LOST PUG in Emerald Isle, North Carolina

Hey everyone;

I know I hardly ever post on here but I read everyone daily. I'm posting today in hopes to get the word further out especially among the pug crowd. My good friend Janine lost her beloved pug Frodo this past Saturday. She is in Emerald Isle, North Carolina.

Here is a link to Frodo's missing flyer: http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e17/jkg_vader/frodoflyer.jpg

She's already contacted the vets & shelters (they have a sort of 'Amber Alter' system in their area for animals) as well as the local pug rescue but if you know anything else she should do please let me know. We are praying that someone will take him to the vet this morning and have his microchip scanned.

Thank you for your help!

Coronation gown & Gone with the Wind Gown

Thought I would share a few more pics right away. :) I was showing you the progress on my Coronation gown; I got it done just in time. I am really happy with how it came out!!

Me walking to be crowned Queen

Closeup

Posing with my Bellydance troupe after the ceremony

Also this year I made a really nice red silk satin version of Scarlett's 'Shame' gown from 'Gone with the Wind' for a Bride for her wedding. Here are a few pics of how it came out:

The red gown was REALLY expensive one; the fabric alone was close to $1000! I want one for myself now though. LOL!

I fail at Blogger - pug in pjs pics to make up for it!

So I totally fell down on the job of keeping this blog updated. <:( I log into google reader every day to be sure to keep up with all YOUR blogs but never got around to updating mine. I pretty much do all my blogging on Livejournal, should have just copied and pasted some of the entries over here. I was reminded that I hadn't posted while chatting with Punchy in regards to some pics I forwarded her of the pugs. I contacted her last week about making some PJs for them and they arrived yesterday! FAST! So of course I popped them on and Hubby and I did a quick photoshoot with them. Lots of treats were involved to get them to stay long enough for pics & there were alot of outtakes. Here are a few good ones:

Seriously, if you aren't in sugar shock from the cuteness you need to get yourself checked out. ;) If you don't know Punchy yet here is a link to her blog & here is a link to her Etsy store! I know my furkids are soon going to have a wardrobe from her!

I promise to post with some pics & info from this year soon!

A 'Ruff' day for Pearl

Pearl came with us this past weekend to another SCA event and wore her elizabethan ruff so she would fit in with all of us other costumed crazies. ;) She had a wonderful time and I loved having her with me! We figured out that if we sit just right she fits right next to me on the throne and she spent quite a while napping there. :)

Here are some photos from the day!

Smiling in her Ruff!

Trying to get Daddys attention.

About to give Daddy a kiss!

Hope you enjoyed!

Dreary Day

Its foggy and grey here in DFW this morning and boy, I am wishing I stayed home. Hubby took a sick day today as he hasn't been feeling 100% the past few days and it took all my willpower not to climb back under the covers and snuggle with him and the pugs for the rest of the day. So now I sit at work WISHING I was at home with my family in bed. At least it is Thursday and almost the weekend, a weekend where I get to stay home, sleep late and basically recharge.

Hubby and I went away to an SCA event in Mississippi last week that was a week long; it is called Gulf Wars and it is wonderful. As we are the Prince and Princess currently we had an awful lot of work to do there but it really was a pleasure. There were about 3,500 people in attendance, everyone dressed in medieval clothes and living like you would in medieval times. Since we are Royalty we got to sleep in a cabin onsite but most people camp. Walking around during the week was nifty, so many of the campsites are gorgeous to look at with period pavillions and streaming silk banners.

We had such a wonderful time that week it has been hard this week getting re-adjusted to the real world. I mean, who wouldn't have trouble going back to work and doing mundane things after literally being treated like a Princess for the past week? So I've been kinda sad this week and the rainy weather hasn't been helping my mood much.

The pugs stayed home for the week and I missed them terribly! I had a dog sitter come feed them in the mornings and our friend K come visit them in the evenings. The house was a mess when we got back; the pugs somehow figured out how to get around the barrier fence we set up around the couches and they were covered in hair and unfortunately pee when we got home. :( They have since been vaccumed and steam cleaned but it is very frustrating to have to go through all that. The pugs have a doggie door yet they choose to pee on the furniture. Hubby was seriously upset about the accidents but was better after everything was cleaned.

Anyways, here are some pics taken recently of Hubby and I.

Me looking all princessy. ;)

Hubby firing up the troops!

Hope everyone is well out there in blogger land! I know I don't comment much but I'm still here and reading! ;)

More dress progress

I got *ALOT* done this weekend; I beaded Friday night, all of saturday (from 8am till about 10pm) and most of sunday. Pinned the sleeves on and laid out the hem trim in the front to get an idea how the gown is coming together. :)

Here is a close-up of the armband:
Here is a closeup of the neckline:

Still alot to do. The sleeves are only half there, the bottom half will be large bell sleeves. The hem of the sleeves will also be beaded so I can't attach them till that is done and then they are lined. Pics will be posted as I make more progress!

Sorely Overdue for a Post

Yeap, thats me. :p Sorry I haven't been keeping up with posting over here although I read everyone else's blogs daily. Wouldn't miss them! Things have been really busy down here in Texas; only about two months left till Hubby and I step up as King and Queen of our Kingdom in the SCA. Two months might seem like ALOT of time but its not when you are making, hand beading and embroidering two outfits!

I have some progress pics of my gown; it looks more like a wedding gown right now but it will look more medieval once I get the sleeves on. Planning a Coronation is ALOT like planning a wedding; there is SO MUCH to coordinate! Anyways, here are the pics:

Front of the dress; white silk with red silk accents and black satin ribbon edging

Side view, you can see the train. The dress is 8.5 yards around at the hem!

Started the beading for the hem of the dress; the silk is REALLY red rather than pink like my silly camera makes it out to be. FYI, the beading is not crooked either; its just the way the silk was laying when I took the pic that makes it looks so.

My shoes that I will be wearing on the big day! I love them but they are a little snug so I am wearing them to stretch them out a little.

So thats what I've been up to! The pugs are all well and have been trying to 'help' while I've been sewing with things like walking all over and standing on my WHITE SILK FABRIC while I was trying to cut it out! :p Now that I've got the dress mostly together (can't sew the sleeves on until the armbands have been beaded) I've been working on beading the hem (which will be attached once its beaded too) and the pugs are THRILLED about that. Why? Because when I am beading I am sitting in one spot for an extended amount of time and that means they come and lay all over me. Its not easy trying to be productive with three snoring pugs draped across you. Although I did learn that Pearl is a good prop up for the scroll frame that the beading is on. Just have to be careful not to poke her with the needle. :p

Well thats all for now! I hope everyone out there in Blogger land is well!

Pics from Crown Tourney

Being announced

Before the final fight

Sir Hrafn faces Duke Miguel

Hrafn is crowned Prince

I am crowned Princess

Whew! Busy busy!

Haven't had a chance to post here in a while; things have been CRAZY. On January 10th my Husband won THE BIG tournament that we have for our Medieval Reenactment group which means I am Princess now and in just over 3 months I will be Queen! This is a VERY cool thing but this also means that pretty much for the rest of this year my life will revolve around the SCA. I am excited about this but already its been alot of work and it will be even more once we step up as King and Queen. At least we have a few months to prepare for it!

The pugs have been great; we had a busy weekend with lots of visitors so they were in heaven! Pearl has killed the last of the christmas stuffies; there was white stuffing all over the living room last night. Will have to go out and get some more toys for them this week.

Hope everyone has been staying warm; its been pretty chilly here in Texas!

Explination of my sewing

So it seems I need to do a little explaining on my sewing for everyone reading. I guess popping those dresses up was kind of out of the blue; I forget how new this blog is and that I haven't really talked about myself all that much. :) I intended it to be just about the pugs but I see now that blogger can be more than that.

Anyways! I sew. Alot. Mostly costumes but I do the occasional wedding gown as well. Sometimed for other people and sometimes for myself. I mostly sew for other people enough to fund my sewing for myself. ;) My favorite things to sew are victorian gowns as well as Movie Recreations especially Moulin Rouge. I have now made 6 of Satine's gowns for myself and have plans to make the remaining 5 as well. ;) Obsess much? Yeah, thats me.

I also do alot of medieval costuming as I am a member of the SCA. I haven't done much medieval sewing this year but my next project will be for the SCA so you will probably see pics of it going up later.

Here is a link to my costuming website where you can see more; the gowns I showed you in the previous post haven't been uploaded yet as I am sorely behind in updating but you can see some of my past work! Just click on the pic to go there!


Have fun browsing and I hope you like everything!

What I've been up to

The past two weeks I've had off from work and have spent a good deal of time away from the computer. Just finished reading up on all of your blogs; too many to comment on but I read them at least! :)

I've been a busy bee this vacation; the pugs happily keeping me company the whole time. I've made three victorian gowns in the past week; two replicas from the Movie 'Moulin Rouge (my favorite) and one bustle gown of my own creation. Thought I would share them with you!

Here is the first gown I made; the Blue and Black victorian gown that is a period gown but not a replica. I just liked the blue and black combination.

Next is the first Moulin Rouge replica; Satine's Grey Walking Gown. First is a picture from the movie and second is a picture of the gown I made.
Lastly is a gown that is still in progress as of last night; I haven't doen the closures on the jacket yet (they are just pinned) nor have I finished the lower part of the sleeves but you can still see that I have alot done. I also need to have the leather waist cincher made, that is in progress. First is a screencap from the behind the scenes of the movie and second is my gown as it looks at the moment.


Hope you like em! :)

Our first Award!

LOL, and it couldn't be more appropriate! We got this form Sophie, Dixie and Harley's mom; thank you! How perfect is this:

The 'Strange Dog Warning' award! lol! That certainly describes our hoursehold!

Benign!

I know it's supposed to be Wordless Wednesday but the vet just called with the results on Ickis' biopsy! It's benign! Woohoo! I can't remember the term she used for the tumor but it sounded bad so I was very anxious until she told me it was benign and they got all of it so once he gets his stitches out he's cured!

Thank you all for your well wishes!

*does the happy dance*

Wordless Wednesday

Christmas Decorating

We finally got our tree on Friday night, Ickis stamped his approval on it Saturday morning by peeing on the lower branches. :p Hubby trimmed the lower ones off to give a less inviting place to pee and so far it has helped. We let it open for a day and then decorated it Saturday night. Here are a few pics; one taken Saturday night and then brighter one taken Sunday morning:

As you can see we have a red and silver theme going on for the tree. I love it. I didn't even get all of our ornaments on it this year; I have a bunch of silver roses that I usually put on but they are just a bit too heavy for the branches I think. I still like how it turned out though.

Did you notice all the stockings by the fireplace? Everyone in our houst gets one; Me, Hubby, Ickis, Tank, Pearl and our two cats Neko and Carmy. :) Santa already actually visited our house for the stockings as they are filling up; Santa likes to keep the things he picks up in one place and its easier to stuff the stockings than to try and store things. ;)

Miss High Maintenance

Pearl is alot of work. Every morning she is the first one up; as soon as the alarm goes off she is bounding around the bed waking the rest of us up. She has to be monitored during mealtimes or else she will eat her brothers meals as well as her own which she bolts as soon as the bowl is set down. Anytime I sit somewhere she has to be on me and has to be getting loved until she falls alseep. Once she is sleepy though she doesn't want to be moved even the slightest bit and will grunt her displeasure if you do.

Hubby brought home this t-shirt a little while ago and I snapped a pic of it this weekend.

I think it fits in more ways than one. ;)

Ickis is out of surgery

He is waking up, doing ok and the growth has been removed and will be sent out for biopsy. I should know something within a week. The cost of today almost doubled from the quote I got last week(from $235 to $425); he needed all his vaccinations done too as well as bloodwork this morning. So I'm stressed out about that but there is nothing I can do about it. Thank goodness both Hubby and I got paid today as well as my bonus came through.

On a bad note the doctor called me this morning and wanted to do a dental cleaning on him because she said he has dental disease and may have to have three teeth extracted. :( I told her we couldn't afford it todday but she mentioned that they were having 'Dental Month' in january and february and it would be 10% off so maybe when we get our taxes I can get the pugs done. I hope.

Thank you all for your well wishes on this, please continue to send good thoughts until we get the biopsy results back next week.

My favorite snow picture

The above is my favorite snow picture of all time. It was Ickis' first snowfall and he was a little hesitant at first but soon was racing around the yard in it. He was bounding in great leaps over the snow when he came to his first snowdrift. The above was taken the second he went face-first into the snowdrift and emerged seconds later shaking himself off and very unhappy. ;)

It's been pretty cold here in North Texas; it was in the 20's this morning! No snow yet but there has been snow south of us already so I'm sure it's just a matter of time! We hope everyone out there is staying warm!

Wordless Wednesday

Pics from Saturday

This is another hobby I have when I'm not at home with the pugs. I'm the one with the red hair and red roses on my half turban. ;)