Learn how to create Dog Portrait Collages in a wonderful NEW BOOK! ~ DIY Dog Portraits

Happy Monday everyone!

I am so excited & honored to share that my Bulldog collage is included in the Inspiration Gallery section of a new book ~ DIY Dog Portraits. Creating collages is fun, easy & relaxing for kids of ALL ages!

Come & Play with us today!

The book is  Now available on Amazon. 

You can also purchase my Bulldog collage as note cards or a signed print in my etsy shop...

pugnotes.etsy.com

How FUN!

R-Chee & I are honored to be included in this wonderful book that shows you with 8 DIY projects how to create collages of your favorite pets right at your kitchen table!

xoxoxo

Melissa & R-Chee

A World of Wonders ~ Come and Color with Me & R-Chee!

Happy Monday everyone!

R-Chee & I love to color to just relax sometimes!  You can color on anything and make a special thought, feeling or character pop to life right before your very eyes!

I love turning junk mail into little canvases to color on.

It is a wonderful way to recycle messages people are offering that would otherwise be thrown away.

He was so FUN & Easy to make!

To create him...

I lightly painted a coat of gesso on a junk mail postcard mailer and let some of the background still show through.

After the gesso dried, I painted a light wash of watercolor over the gesso to add some color and let it pool to form water stained blobs to find a character in to bring out.

After turning the page this way and that to create some interesting shapes, I let it dry and pulled out my pencil and found a little fox to color in!

I pulled out my Neocolor 1 & 2 Wax crayons and started coloring him in.

He started to come to life and I finished his features with a bit of outlining with a black ink permanent marker.

The final step was to get out my old magazines and paste and cut out letters to form a message he was calling out loud and clear!

After our new friend appeared before our eyes & we heard him as he exclaimed... 

We LIVE in a...

"World of Wonders"

Wax Crayons, Ink & Collage on paper

Melissa Langer ~ 2015

"World of Wonders!"

What a smart message!

We are all here appreciate everything around us!

What things will you appreciate today?

A flower?

Blue Skies?

Clean, Fresh Air?

Please leave us a note and let us know!

We cannot wait to hear all about it!

xoxoox

Melissa & R-Chee

2015 ~ Wool Pug Fabric Collage #4 ~ The Set is Complete!!

Happy Wednesday everyone!

I am so excited!

I just finished my 4th Wool Pug Fabric Collage of 2015 to share with you.

This is the last one in the set I designed to hang in our bedroom.

Here are the other ones I have completed recently that will hang with it...

2015 Fabric Pug Collages

Wool Pug Collage #1

Wool Pug Collage #2

Wool Pug Collage #3

...and if you remember, I made 4 last year that I hung in my kitchen and upstairs hallway...

2014 Fabric Pug Collages

Wool Pug Collage #1

Wool Pug Collage #2

Wool Pug Collage #3

Wool Pug Collage #4

The faces that appear just crack me up with a big smile every time I look at them! :)

They combine all my favorite things...

Pugs
Wool Scraps
Collage
Vintage Placemats
and
Upcycling craft materials!

See how to make them too on this post I made for you to easily join in on the FUN. :)

They are so FUN & fast to make that you will have a work of art completed from one of your favorite pet photographs or drawings in no time at all!

Here are the photos I took while I was making my collage so you can see him spring to life before your eyes!

 Ta Da!

The set is all done!

I just love how they all turned out!

That was so FUN!

I will definitely make more!

Please don't forget to see how to make them too on this post we made for you to easily join in on the FUN. :)

xoxoxo

Melissa & R-Chee

2015 ~ Wool Pug Fabric Collage #3

Happy Monday everyone!

I am so excited!

I just finished another Wool Pug Fabric Collage to share with you.

I am having FUN making a small series of them to hang in our bedroom.

Here are the other ones I have completed recently...

2015 Fabric Pug Collages

Wool Pug Collage #1

Wool Pug Collage #2

...and if you remember, I made 4 last year that I hung in my kitchen and upstairs hallway...

2014 Fabric Pug Collages

Wool Pug Collage #1

Wool Pug Collage #2

Wool Pug Collage #3

Wool Pug Collage #4

They are so FUN & easy and just crack me up with a big smile every time I look at them! :)

They combine all my favorite things...

Pugs
Wool Scraps
Collage
Vintage Placemats
and
Upcycling craft materials!

See how to make them too on this post we made for you to easily join in on the FUN. :)

They are so FUN & fast to make that you will have a work of art completed from one of your favorite pet photographs or drawings in no time at all!

Here are the photos I took while I was making my collage so you can see him spring to life before your eyes!

Ta Da!

He is all done!

I just love how he turned out!

I will show you the others as I finish them, and then I will show you all of them hanging together as a set!

Please don't forget to see how to make them too on this post we made for you to easily join in on the FUN. :)

xoxoxo

Melissa & R-Chee

2015 ~ Wool Pug Fabric Collage #2

Happy Wednesday everyone!

I am so excited!

Spring has sprung and it is time to create new things!

I am pulling new projects to create.

They have been happily waiting in the wings all Winter, and now it is time to make them come to life!

This is the 2nd of many Wool Pug Fabric Collage wall hangings that I have planned to make for my home!

Here is the 1st wool pug collage for 2015 that I finished a few weeks ago.

...and if you remember, I made 4 last year that I hung in my kitchen and upstairs hallway...

2014 Fabric Pug Collages

Wool Pug Collage #1

Wool Pug Collage #2

Wool Pug Collage #3

Wool Pug Collage #4


This year I plan to make 6 more!

They are so FUN & easy and just crack me up with a big smile every time I look at them! :)

They combine all my favorite things...

Pugs
Wool Scraps
Collage
Vintage Placemats
and
Upcycling craft materials!

See how to make them too on this post we made for you to easily join in on the FUN. :)

They are so FUN & fast to make that you will have a work of art completed from one of your favorite pet photographs or drawings in no time at all!

Here are the photos i took while I was making my collage so you can see him spring to life before your eyes!

Ta Da!

He is all done!

I just love how he turned out!

I will show you the others as I finish them, and then I will show you all of them hanging together as a set!

Please don't forget to see how to make them too on this post we made for you to easily join in on the FUN. :)

xoxoxo

Melissa & R-Chee

2015 ~ Wool Pug Fabric Collage #1

Happy Monday everyone!

I am so excited!

Spring has sprung and it is time to create new things!

I am pulling new projects to create.

They have been happily waiting in the wings all Winter, and now it is time to make them come to life!

This is my first of many Wool Pug Fabric Collage wall hangings that I have planned to make for my home!

If you remember, I made 4 last year that I hung in my kitchen and upstairs hallway...

2014 Fabric Pug Collages

Wool Pug Collage #1

Wool Pug Collage #2

Wool Pug Collage #3

Wool Pug Collage #4


This year I plan to make 6 more!

They are so FUN & easy and just crack me up with a big smile every time I look at them! :)

They combine all my favorite things...

Pugs
Wool Scraps
Collage
Vintage Placemats
and
Upcycling craft materials!

See how to make them too on this post we made for you to easily join in on the FUN. :)

They are so FUN & fast to make that you will have a work of art completed from one of your favorite pet photographs or drawings in no time at all!

The first 4 this year will all hang in our bedroom and then I will make 2 more for the Pug Cave!

At this rate, I will have one in every room of the house! :)

I took lots of photos to show you how he just popped to life with a few puggy shapes cut out of different scraps of felted wool, a vintage placemat and some glue!

Ta Da!

He is all done!

I just love how he turned out!

I will show you the others as I finish them, and then I will show you all of them hanging together as a set!


Please don't forget to see how to make them too on this post we made for you to easily join in on the FUN. :)

xoxoxo

Melissa & R-Chee

Reindeer Games ~ Come & Play With Me!

Happy Monday everyone!

R-Chee & I had so much FUN making a new collage last week that we made another one to share with you!

After our new friend appeared before our eyes & we heard him call out to us...

"Come & Play with Me"

Wax Crayons, Ink & Collage on paper

Melissa Langer ~ 2015

He was so FUN & Easy to make!

To create him...

I lightly painted a coat of gesso on a junk mail postcard mailer and let some of the background still show through.

After the gesso dried, I painted a light wash of watercolor over the gesso to add some color and let it pool to form water stained blobs to find a character in to bring out.

After turning the page this way and that to create some interesting shapes, I let it dry and pulled out my pencil and found a little dog to color in!

I pulled out my Neocolor 1 & 2 Wax crayons and started coloring him in.

He started to come to life and I finished his features with a bit of outlining with a black ink permanent marker.

The final step was to get out my old magazines and paste and cut out letters to form a message he was calling out loud and clear!

"Come & Play with Me!"

What a smart message!

We are all here to play & have FUN!

How will you play today?

Please leave us a note and let us know!

We cannot wait to hear all about it!

xoxoox

Melissa & R-Chee