Front Range Photos by Fred Langer Photography

Happy Wednesday everyone!

I am so excited to show you new photos Fred just took while driving home from Denver.

He was at a photo shoot that he really enjoyed and was inspired to pull off of the highway and take some photos of the beautiful landscape and day he was enjoying!

How magical!

I cannot wait to see what he captures next!

Life is Art... Art is Life!

He made my whole day when he showed me his new images.

I could not wait to share them with you too!

Have a Super Duper Day everyone!

Let's create some magic today too!

xoxoxoxo

Melissa

It's Toasty Tuesday ~ Meet Yoda, Salinger & Toby!

Happy Toasty Tuesday everyone!

Archie and I are so excited to share new photos with you that were generously shared with us by happy & toasty doggies in their new Sweater Vests!

Meet Yoda

He loves his Captain America Sweater Vest from the Super Heros Collection!

His Super Powers include...

Dancing and Power Napping in his new sweater vest! :)

Photos courtesy of Cindy G., IN

Speaking of Super Powers...

Meet The Dynamic Duo!

Salinger and his new brother... Toby!

They look fabulous in their new matching Custom Sweater Vests!

Photo courtesy of Laura K., IN

Archie & I had so much FUN making their Sweater Vests!

Thank you for sharing all of your wonderful photos with us!

Please let me know if you would like me to make you a Woofie Warmer, Barkclava Dog Hat or Sweater Vest too.

You can see all the possibilities anytime in :

The Sweater Vest Gallery at http://www.dogsweatervests.com/

The Woofie Warmer Gallery at http://www.woofiewarmer.com/

and The Barkclava Gallery at http://www.barkclava.com/

I am happy to make any color combos you would like and set up a special listing for you in my Etsy Shop.

xoxoxox
Melissa & R-Chee

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day!

We love you with all of our hearts!

Thank you for all of the beautiful cards!

and the candies!

Will you be our Valentine?

xoxoxo
Emmitt & Melissa

P.S. We just got a sweet note from Pearl & Daisy that they got their heart cookies that they won in our Valentine's Cookie Giveaway!

We are so happy you are enjoying them!

Thank you for the photos and all of the beautiful cards above everyone!

Sweater Vest Gallery ~ More Cutie Patooties!

Happy Wednesday everyone!

As promised, we have 3 more friends to show you from The Sweater Vest Gallery!

Meet Gidget above!

She is a beautiful, tiny yorkie that weighs just under 5lbs enjoying her Very Berry Vest from The Variegated Collection.

Her mom Sharon is a talented seamstress and has a wonderful custom dog harness and clothing business called Try Lov Designs!

and this cutie patootie is Ellie Mae!

She lives in MO with her mom, Nina!

She loves her Cowboy Vest from The Variegated Collection!

and this handsome boy is Checkers the peke-a-poo!

He lives in TN with his mom, Kate.

They designed this wonderful custom vest for him in chocolate brown and lime green!

He loves it so much he just snuggles right in to watch movies with his family by the fire!

I would love to make you your very own dog sweater vest too!

I have several available in my Etsy Shop that are ready to ship or I would love to make you one in your favorite colors!

Please contact me anytime with any questions or to place an order.

Coming Soon!

We already have two new collections that we are making for 2011!

I cannot wait to show you!

xoxoxoxo

Melissa and Emmitt

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Emmitt and I are sending you lots of pug hugs and kisses!

xoxoxoxo

m & e

Meet My Friend Leann!

Happy Friday everyone!

I want to introduce you to my friend Leann.

She hired me over 20 years ago to work in her frame shop in Michigan and she never got rid of me! :)

She and her wonderful husband Mark came to visit us this past August and we had a blast!

Leann has taught me so many things over the years. She is a master carver and book binder was the inspiration for me to learn both how to carve my stamps and make journals.

I was so excited to receive a package from her last week. Look what she made for me!

A hand carved stamp of Emmitt with gorgeous prints too!

I ran right out and framed them!

Aren't they amazing?

Leann not only handcarves stamps, but she also makes fabulous fabric dolls, watercolors and much, much more that you can purchase in her Etsy Shop, Wiccadoo, and her blog.

Please stop by and say hello! She would love to meet you. Just tell her "The Short Framer" sent you. She will know who that is! :)

xoxoxoxo

Melissa

Black Pug Stamp - A70

One of the most fun things about creating a new painting is being able to translate it into other forms of art I love to create like handcarved stamps and colorful collages.

It is so much fun to create these stamps because you need to break down in your mind what you want to print (black) and what you want to take away (white).

The black pugs carve up much quicker than the fawn ones because there is less to carve away. :)

To show you how I make them and how easy they are to create, I created a tutorial on Squidoo to show how I make my stamps.

and while surfing the web the other day, I found this cute French Pug hard at work. Maybe we should tell him about working for the snuggle puggle, Eduardo.

I love thinking about all of the puggies all over the world making people smile. :)

Happy Thursday everyone!

Daily Planners ~ Print It Yourself

Dog Art Daily Planner

Pug Collage Daily Planner


Pug Carvings Daily Planner

I am so excited to introduce 3 more planners to my Print It Yourself line of stationery in my Etsy Shop.

Now you can schedule your day from 6am to 8pm. Print a fresh one everyday with these daily planners that come to you as PDF Files.

Now you can choose from Daily Planners, Weekly Planners and To Do Lists to help keep you organized and you will never run out.

My favorite way to start my week is to plan it out.

Happy Monday everyone!

Print It Yourself - Weekly Planners

New to my Etsy Shop:

Print it Yourself ~ Weekly Planners!

I am happy to introduce my new weekly planners filled with all of my pug collages, carvings or dog paintings to keep you company while you plan your week. There is lots of space to write in you daily activities during the week as well as a place for notes and ideas.

The file is emailed to you as a PDF and you can print as many as you need whenever you want. Each sheet is 8.5 x 11 and can fit easily on your desk or your refridgerator to help you plan your week.

Dog art + a Planner, my two favorite things!

Emmitt asked if i would write down, "Give pug lots of cookies" at the top of everyday.

I told him no problem! Its a Done Deal!

Thanks for taking a peek at my new stuff. I always appreciate your feedback and ideas!

New Pug Collage and Hand Carved Stamp - A69

I am having so much fun with my new pug painting - A69!

This week I made it into a hand carved stamp and a collage.

I love how transforming my painting into different mediums changes it, but that in many ways it also stays the same. How neat!

Hand Carved Stamp

Collage

The collage is now available in my Etsy store as both a signed print and a set of 10 note cards.

I realized that until now, I had not yet carved a black pug stamp. I think that is so funny because black pugs are way faster to carve than fawn pugs because you leave everything alone on the PZ Cut that you want to print black. That means you only carve out the white lines. :)

Here is a skidoo lens I wrote on how to make handcarved stamps.

I was so excited that my friend, Manon, carved some stamps the other day! Aren't they wonderful! Please let me know if you try it too! I would love to see!

Do You Squidoo?

What is Squidoo you ask?

It is a wonderful site where anybody can create their own "How To" web pages about anything for free!

On Squidoo you create lessons or "lenses" about anything you want to share or teach. You can create a lens about your favorite recipe or even how to change a tire on your car!
You can even create a lens on how to create a Squidoo page!

Squidoo is great because it is a content builder for the search engine machine known as Google. If you want to get found on topics you are excited about, create a Squidoo lens.

I created 3 lenses so far...

How to hand-carve a stamp

How to make a blind doodle

and How to Make a Visual Journal.

To keep track of my latest lenses, I started a list of them right here on my blog roll.

I think it is so fun to learn about all of these great ways to learn, connect and grow.

Do you Squidoo? Please leave me links to yours or your favorite lenses so I can favorite them too!

Have a wonderful day everyone!

Meet My Friend Ingrid!

Happy Friday everyone! Emmitt here!

I have a very special friend to introduce to you. Her name is Ingrid, and she is my canine massage therapist.

She has become a very special part of our family.

I love her and her weekly visits. She takes all of the tension out of my body.

and look at the great bone I get every week to keep me occupied while I get my massage.

Ingrid laughs alot at my silly puggy antics. I am her first pug client and I know she has fallen in love with me.

Here I am telling Ingrid and Mom what a good boy I am and that I now deserve a reward from the cookie cabinet!

Mom and I both love Ingrid. She has taught mom how to work on my neck, shoulders and hips during the days Ingrid is not there to help relieve any stiffness I may feel.

We appreciate Ingrid so much that mom wanted to make her something, so she surpised Ingrid with this special stamp she carved of Ingrid with her two dogs, Raven and Ariel.

and gave it to her in this little red box. :)

It is so wonderful to meet so many friends that make this journey a fun and exciting place to be!

Thank you for coming a visiting us today! We appreciate you! Have a wonderful weekend!

xoxoxoxox

Emmitt