One of the gifts that my mom got this year for Christmas was a subscription to Modern Dog Magazine (a lifestyle magazine for modern dogs and their companions) – it was love at first sight for me. Mom and I quickly poured through the pages and came across some really neat products that we couldn’t wait to share with you!
One of those products was from Easy 123 Art, a website designed to help you create your own paint-by-number kits out of your very own photos. How cool is that!
The website boasts that it’s simple to use kit allows you to upload your own photo, customize it, then get to painting!
These would make great gifts, or even allow you to create a custom painting of your own favorite furry friend!
You can fetch your own paint-by-number kit at Easy 123 Art starting at $49
This year when Christmas morning arrived, so did the snow! I awoke to a blanket of snow in my backyard….it was glorious!
After taking a romp in the newly fallen snow I set to work unwrapping all of my gifts!
Santa must of known that I’ve been a very good boy, because he brought me lots of goodies this year.
One of my favorite gifts this year was an add-on for my agility poles so that I can practice indoors too! Santa knows me so well!
So after diving into all my presents at home, we loaded up the car and headed over to Trooper’s house for some more Christmas fun.
I dressed for the occasion in my Holiday tie!
Trooper said I made him feel very under dressed.
Even my new cousin Jack joined us for some fun during the holidays – although he was smart and staked out the best spot on the couch before we started opening gifts.
We opened so many gifts at Trooper’s house, that Trooper fell asleep with all his new toys in his mouth. He just doesn’t know how to hang.
After the party at Trooper’s we loaded up the car again and headed to my MomMom & PopPop’s house so that I could give my human cousins some gifts too!
My cousin Maddie got a pony for Christmas, which she promptly named Ammo. I’m not sure if I should be flattered or insulted?
When we finally arrived back home late that night, mom said I had to put all my new toys away in the new toy baskets Santa had brought me.
I figured Santa would want me to enjoy my gifts to the fullest, so I snuggled up for the night inside one of my toy bins. Morning couldn’t come soon enough!
Here’s a round-up of what goodies I got this year:
I had a wonderful Christmas with my family, getting to take some time off work and spend time with the one’s I love was just what I needed after a busy Holiday season at mom’s shop. I hope you all had a wonderful Holiday as well!
Today is the last day of my 12 Days of Cheer! And it is also Christmas Day! Hooray!
I hope you’ve enjoyed celebrating the season with my 12 Days of Cheer – and just for fun, let’s take a look back at all the fun we’ve had these past few days.
So on our final and last day of the 12 Days of Cheer I wanted to wish all of my friends and family a very Merry Christmas!
I’m now off to visit with my family and spread my Christmas Cheer while wearing my most awesome Christmas Outfit. When you’re this good looking it’s pretty easy to leave some cheer behind everywhere you go!
Yippee, it’s Christmas Eve! If you’re anything like me you are getting out your best Holiday Outfit to wear to all of the upcoming Holiday parties and festivities.
This year I decided to whip up some special festive wear – a simple DIY to make you look oh-so-spiffy this Christmas.
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Step 3: Glue velcro to the back of the collar, you may need to measure your dog’s neck to see where to position the velcro.
Step 4: Take your clip-on tie and shorten the length of the tie to an appropriate length for your dog by pushing the excess fabric up and through the knot of the tie.
Step 5: Cut off the excess tie fabric at the top, leaving enough that you can glue it later.
Step 6: Hot glue the ends of your tie back into place.
Step 7: Clip the tie onto the collar and you’re ready for a festive night!
I must admit, my festive Holiday outfit makes me so ridiculously good looking! Not the DIY type? Don’t worry, you can snag a festive pre-made bowtie for your pup* for any occasion!
So what will you’re pets be wearing this Christmas? Holiday bowtie, Christmas sweater or maybe – dare I say it – your birthday suit? Do tell!
Every year mom helps me wrap up my holiday gifts (the lack of opposable thumbs really hinders me in this department). And every year I try to add a little something special to the packages from me.
You also may have noticed the cute little gift tags with my Christmas mug on them! Well guess what!? I’ve created a printable set just for you!
Feel free to download my Holiday Gift Tags HERE. You are free to use them for personal use on all your holiday gifts this year. Send a little smiling doxie cheer! Yipppee!
Step 1: Mold your sculpy into a “snow mound” that will fit inside the lid of the jar. Make sure sure that it can fit inside the jar lid with the jar on top.
Step 2: Bake your sculpy in the oven at the temperature and time specified on the package. Allow to cool.
Step 3: Using a hot glue gun attach the “snow mound” to the lid of your jar. Then glue the dog figurine on top of it.
Step 4: Add glitter to your jar.
Step 5: Add water to your jar, making sure you don’t overfill it.
Step 6: Screw the lid onto the jar, shake, and enjoy!
It’s magical isn’t it?
I’m very much enjoying my snowglobe – it has just the right amount of Christmas Cheer!
This DIY was inspired by this tutorial from ModCloth.
Festive, fun, and made of COOKIES! This is totally my kind of DIY!
Mom helped me come up with a fun holiday garland to decorate my home with this year. I figured can’t hurt to make my home extra festive, because you never know what jolly round fellow might be stopping by in a few days!
Step 1: Using your Electric Drill, drill holes through the pre-existing hole marks in your cookie. You can alternatively use an awl to push holes through them – but this method tends to crack the cookies easier.
Step 2: Spray paint your cookies a fun and festive color.
Allow them to completely dry before moving onto the next step, preferably overnight.
Step 3: Thread the bakers twine through the back of your cookies. A toothpick may be helpful to push the twine through them.
Step 4: You will want to knot the end of each piece of twine near your cookie so that it won’t slide around on the garland.
Step 5: If you choose you can tie some festive ribbon onto the bakers twine. Then hang and enjoy!
Had I know this Cookie Garland was just for looks and not for nibbling I might not have been as excited to make it.
Despite the red spray paint I can still smell the cookies underneath, so make sure you hang your garland out of reach of any furry friends! Mom says it might smell good, but they won’t taste good!
Disclaimer: This review is brought to you by Chewy.
When my friends over at Chewy.com, formally known as Mr. Chewy (they dropped the formality because we’re all friends here), contacted me about the new SafetyGlo products they are carrying on their site – I just knew I had to take them for a whirl.
The SafetyGlo products are the only ones on the market that are solar and usb chargeable. They emit a glowing light that is visible from over 500 yards away.
Perfect for keeping your pet safe on late night walks, visible at night in the back yard, and if you’re like me….on the family farm.
But before I could take the SafetyGlo harness for a spin, I had to charge it up! The easily detachable charging unit comes with a small USB cable that can be plugged into your computer for charging. Alternatively you can leave it to charge out in the sun – or simply place it on your dog while they are outside during the day and let the sun do it’s magic.
Once charged, the SafetyGlo unit easily snaps & velcros to the back of the harness.
There is also a handy on and off switch on the charger – so during the day you can switch it off.
And at night you can let it Glo!
Of course the true test is always the farm dog test….so I harnessed up and prepared to romp around the farm in my new SafetyGlo Harness.
Farmdog approved!
I’m wearing the medium SafetyGlo Harness, which fits me snuggly like a glove – it seems the sizes might run a little small, so when ordering maybe order a size up if you are unsure.
Being that I have a 9-5 job working as official shop greeter at mom’s shop in town, parade time I have to work extra hard to invite parade goers into the shop for free hot cider & cookies!
Luckily I’m pretty cute, so my job usually isn’t that hard. *wink*
After working hard at the shop all morning I was excited to hear that the parade was about to start. I made sure I got a front row seat for all the action!
The parade was just as fabulous as always, but the most exciting part is always SANTA!
And MRS. CLAUS too!
Hey Santa! I hope you got my Christmas List! See you again in a few days!
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