I just finished (for the THIRD TIME! the first time I measured wrong.. the second time I realized I was supposed to make this 2 inches wide.. not 1 1/2!) a Gianormous Collar for a Mastiff…

Check it out…

I did.. I broke down and bought one.. I just spent almost two hours removing backgrounds from pictures and I don’t like how they came out..

I got one from Amazon that is a kinda small and cheap but I think it’ll work out just fine.

I admit.. I had my doubts… I’m not into Pirates… unless they are in Disney

But these came out pretty awesome… even though my picture taking ability is pretty lousy today..

I can’t wait to see these on Lora’s St. Bernards!

Isn’t this fun!? I ordered this for Lora last night from J & O Fabrics in New Jersey. Initially, I thought shipping was pretty steep, but then this MORNING, I got notice that it was already being shipped! WOW! That’s worth it right there.. I totally get that maybe part of that shipping was a handling fee.. and for that kind of service (plus I’ll probably have it tomorrow!) I’ll be back.

I’m hoping I’ll have time this weekend to make these up for her.. but I have two 4th of July collars to do first.. plus 6 more for other folks.. wow! I’m excited! Total of 10 collars and 1 lead to make this weekend… that’ll keep me busy…. guess I won’t be going to Karate on Saturday.. but that’s ok.. I’m still bruised from Tuesday!

I get so much joy out of seeing my collars on dogs! And this one just looks phenomenal on Zeus! Look at the shiney coat! Lora the Collaraholic strikes again! You should pop over to her site and read about how a neighborhood kid left her gate open and the furries had a little neighborhood run.

As usual, click the pic for a bigger version.

Here is the handsome guy!

This was my first traffic lead and it was a little tricky. I’m still not thrilled with it.. but Shirley says she loves it!

Click the pics for full size versions

And here is Ely-ely-oh wearing it!

I’ll have to get a pic of his face so you can see how handsome he is!

ETA: Happy Face Boy!!!

What a little peanut

I broke Zen Cart…

::bangs head on desk::

and didn’t back up

::slaps hand on forehead::

duh.

Guess what I’m doing tomorrow?

Just got this in my email. (posted with permission)

I received the tags and I am very happy in what I have purchased. The quality is unbelievable. It is more than what I expected. I want to thank you so much and I am every pleased with your service. I will make sure that I can create more business for you in the future.

Remember when I opened up the shopping cart for tags? yeah, it was flooey.. Maureen ordered some tags from me and the cart goofed up her order. Not only did it charge her shipping but NYS tax as well (she’s not in NYS). She was overcharged by almost $7.00! Fortunately, Paypal lets me do a partial refund so she got her $$ back quickly.

Then to top things off, I was putting her tag order in and my browser hiccuped.. (we lost power.. thanks to some very fun thunderstorms.. not!) so one of her tag orders was goofed up.

Seriously, this is not how I usually do things… I got it all straighted out with Red Dingo (they are awesome!) but there was a chance she would get a tag that was incorrect. So I gave her a heads up… because I would want to know.

I work with customers all day long at my day job. In the mortgage industry which is volitile to say the least right now.. so I try very hard to keep the lines of communication open.

Thank you, Maureen for confirming that inspite of computer “hiccups”.. I’m doing things the right way!

Oh, and for those of you who want tags, I promise the store is my first priority! I’ve got all my sewing done so I should have the “new and improved” store open for tags very soon..

Collars and leashes will follow shortly after!

Lora is a self proclaimed Collaraholic (I’m sensing a marketing campaign with that one!) She’s keeping my sewing machine flying! (yeah! .. I’m having so much fun!)

The last time she ordered, she didn’t find anything she like for Zeus. We stumbled upon this fabric at Etsy…so I did it up for her.

I love this..

If you see something you like in my photo gallery,

Fabric Scans

Just holler and we’ll get together to make your own custom collar.