DIY Paw Print - Heart Edition

Love is in the air!  This cute little wine bottle is the sweetest keepsake and perfect for displaying flowers.

INSTRUCTIONS:

You'll need FIMO Air Light in white (clay that air dries), heart-shaped cookie cutter, wine bottle, strong glue, vinyl spackling, sand paper, gold spray paint, and white spray paint.

This project is super fun and easy.  Sebastian says it's a "must do!"  Also, we are so happy with the Fimo Air Light clay.  It's soft and easy to work with.  We highly recommend it for any DIY paw print project!  

XOXOXOXOXO,

Erika and Sebastian

DIY Crayon Art

We can't help but notice the crayon art movement when we browse pinterest.  Wow!  I just had to try one myself.  I wanted it to look like an abstract Sebastian.  But as it turns out, crayons have a mind of their own!  This is my second attempt.  I recommend doing a practice one first and be prepared for it to look nothing like what you had planned.  BOL!

INSTRUCTIONS:

What you'll need - Artist Canvas (the one in this photo is a 16X20), pack of crayons, toothpicks, blow dryer, pencil, black and white paint, small paintbrush.

Melting crayons with a blow dryer turns out to be quite a mess (I learned from my first try) so I covered my table with paper and built a cardboard shield to block all of the flying specks of crayons.

Make sure to chop up a bunch of crayons in 1/4" pieces or less before you start.  A small piece of crayon goes a long way!  I used toothpicks to hold them down to keep my fingers out of the way of the hot blow dryer.

There you have it!  I love how colorful it is.

XOXOXOXO,

Erika and Sebastian

Proud Mommy Moment!

Sebastian is Mr. June 2014 in the America's Top Dog Model calendar and we are so proud!  Our new year is off to a great start and we hope yours is too.

XOXOXOXOXO,

Erika and Sebastian

Last Minute DIY Halloween Costume - Cereal Killer!

Cereal Boxes - One size fits some.  HA!

This is such an easy costume anyone can make.  The longest part is waiting for the glue and blood to dry.

INSTRUCTIONS:

You'll need:

Cereal box

Scissors

Hot glue gun or Fabri-Tac glue

Black and silver paint

 Red 3D paint.

That's it!

Make sure you make those arm holes big enough.  This thing was a pain in the fluffy butt to get on and Sebastian wasn't too thrilled about it either.  Too bad models don't get to pick what they wear.  Hehe (evil momma laugh).

XOXOXOXO,

Erika and Sebastian

Black and White Sunday Blog Hop: Pumpkin Pup

See the original photo plus more "Sebastian in a Pumpkin" photos here!

XOXOXO,

Erika and Sebastian

Happy Halloween from Sebastian

Sebastian and I had a blast yesterday at the Pumpkin Patch trying to determine which one he'd fit in just right.  Here's Sebastian posing with about 10 onlookers behind me.  He always causes a scene when he goes into model-mode.

Then we decided to take a few before photos with our chosen pumpkin incase our idea of sitting in the pumpkin didn't work out.  But as usual, Sebastian lives up to his rep.

Gettin' comfy.

Awe, look at those little feet!

XOXOXOXO,

Erika and Sebastian

DIY No-Sew Mini Dog Crown

I don't know why I have a tendency to tilt all of their hats to the side.  But isn't it cute?!?!  This is my new favorite hat. 

We are clearly on a toilet paper roll "roll."  Get it?  ha!  There's so many little hats you can make from a toilet paper roll that there's no stopping us now.  This is also a no-sew tutorial, woohoo!  Anyone can do it.  

You'll need: One toilet paper roll, scissors, hole punch, blue paint (or pink!!!), paint brush, gold glitter paint, white fur, rhinestones, and glue.

XOXOXOXOXO,

Erika and Sebastian

DIY Mini Sailor Hat

Well it's just a coincidence we happen to be posting this cute little sailor outfit on Columbus Day, aye? This is such an easy little Halloween costume to make and the hat base is made from a toilet paper roll.  Oh yeah!

You'll need: a toilet paper roll, some felt, staples, elastic string, and paint.

We traced the bottom of a wine bottle on the felt to get the circular shape.  The bottom of wine bottles are about 3" in diameter so it worked out perfectly!

xoxoxoxoxo,

Erika and Sebastian

DIY No Sew Dog Cape

You wont believe your eyes when you see how easy this cape is.  If you know how to cut and glue, you can make it!

INSTRUCTIONS:

This is basically a spin-off of one of our most popular tutorials: the Upcycled Dog Shirt Collar.

All you need:

- One human button-up shirt collar (same neck size as your dog's)

- One piece of felt or fleece (an 8.5"X11" piece will work for small dogs, or you can buy it by-the-yard at places like Joann's for bigger dogs)

- No Sew Fabric Glue (we used Aleene's and it works great!)

- Scissors

- Ruler

And that's it!  

NOTE:  If you've ever made a cape for a dog before, you know how important a hole for the leash/harness is.  The cape will just fall to the side if you don't do this step.  

XOXOXOXOXO,

Erika and Sebastian

DIY Upcycled Dog Cape

Instructions:

You will need TWO shirt collars.  That's right!  One for the Outside and one for the lining.  If cape is left blank (with no lightning), it could be reversible!!!  Also, I found the bigger the shirt was (as in, adult size shirts, not kids), the better the cape looked.  You get the pleating and also a bigger collar with the adult-sized shirt collars.

But Sebastian wanted a tie.  You know, like real superhero capes have.  Just make sure to remove the buttons if you decide to go with the tie. 

Did I mention we made this cape in black too?  We rounded the corners on this one.

And we used a striped black and purple collar shirt we found at the thrift store (Which you can kind of see in this last photo) as the interior.

The only thing missing from this cape is an attachment to a harness or something.  It wants to fall to the side when Sebastian flies through the air (#dogproblems).  You could easily add a buttonhole on top through both layers for leash access to the harness too.  I would imagine the cape would stay on better with that method too.  

XOXOXOXOXO,

Erika and Sebastian