I wanted these new bow ties to be for boys, to be really masculine, but I have to say -- Piggie looks pretty darn cute wearing it!
We are going to launch these soon, just a few colors at first to see how they do.
Here it is in the green. I am thinking of doing a blue and red too.
I think she knows how darn cute she is! Look at her posing for the camera;)
Today marks one year since Piggie, (aka Olive) came to live with us!
She is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen, I am so in love with this pug. Check out those beautiful eyes!
She got a new collar as her present for making our lives so awesome this year and touching our hearts more than any other dog I have ever had. Tomorrow we are going to celebrate with a doggie cake, I can't wait to see her dig in!
Poor Piggie had it really rough the first 2 years of her life and at this point you would never know. It took her 9 months to start to warm up to Dan but now she is madly in love with him (and what woman wouldn't be really, he's a cutie ;)
The first day I had her I wanted to give her back because she wouldn't even let me touch her. That would have been such a huge mistake. I called my friend Tracy to come over and see what a mess of a pug I brought home and she totally convinced me to give it some time because she could tell how sweet Piggie was. Boy was she right!
So Happy Anniversary Piggie. I can't imagine my life without you!!
To die for right? Everyone at Pugtober Fest was asking if this pug was up for adoption. There were lots of sad people when they found out he wasn't ;)
So I've been missing in action for awhile now, I know. Although I've said it before, my absence was for good reason.
Reason #1:
We hired a new staff. First few folks didn't work out, but 3rd time was the charm. Jessi started working with us about 6 weeks ago and we just adore her. (Hope she doesn't mind that I stole this photo of her off Facebook!)
I could say that I have been so busy training her about all things Mimi Green and that is the reason I haven't blogged, but that is so far from the truth. After the first week Jessi was rocking and rolling. Mr. Miller said she is going to be better at making collars than we are soon! We love her. She is not allowed to quit, ever. It was a bit stressful, okay a lot stressful, to hire lots of new people. It took up a lot of my attention and I thank God that is over for now.
Reason #2:
I have gone on a redecorating spree. The house looks like someone else's house -- and I have been keeping it clean! I couldn't figure out how to balance kids / husband/ business / house but now I think I am getting the hang of it. Only took me 9 years!
Here are some views of our bedroom. I can't get enough of it. It is my first bedroom that feels like it belongs to a grown up. We also have been working on the yard:
See, check me out, I did my laundry AND hung it outside!
Reason #4
I kinda got a 4th dog!
Meet Coraline Jackson-Miller. I didn't exactly mean to get a 4th dog, but I did and we love her. She might take a plane ride to MN to live with Dan's family who are looking for a dog, but we will see. We are getting pretty attached;)
Reason #5, and the biggest reason for not blogging...
We designed a ton of new stuff! You can see our 2009 Holiday Gear on our site here
New Fall line here:
So I've been gone for awhile and part of the reason is these new shirts. I have been designing, adjusting, adding, photographing and messing with these shirts for weeks.
Here is a photo of the most recent incarnation:
It is like a shirt, but also like a dress. Here is Zoe wearing it at the Spring Pugnic.
Everything she wears looks good, but I am pretty impressed with the shirt -- finally!
In a few weeks we will be offering the collar to match this shirt. That turned out way cute too.
I don't have a great photo of Zack in his alphabet shirt, but you can kinda see how handsome he looked in this photo. That pug behind him, I almost stole that guy. He was the cutest! And he had just undergone plastic surgery to remove some of his face wrinkles because he was getting infections. He was going around telling everyone that he had a little freshening up done for the Pugnic. Either way, he was the cutest! ;)
Back to the shirts-- I am not sure that I am describing them well. I call the letter shirt the Alphabet Shirt, but really it is the Initial Shirt since the customer chooses the dogs first initial for us to sew on. I think people don't know that they choose the letter! What do you think?
You can get this beautiful shirt here.
I hope my husband isn't too jealous. I don't normally kiss men other than him. hehe.
I love this boy. Isn't he the most handsome thing you have ever seen? Only a real man can pull off, and enjoy, wearing a crochet flower! Zack kept bringing me over flowers that he liked, he did end up keeping that white one ;)
And his sis Zoe looks like these flowers were made for her!
Isn't she amazing??
Well I am totally in love with these two. And it makes me so happy that they are the first owners of our new flowers.
Keep tuned in for more info very soon!
Kim Donald (Recently Kim Jackson!) Photography
Did everyone see Obamanos posters or was it just in NM?
