It's New Years and I say anything goes!
Since I am all about upcycled fashions, I just had to share this crazy photo from crazyphotos.com! I wonder how comfortable this outfit is?
Baby It's Cold Outside
Here is Chanel in her signature "am I really supposed to smile in this?" look.
At least it's not the evil eye!
What are some unusual things your pet has worn?? I want to know!
Santa Baby
Funny how I'm not doing a tree, or presents, or decorating my house this year for Christmas...but I AM dressing my dog. Here is my first handmade Santa suit and I am so happy with how it turned out!
It's made of 90% upcycled materials. One of my favorite things to do is revive something that's on its way to the dump.
My mom found the red velvet material from a thrift store in Carmel, the black belt is from an old pair of work pants, the gold belt buckle is from a bag of random hardware from who knows where, and I used flannel plaid for the lining from my Upcycled Christmas Plaid Edition.
I take great pride in my upcycled fashions. The possibilities are endless and you get stuff you just can't find in the craft stores! Most importantly, Sebastian doesn't have to worry about running into another dog with his same outfit on.
JUST FYI - BONE TOY GIVEAWAY ENDS THIS WEEK, DEC. 18TH!!
Make sure you're on my "followers" list to have a chance to win!
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!
Upcycled Doggy Leg Warmers
You know you've made a great dog product...when it stays on! Unlike dog shoes, these leg warmers stayed on for hours, no problem. They were also incredibly easy to make. Just see instructions below and your dog can have his own leg warmers within the next hour!!!
INSTRUCTIONS
Find an old pair of socks (for bigger dogs, use knee highs and cut them to the desired length). Cut the socks at the bottom of the ankle area.
Then cut the top part in half.
You should now have 4 pieces. Turn them all inside out and sew the new edges together leaving the top and bottom edges open (the type of fabric my socks were made of required hand stitching instead of the sewing machine). Take in as much as you need depending on the width of your dog's legs.
Reverse them again, and voila!!! Sooooo simple!!
EXTRA NOTES
For extra cuteness, add a bow at the top of each legging, add ruffles, add rhinestones...you get the point.
The stretchier the socks are, the better they will stay on. Also, thicker socks look best. Depending on the type of material, some leg warmers might need to be hemmed at the top and bottom holes.
I hope you enjoyed!!!
Poodle Dog Silhouette Ornament Balls!
We had a little tree competition at work and my group wanted to do a theme from the 50's. Here is an ornament I contributed (I was given assignments revolved around dogs...go figure!).
This project is actually very simple. You can do your own dog silhouette ornament too!!
INSTRUCTIONS:
Find a picture of a dog you want to use as a silhouette. Virtually any dog shape of your liking will work. I happened to find some clipart that was already in black silhouette form. All I had to do was scale it down and print.
Cut your image out very carefully with a zacto knife.
Glue it onto the ball. I used Fabri-Tac (amazing stuff!!). Since I wanted my image to be glossy, I painted over the entire silhouette with black fabric paint.
After the fabric paint dried, I used hot pink fabric paint to add a collar and leash. I also used a rhinestone for the id tag. You can never have enough sparkle on a Christmas Tree!
I was pretty happy with the way these ornaments turned out. Went very well with the 50's poodle skirt around the tree and everything else my co-workers made!
Snow Globe Fun with Mini Dog Figurine!
Tonight I went to a snow-globin' craft party! Here is my finished project.
It didn't quite turn out as planned...there is no water or snow to shake! After seeing a fellow crafter attempt the water thing, I decided I was going to stick with this idea since I didn't want to risk damaging Sebastian's homemade Sculpey figurine!!
It was a little tricky making something this small, but I'm happy with the way it turned out. I used a picture of Sebastian for the shape, added the scarf, punched eyes in with a nail and used a black dot of clay for the nose. Oh, then I added hair by scratching the entire figure with a nail. Here he is sitting in a pan ready to bake.
Then I headed on over to the craft party where there were allllll kinds of things to add to the snow globes. First I chose a baby food jar. I arranged some cotton balls on the lid for snow, picked a tree and a present for props, and then glued everything down.
I added a few snowflakes with some glitter on my props. I wiped glue on the bottom of the jar with a brush, sprinkled some glitter snow on that, and voila! My little snow globe wannabe is done!
2 DAYS LATER
I got brave and added water. It was beautiful...for about 10 minutes!
SQUEAKER BONE TOY GIVEAWAY!!!
The winner of this giveaway gets to choose the bone!!
To enter, you must be a follower. For an extra entry, just leave a comment and voila!
The winner will be chosen DECEMBER 18TH @ 12pm Pacific Time.
The winner will be notified on this post and sent an email with 48 hours to reply or another winner will be chosen.
Thank you for supporting Sew DoggyStyle!!!
Christmas Tree Paw Print Ornaments!!!
Give your pooch something of his own to bark about this year when your guests "ooooh" and "aaaaah" at your glimmering Christmas Tree!
I adopted Sebastian the morning of Christmas Eve last year so this Christmas will be extra special as we celebrate our one year anniversary as a family.
This ornament is sooooooo easy and fun. Just follow these simple steps to create your own:
INSTRUCTIONS
First things first - make sure your pooch's paw is clean to avoid a dirty paw print! Roll a piece of Sculpey into a ball and then flatten it with your hand (Sculpey can be bought at any craft store).
Make sure you have enough to fit the whole paw plus additional room for decor and ribbon hole. The first thing you want to do is the actual paw print, trust me! Make sure you press down each area of the paw. If it doesn't work out the first time, roll it up into a ball and start over. If your dog is wiggly, this will be the hardest part.
After you get a decent paw print you're happy with, it's time to decorate!! Start with the hole for the ribbon. You can do a circular hole with a nail of some sort or you can do a flat rectangular hole with a misc. object. The end of my spoon worked perfectly.
The decorations for the ornament are endless! You can use rhinestones, beads, carve your dog's name, make shapes out of sculpey, etc. I used a nail to carve the year "2010."
When you're all done decorating, bake the clay at 275 degrees in the oven. This piece took 6 minutes. Larger dogs will require bigger pieces of clay and will need to bake a little bit longer. Then glaze the ornament to give it that finished look and extra protection.
Let the glaze dry, string some ribbon through, and voila!! Time to hang that baby up on the tree for all to see.
Santa Hat Giveaway!!!!!!!!!
I know, you are still focused on Halloween! But I wanted to get an early start on this giveaway. This Santa Hat is similar to my party hats, which happen to be my #1 selling item!!! I never would have guessed my party hats would do so well.
3 lb chihuahua baby
All you have to do to win this adorable Santa Hat (in your pet's size of course) is make sure you are on my followers list. That's it!! I will announce the winner here as well as notify the winner via email.
Chanel, my firstborn
I'm also adding a new twist to this giveaway...if you leave a comment on this post, your name will be put into the drawing twice to increase your chances of winning!!! Wooooohoo.
Giveaway ends November 20th at 12pm pacific time
Simple Howl-o-ween Bandana and others!
Wow, what a crazy week it has been. I am preparing for my first craft booth ever on Oct. 30th and I feel so overwhelmed!! I feel like I had to bypass Halloween this year as I've been working on Santa hats and other christmas items since I got back from vacation last week!!!
I decided to take a little break and share this simple Halloween bandana I made for Sebastian before I left for vacation.
He's actually had this bandana on for over a month now! It slips on over the collar so there's no tying and it doesn't interfere with his name tags. Does it get any more convenient than that?!
Here it is in a different print laid flat. These are two-sided bandanas so the pup has his options. Oh and of course cats can wear them too!
I have lots more bandanas just like this in different themes that will be for sale at my booth. If you live in the area, be sure to bring your dog to the Pooch Parade in the Tower District this Saturday from 1-5pm for lots of fun and games!! (oh how I hope the weather isn't as bad as the weather forecast is predicting!)
And here is a glimpse at all the Halloween-inspired pet crafts I created this year. Not too bad considering I was out of the country for 17 days of the month!! Next year I should be more prepared. =)
The Halloween Party Hat
The Halloween Squeaker Toys
The Halloween Shark costume (which one second place at the Petsmart Howl-o-ween party Oct. 23rd!!)
And last, but certainly not least: The Superman Costume
And that's all for now!
Sebastian as Superman!
Here's Sebastian's costume finally done after a long day of measuring, cutting and sewing!
This was a fun, but challenging project...much harder than the Shark from yesterday. The boots were easy though. They are made of spandex and are basically nothing but tubes.
Chumlee...The Little Shark!
Chumlee is a chihuahua puppy who is celebrating his first Halloween this year! This is also the very first dog costume I've attempted so I had to share it with you guys. I think it tuned out pretty cute.
Chumlee's mom Becka and I designed our own pattern. It was pretty simple! Basically nothing but a hooded sweatshirt with teeth and fins.
Chumlee is wearing it to the Petsmart Halloween party next weekend! Here's some more pics...he's just so darn cute!
And of course while I had Chumlee over, I tried a few of my new products on him. Here's a bandana perfect for a baby chihuahua.
And yes...already time to start thinking about Christmas attire...
Here's the 3 wild boys together (Sebastian, Chumlee, and Tobey - Chum's big brother). Getting this picture was a lot of work!!!
That's all for now. Sebastian is waiting for his costume so gotta go! Can you guess what he's going to be?
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