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

Exciting News ~ The Pug Notes Amazon Handmade Shop is LIVE!

Happy Thursday everyone!

Exciting News!

Pug Notes Amazon Handmade shop is officially open today!

You are the 1st to see! smile emoticon 

http://www.amazon.com/handmade/pugnotes

You will find lots of FUN Pug Notes Art to enjoy!

Archie & I are excited to be one of the first shops to be a part of Amazon Handmade and cannot wait to grow with them as they begin this exciting journey!

Please stop by and let us know what you think!

xoxoxo

Melissa and R-Chee

The Pug Notes 2016 Calendars are Here!

Happy Monday everyone!

R-Chee & I are so excited to present our 

2016 Pug & Dog Art Calendars for you to enjoy all year long!

Each one is jam packed with our colorful canine creations!

My pug & dog paintings fill each 12 month calendar that can be framed after the year is done! :)

Click here to see the Pug Art Calendar above up close!

and

Click here to see the Dog Art Calendar below up close with all of the details on how to order yours today!

 Please feel free to contact me anytime with any questions.

R-Chee is here manning (or pugging) the phones ready to answer all of calls.

We are so excited that it is back to school & calendar season already! 

What is your favorite season?

Please leave us a note and let us know!

xoxoxo

Melissa & Archie

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

Meet Tink The Tiny Collage Pug Doll ~ Now Available for you to Enjoy!

Happy Wednesday everyone!

I had so much FUN making some new art dolls for you to enjoy!

Meet Tink ~ The Tiny Pug Doll!

She is sitting on top of the world today perched on her pretty pink bed!

At only 2 x 3 inches she is the perfect size for hands of all sizes to squeeze and play with!

You could even make her into a pin or a key chain if you like and take her everywhere you go!

I made her by making her into fabric using the pug collage I illustrated and created last month.

R-Chee & I are so excited to let you know that both the Tink tiny pug doll and note cards are available in my Etsy Shop for you to enjoy!

What FUN things are you up to today?

Please leave us a note and let us know!

We cannot wait to hear all about it!

xoxox

Melissa & Archie

Pug Notes 2014 Pug & Dog Art Calendars are Here!

 

Happy Tuesday everyone!

R-Chee & I are so excited to present our 2014 Pug & Dog Art Calendars for you to enjoy all year long!

Each one is jam packed with our colorful canine creations!

For the first time a combination of acrylic paintings, watercolor doodles and collages fill each 12 month calendar that can be framed after the year is done! :)

Click here to see the Pug Art Calendar above up close!

and

Click here to see the Dog Art Calendar below up close with all of the details on how to order yours today!

Please feel free to contact me anytime with any questions.

R-Chee is here manning (or pugging) the phones ready to answer all of calls.

We are so excited that it is calendar season already! 

Fall is in the air and we are breathing it in! :)

What is your favorite season?

Please leave us a note and let us know!

xoxoxo

Melissa & Archie

Fun Online Class ~ My Cereal Box Book & Pop Up Dolls

 

 

Hi everyone!

 

Happy Wednesday!

 

I am so excited to show you the Cereal Box Book and Paper Dolls I made in Carla Sonheim's Summer Art Camp online class!

 

 

 

I had so much FUN making it and watching it come together!

 

I had no idea what I would draw or how my creation would turn out until I started gluing all of the elements together!

 

I just love it!

 

This is the front cover (above)

 

and...

 

 

This is the back cover of my book!

Here is the view from the top to show you the structure.

...and this is what it looks like open.

The class did not include pages to fill the book, but I gessoed and painted some extra cereal boxes to make pages to fill with art and sew into the binding.

They are not quite done yet, but I will show them to you as soon as I finish them.

I ordered Carla's new book, Drawing & Painting Imaginary Animals.

It will arrive anyday and I plan to fill my book with art I create from her lessons!

Until then, here is her FUN new tutorial she just posted from the book using a few piece of washi making tape and your imagination to create a wonderful whimsical creature!

I cannot wait for my book to arrive!

 

Now on with the tour...

 

This is the book open with my pug paper dolls that I made. :)

 

They will live inside the pockets unless they eventually wind up as elements in the book pages!

 

I will have to wait and see what happens! :)

I highly recommend Carla's blog, books, online classes and workshops!

Melanie and I are so excited because in addition to taking this class and waiting for the arrival for her book, we will have the opportunity for Carla to sign her book in person for us when we...

* Drum Roll Please*

Attend her Colorado Art Camp for Women Retreat Workshop in October in Winter park, CO!

Melanie and I are sooo excited!

 

Yipeeee!

 

There will be lots more of this in our two day mini art camp!

 

 

What classes are you taking this Fall & Winter?

 

Please leave me a note and let me know!

 

I cannot wait to hear all about them!

 

xoxoxo

Melissa