Saturday, August 21, 2010
Friday, August 20, 2010
Updates
Update 1: Personalized Dog Bowl.
This ceramic bowl is the newest addition to the Personalized Dog Bowl Section in LuckyPups Shop. It can be personalized with any name. It is microwaveable and dishwasher safe.
Update 2: Dog Tags.
I have been working on this project for a while and I still haven't listed the Dog Tags on my shop. But they are coming soon, I promise. There are may different colors and shapes. Glitter is even embedded in the plastic! Here is a little sneak preview of what to look for...
Update 3: Blue Bowls.
If you have every stopped by my shop, you know that I sell personalized hot pink dog bowls. Well I just ordered Caribbean Blue bowls for the boys. I wasn't really fair that the boy dogs were stuck with stainless steel and the girls could have a cool color like hot pink. Ha
Update 4: Heart Bowl.
Speaking of the hot pink dog bowls, I have added a new design for the girly bowls that can be personalized. A heart. What goes better with pink than a heart?
Update 5: Mylee.
My sister now has a new puppy named Mylee. She is a super small Sheltie. Koda tolerates her, but Mylee thinks they are best friends. :) Koda usually has to jump on the couch to get away from her when he is tired of her chewing on his tail and ears. She can't jump that high yet!
This ceramic bowl is the newest addition to the Personalized Dog Bowl Section in LuckyPups Shop. It can be personalized with any name. It is microwaveable and dishwasher safe.
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| Personalized Ceramic Dog Bowl |
I have been working on this project for a while and I still haven't listed the Dog Tags on my shop. But they are coming soon, I promise. There are may different colors and shapes. Glitter is even embedded in the plastic! Here is a little sneak preview of what to look for...
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| New Dog Tags with Glitter |
Update 3: Blue Bowls.
If you have every stopped by my shop, you know that I sell personalized hot pink dog bowls. Well I just ordered Caribbean Blue bowls for the boys. I wasn't really fair that the boy dogs were stuck with stainless steel and the girls could have a cool color like hot pink. Ha
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| Koda with New Blue Bowl |
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| Springer with pink dog bowl |
Speaking of the hot pink dog bowls, I have added a new design for the girly bowls that can be personalized. A heart. What goes better with pink than a heart?
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| Sheltie Pup with Heart Bowl |
Update 5: Mylee.
My sister now has a new puppy named Mylee. She is a super small Sheltie. Koda tolerates her, but Mylee thinks they are best friends. :) Koda usually has to jump on the couch to get away from her when he is tired of her chewing on his tail and ears. She can't jump that high yet!
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| Mylee sleeping on Koda's Toy. |
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| Mylee and Koda |
Hope you all have a great weekend!
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Blog Buttons!
Yesterday I decided to create two blog buttons. One for people that have been featured on my blog and standard on that anyone can use. I had to look up how to create these buttons for my blog and thought I would share what I found out for other to use!
To make your own button:
• Create a 125 x 125 pixel image in an image editing program such as Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator. Make sure you save the image as a .gif of .jpg
• Save your image to a website like Photobucket or Flikr
To put a "grab our button" on your blog:
• copy the following html code:
• open your blogger account and choose "design"
• click "add a gadget"
• choose "html" and you'll get a blank box
• paste the code you have copied in the box
• change the words "YOURBLOG" to your information.
• Change the link to your image. (You'll need to go back to photobucket or wherever you saved your image and get the direct link code.)
• click save
To grab a button:
• copy the html code from the button you want
• open your blogger account and choose "design"
• click "add a gadget"
• choose "html" and you'll get a blank box
• paste the code you have copied in the box
• click save
That's it! The new button should be on your blog. Go ahead, give it a try with LuckyPups new blog button!
To make your own button:
• Create a 125 x 125 pixel image in an image editing program such as Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator. Make sure you save the image as a .gif of .jpg
• Save your image to a website like Photobucket or Flikr
To put a "grab our button" on your blog:
• copy the following html code:
• open your blogger account and choose "design"
• click "add a gadget"
• choose "html" and you'll get a blank box
• paste the code you have copied in the box
• change the words "YOURBLOG" to your information.
• Change the link to your image. (You'll need to go back to photobucket or wherever you saved your image and get the direct link code.)
• click save
To grab a button:
• copy the html code from the button you want
• open your blogger account and choose "design"
• click "add a gadget"
• choose "html" and you'll get a blank box
• paste the code you have copied in the box
• click save
That's it! The new button should be on your blog. Go ahead, give it a try with LuckyPups new blog button!
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Koda's New Collar
I recently ordered Koda a new collar from the Etsy shop Jennie B. Goode. They believe that dogs & cats deserve to have collars that are as fun and unique as they are!Jennie decided to start making collars soon after she purchased her puppy Miss Sophia. Sophia is a super cute English Bulldog. After searching for the perfect collar, she eventually found the one she wanted at a local doggy boutique. The only problem was that it was $35! The adorable collar did end up on Miss Sophia's neck and spawned her desire to make fun and unique collars for a reasonable price.
I ordered the Masala dog collar for Koda. This collar features a beautiful pattern with cinnamon browns, butter yellows, pumpkin orange, all finished off with a coordinating brown buckle.
Jennie B. Goode's fabric collars are made with washable cotton fabrics that are lined with sturdy interfacing to add extra strength and stability while still maintaining the collars comfort and softness. Stress points are both double stitched and box stitched for extra strength and durability. They only use contoured buckles for comfort, top notch hardware and heavy welded D rings. The collars are machine washable on the gentle cycle in cold water.
Thank you so much for making Koda such a cute collar and sending him heart shaped treats! He loved them both!
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Gruffins!
What is a Gruffin, you ask? A Gruffin is 100% organic dog treat that is shaped like a tiny muffin. It is made from bananas, eggs, honey, rolled oats, flour, granola, canola oil, and water. All Gruffins are home baked in Houston, Texas. TinyLittleDogBlog was so generous to send Koda a free sample pack of their Gruffins. The first thing I noticed was the smell. They smelt so good that it actually made me want to taste them...but I didn't of course. Ha. The Gruffins were package in a resealable bag and were very fresh and moist when they arrived.
Next I decided to see what Koda thought of the Gruffins. He LOVED them! He wanted to eat them all at once, but of course I didn't let him. He still has a few left in the fridge for later.
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| Yumm! Koda wants more Gruffins! |
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
It's Hot!
Maybe the K99 Ice Cream Van will stop by!
Frosty Paw Ice Cream
32 oz. plain yogurt
1 mashed banana
2 T peanut butter
2 T honey
It’s true dairy products aren’t good for dogs, but yogurt contains much less lactase than regular milk and the live cultures are great for your dog’s digestive system. This dog ice cream recipe is delicious and good for your pet!
1. Mix all these ingredients in your blender, then dump into ice cube trays, paper cups, or even a kong toy to freeze and serve.
2. If you want to go all out for your mutt you can freeze these homemade frosty paws just like you would homemade ice cream. A salt-less automatic ice cream maker makes this as easy as using any other appliance in your home and the frosty paws will be ready to serve in 10 minutes.
For paw shapes:
Take the mostly frozen dog ice cream product of number two and spread it 1” to 1½” thick on wax paper. Freeze for five minutes and then remove dog ice cream from freezer. Next, use a paw shaped cookie cutter to cut a paw shaped “frosty paws”, remove ice cream around edges, and return paw shapes to the freezer to freeze solid. NOTE: This can also be made with baby meat instead of the fruit and peanut butter.
Pumpkin Pops for Pups
1 (1.5 oz) Sugar Free Instant Vanilla Pudding Mix
1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
1 cup milk, low or fat free
1 (15 oz) can pumpkin puree (not pumpkin pie filling)
Whisk the vanilla pudding mix, pumpkin pie spice, and milk together until dissolved. Approximately 2 minutes.Fold, or gently stir in the pumpkin puree.Scoop pumpkin pudding into small paper cups, small plastic cups, or a plastic Popsicle mold.Place in freezer, and let freeze completely, about 3 hours.Take out desired serving size and let sit on counter for 5 minutes. Then release from the mold and serve.
If frozen this dog ice cream recipe will last for 3 months. If kept in the refrigerator, as a pudding, it will keep fresh for one week.
Pupsicles
2 cups low salt beef or chicken broth
2/3 cup water
2 or 3 ice cube trays
Small rawhide sticks
Mix water with beef or chicken broth and pour into ice cube trays. Place in freezer and serve cold. Add a rawhide stick halfway through the freezing. This recipe is quick, easy, and fun. It's probably best to serve this dish outside.
There is a new K99 Ice cream Van in London. It serves frozen treats exclusively for dogs. Your four-legged friends can choose between two tasty flavors: "Dog Eat Hog World," which is gammon and chicken sorbet topped with a biscuit and served in a cone; or "Canine Cookie Crunch," which is a combination of mixed dog biscuits and ice cream.
Check out the full article here : Mail Online
Now most of us don't have a K99 Ice Cream van that come by our house. That's why I'm adding these easy to make doggie ice cream recipes.
32 oz. plain yogurt
1 mashed banana
2 T peanut butter
2 T honey
It’s true dairy products aren’t good for dogs, but yogurt contains much less lactase than regular milk and the live cultures are great for your dog’s digestive system. This dog ice cream recipe is delicious and good for your pet!
1. Mix all these ingredients in your blender, then dump into ice cube trays, paper cups, or even a kong toy to freeze and serve.
2. If you want to go all out for your mutt you can freeze these homemade frosty paws just like you would homemade ice cream. A salt-less automatic ice cream maker makes this as easy as using any other appliance in your home and the frosty paws will be ready to serve in 10 minutes.
For paw shapes:
Take the mostly frozen dog ice cream product of number two and spread it 1” to 1½” thick on wax paper. Freeze for five minutes and then remove dog ice cream from freezer. Next, use a paw shaped cookie cutter to cut a paw shaped “frosty paws”, remove ice cream around edges, and return paw shapes to the freezer to freeze solid. NOTE: This can also be made with baby meat instead of the fruit and peanut butter.
Pumpkin Pops for Pups
1 (1.5 oz) Sugar Free Instant Vanilla Pudding Mix
1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
1 cup milk, low or fat free
1 (15 oz) can pumpkin puree (not pumpkin pie filling)
Whisk the vanilla pudding mix, pumpkin pie spice, and milk together until dissolved. Approximately 2 minutes.Fold, or gently stir in the pumpkin puree.Scoop pumpkin pudding into small paper cups, small plastic cups, or a plastic Popsicle mold.Place in freezer, and let freeze completely, about 3 hours.Take out desired serving size and let sit on counter for 5 minutes. Then release from the mold and serve.
If frozen this dog ice cream recipe will last for 3 months. If kept in the refrigerator, as a pudding, it will keep fresh for one week.
Pupsicles
2 cups low salt beef or chicken broth
2/3 cup water
2 or 3 ice cube trays
Small rawhide sticks
Mix water with beef or chicken broth and pour into ice cube trays. Place in freezer and serve cold. Add a rawhide stick halfway through the freezing. This recipe is quick, easy, and fun. It's probably best to serve this dish outside.
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Arkansas Democrat Gazette's Article about Etsy
July 24, 2010 the Arkansas Democrat Gazette printed this article in the newspaper about artist in Arkansas that used Etsy to sell their work. It includes a few interviews with local artist.
Etsy.com is easing artists’ sales tasks
LITTLE ROCK — Craftsmen, artists and collectors from around Arkansas have flocked to the website Etsy.com to sell their wares. Buyers, in turn, can go there to find artwork and handicrafts like photos, paintings, ironwork, woodwork, candles, soap, fabrics, hand-spun wool and yarn, scrapbooking supplies - even vintage dinnerware and decor- all from Arkansas vendors.Etsy.com was conceived in early 2005 by painter, carpenter and photographer Rob Kalin as a venue for creative folks to sell their oneof-a-kind designs. The site went live June 18, 2005, and has been featured on shows like CBS Sunday Morning, Good Morning America and The Rachael Ray Show as well as in numerous print publications.Today, the site has more than 5million members and generates about $200 million in annual sales.
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| Scottie Schnauzer Dog Sculpture by VonChandler |
Chandler says he first turned to eBay.com to sell his metal lawn sculptures and decor, but soon found that the online marketplacewas inundated with cheap, often mass-produced goods that overshadowed his unique designs.After a few months, Chandler closed his eBay shop and resigned himself to selling locally. That changed, however, when a coworker recommended Etsy.Chandler now averages from 10 to 30 sales each month on thewebsite. “The first and foremost benefit [of Etsy] is the ability to display and offer my artwork to anyone in the world with a click of their mouse,” he says.
Worldwide exposure is a benefit many Arkansans are enjoying. Some vendors, like Rogers painter Jan Ironside and Hot Springs glassworker Jordan Kudabeck, get inquiries about their work from as far away as Australia and Europe.
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| PDF Crochet Pattern for Fall Mums by MaddCrocheter (Susan Hilton) |
“I don’t have to load my stuff up in my car and drive somewhere, set it up, sit all day - usually outdoors - or worry about the weather,” she says.
The keys to Etsy’s success, according to many Arkansas sellers, are its user-friendly web design, inexpensive listing fees and the site’s more than 724 million monthly page views.
“Etsy simplifies online selling,” says Bentonville artist Dave Clark. “They provide shopping cart and PayPal integration, not to mention intuitive drag-and-drop storefront creation software. No HTML knowledge is required.” “It’s nice to be able to point potential customers to a professional-looking online storefront,” he adds.
Cheap listing prices and lengthy auctions keep Kate Matthews of Little Rock coming back to Etsy.“It costs only 20 cents to list an item, and the listing is for four months,” she says.
Compared to eBay’s 10- to 35-cent insertion fees for seven day listings, that’s a bargain. Etsy’s commission fees are also negligible, meaning most of the profit from sales go directly to the artist.
“If it weren’t for Etsy, I wouldn’t have been able to indulge myself in the creative process at the level I currently enjoy,” says Susan McSherry, a mosaic artist from Marble Falls. “It has basically bankrolled my adventure in the arts.”
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| AREtsy - Arkansas Etsy Street Team |
“One of the best things I’ve gotten into on Etsy is the Dirt-Road Artists Team,” says potter Liz Gamelin of Mountain Home. “We chat in the forums daily, sharing our day-to-day lives, our Etsy successes and troubles.”That sense of community extends to buyers, who can choose the “shop local” option on Etsy’s homepage to find sellers near them. A simple click typically produces hundreds of search results.
“Etsy is like the farmers market of the Internet,” says craftsman Eddie Robinett of Jonesboro, who sells handcrafted birdhouses and signs. “Etsy is for people who want something other than an item mass-produced overseas.”
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Eco Friendly Dog Toys
Recently my sister made a blanket out of her old softball t-shirts. She wanted an unique way to display her shirts so they wouldn't just be hanging in her closet. It turned out pretty cute!
Anyways she had LOTS of left over t-shirt scraps lying around. I decided to take a few of her scraps and turn them into a eco-friendly dog toy. I tried 3 different ways of braiding and knotting the material until I finally I decided on a that worked. Next tested it on my Pomeranian Koda. He LOVED it! I made a few more in different colors and listed them on my Etsy Shop today.
Anyways she had LOTS of left over t-shirt scraps lying around. I decided to take a few of her scraps and turn them into a eco-friendly dog toy. I tried 3 different ways of braiding and knotting the material until I finally I decided on a that worked. Next tested it on my Pomeranian Koda. He LOVED it! I made a few more in different colors and listed them on my Etsy Shop today.
To purchase your Eco-friendly, upcycled dog toy please visit LuckyPups Shop and click on Toys.
Last week LuckyPups Personalized Treat Jar featured on a blog called Life's Lovely Mess written by Gwen. She loves her two dogs, Coco & Rex. Check out her blog and post about spoiled dogs.
I also signed up for my first "Baby Blogger Thrusday" today. Its to promote blogs that have been posting less than a year. Check it out and add your blog!
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
New Website!
LuckyPups new website is now up and running! More updates will come soon but you can check it out now!
LuckyPups Website
Just click on Shop to see my items for sale!
I designed it, let me know what you think. Thanks!
LuckyPups Website
Just click on Shop to see my items for sale!
I designed it, let me know what you think. Thanks!
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Self Service Pet Wash
While I was out of town for the 4th of July this weekend I discovered this Self Service Pet Wash located right beside a car wash. I have never seen one of these before. After a little research, I decided that they are pretty popular in larger cites. I would love to know what dog lovers think about these pet washes. Do you have a Self Service Pet Wash near you? Do you use it?
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
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