 little guys can eat!



So let’s see the puppy is now 8 months old. She is turning into a fine dog. Very bright and happy.

The boy pulled all B’s in his studies this semester.

I am currently working on Pumpkin doodle, and Heaven and Earth Design’s Owl and the Pussy cat. I am about to start Cup of Tea by Dragon Dream my Mom wants me to stitch it for her.

I have been playing Disney Infinity on the xBox, he all the worlds and most of the pieces. It sort of reminds me of Skylanders, just a little friendlier. I like the game.

This weekend I am making costumes for the turtles for pet costume parade, I am making wings for Toothless, she he can be a dragon.

To new video games come out this weekend, Pokémon X & Y and Skylander Swapforce, I am looking forward to both.

It is shaping up to be a pretty good weekend.

Arts and Crafts

Finished several San Man cross stitches




Cute Turtle with Charm. This title has double meaning, the strawberry charm and I find this turtle to be very charming, don’t you?



I finish 2 owl pieces, a snow man owl



and little piece with a blue owl charm.



I finally put the stars on my Red White and Blue wreath. I found the little star flowers at Michael’s on clearance, they are perfect.



And I got some more work done on owl and the pussycat. I am now on the second page.



I made a sock Monkey. I bought a kit. I thought it was the actual Monkey. It was so much fun to make him that I am glad it was a kit to make your monkey rather than just the money. His name is Peejay.

RAIN!

WOW!, what is this stuff? Why is it falling on my head? Hey I am getting wet. Oh I like this. Lets see if I can catch it. These are the thoughts I am sure that ran through my puppies head as she encountered rain for the first time.


The Puppy encountered the rain for the first time. She had so much fun playing in the rain I had a hard time getting her back inside so I could go to work.



She ran all over the yard trying to catch the rain.











Caught in mid shake

New Use for Bull Dog Clips

A co-worker French braided my hair at work this summer. I don’t know how to French braid so I let her put it up for me. The braid on my neck was bugging me so she too bull dog clips to pin it up.

6 months old now

The puppy reached 6 months of age. She now weighs 50 lbs. Her fur color is changing. All her black fur is changing to Brown tipped. It is really kind of pretty. She still has the black on her face, “mask” that is common in Akitas.




She is just a big (and still growing) happy, healthy, goofy puppy. I am so glad I got her. I absolutely adore her.

New Man in my Life

He is short, quiet, so very cuddly, and hilarious.




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Bet you weren’t expecting that. Maybe another cat, or a dog perhaps. LOL.

FRAMED

Finally got some pictures and some cross stitch pieces framed. I got both of my Stitch Specialist pieces by Abi Gruden framed.




The Great Escape



Tree of Stitches



I also framed a ton of pictures I had waiting for frames, mostly pictures of the puppy. My co-worker was upgrading her frames and gave me her old frames, which upgraded my frames as well.

Owl and the Pussycat update

I have actually gotten some work done on Owl and the Pussycat this week. I admit I have not stitched on it probably for several months; I have been working on other things or just not stitching at all. Some of the time it was just not possible to stitch with a new and young puppy trying to eat everything. She has mellowed and has learned to lay in my lap when I am stitching instead of trying to eat the stitching.





You can see what I got done yesterday and last weekend. I have completed page one of the pattern now. I think I have like 10 more pages or something like that still to go.



I am going to have to go and buy some more DMC threads, I have already gone through a couple of brand new skeins of thread on page one alone. I think I am going to need a lot more thread.

This is Heave and Earth Designs Owl and the Pussycat.

Last update was Feb 2013, A little bit of everything post.

Kindergarten Graduate

My girl she did it she passes her puppy kindergarten class. 6 classes and lots of practice she is a kindergarten graduate.




She wore her cap and got a certificate of completion.

Wanna see something dirty?

Sydney is now 13 weeks old. Last weekend she got sick to her tummy, lost a little weight, but as you can see she is feeling better and she packed the weight back on.

This is after she came in from playing in the mud.



She cleans up nicely. No bath required.

Carrots

Sydney is not a chewer. She is not highly food motivated. She is teething.

So the issue was what treat should I give her.

Kong?

Nope she doesn't like it.

Freeze the Kong ?

Likes it even less now.

Puppy marketed teething toys?

Yeah right, I got that look from her, that same look my now teenage son has recently started to give me. The one that you know means "Mom, why are you bothering me?" The same one cats give their people. You know what look I mean.

So Sydney is not a big chewer. This could be a good thing right? Means I won't have to worry about my things being destroyed by her chewing them up. Great my stuff is safe!

However, my fingers, feet, the other animals not so safe. She wants to chew on us.

Sigh!

So what can I give her?

Frozen Carrots? Really?

No way! She'll never like carrots.

Sydney should have been on a Life Cereal commercial, you remember the ones, everyone passes the cereal off to Mikey, the boy who must not like anything. He takes a bit of cereal and smile and then one of the other kids proclaim,  "he likes it, Mikey likes it." Then all the Mom's go out and by this new cereal to feed to their children.

WE HAVE A WINNER

Sydney LOVES her frozen carrots.

That;s it, next training class instead of the bacon training bits, I am taken frozen carrot bits.

Puppy playing in the mud

This is what happens when you turn the hose on and let the puppy carry it around the yard. She let the water fill her hole then decided that she needed to dig the water back out of the hole. I love her coat, once she was dry the dirt just fell off of her.








My Jack Russell acting abused – she doesn’t like water



The puppy still wet, once the drit just fell off



Video of my puppy - this video is also up on You tube if it doesn't work here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7nrQL86quA

Umbreon and 6 Little Owls

Sydney is growing like a weed. She is now 10 weeks old and 16.9 lbs. She gained almost 9 lbs since her vaccinations at 6 weeks when she weighted 8.5 lbs. She is going to be so big.


Sydney isn’t feeling great today. This happened last time too, I think the dewormer upsets her tummy.

I don’t have new pictures of her today, I will get some new pictures of her when she is feeling better, maybe from her training class.

I did finish 2 cross stitch pieces this week. My 6 little owl ornaments by Laura Doyle Designs






I started and finished this one in just a few hours. This is Umbreon she is part of the Eeveelution group. I can’t wait for the girl that is designing this black work series to do the rest of the Eeveelution series. There are 7 more, well 8, a new one is coming out this fall!