Giveaway ~ Pug Rescue Story Book!

Hi Everyone!

Emmitt and I are so excited!

The wonderful publishers of Lost Souls Found: Inspiring Stories about Pugs have donated a copy of their newly released book for Emmitt and I to share with you!

Please just leave a comment on this post and your name will be entered into the Giveaway!

The winner's name will be drawn randomly by randomizer.org and announced this Saturday, May 22nd.

How Fun!

Have a super day everyone!

xoxoxo

m & e

Pug Notes Newsletter - Summer 2010

The Pug Notes Newsletter ~ Summer 2010 is now online for your reading pleasure!

Emmitt and I are so excited to share it with you!

It is jam packed with fun news, photos, events, recipes, customer photos and more!

Look at these 6 Cute Puggies getting a bath!

Photo courtesy of Carol G. NZ

Stop by the Meet The Pugs section and meet 30+ pugs from all over the world!

...and don't forget to get the Summer Recipe ~ Quinoa Quiches!

and I am excited to announce that the The featured 2010 Pug Art Doll ~ 2 Pugs on a Joy Ride is now available on my website and my etsy store!

If you would like a copy of the Newsletter to be emailed to you every quarter, please just email me anytime or sign up in the green outlined box at the top left corner of the blog. :)

Emmitt and I would also love to feature your pugs and recipes in the upcoming newsletters so please send us pics and recipes anytime you want to!

Please stop back by tomorrow!

We are having a Giveaway for the wonderful new pug rescue story book featured in our Summer Newsletter ~ Lost Souls Found!

Have a wonderful day!

xoxoxo
Melissa and Emmitt

Fabulous Friends and Fashion Models!

Tweedles & me :)

Hi Everyone!

Happy Friday!

Today's post is so much fun for me to write because I get to see all of photos of the friends I got to hug in person at the Seattle Pug Party!

How did I get so lucky to have all of you as friends?

I wish I could travel all over the country and hug you all.

Until I can do that, let me show you the photos of Tweedles & her moms, Georgie & Paulette, Diane, Gail & Kong, Judy, Joan and Skippy and Lise & Winston who even crossed the border from Canada to come to the party. :)

The first two photos are of me with Tweedles! Georgie and I have been blog friends for over a year and a half and we finally got to meet in person! They made the drive from Oregon.

Judy (Puglette) and me



Joan & Skippy of Linden Line Designs!

Skippy Wu!

Lise, Winston & me

Georgie, Tweedles, Paulette, Gail, Diane and me :)

Gail's puggy, Kong :)

Diane came to Seattle from CA to see her sister, Gail and to meet their dear blog friends Tweedles & her moms too.

What a wonderful community we have all built together!

I am very lucky to have you all as friends!

Kong & Tweedles were so sweet to wear their Sweater Vests at the party.

I also wanted to show you the other cute models I snapped at both the San Diego and Seattle Shows...

Meet Timmy!

He is modelling 3 sweaters for us today...

Isn't he a cute Cup O' Coffee

Orange Crush

and Lady Bug :)

Chelsea loved the Green Tea Vest

and these two cutie patooties didn't leave their names, but were kind enough to be models for me.

:)

Next week I will show you more sweater vest sighting from our friends in IL, PA, OR and CO!

I also have a new Sweater Vest Collection to unveil to you.

It will be a fabulous week!

I cannot wait!

Until then, have a great weekend and I will see you on Monday!

Please leave us a comment and tell us all about your fun plans! We cannot wait to hear all about them!

xoxoxo

m & e

Seattle Pug Party 2010

Hi Everyone!

I am so excited to show you the Seattle Pug Party. :)

It was a magical day as we got to hug many of our blog friends in person for the first time!

I will show you those special photos tomorrow and highlight the Pug Party and Pike Place Market today.

Melanie is the best!

Here she is helping me set up our table. :)

The doors opened a 11am and a sea of sweet puggies rolled in to spend the day with us.

There were 100's of pugs and people having fun and enjoying the festivities!

We had a wonderful day and although we were only in Seattle for 1.5 days, we got to enjoy some of our favorite places like The Public Market!

Here I am entering the building to find...

Lots of veggies...

fish

and flowers!


We had a fabulous time!

I am so excited!

Tomorrow I will show you the photos I took with ...

• Tweedles & her moms,
• Diane, Gail & Kong,
• Puglette,
• Joan & Skippy Wu, and
• Lise & Winston!
  
  

It was a truly magical day!

xoxoxo

Melissa

The Beach!

While staying in Carlsbad, Melanie and I just loved walking the beach every morning and evening.

It was the perfect way to start and end every day!

Melanie was so smart to bring her sunglasses.

I forgot mine, but I should have asked this puggy at the Pug Party if I could borrow his!

Heee! Doesn't he look like a movie star?

One of our favorite things to do on the beach is to watch the little sandpipers run between the waves to look for their breakfast and dinners.

As you see here, I was so enchanted with the birdies, that I forgot about the waves!

Have a wonderful Wednesday everyone!

I will show you the Seattle Pug party tomorrow!

xoxoxox

Melissa

Our days in La Jolla and Coronado Island

Happy Tuesday everyone!

Our trip to the San Diego Pug Party was so much fun!

Not only did my "business trip" feel like a vacation day, but we had free days wrapped around the party to visit La Jolla, Coronado and even a trip to our favorite store, IKEA!

The first thing Melanie and I did after landing in San Diego was to stop in La Jolla to go to the cove and shop at our favorite gift store, Warwick's.

If you have never been there it is a fabulous little store packed with art, gifts, cards, books and office supplies ~ All of our favorite things!

I bought a few gifts and even found a pug print, pug card and pug magnet for myself. Yippeee!

After leaving Warwick's with our new treasures, we got some green tea & walked to the cove to see the ocean and the flowers!

The next day, Melanie and I headed south to Coronado Island.

We went to the beach at the beautiful Hotel del Coronado and went shopping in town!

I was tickled to see that the Mayoral Candidate is a Pug!

Heee! I may just have to move here one day!

The other very exciting thing that we did was to visit the gallery were my good friend Nancy Medina shows her incredible paintings. They are even more gorgeous in person!

I feel like I got to give Nancy and her puggy studio assistants a huge hug!

Whenever we visit San Diego, Melanie and I stay in Carlsbad by the beach and walk it at least twice a day at sunrise and sunset. It is sooooo beautiful!

We seemed to see hearts everywhere!

Someone drew this in the sand...

and this was in the sidewalk right in front of where we were staying...

What a perfect trip!

I will show you some of my favorite moments from the beach tomorrow!

xoxoxox

Melissa