Mission: To Explore New Places Never Been to Before!

Happy Wednesday everyone!

I have such a FUN project to share with you today!

I LOVE making custom sweater vests and our friends, The Urban Hounds, had the brilliant idea to make a Star Trek Collection for their family to enjoy!

They have a whole wonderful crew of pugs and other doggies for you to meet on their blog!

We made the 3 colors of shirts for 1 for each member of the crew & a Star Trek Badge to complete the uniforms!

Meet Tubby

Captain Kirk

Ping

Lt. Uhura

Weasley

Mr. Spock

Weasley is a bit bummed that his ears are not pointy and sticking up, but he has been practicing his vulcan mind meld all day and is very impressed with his powers of persuasion! :)

The USS Enterprise!

R-Chee & I love your suggestions and are so happy to go on a special journey with custom designs and colors for you to "Go to Places Where No One Has Gone to Before"!

Thank you Urban Hounds for sharing your joy with us!

We love you and love making your Sweater Vests for you!

I have custom listings set up for both the Size S and Size M Star Trek Sweater Vests for you to easily order them in the color uniform of your choice.
 

I also have lots of sweater vests available as Ready to Ship Sweater Vests in my Etsy Shop today!

If they are sold out or you do not find the colors and sizes you would like, No Problem!

I am thrilled to make you any color combination that you choose!

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

You can make up your own color combos or...

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 now also make Monogram, Smile, Love & Peace Squad Badges in my Etsy Shop that you can add to any Sweater Vest, Hat or Neck Warmer!

How Fun!

Please stop by again tomorrow to see...
 

The Buckeye Inspired Vests we made for Friends, Walter & Beluah in Ohio!

xoxoxox

Melissa & R-Chee

Mother Bear Project Update ~Too Cool For School Bear in Zimbabwe!

Happy Tuesday everyone!

We have magical photos and news to share with you!

Do you remember the "Too Cool For School Bear" R-Chee & I made for The Mother Bear Project last Fall?

He has been spotted in Zimbabwe being LOVED by his new little boy!

How wonderful!

The photos that Amy from The Mother Bear Project just shared with us brought happy tears to our eyes!

Here he is in our studio last Fall, right before we sent him to Amy...

R-Chee & I LOVED making him and cannot wait to make more teddy bears to send to children in Africa through Amy's magical charity ~ The Mother Bear Project.

Please click to link above to read all about it, its history and to choose the pattern you would like if you decide to knit or crochet them too!

We would always love to see what you make!

xoxoxo

Melissa & R-Chee

New Black Pug Painting ~ Sunny Daze ~ Pug Design A88

Happy Monday everyone!

It is bright and sunny in the studio today and I have a new pug painting to share with you to match!

This little black puggy shined before my eyes as he came to life from the end of my paint brush!

I titled him "Sunny Daze" as it looks like he just came in from a day of sunbathing on the back porch doesn't it?

This little black puggy's dark fur was just soaking up the rays and now he gets to shine them on us!

I took lots of photos while I painted him to show you how I made him from sketch to final coat of paint.

Ta Da!

I just LOVE how it turned out!

Each painting I do is special to me.

I just never know who will appear or what they will say!

This one reminds me to slow down and enjoy what each day has to offer ~ 

Take a few moments for yourself each day to enjoy the sun and just feel the rays shining on you!

Appreciate all the things ~ big and small that please you in a day and you will have a magical one!

This little puggy is design A88 on my website and is available on all of my products for you to enjoy!

Have a super day everyone!

xoxoxox

Melissa & R-Chee

Friday Funnies ~ For Moi?

Happy Friday everyone!

It is me...

R-Chee!

Guess what?!

I got a surprise giftie today and it is not even my birfday!

I watched my momma rummage through the attic and say...

"Yay!  I found it!  Thank you Sweet Emmitt!"

...and then she threw her found treasure into in the washing machine and started ironing scraps of fabric to make patches!

Then the dryer beeped and she started sewing with her sewing machine while I slept on her feet.

about 20 minutes later...

I had my surprise from her and Angel Emmitt!

A New Dog Bed for Moi!

Complete with a refurbished ~ good as new ~ bed cover!

I cannot believe it is for me!

Look at my face!

For some reason this cracked my mom up!

Thank you Angel Emmitt & momma!

I know what I will be doing this weekend!

Sleeping in the sun on my new bed!

What FUN things do you have planned?

Please leave me a note and let me know!

I cannot wait to hear all about it!

xoxoxo

R-Chee

A Call for Entries & An Honorable Mention! 1000 Dog Portraits ~ The Book

Happy Thursday everyone!

R-Chee & I are so exited to share a new book project that is set for release in the Spring of 2014 by Modern Dog Design CO.

It is in the Call for Entries stage and we just submitted several of our pug and dog drawings, doodles, collages & paintings for their consideration to be included in the publication.

If you have any kind of dog illustration you would like to submit, please do!  Wouldn't that be FUN if we were all published together in one book honoring our favorite creatures ~ dogs ~ and ART!

They are taking submissions until April 15th, 2013.

We will not hear if we made it in until NEXT Spring, but we did get a FUN surprise yesterday to see that our Beagle Painting was included in a blog post by the publisher, Rockport Publications, about the book's Forward dedicated to honor the regal Beagle breed!

 

Please click here to read the post!

How FUN & what an honor to be mentioned!

R-Chee is so excited about all the stuff we are doing!

I have been busy painting this week and will have a new Pug painting to show you on Monday!

Please stay tuned tomorrow for R-Chee's Funny Friday Post!

It is his favorite day of the week!

xoxoxo

Melissa & R-Chee

Customer Photos ~ Celebrations with Cutie Patooties!

Happy Wednesday everyone!

R-Chee & I are jumping with glee after receiving these fabulous customer photos this week!

Look how cute Scarlet looks with her new Pug Note Cards in our brand new pug designs A85 & A86!

...and Tweedles looks soooo sweet in her Cotton Candy Sweater Vest enjoying her Spring Day with her moms in OR!

Milo is ready for Football's big Draft in his new Miami Dolphins Sweater Vest from The Football Collection!

...and our buddy Weasley just celebrated his first birthday in his Easter Egg Sweater Vest!

Look how cute he is!

Happy Birthday sweet Weasley!

Thank you so much for celebrating with us! 

You have all warmed our day and hearts with these fabulous photos!

Thank you so much for sharing your joy with us!

We love you and love making your Sweater Vests for you!

I have lots of sweater vests available as Ready to Ship Sweater Vests in my Etsy Shop today!

If they are sold out or you do not find the colors and sizes you would like, No Problem!

I am thrilled to make you any color combination that you choose!

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

You can make up your own color combos or...

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 now also make Smile, Love & Peace Squad Badges in my Etsy Shop that you can add to any Sweater Vest, Hat or Neck Warmer!

How Fun!

xoxoxox

Melissa & R-Chee

New Pug Painting ~ Meet Hot Lips!

Happy April 1st everyone!

It is April Fool's Day, and R-Chee has me looking out for his pranks & jokes today!

He is always making me smile and doing silly things, but today he is wearing a paper crown with the words "King Cool of Fools" stapled on it!

Oh my goodness!

I had so much fun this weekend painting a new puggy for you to meet!

I titled him/her "Hot Lips" because I love how not only does he look like he wants a big kiss planted on his forehead, but also because the lipstick raspberry background was just calling out to surround this cutie patootie!

It is now available to put on any of my products for you to enjoy!

I took lots of photos for you to see the process of him springing to life from sketch to the final touches of paint. :)

I just LOVE how it turned out!

Each painting I do is special to me.

I just never know who will appear or what they will say!

This one reminds me to that we are all connected!

Just as we are each looking for our next step, others around us are too, and we are all here to enjoy our journey together!

R-Chee is always gazing up at me to see which way I am about to go.  

Little does he know... 

He is always my guide to smiles & joy!

Have a super day everyone!

xoxoxox

Melissa & R-Chee