Year of the Dog: Our Favourite Dog Related Items (For People)

February 17, 2018

Yesterday marked the beginning of the Lunar New Year celebrations that will continue until February 26th. This year is the Year of the Dog -- which is the eleventh animal in the Zodiac. You are probably well aware that we are big fans of dogs at Little Shop of ElleSee, and so we've done a round-up of our favourite dog related items (for people) from some shops on Etsy.



Our first pick is this adorable "Up All Night" sweater of a Jack Russel and the moon from the shop Nic and the Newfie. Each sweater is hand printed in her two person studio in Connecticut.


Our next pick is a custom watercolour pet portrait from the shop Calistaprints. Calista does beautiful work, and pays great attention to detail...plus she's from our hometown!

This adorable Dognut (see what she did there) enamel pin from SamanthaEynon comes from Derby, UK. She's got all sorts of cute pins for dog lovers, including a dog pretzel and a dog loaf.



We couldn't create a list of our favourite dog items (for people) and not include our own precious pup. Through our dog drawing Feel Better, Ivan, we have been able to donate more than $25 to our local SPCA!


The Spot Rubber Stamp from the shop norajane based out of North Carolina was one of the first dog items that we added to our favourites list when we first started our Etsy journey. This adorable little guy would put a smile on anyone's face.





0

Pokeheart: A Pokemon Inspired Valentine

February 12, 2018

I created these pokeheart valentines for my son to give to his classmates after spotting it randomly on Pinterest one day, and thought I would share with you how I went about making them if you happen to be looking for a last minute Valentine's Day idea.

What you need:
Red construction paper
White construction paper
Black construction paper
Glue stick
Scissors
Hole punch
Paper cutter
Heart stencil

Using the heart stencil (I used a cookie cutter), I traced out the heart shape on both the red and white construction papers. By measuring the red heart on top of the white heart, I was able to figure out exactly where I wanted to cut my red heart in half -- all you need is the top part of the red heart. 

I then glued the top of the red heart onto the white heart (which I kept whole for ease of gluing), using the glue stick, and then trimmed down any part of the red heart that could be seen sticking out from beneath the red part that had just been glued on.

The black construction paper was cut into a 1/4 inch strip (roughly 1 centimeter), and then measured for the length that would be needed to cover the middle of the heart where the white and red paper joined. I made sure it was a bit longer than the edges of the heart, and then just used my scissors to trim it up to the edge once it was glued on.

The white circle for the middle piece was hole-punched out of a piece of the white construction paper, attached to a small square of black construction paper with the glue stick, and then the square of paper was trimmed down into a circle slightly larger than the white circle in order to create an edge around it. Glue it on to the middle of the black strip and you've got yourself a pokeball in the shape of a heart!



0
Powered by Blogger.