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Atomic Attic Upcycled Pet Beds
Miles and Aimee are the masterminds behind Atomic Attic, an incredible Etsy shop chock full of gorgeous vintage items. Based on their love for “giving old, unusable things a new, fresh look,” Miles and Aimee have created a line of upcycled pet beds made from vintage suitcases, and bases from chairs and tables.
Spoonflower Fabric Contest Goes to the Dogs!
Spoonflower, the DIY fabric making company, runs contests every week and this week’s theme is dogs!
You can go to the contest page to vote and see all of the entries. Here are some of our favorites:
From top left, clockwise: Hotdogs by Sarah_chid, Queen Daisy the Boston Terrier by Missyq, Barking balloon buddies by Sammyk, Dog sounds by HKlinger
Beans’ Fall Fashion Forecast
Remember when you got that big, fat September issue of your favorite magazine in the mail? The Fall fashion one? I do. I would spend hours pouring over it, flipping through it’s glossy pages of deliciously expensive clothing, happy over-18 models posing as schoolgirls, wishing I could look like that when going back to school. Those days might be over for me, but that feeling I get each August when I begin to think about the Fall has never gone away. It’s almost a feeling of rebirth and excitement. But, I digress…really what I want to talk about here is Fall fashion — for dogs.
Now, I’m not one to dress up my dog in Juicy Couture and Ed Hardy, but that doesn’t mean that there aren’t fashion trends to take note of — especially for the modern pup. Beans and I got together to peruse the Interwebs and find some of the best Fall trends for the modern dog this year. Think of this as your Fall fashion issue of doggie Vogue.
Doesn’t he look excited? It might be because I said “Fall Fashion” or maybe it’s because I’m holding his favorite ball…
SallyeAnder Pet Products
For over 25 years, family-owned business SallyeAnder has been creating handmade soaps and skin care products. The brand was originally developed when Gary and Karen Austin needed to find a solution for their son’s allergies to bath products, but soon expanded to sensitive skin and acne products, bug bite soothing products, and even grass stain removers. Now, they’ve moved into pet products. As you all know, my dogs have crazy allergies from bumps to flakes to hot spots to just about everything.
How to Make A Flokati Dog Bed
Pawesome posted this instructional from Apartment Therapy on creating your very own Flokati pet bed. I think any dog that likes to snuggle will really love the softness of the Flokati cover. It’s a great tutorial and a fun DIY project that you can do easily in one day.
Sew Your Own Squeak Toy
If you’re in the Seattle area on Sunday, March 28th from 1-3PM, pop in to Assemble Gallery and Studio for a class on sewing your own squeak toy.
Choose from one of three animal patterns to sew a squeaky, plushy toy for your puppy (or small dog). Students will learn basic machine and hand-sewing techniques to create a hypoallergenic friend.
