Friday Funnies ~ The Pug Assistant is IN!

 

 

Happy Friday everyone!

 

It is me...

R-Chee!

 

I am here helping my momma fill Holiday orders!

 

We are having so much FUN making our art for all of you!

 

Our Pug Notes website and etsy shop are filled and ready for all of your custom orders too. :)

 

My momma is having so much fun that her work never feels like work and she seems to never get tired this time of year.

 

I am a puggy, so I need to take lots of naps for both of us to recharge. :)

 

 

 

 

Ahhhhh! 

That was a great day of work for me!

 

I am the official rester on the team!

 

I will be helping my momma work all weekend!

 

I will be super rested by Monday morning!

 

Tee Hee!

 

What FUN things are you doing this weekend?

 

Please leave me a note and let me know!

 

I cannot wait to hear all about it!

 

xoxoxo

R-Chee

Fiber Art Show 2012!

 

Happy Wednesday everyone!

 

I have some FUN Fiber Art to show you!

 

Melanie & I got to go the our favorite annual Fiber Art Show this weekend and I found a knit pug!

 

Well, acually it might be a pug or a sheep or a smiling white fluffy creature, but whatever he is... he speaks LOVE to me so I had to have him for my collection! :)

Melanie got add a new piece of needle felted art by Heide Murray to her collection too!

Look at this fabulous gingerman friend we found to keep her Ollie birdy company!

Just amazing!

 

We had so much FUN together!

What FUN Holiday Shows do you plan on going to this year?

Please leave us a note and let us know.

 

We cannot wait to hear all about it!

 

xoxox

Melissa & R-Chee

I LOVE Craftsy.com ~ Learn Any Craft Anytime!

 

Happy Monday everyone!

 

I have often wished for a Craft School where I could take classes anytime about every craft I could ever dream of, enroll in free workshops and purchase neat patterns that inspire me!

 

Well, guess what?

 

I found it!

 

It is called Craftsy.com and it it the coolest thing that I just could not wait to share with you!

 

My friend Lynne introduced me to it, and I am totally addicted!

 

The site is so user friendly, open 24/7, free to join, affordable to purchase classes and you can visit your classroom anytime, from any computer & learn your favorite topic today or years from now! :)

 

The video instructions, patterns, supply list and more are yours!

 

I have enrolled in 3 classes so far and I barely have time to eat or sleep this time of year!

 

That is how excited I am to take them!

 

They are...

 

Crafty Crochet Embellishments

 

Tunisian Crochet

 

and a new free sewing class...

 

Bag Making Basics: Reversible Tote & Zipper Pouch

 

My new set of Tunisian crochet hooks will arrive anyday and I just treated myself to some new yarn to make my first project.

 

I will keep you posted on my progress!

 

Please let me know if you check it out too!

 

I would love to know what classes, workshops & patterns inspire you!

 

xoxoxo

Melissa & R-Chee

 

 

 

Friday Funnies ~ Archie You Are A Corny Dog!

Happy Friday everyone!

 

It is me...

R-Chee!

 

 

I am so excited today because my momma was in the kitchen baking early this morning!

She thought it would be FUN to surprise my dad with a warm slice of corn bread and butter this morning for breakfast!

 

Look at the neat design that the new IKEA loaf pan she just got leaves on the bottom of the bread!

 

How FUN!

 

The best part of today is that I will get to share some of this corny treat with my corgi cousin Moe!

 

He is coming over this afternoon to help me pick up sticks in the backyard so that dad can easily mow up all of the leaves that have fallen!

 

 

 

 

Momma said as soon as we are done we can each have some!

 

Yippeeeee!

 

What Fall FUN are you having this weekend?

Is it filled with football and food or shopping at craft fairs?

We are going to do both things this weekend!

Well, I should say that dad and uncle Mark are going to be eating and watching football while momma and auntie Melanie are running around the craft fairs!

I think I will be with dad, Moe & Mark, waiting for crumbs to fall!

xoxoxo

R-Chee

(The corny cornbread lovin' Pug)

Friend's Fabulous Art ~ Magical Gnomes & Capes!

 

Happy Thursday everyone!

 

Today's post is so inspiring to me!

 

I love when you share your projects with me and R-Chee!

 

Here is a ceramic gnome that Melanie just finished painting!

 

She made him at our favorite paint it yourself pottery studio, Color Me Mine, in Boulder to make him!

 

He is so cute!

 

I love the colors she chose!

 

and my friend Lynne in England just finished a poncho after reading my Poncho Makeover Post with the free pattern from Lion Brand!

 

 

I just love the yarn she chose, flower and fringe detailing!

It is so FUN that even though we both have flowers and fringe on ours that the yarn and colors we chose can make it our very own!

 

What FUN things are you working on?

 

Please feel free to show me anytime as I would love to see & share your projects too!

 

xoxoxo

Melissa & R-Chee

Wacky Wednesday ~ Washi Tape Drawings

 

Happy Wednesday everyone!

 

I was inspired to make some Washi Tape Drawings after seeing Carla Sonheim 's fabulous book & tutorial!

 

Washi Tape is just the coolest thing!

 

It is so fun to use for these paintings as well as scrapbooking, card marking, mixed media & journal embellishing and more!

 

I got my washi tape from Pretty Tape on Etsy!

 

There are a million colors and patterns to choose from! :)

 

I just followed Carla's wonderfully creative drawing exercise and made a dancing dog (above)

 

a frog

and a crab!

 

Please let me know if you try some too!

 

I will be happy to share them on the blog and with Carla!

 

I know she would love to see them too!

 

xoxoxo

Melissa

Toasty Tuesday ~ F is for ... Fall Leaves, Football & Fieldtrips!

 

Happy Toasty Tuesday everyone!

 

Hooray!

 

It is Sweater Vest Time of Year!

 

R-Chee & I are so excited to get up every morning and start working on all of the orders for Sweater Vests that keep us busy this time of year!

 

But we are always happy to unwind our fingers and paws from our yarn to show you some photos from happy cutie patooties enjoying their new duds!

 

The sweater vests can be enjoyed for inside and outside activities and the car rides in between!

 

Tweedles above shows us enjoying her Forget-Me-Not Sweater Vest while on her walk through the leaves!

 

Photo courtesy of Georgie W., OR

 

 

 

Donald looks like a cuddly teddy bear in his new Chicago Bears Sweater Vest from The Football Collection!

 

Photo courtesy of Christy B., IL

 

...and Mancha and Macaroni love their Fred Flintstone and Sunflower Sweater Vests while riding in the car today!

Photo courtesy of Shannon J., CA

R-Chee & I cannot tell you how much we love hearing from you!

Please feel free to contact us anytime!

We would love to see & hear all about what you are doing and enjoying!

xoxoxo

M & A

I am Seeing Watercolor Blobs & Magic Mushrooms!

 

 

Happy Monday everyone!

 

I am havng so much FUN taking short 5 minute breaks throughout the day to put down my crochet hook and pick up colored pencils and markers to quickly find new blob friends in my watercolor blob book that I made in my recent Art Camp for Women Retreat!

 

It is amazing how shifting gears for just a few minutes can rev up your whole day with exciting inspirations to create even more ideas & joy for things you love to do!

 

 

Here is the little bird I just found waiting to be brought to life!

...and the page below has a mysterious sea creature just waiting to be filled in at my next 5 minute break!

Oooo!  How FUN!

I found him right before it was time to go back to work so that I would have a new inspiration to look forward to! :)

 

R-Chee likes my watercolor blobs but told me today in no uncertain terms that he is waiting for me to complete another row on my rug hooking kit that I am making for his Pug Cave.

 

I promise we will do another row after dinner tonight R-Chee!

 

Tee Hee!

 

He can be a demanding little guy sometimes!

 

What FUN & relaxing things do you like to do during the day to spark a new idea, inspiration and SMILE for yourself?

 

Please leave us a note and let us know!

 

We cannot wait to hear all about it!

 

xoxoxo

Melissa & R-Chee

Friday Funnies ~ Be Careful of What You Ask For... Someone Might Be Listening :)

 

Happy Friday Everyone!

 

It is me...

R-Chee!

 

Well, I am here today to tell you now I have done it...

 

Really done it this time.

 

I asked my momma, not once, but several times for my own pair of Green Pug Slippers!

 

 ...and Guess What?!

 

She made them for me!

 

 

Oh boy!

 

Look at my pug foot!

 

I am not sure how I feel about this!

 

Does this mean I have to wear them as much as my momma wears her green slippers?

 

I hope not!

 

I mean... I thought I would like them...

 

I really did!

 

But as it turns out...

 

I like my pug feet naked!

Oh my!

 

I think I will go and hide them

 

um...put them in a safe place so they don't get full of pug hair and dirt!

 

Yeah... that's it!

 

That's the ticket...

um... I mean truth. :)

 

Lesson learned...

 

Note to self:

 

Be careful what I ask for... because I never know who is listening. :)

 

Tee Hee!

 

Happy Friday everyone!

 

xoxoxo

R-Chee

Art Camp For Women Retreat 2012 ~ Melanie's Books!

 

 

Happy Thursday Everyone!

 

I saved the best post for last!

 

I am so excited to show you the amazing art Melanie created at our art retreat given by Art Camp for Women taught by Carla Sonheim. :)

 

Each morning we started our day with fun & quick drawing exercises to get us warmed up!

 

We used both ink

 

and

 

charcoal!

 

I just LOVE everything Melanie created!

 

Just look at her watercolor blob painting book!

 

It is so amazing!

 

Every time I looked over at her work, I just got more and more inspired to create something 1/2 as special in my book!

 

On the second & final day of the workshop, we created a second postcard book.

 

All we did to make it was take 3 postcards in different sizes, apply a coat of gesso on both sides of each card and a wash of watercolor paint on top of that to create on.

 

Melanie's 3 pages ingeniusly turn from a bear, into a fish and then into a magical gnome!

Simply magical!

Thank you Melly for going with me to this special art retreat!

It was so special!

What FUN things do you have planned this holiday season to do, create or attend?

Please leave us a note and let us know!

We cannot wait to hear all about them!

xoxoox

Melissa & R-Chee