A few of my favourite things

First of all, a reminder to please join us at the BARK Photos With Santa event tomorrow.

When: 8 am - 5 pm
Where: St Richard's Church, Merivale Road at Rossland in Ottawa


And now for a few of my favourite things:

Chilly Dogs coats (modelled here by our Cassie). Chilly Dogs is a member of our Paws for Charity group. I've known the owner Julie for many years. She's a great woman, and her coats are the best quality dog coats you'll find anywhere. Cinder has had a Chilly Dogs coat for years and of course we had to get Cassie one too. (Mulligan has a thick natural coat that seems to shed water and doesn't need one) The coats come in lots of colour choices and sizes. There are rain slickers and fleeces available too.

Dog food tables modelled here by Mya. I love these tables and I think they would be perfect for our Cinder. She's having a really tough time these days. Her legs are really shaky and she has a tough time standing. I think these raised bowls would help her a lot since she wouldn't have to lean over to eat. Contact Christine if you'd like to order a set.


And a present for me. Vintage Chick. That's the perfect tee for me. Available through the Prairie Home blog. I presented Sherry with a challenge and she came through! I think I was her first Canadian customer. I can't wait to receive my tee. Also available: Cowgirl Couture and Junk Prom Queen. They are a very soft cotton with cap sleeves and round neckline. Swarovski clear crystals added for sparkle. Sherry and her friends sell their items through monthly barn sales. How cool is that? I wish I lived in California. I'd be there every month. Love the shabby chic style.

One of my favourite blogs to read is Peach Tree Bliss. I have ordered a photo from Angelique but I don't have it yet. I'll share it with you as soon as I can. She's a photography student in Colorado (yes, the internet does allow me to shop the world). Read about her journey and take a look at her photo gallery.

I'd love to hear about your favourite things.

There's a new biz in town

This is a photo of Dawna-Llyn and some of her customers. She has recently started up a business in Kemptville that all you local dog fans should know about.
Your Pet … Your Way
Dog Walking
In-Home Pet Care
Home Monitoring
"Experience the freedom and peace of mind"

Serving Kemptville and surrounding areas
Call Dawna-Llyn Marshall
613.558.3952

For more info, check out her website: yourpetyourway.bravehost.com

Around The Hounds Raffle to help Greyhounds

Char at Around The Hounds has a raffle on her website, which ends on October 1st. 100% of the profits from this raffle will go to help in the vetting and transportation of getting greyhounds off the farms and into homes. The first prize is a Sock Monkey Lover's Dream! Second and third prizes are wonderful too. All the details are available on Char's web site here.
Here are some words from Char:

When a dear friend of mine and a dedicated greyhound advocate, Becky Rollison, contacted me last month with a sad story of one little greyhound brood mamma named Sapphire, I cried with her on the phone and then resolved to help Becky do something in her memory... Sapphire may have just missed the chance to have a comfortable forever home, but hopefully with the proceeds from this raffle Becky can continue to help other senior greys on the long journey to forever homes.
Char HardingOwner/Designer
www.aroundthehounds.com

Char is also offering a 10% discount on all collar purchases during the raffle. Simply type in the code: Sapphireraffle and the discount will apply on checkout.

If you haven't seen Char's stunning collars, take a look. All the collars are available in either Martindale or regular buckle styles in a variety of sizes.

Today is a gift. Do something good!

Eye Candy - BIG and small

As promised, here are some photos of an art piece I purchased at a silent auction to raise funds for our local Youth Centre. It's a BIG piece of art! The artwork was a collaborative effort of 2 painters and a potter. Here is a close up of a pottery dragonfly:

Can you see the little pottery frog under the flower? Reminds me of our Frank.

And now for some small eye candy. Have you heard of Moo cards? They are very small biz type cards made from your Flickr photos. Cute as a button and memorable because they aren't the standard business card size. Here are some Moo cards from Fluffy Flowers.

Felicia makes handmade loveable creatures in Georgia. Many of her creatures are made from recycled clothes...saving the planet one creature at a time. Too cute for words.

Birthday Hugs for Miss M

It's a big day today for our granddaughter....her 6th birthday (I've replaced the original photo shown due to some scary things I've been reading about kid's photos being taken by supposedly respectable internet companies and used in some disturbing ways)

Happy Birthday Miss M!

It's hard to believe that this beautiful girl was born 6 years ago weighing less than two pounds. Yes, you read that right. Miss M was born 4 months premature and weighed only 1 pound and 11 ounces. She lived in the hospital for the first 3 1/2 months of her life and fought for her life many times.

By the time she turned 5, she had caught up in every way. Other than a touch of asthma, you would never know that this little girl had such a rough start.

Miss M is the reason I truly believe in miracles.

I know she has opened her presents, so thought I would share one of them with you. These are some of the talents of Beebee Mod, one of my favourite etsy artists. Not the best photo, but you can take a better look here and here.

Oh, and I couldn't resist this one, which Jen is putting on a long sleeve T for me and will be arriving in the mail soon. Perfect for a no reason at all fall gift!

Goodies from Tomboy Trades

Today was a day of ringing doorbells. First, it was CanPar delivering some racks I had ordered. The racks were supposed to be for displaying my biscuits at last Sunday's BARK picnic, but they didn't arrive in time. Oh well, I have them now and in lots of time for my next day of sales fundraising for greyhounds in October.

Then, the doorbell rang again. This time it was FedEx delivering my box of goodies from Tomboy Trades.

I won a draw on the website Women Can Do Anything and look at the goodies I won!

A hard hat, embroidered tshirt, blue safety glasses and a fantastic blue suede tool belt. Now that I'm all geared up, maybe I'll tackle my workshop. It's in desperate need of some glamming up.

If you don't know the story about Tomboy Trades, click here to read an article that was published recently.

And...if you need workboots, check these out. Tomboy Trades offers the first ever CSA approved pink, blue, green and red work boots women exclusively at Home Depot. Forget about safety, I think these would make a great fashion statement.

Women really can do anything!

Allyson Hill Creations

This is my little bug modelling a car litter bag by Allyson Hill. I discovered Allyson's blog a month or so ago (I have no idea how I ended up there but I'm very glad I did). Through Allyson's blog I discovered Etsy (a site where only hand made things are sold) and many, many talented people.

Litter bags were selected as Radiant Magazine's most unique find on Etsy! (congrats, Allyson). Her creations are available in many different materials. Check out her etsy shop to grab one for yourself. But I warn you, it will be hard to decide just which one to buy. Since I bought this one, I bought another for a family member (you can never Christmas shop too early). Everyone's probably going to get one this year!

I have a new purchase from Allyson coming soon....a zippered card case made in the pink bubblegum color of the same fabric as my litter bag. I'm going to pop my Barking Biscuit button pins in the see through card portion and carry them with me to give out to button collectors. Hopefully I'll have some of our logos marching around on bags everywhere!