Posts Tagged "Make Your Own"
So Cute!
We are all riled up for the Tampa Bay Chihuahua Club Speciality next month. Conformation training aside – I have another project in the works being made specially for the event. At each event the club holds, we also have an auction, with all proceeds going to the club. They have so many great Chihuahua themed items as well as dogs supplies a plenty to bid on. Vicky and I are going in on a very special item for the Speciality – a crate fully loaded with supplies and one of my handmade crate covers, complete with the bumper-pad and pillow. I have had my eye out for a unisex fabric that screams fun. Today I found it! Tell me this does not SCREAM...
Read MoreAnother Crafty Project
We are gearing up for our 2010 camping trips and need to get the dog’s gear organized as well. The one thing on the top of that list was a new set of I.D tags. Our last batch was ordered from LoveYourPets.com. I loved the tags and the price was awesome! Problem was, the plastic was easily chewed by our more active Chihuahuas. About half of the tags are still legible. The sound of clinking brass or stainless tags was far more of an issues than the chewing. Any time they hear the clinking they bark – I am stuck with plastic. Then I found the slide on tags. BRILLIANT! PetTags4Less.com even charged less than for my original batch! Since I am creating custom...
Read MoreThey Did Awesome!
Well, the crate cover project was worth every once of sweat and time. We came home after our full day out without a even a whimper at the sound the front door opening. Normally, the sound the door makes brings the dogs to a barking tizzy. Not this time! And they patiently waited for their crate door to open and be let out. Cosmo is our biggest crate lover – Often seeking seclusion when a thunderstorm is coming or when he has had enough of little puppies trying to use him as a jungle-gym. When I opened his door, he looked up at me with those eyes of his with a look like, “Nope, not yet! I will come out later.” Alright my man. Take your time. I have...
Read MoreCrate Cover Frenzy
We have a family outing scheduled for Saturday that will keep us from the house for over 6 hours. We have a few males that go through a bit of separation anxiety when we leave and their crate is the only way to calm their nerves. Since I created the first few cover sets, these same boys fight for the comfy crates every chance they can get. This put me on the fast track to crate cover set completion so they all could have their own comfy spot for our full day outing. I have gotten several emails asking for more information on the sets so as I created today, I took photos of the different pieces. The first step is the pillow and bumper-pads. Using the...
Read MoreCrate Covers
I have been meaning to get to this project for years. Seriously! I have seen some fantastic dog crate covers out there, but when you have 12 crates – YIKERS!!!! It was getting a bit expensive. As much as I love giving our dogs the best possible, I couldn’t justify $2200.00 on covers to replace the blankets we have used thus far. I found this fabo Simplicity pattern that included a dog crate cover, as well as bumper pads and a pillow. My mind went crazy nuts with ideas. I have two doored crates – one on the front and one on the side – so I modified the pattern and turned the window shade into doors. Now the bumper pads and “mattress”...
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