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Thursday, June 10, 2010

What's New...

Since my last post I have come up with a new treat, sewn 2 new beds and customized some doggie clothes.


Let's start with the beds. The first is called "Vintage Blues" and it was quite a task. It measures 46in x 37in x 10in high!! The top is cotton (3 different patterns sewn together) and the bottom is thick duckbill fabric. It’s stuffed with 70 ounces of USA certified recycled, 100% premium polyester fiberfill. The edges feature vintage black fuzz ball tassels.



I sold it last week at the Redlands market night. The customers' dogs liked it so much they even sent me a picture! Check out how cute they are! A bed for two, I would have never thought. I love it!




The next bed is called "Flower Power" it's a girlie-girls bed! It measures 39in x 31in x 10in high and it’s only $36!! The top and bottom are 100% cotton. It’s stuffed with 55+ ounces of USA certified recycled, 100% premium polyester fiberfill. The edges feature a purple satin trim.



The new treat is quite interesting. The treat is called Blackstrap Bites. They're really crunchy and taste really good (I tried them myself). The ingredients include instant potatoes, dry roasted (no sodium) sunflower kernels, a pinch of cinnamon, a couple tablespoons of blackstrap molasses and one egg. I designed the recipe to be gluten free and I was aiming for vegetarian, but the egg in the recipe made it much easier to work with. The crunchiness will naturally clean your dogs teeth, which is an added bonus, on top of that, this treat is low in calories and low in fat too! The blackstrap molasses provides this treat with iron, calcium, potassium and other nutrients. The egg and sunflower kernels add important protein to the recipe and the treat is still low in sugar and sodium.

I was nervous to use the blackstrap molasses since it is a drivitive of sugar. So I did some research and I was shocked to find that it's actually good for you. Here is what one website said:
"
Blackstrap molasses is a
sweetener that is actually good for you. Unlike refined white sugar and corn syrup, which are stripped of virtually all nutrients except simple carbohydrates, or artificial sweeteners like saccharine or aspartame, which not only provide no useful nutrients but have been shown to cause health problems in sensitive individuals, blackstrap molasses is a healthful sweetener that contains significant amounts of a variety of minerals that promote your health."


And finally, the latest thing I've done is customized cute little shirts for doggies. I bought the shirts but the patches are homemade and hand sewn onto the shirts. Their $12 and each one is an original (aka, I'm not sure I'll ever have the same one again lol).
The one-of-a-kind patches are hand sewn with love. They are made from 100% post consumer, recycled materials and cannot be dried in the dryer. GO GREEN!

This one with the watermelon is an XL.

This one of the orange Popsicle is an XXL

And this cookie one is a medium.

Not pictured is a XS ice cream cone, S ice cream cone, Med. cupcake, L cherries, L cupcake, XL ice cream cone and a XXL watermelon. Each size is $12 and they are really cute. Come on out to the Redlands Market Night and buy one today! See you there.

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