My plan of attack!

As you can see I did an overhaul of my blog. I really like the new back ground... It's not really that big of a deal, but it made me happy. Ya know, it's the simple things in life sometimes.

Oh another note, I'm on a mission to make my own doggie clothes. I've had enough of this third party China crap. Don't get me wrong, I'm not going to stop selling it. The fact is that it's cheap and it sells. It sucks, but that's the way life works. I notice, people like cheap over quality. However, I like to talk about the stuff I made more than I do the stuff I bought from China when someone approaches me. And, eventually my desire is to have only hand made, beautiful gifts for pets... Unfortunately, until I get my name out there and people spread the word that I make good stuff, this will be hard, and expensive, to start up.

So, my first approach in this quest of all hand made goodies, is to start having a stronger defense against people's accusations that I only carry small dog stuff. If they would only give me a chance, they would find out that I started making the doggie beds because I couldn't find a cute one big enough for my 80 pound Auzzie! Now I know it's hard to tell that I make big dog things because I don't have alot of stuff available at market night for them... This will be changing. It's had to spend money when you're a small business, but it's come to that. I will now work to have at least one or two BIG beds, made by me, at my tables every market night. This will be an expensive endeavor, but worth it when people see what I can do! So, in a nutshell, my first approach will be to have more BIG dog, hand made, cute goodies available. 

One of two large beds that will be ready for the next market night. It measures 40 inches by 40 inches without the stuffing. 

It's fleece and has red and pink strawberries on top and a red fleece on the bottom.

Here's a close up of the strawberries.

It's lumpy right now because I ran out of stuffing. For me, the hardest part of making pet products is lugging 2 little kids around to get the supplies! Hollar at me if you understand!

Secondly, I will start dissecting doggie clothes and start experimenting with patterns. I tried to free hand a pattern without taking a dog sweater apart and it came out terrible. This will be time consuming, but I think it will be fun.






I also want to make my own cat toys and my own dog toys. I got some little pieces of fabric and I need to start putting together some cute little cat nip mice.




Lastly, I want to make some super cute pet bags that carry goodies for your pet when you go on outings or to put your pet into. Here is one of the patterns my sister gave me that's for a handbag, but with some minor adjustments, it could be the perfect pet supply bag for on the go!