Tag Archives: Dogs

Anatomy of a Dog Bed

I remember the first dog bed I bought for Sugar, our first dog.  It was a green pillow that fit into a basket and had just enough room for her and her stuffed toy bee.  It wasn’t long before she … Continue reading

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Quest 46 | A 365-day Journey

On November 24th, I turn 46.  And I know this is quite a ways off – 46 days to be exact. A couple of months ago I was reading a blog where the author talked about turning 30 and wanting … Continue reading

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National Walk Your Dog Week – October 1-7

According to NationalWalkYourDog.com, “National Walk Your Dog Week was founded in 2010 by Celebrity Pet Lifestyle Expert and Animal Advocate Colleen Paige, to bring awareness to the ever increasing problem of canine behavior issues and canine obesity in America. Walk … Continue reading

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October is Adopt a Shelter Dog Month

I’ve had animals in my life for as long as I can remember.  We had cats and dogs when I was little and I loved all of them, but it wasn’t until we adopted our first dog, Sugar, that I … Continue reading

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Garage Sale Haul

This past weekend I went to several garage sales with a group of friends.  We have a realtor in the area that arranges neighborhood garage sales.  Usually they’re 300+ homes all in the same area, but this one was 90+ … Continue reading

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Happy National Coffee Day Everyone

Just the other day I was telling a friend how much I love coffee. I started drinking coffee when I was in high school.  Having grown up in an English family I was a pretty committed tea drinker, but once … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday Mindy and Happy National Dog Day!

Happy Birthday Mindy! Mindy celebrates her 8th birthday today.  She’s been with us a little over a month and we couldn’t be happier.  She has settled in quite nicely with Woody and Ellie and to our family routines.  She’s a … Continue reading

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Otherwise known as…

I made four layouts for National Scrapbook Day and the final two were similar in technique and title, but with a couple differences.  One was titled “Otherwise known as ‘Ellie’” and the other “Otherwise known as ‘Woody’”. I was inspired … Continue reading

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National Scrapbook Day | Layout #2 – Teddy

Layout #2 is called “Teddy”. I started with a 12X12 piece of textured brown cardstock.  Once again I used my Dylusion inks (white linen) to splatter diagonally across the page.  From there I searched for brown and red papers and … Continue reading

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National Scrapbook Day

Today is National Scrapbooking Day and in honor of that I’ve joined Big Picture Classes for the National Scrapbooking Day “10K”. A race you say?  Well, sort of.  Big Picture Classes is asking all scrapbookers to flood Instagram with 10,000 … Continue reading

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