Archive for January, 2009

Bulldogs come in at #8

Well, the AKC has ranked its top 10 dogs for 2008, and the bulldog came in at #8. Woo hoo for bulldogs! I have a bully named Dozer, and as you can see he loves to help me with my projects. I was trying to cut up used wool coats I had gotten at Goodwill [...]

January 30, 2009 · johoff · No Comments
Posted in: bulldog

Valentine’s Day and the Cuttlebug

Ok, I admit it. Valentine’s day is not my favorite holiday. Neither my hubby nor myself are especially romantic, and I get darned tired of hearing how wonderful other peoples’ spouses are. But I tried to get in the spirit this year, partly by playing with my new toy, the Cuttlebug! I know, it doesn’t [...]

January 29, 2009 · johoff · No Comments
Posted in: etsyblogger

CPSIA Again

In an effort to draw attention to the new and incredibly stupid CPSIA law, Etsy sellers are posting about it in their blogs today. The below post was written by Winklepots and Chichibouli, and I thank them for giving us this wonderful info to post. As parents and concerned citizens I’m sure most of us [...]

January 28, 2009 · johoff · No Comments
Posted in: etsyblogger

What Tarot Card are you?

I found an interesting web site (http://www.flarn.com/~warlock/tarot/) that will tell you what tarot card you are (thanks Coloradiction!) I’m not big into tarot readings, but the cards sure are beautiful. So I went to take a look. Turns out I am the Moon. Hope, expectation, Bright promises. That certainly sounds like me! I took a [...]

January 27, 2009 · johoff · No Comments
Posted in: dogmaw, etsyblogger

New Style, new puppy pictures!

I’ve been trying to decide on a new style for my blog, and I think I’ll stick with this one for a while. Please let me know if it gives your browser trouble so I can fix it. The pictures are all from the Great Pyrenees puppies I showed you a while back. This is [...]

January 25, 2009 · johoff · No Comments
Posted in: puppy

Hemp, the cool fiber!

Hemp is another word for the plant Cannabis sativa L. Now this does not mean marijuana, though they are in the same family. For that matter so is broccoli and cauliflower. No, I’m talking about the fiber hemp, or industrial grade, which is making a big comeback. Note that industrial grade hemp doesn’t have very [...]

January 23, 2009 · johoff · No Comments
Posted in: artfire, etsy, etsyblogger

New store on Art Fire!

Well, I must admit that it is super easy to set up a shop on Art Fire. I think I will give things one run on Etsy, and if they don’t sell there switch them over to Art Fire. So here is a sneak preview of my new shop. And Phyllis, I know you are [...]

January 21, 2009 · johoff · No Comments
Posted in: etsy

Art Fire instead of Etsy or Ebay

A brand new art site has opened up! It is Art Fire, and you can find it at ArtFire.com It isn’t an auction site like Ebay, more like a list is where you want to sell it like Etsy. But it is even better than Etsy, especially if you get in now. If you do, [...]

January 20, 2009 · johoff · No Comments
Posted in: artfire, etsyblogger

One week old Great Pyrenees puppies!

This is me feeding a one week old Great Pyrenees puppy. You ask why I’m feeding a GP pup when I have a bulldog, and I haven’t said anything about getting a new dog. Well, this is my friend Renee’s puppy. Last spring Renee got a GP 4 month old to raise with her goats [...]

January 16, 2009 · johoff · No Comments
Posted in: puppy

My first new toy of the year

Well, it may not look like much but this is one of my two new toys. It is a Xyron 900 machine. It makes stickers, magnets, and laminates, all with a simple change of cartridge. Stickers you say? Why would I want to make stickers? Well, don’t think of it as a sticker machine, think [...]

January 7, 2009 · johoff · No Comments
Posted in: etsyblogger