Watermelon Hat (Toddler Size)

          Angry Bird Hat (kids size 4-8)

                Minnie Mouse Hat (kids size 4-8)

    Watermelon Bucket Hats for Little Girls

  Minion and minnie mouse hat

I am pretty well done before Christmas but I will take orders for any of these hats. Feel free to contact me  madebymau@gmail.com or just use the contact widget on the right side of this page.

These hats sell for $16.00 + $4.00 S/H

This is a special order for Cheryl. If you wish to have a special order for your little fur baby please feel free to contact me.

$19.99 + $4.00 s/h

The first one is the Newfoundland Tartan Dog collar and Leash

  SOLD!

  $19.99 (set)    S/H            $6.00

Made with 1″ Nylon webbing, nylon slides, welded D-Rings and a nylon quick release clasp and

Newfoundland  Tartan.

Collar fits from 14″ to 24″ and the leash is 46″ long

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The next set is the Nova Scotia Tartan Set

    SOLD

$19.99 (set)    S/H     $6.00

Made with 1″ Nylon webbing, nylon slides, welded D-Rings and a nylon quick release clasp

and Nova Scotia Tartan.

Collar fits from 14″ to 24″ and the leash is 46″ long and has been fitted with a light weight but strong

swivel clip. This leash has a padded grip handle for extra comfort.

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Cheery Christmas Dog Leash and Collar

      $19.99 (set)     S/H             $6.00

Made with 1″ Nylon webbing, nylon slides, welded D-Rings and a nylon quick release clasp

and Brillant red, green, and gold ribbon.

Collar fits from 14″ to 24″ and the leash is 46″ long and has been fitted with a light weight but strong

swivel clip. This leash has a padded grip handle for extra comfort.

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Shipping costs

1 item   $6.00

2 items  $6.00+$3.00  combined shipping of $9.00

3 items   $6.00+ $3.00+$2.00  Combined shipping of $11.00

If you are purchasing more than one set, please contact me and I will invoice you with the proper shipping amount.

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If you would like a leash made in a particular color or size please feel free to contact me.

I will be making more of the tartan sets (Cape Breton, New Brunswick, PEI) as well as the sparkly Christmas sets to be listed soon.

This sale is for Linda only but I can make one for your little fur baby as well. Just contact me with your dog’s size by following the chart that I have on my Dog Sweater page. I will do my best to get it done for you as soon as I possibly can

SPECIAL ORDER FOR LINDA ONLY!!!

Thanks for looking at my blog and feel free to contact me if you want a special order for your dog.!

Also I have some sweaters that I will be listing soon, Please come back

The summer was spent repairing school band instruments which was a real struggle when you are incapacitated as we were. We got through the summer months and then once we were able to navigate we decided we needed a few days away.

We took off to Bangor for a couple of days and our good friend Kathy took care of our dog for us.

When we got back we decided to take our little dog into the vet to be checked. She was drinking so much and peeing twice as much and had lost weight. I thought.. well heck she must be diabetic.. ok.. we can deal with that.. a pill,, she will be fine.. after all she is only 8 yrs old.   Blood tests were taken,, results not good.. her calcuim was off the chart  and she was severely dehydrated, which meant only one thing.. yup.. she had a tumor somewhere.. so an appointment was made for the next day to have her hydrated and maybe xrays to find out where the tumor was. The next day we saw the surgeon and after a bit she said.. oh ,, the other vet didn’t check her anal glands.. yup.. there was the tumor.. about the size of a golf ball apparently. No hydration to be done but they wanted xrays to see if it had spread and then the decision to make about surgery if any at all.. Xrays were conclusive.. she had a huge mass along her spine in her lymph nodes that was pushing down on her bowel.. options.. just leave her.. and we would be dealing with 6-9 months before she passed.. or surgery at the vet college, chemo and the prognosis only two extra months. So Yes.. we made the decision.. take her home.. love her and when symptoms progressed then we would have her peacefully put down. That was two weeks ago!!!!

This past saturday we went out for dinner and came home with what we call the lucky napkin for her (table scraps).. Mag went to the kitchen to get the container open and Shadow was doing the happy dance waiting for the scraps.. next thing we knew.. she hunched over and dropped to the floor.. gave a little spasm  and she was gone!.. She took a heart attack and it was over in about 30 seconds.. Gone!.. they said 6-9 months and we had 1 1/2 week with her. I guess the cancer had really taken a tole on her body more than we knew but the good thing was (if there was a good thing) she didn’t suffer from the tumors, no terrible decision had to be made by us. She went at home,, with the cats beside her. Poor Smudge, her nemisis just laid beside her on the floor like .. my best friend ,, come on,, get up..

Now.. here is the strange thing.. I had been looking for a second dog for company for shadow.. had contact with the shelters in the area about either fostering or adopting.. Sunday morning I got an email from one of the shelters saying they had an abandoned possibly abused dog.. would we foster or maybe consider adopting her.  I was like.. OMG my dog just died last night,, huh?..after a bit of thought I said.. well.. when one door closes another opens.. so.. lets go see this little girl and maybe give her a home that will treat her well and love her..

Now look at that poor little girl.. the eyes.. the dispair.. how could I say no to taking her home with us.

So Long story short.. We miss Shadow terribly.. she will never be replaced but we can give a little girl a home that she needs.. yes we fostered her but made the decision almost immediately that she will have her new forever home with us. She loves the cats (they are coping with her) and she is training easily. She was very much a runner when we first got her since she had never been tied or walked on a leash. Early morning training sessions as well as late night training sessions are working for her. She is really coming around. We have renamed her Skye and I think she will be a great addition to our animal family.

Life works in strange ways I guess and who are we to question

here is a picture of her taken only a few days after we got her.. All brushed and content. Once again we have lucked out in the Dog department.

So that is the last few months in a nutshell. Never a dull moment around here!

(the kind with the three chains on it) Well it was driving me to distraction, the chains just

seemed to be more of a bother than  not. So I decided to change it up a bit. below is my tutorial

on how I fixed the problem and added a cover over the feeder to keep some of the rain out.

Enjoy

firstly, I took the chains and hooks off the old tray feeder and went to the dollar store and got

a pretty plastic bowl for $1.25

bird feeder hardware

First I went to the hardware store.

I bought:

threaded rod 1/4″,  $2.49

6 -  1/4″ washers,  $.15 each

6 -  1/4″ nuts   $.15 each

and a double hook (found in the hooks isle)  $2.49

drill a 1/4″ hole in the middle of the bowl (my suggestion would be to start with a small drill bit for your first hole and then use the larger bit next, this keeps the plastic from splitting)

Take your tray feeder and drill a 1/4″ hole in the center of the tray.

take your threaded rod and put a nut and a washer about 12″ from the bottom of the rod.. This depends on how big a bowl you are putting over the feeder. Just play with it and decide what you like.

slide your bowl up to the washer and nut

then put another washer then nut on the rod and work them up to the inside of the bowl

tighten the nuts with wrenches as hand tightening will not be enough to keep them tight.

Now do the same at the bottom,, put a nut then washer about 3″ up on the rod

Slide the tray onto the bar and then add a washer and nut

Again, tighten the nuts with a wrench so they don’t loosen easily

Take one side of the hook out of the double hook adapter. I like to use just the hook screw end not the closed

eye screw it is easier to hang on a branch or whatever you are going to hang it from.

Now take the top end of your rod, add a nut, then a washer and screw it down about 2 inches

insert it into your double hook adapter as far as it will screw in, then screw the nut on the outside

part  up to meet the adapter and use a wrench to tighten it.

Voila!!!!!.. You can play around with the height of the bowl. Actually I have decided to go back to the

dollar store and get a big metal bowl  or a bigger mixing bowl. This one seems a bit too small to really

protect the seeds and the birds from the foul weather.

Cost of this project $8.00.  I have it hanging outdoors now and the birds are flocking to it as I type. Now to see if the Cardinals will take to this feeder. (that was my main purpose for revamping this feeder, all I had were tube feeders and the cardinals were singing in the trees just looking at the feeders. Pictures to follow when it stops raining enough for me to set my camera outdoors to catch the activity.

always plan. So here they are. I use a secure PayPal site.

The first one is a little boy sweater. Easy to follow pattern which is my original design

Sizes 8″ – 10″ – 12″

purchase the pattern now… $5.50.. free shipping

The next one is the Pink Lady Design.

Sizes 8″ – 10″ – 12″

purchase the pattern now… $5.50.. free shipping

Feel free to check out my other designs in my store

Happy Thursday

It turned out nicely but the picture does not show the true color. It is more of a deep rose denim color.

Anyway.. here is the picture

My sisters EarWarmer. I just love the color of this one

I have a whole container full of antique buttons so I put one on the flower and also the headband/earwarmer has a button in the back. Now I am thinking.. hmm.. Not really necessary to have a buttonhole and a button as the design is stretchy enough to put it on without having it buttoned

Off to make a few more

Happy Sunday to all

purchase the pattern now… $7.50.. free shipping

and another one

purchase the pattern now… $7.50.. free shipping

Good News!!!!
I have finally decided to start selling my original dog sweater designs.
The first one I have is the Shamrock Sweater
This pattern is for 3 sizes of dog sweaters
Size 12″….Size 10″… and Size 8″
All three sizes are included in this pattern.

I have been designing these sweaters since 2001 and have made hundreds of them for my loyal customers.This pattern is made in regular worsted weight yarn, your choice of brand of course. We all have our favorite yarns we like to knit with and this pattern is adaptable to your favorite yarns.

You may print or store a copy of the purchased .pdf for personal use, however you may NOT sell or distribute this pattern in printed or electronic form. You may use this pattern to craft sweaters for yourself or for minimal resale and all I ask is that you give me credit for the pattern design. NO mass production is allowed.

Once your purchase is paid for you will receive the PDF link which will be delivered to your email inbox. Follow the link and download the pattern. It’s just that easy!

The first one is the Newfoundland Tartan Dog collar and Leash

  $19.99 (set)    S/H            $6.00

Made with 1″ Nylon webbing, nylon slides, welded D-Rings and a nylon quick release clasp and

Newfoundland  Tartan.

Collar fits from 14″ to 24″ and the leash is 46″ long

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The next set is the Nova Scotia Tartan Set

$19.99 (set)    S/H     $6.00

Made with 1″ Nylon webbing, nylon slides, welded D-Rings and a nylon quick release clasp

and Nova Scotia Tartan.

Collar fits from 14″ to 24″ and the leash is 46″ long and has been fitted with a light weight but strong

swivel clip. This leash has a padded grip handle for extra comfort.

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Cheery Christmas Dog Leash and Collar

      $19.99 (set)     S/H             $6.00

Made with 1″ Nylon webbing, nylon slides, welded D-Rings and a nylon quick release clasp

and Brillant red, green, and gold ribbon.

Collar fits from 14″ to 24″ and the leash is 46″ long and has been fitted with a light weight but strong

swivel clip. This leash has a padded grip handle for extra comfort.

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Shipping costs   1 item   $6.00

2 items  $6.00+$3.00  combined shipping of $9.00

3 items   $6.00+ $3.00+$2.00  Combined shipping of $11.00

If you are purchasing more than one set, please contact me and I will invoice you with the proper shipping amount.

_____________________________________________

If you would like a leash made in a particular color or size please feel free to contact me.

I will be making more of the tartan sets as well as the sparkly Christmas sets to be listed soon.

cheery colors.

Thanks for looking