Happy New Year ~ 2013

 

Happy Near Year's Eve everyone!

 

R-Chee & I are so excited to ring in the new year and celebrate it with you all year long!

 

We are all going to have so much FUN together!

 

We have lots of neat things planned already that we cannot wait to unfold before our eyes and share with you!

R-Chee says...

Life is Art... and Art is Life and it is deeeeeelicious!

 

We will be back blogging first thing next Monday as we take a few days to do our favorite things organize, crochet, cook doggie treats for our upcoming January 2013 Newsletter and write new bloggie posts for you to enjoy.

 

We will be here filling orders so please feel free to contact us anytime!

 

Have a wonderful and safe holiday everyone!

 

What do you have planned to ring in the New Year?

 

Please leave us a note and let us know!

 

We cannot wait to hear all about it!

 

xoxoxo

Melissa & R-Chee

Wonderful Wee Weavers!

Happy Wednesday everyone!

I am so excited to introduce two very special people to you today!

They are my nephews, Isaac and Benjamin, who are 7 & 5 years old.

Fred's brother and his wife are so wonderful to share these photos with us of I & B showing off their new weaving and knitting projects!

I & B asked to learn how to knit for their holiday presents this year, and I was so excited I cannot even tell you! :)

I got them each a french knitter spool and a loom & loop weaving kit to make pot holders and other neat creations with.

I had so much fun teaching them how to weave in just about an hour!

Here they are showing off their pot holders!

... and my heart just melted when I got these beautiful handmade Thank You cards in the mail.

I have them saved in a special box where I keep everything they make!

How FUN!

What fun things have been up to so far this year?

Please leave us a note and let us know!

We cannot wait to hear all about them!

xoxoxo
Melissa & R-Chee

The Train has left the Station!

Happy New Year everyone!

The beginning of the year is a wonderful time to make room for all the new things you want to learn and do!

My husband Fred just disassembled the model train he built over the last couple of years and sold the parts on Ebay right before Christmas so that someone could get a great deal on breaking into a new hobby that he really enjoyed learning.

He has been having so much fun with his photography that he realized it was time to make some space in the basement for creating a photo studio for himself this year.

I am so proud of him and of all of the art he is creating and sharing!

Here are a few shots of how his model train village looked before he broke it down...

I cannot wait to see what he creates next!

He inspires me everyday!

What fun things are you planning on learning and creating this year?

Please leave us a note and let us know!

We cannot wait to hear all about them!

Have a wonderful Monday everyone!

xoxoxoxo

m & a

New Moo Mini Cards & Holder

Happy Monday everyone!

Emmitt & I are so excited!

I just made a whole new batch of mini Moo Cards to be able to carry around a smaller business card with me even when I do not have my purse with me.

As you may remember from earlier posts that I love mini Moo Cards and include them as care instructions for every sweater vest.

Well, the other day, I thought of another way I could use them... as mini business cards.

I have regular sized business cards for both Pug Notes & Dog Art Studio that I love, but I do not always have them with me like when I am at the gym.

I also do not have always have pockets in my gym shorts, but I do have my car keys with me, so I put the two ideas together and viola! Mini Moo business cards!

Ta da!

This is the first card that I have made that has both of my websites and Etsy Store info all in one place.

I was so excited to see that Moo now has cool keychain cases in lots of colors for only $5!

Perfect!

Can you guess what color I picked?

Yep Orange!

My favorite color!

I have found they are extremely handy and have given out a bunch already!

If you like the leather pug keychains I have, I got them here at LicGifts.com .

They make me smile everythime I see them!

Do you have any fun finds you have found?

Please tell me all about them! I cannot wait to see!

Have a super day!

xoxoxox

m & e

Fred's Model Train ~ A River Runs Through It

Happy Wednesday everyone!

Fred has been working on his model train, and I had to show you what he is creating!

A Lake and River!

Here is the lake so far.

It will be appear deep because Fred is painting the bottom a darker color than the river before he pours the final glue substance that will harden but appear like water.

This is a similar process that he did to create the waterfall.

How cool!

oooo! Excavation!


Close up of the river after is was just carved.

Here is a better idea of how the lake and river join.

And the little people and canoes he got to enjoy the new water ways!

I will show you the next steps as soon as the water is poured!

Emmitt is asking for hotdogs and marshmellow grilled over a campfire.

I think we had better dig a BBQ pit too!

xoxoxoxo

m & e

Model Train Show 2010 ~ Denver, CO

Hi everyone!

Fred and I had a fun weekend. We left the pug at home and went to Denver to see the Model Train Show.

It was huge and packed! It is so much fun to see people of all ages enjoying an art that is truly amazing.

Look at the realism people can achieve!

Here is Fred looking at a Z scale display.

Fred's model train is in HO scale and he was impressed with all the detail you can achieve in such a small space for the Z.

There was so much to see and buy that Fred decided he did not need anything right now and just wanted to see the possibilities from the models that were set up.

I totally get that. It was alot to choose from, but how can you turn down a sale on clump foliage? :)

If you missed my post on us creating trees from clump foliage last year, click here. It was so much fun!

Here is a short video on two model trains passing each other with sound and everything. :)

We had a fun day and now Fred has a lot of great ideas he wants to try on his landscape.

I will keep you posted on his progress. I think the lake complete with fisherman is next. :)

What are some of your favorite hobbies? Please let us know! We would love to hear all about it!

Have a super day everyone!

xoxoxo

m & e

Fred's Model Train ~ New Updates

Hi Everyone!

Happy Tuesday!

I wanted to show the latest progress Fred has made on his model train.

After some reevaluation, Fred decided to change the front area from a line of pillars to a solid bridge way to support the train better.

and he just added a new tunnel as a point of interest as the train approaches the mountain!

I love how he painted both new formations. It is so realistic and they are not even done yet.

I cannot wait to see what he creates next!

Tomorrow, I will show you what I just made for my wonderful sister-in-law, Beth.

I just gave it to her this weekend so now I can show you too! :)

Fred's Model Train - The Waterfall

I am so excited to show you the waterfall Fred made for his mountain!

It is made out of a resin that you spread out, add some texture to and then let dry. After a few hours, you peel it up and stick it on!

Look how wonderful it is!

You can almost hear the water flow! :)

He is going to make a lake at the bottom, and we will have little people swimming in it soon!

Beside working on his train, Fred's other favorite hobby is to work in his garden.

Here are his first tomatoes...

and teeny tiny carrots!

They were delicious!

I shared a little bit with the pug because tomatoes and carrots are two of his favorite things. So much so in fact, that we had to build a fence around the garden area to keep him out.

Emmitt was so mad when we did that! He used to love to go out and "hunt" for vegetables. Now he goes out and stares at the wooden fence.

I have a funny story about the day we put it in...

Right after the workmen left, Emmitt went out to "hunt" and saw the fence, well, I'll tell ya what, he ran in the house at full speed, burst through his doggy door and stared at us with that death look that teenagers can give you. Fred and I just burst out laughing. Poor puggy. He was so mad, but so cute! He really is an excellent communicator! We got chewed out I tell ya!

No worries though... I always share mine with him!

We are going to hang around and do fun things around the house this holiday weekend. What do you have planned? Please leave a comment and let us know. We would love to hear all about it!

Fred's Model Train ~ July 2009

Fred has been working on his train this month and has started to create a canyon for his road to come through.

The kit to make the roads is so cool! I cannot wait to see what he creates. We will get HO scale cars, busses and passengers to ride on the Fred Highway! :)

Here is a close up of the canyon opening.

I love how the whole landscape is coming together.

Look at the mountain! Fred finished carving and painting the base. This is where the waterfall will be installed.

Now that the canyon is placed in the right spot, he has begun to extend the tunnel.

Here is a close up of the plaster cloth he uses to mold all of these structures. It looks just like the stuff to make a cast. We are all set if we ever break an arm or a leg in the Langer household. :)

Inside the tunnel ~ July 2009

Fred has made great progress in the last few weeks. I cannot wait to show what he creates next. It is so fun to see him make this amazing work of art!

Happy Thursday everyone!

Fred's Train - Tunnel and Trees

Today, I am excited to show you how Fred made his tunnel and the trees for his model train layout.

He created the skeleton of the cave with mat board strips and then layered it with plaster paper.

After it dried he put joint compound on the plaster paper for texture and then painted it.

Look how cool it came out!

Then he moved on to the tree kit to make a forest.

The kit comes with bendable tree forms, glue and 3 different shades of green clump material to make the foliage.

First, he bent the trees into natural shapes.

Then he added the special glue that needs to dry a bit before getting really tacky.

The next step is to put the tacky tree forms into the clump material and watch the trees just come to life!

Here is a video of how he made them.

Ta da!

Fred's forest!

I will keep you posted on all of the cool things he creates. I know he will be working on it this holiday weekend.

The next features will be a waterfall for the mountainside and rocks made from silicon forms and plaster!

How fun!

Have a Happy and safe Fourth!