New Painting - American Pit Bull Terrier

8 x 10 Acrylic on Wood

I just finished this Pit Bull Terrier to add to the Pug Pals family.

I do not do commission work, but if you have a breed that I have not painted yet, I would always love to hear from you. Please e-mail me pictures and if it inspires a new Pug Pal, I will contact you right away. :)

I was so excited about my two new paintings that I have not had a chance to show you my pictures from my fun weekend of cycling and art! I will show you those tomorrow!

New Pug Painting - Two Fawn Pugs

8 x 10 Acrylic on wood

I am so excited about my newest painting - Design A67!

These two pugs are waiting for you to come home and give them a big hug!

They are available on all of my products where you can choose a design.

The ride on Saturday and the Wool Market on Sunday were so much fun!

After the ride on Saturday, I spent the day finishing this painting.

and on Sunday, I even saw a pug at lunch (of course) after the wool market in Estes Park.

Here are a couple of pictures with more to come on Wednesday.

Tomorrow you will get to meet the newest Pug Pal in the Pug Notes Family!

Cycling, Wool and Art!

I am so excited for this weekend to arrive!

On Saturday, Melanie, Mark and I are going to ride the 45 mile loop in the Sunrise Century. I cannot wait!

Then on Sunday we are going to the Estes Park annual Wool Market!

Last year, I bought a hat loom and knitted like a dozen hats. I cannot wait to see what I find this year!

and after the Wool Market we are going to grab some lunch and then head down to Denver to the...

Annual Summer Art Market!

All may favorite things packed in one weekend! Who could ask for more? :)

A Commissioned Pug Doll from Pillow Monsters!

Update: 4:00 PM - Clarence is here!

Here is Clarence with his new friend Flannery, my first Pillow Monster.

Emmitt loves Clarence and Flannery.

He is going to teach them how to get him extra treats.

Can you see the wheels turning?

Nichol is so wonderful, she even decorated the box with a drawing of Clarence.

Of, Course I have to keep that in my office so I can see it all of the time!

I am so excited!

Meet Clarence The Pug.

I commissioned this wonderful doll from the incredibly talented Nichol Brinkman of Pillow Monsters.

She creates the most magical dolls and sells them in her Etsy shop. She also has a wonderful blog that I visit daily.

I cannot wait for him to arrive!

Look at his cool clothes...

And his wonderful curly tail!

Nichol is so creative. She names and writes a bio for every doll she makes.

Each doll is so special and I cannot wait to to have him sit in my office right next to Flannery, my first Pillow Monster.

Thank you Nichol!

Two New Pugs - A New Pug Painting!

Here is my newest Pug Painting!

Two Black Pugs - Design A66

I think these two are like Emmitt and waiting for some vegetables (Definitely broccoli, Miss Roxy.)

What do you think?

Flowers, Veggies and a Pug! Oh My!

Last September, Melanie came over when we were not home and planted columbines for us for a wonderful anniversary gift.

Look how beautiful they are!

Here is Fred looking after his vegetable garden. You cannot see it in this picture, but there is a 3 foot high picket fence protecting his vegetables from the ummmm.... PUG.

Emmitt loves to go hunting for vegetables, so while Fred is checking his garden, the pug is parked outside the garden gate, hoping for a snack.

This year Fred is growing peas, beans, zucchini, tomatoes, beets, lettuce and radishes. Yum!

Here is a photo of Emmitt that I changed in photoshop to look more like a painting. This is the expression of hope he has for lots of vegetables!

Creating a Space to be Creative

I started working on my new altered journal this weekend.

I am having fun creating decorative pages that I will eventually fill with art.

I like making a space to be creative without needing to fill it right away. It will be ready to show off art that is not quite here yet.

The first thing I did was to create a fabric book cover that slips right over the old hard cover.

I chose a Japanese fabric I bought on Etsy. The creatures are supposed to be dogs, but I think they look like kitties too.

For extra texture and pugginess, I created a beaded pug patch from another piece of fabric I bought on Etsy to add to the front cover

Here is the inside of the book so far.

Most of the book has not been sectioned off yet.

Here it is closed.

You can see the seed beads I sewed in that actually makes a pocket inside the book.

I will keep you posted on my progress. :)

Two Pugs and Gilbert... A fun weekend!

Emmitt's BFF, Oscar, came to visit us this weekend!

The boys had fun playing in the backyard.

While Gilbert had fun singing and laughing at the silly pugs!

It was a great weekend!

New Pug Pendants

I had so much fun creating a new batch of pug pendants for my Etsy Store.

Aren't the colors fun?

Friday Fun - Pug Luggage Flag takes a Trip!

It is so fun to see my art take on a life of its own with its new families.

My friend, Nancy Medina, recently bought a Luggage Flag for her trip to Boston to visit her friend and their pug, Winston.

Nancy was sweet enough to send me pictures and write a story about their adventure on her blog.

Thank you Nancy! You made my day!

Do You Twitter?

I have been hearing about Twitter for about a year and finally just opened up my own Twitter Page.

I find it to be like micro-blogging where your posts are limited to 140 characters or less. You can post from your computer or text in a message from your cell phone. Whenever you make a post it is called a Tweet.

By adding a Twitter Widget to your blog, you can make micro-posts or Tweets from the road if you are on a trip or out and about town.

By following people's Tweets, you can see what they are up to or thinking throughout the day.

I am very new at this, but I find I Tweet when I am doing something fun and I want to stop and appreciate it, so I log it on my Twitter page and it Tweets the fun stuff into the universe.

Do You Twitter? Leave me a comment and let me know what you think.

On the fun topic of meeting people and connecting. I have met a wonderful artist, Fannie Narte, who truly insires me. Imagine, Create, Inspire is the most wonderful place to visit everyday. She creates art on everything from fabric to paper and creates magic with her paints, sewing machine and imagination.

Fannie made this amazing Hisbiscus Journal for me as a surprise gift. I just adore it and had to share it with you. Visit this post to learn more about how she made it.

Thank you Fannie. Your gift made my day and I just Love it!

Altered Journal #2 and a Fun Dog Book!

I just finished my second altered journal.

Just like the first, it is filled with pug art and photos of fun things I did this year.

I had so much fun creating it over the last 6 months.

I already have a third one picked out and ready to start.

I am displaying my altered journals with some of my favorite pug and art books on my coffee table.

Speaking of favorite dog art books, my friend Connie Conley, a very talented artist and writer, just finished her second book of her dog paintings and poems.

Check out her website and Etsy Store.

She is always creating something new!