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dear diary,
have u ever woke up and thought, there really are not enough rainbows in the world?  i do, especially on rainy days, when i think there should be a rainbow but all i get is wet when i have to go poop outside.  so i asked mom to make our just-in-time-for-mother's-day batch of etched and enameled necklaces super rainbowy!  it will be a few days yet before i can help mom finish them and put them on etsy, but i thought i would show you how the puppies are progressing, because who knows, maybe you could use a rainbow today too.  me, i am also hoping to maybe also get another snackie, so pardon me if i cut this entry short because i think my snackie eyes are finally starting to work on mom. i hope u have a wonderful thursday filled with rainbows! 

toodleydoo,
b. :)

 

(soon to be) etsy fresh: say hello to my new little brooch friend

No matter how optimistically I'd like to think otherwise, the first three months of the year seem always to take me places I haven't gone in terms of makey.  This year, compounded by the fact that I somehow messed up my left middle finger and consequently rendered myself at least temporarily useless for sewing and the ambidextrous nimbleness required of the double layer french fold binding technique I use for duds, my mind turned to the brooch ideas that started percolating late last year, and the challenge of turning those ideas into well made, hand crafted reality.

It's been a long road on the brooch makey front, needless to say, but I'm happy to post today an early peekypoo at the results of all that effort.  Forged from copper sheet, sawed, bent, sawed, pickled, soldered, pickled, soldered, pickled, sanded, pickled, cut, soldered, pickled, sawed, sawed, cut, snipped, sawed, sanded, pickled, soldered, pickled, sanded, sharpened, bent, buffed, patinated, waxed, and finally inlaid with thoughtfully arranged and carefully cut wool.  Yup, these cheerful little pups definitely take some time and effort to make, but as tiny chumley would say, the results are totally worth it, dontchoo think? :)

Look for tiny chumley to load this puppy pin and the rest of its brooch litter in our Etsy shop sometime in April, after the hubbub of taxes has died down and I've reintroduced myself to those patient friends who were already in proximity range on my duds radar from  - eeps - from before the holidays.  Boy it's hard to believe March is already almost over.  Well, it'd also be easier to believe if winter didn't keep coming back.  Happy makey, my friends! :)

wait!! while we are on the topic - mom, dontchoo think maybe i should be paid half up front for all the etsy work i will be doing later?  like, maybe, o, i dunno, a whole box of milky bones or scooby snacks? or maybe, if u just want to give me one snackie even? like, now, i mean. :) :)

brooches & pooches

Yippee! I learned a lot from the brooch class I took last weekend.  The possibilities are one size fits all endless, I think.  And very dachshundable. Not that you might be able to tell that from these brooches I finished this past week, but hopefully patience will be rewarded.

Patience is something that tiny chumley has had to have had in abundance this past week, sweet little boy that he was waiting for me to finish sawing this or hammering that. Til finally, he senses I am done, and then he becomes larger than life. :)

mom, now that these pins are finished and u are waiting to get supplies to finish the other stuff we are working on, can we please go to the pet store and get my cootie vaccine booster? little miss sarah's mom said cassie might be ready to play with other dogs as soon as monday afternoon and that is tomorrow. :) :)

etsy fresh: some super cool new cards

Hello my friends, it's me, Baxter, your roving rover reporter.  Today I'm going to tell you about one the new cards I just put in my mom's etsy shop, because, well, mom said I cannot tell you about me and duk duk and chocobot and lulu the tiger and lil pink puppy's friday night stinkapolooza until after the stink is gone from the family room carpet.  Which might be a while, because it was that kind of super stink. And I can only tell you about one card because that is all I have time for.  On account of the stink abatement protocols, which went into effect at 19:00 hours yesterday night.  Because of stinkapalooza.

Anyhoo, this is my super cool new congratulations card, which has a very special surprise in it.  I will not spoil it here but if you clicky clicky here you can see the listing and see for yourself what's inside.  Needless to say, this would be a super card for, you know, times when u want to help someone celebrate an achievement, like, graduating from school, or saving up enough gummy worms to buy a new pedal car, or maybe they asked a special girl to stand over there and she said yes. Or maybe they got accepted into the secret stink society, or, they finally wrote their report on walruses! Or, maybe your friend got a promotion at work, or maybe they won the guess whose foofie super nationals, or well, u know, stuff.  Like how maybe me and duk duk and lulu the tiger and lil pink puppy finally got the stink our of our family room carpet.  Which will be an incredible accomplishment indeed.

My name is Baxter your roving rover reporter, wishing you the superest of Saturdays! 


ps - if you would like to see the other new cards in my shop, u can click here on any of the following linky links: anniversary card, unicorn appreciation day friendship card, and my hello friend postcard (which is not new but never before really offered for sale because I have been including them with orders, but some friends have been asking for me to offer it so they could buy more and so there u have it! ) .  okay, time to get back to stink abatement duties.  toodleydoo! :)

rrrAWWrr means hello my friend :)

Today a peekypoo at the things that will be keeping me and the little kielbasa busy this week.  Finishing brooches like this one from this past weekend's class, making progress on some experimental wienery goodies I've posted a peek or two previously on Instagram and Facebook...

    

...and doing all sorts of elf work to replenish old favorites and add new paper goods into the kalyxcraftopia shop, so that tiny chumley's happy little postcard can go out with each and every Etsy order.


hee hee hee,  mom, after school today, to help u take pictures of our new paper goodies, i will get all the fans in the house and point them at the sky, so we can blow away the clouds and bring the sunshine back.  do not start without me, okay?? :)

soon to be etsy fresh: hello square-o!

hee hee hee, i can see it's gonna totally hip to be square this Valentine's day!  :) 

#newshape #comingverysoonysoon  #teenytinydoxietreasureboxes  #eventinier

 (ps - i am hoping to help mom load these and more boxes to the shop tonitey nite after my dinner and if i cannot finish before my bedtime, probably tomorrow during the day. so if you have been waiting for one like forever or know someone who could really use one this Valentine's day, stay tuned to etsy n  facebook n twittter n instagram to answer the call of dooty! :))

etsy fresh: meet me at the intersection of cuteness and awesome

Hee hee hee, it's been busy here in the real world, what with my having rather spontaneously decided my studio needed a reorg which started an ongoing trip to can't-make-a thing-now-messyville, but lucky for me, tiny chumley and his toyfriend duk duk have been managing the etsy shop just fine without me.  Even managing to make a few new happy paper goodies to put in the shop, featuring a certain little imaginative four legged boy and his wookie dukfriend.  And his bodacious princess buns, of course. 

Enjoy them all by clicking here --> http://etsy.me/1iOVP2A, or individually, by clicking on the desired links below :)

Valentines Day / Love

Birthday

Sorry Apology

Thank you (for being there)

Life Day (holiday)

hee hee hee, send happy my friends and happy hump day! toodley doo - b. :)

tidings of wooty and glee: save the date for cyber funday 12.1.2013

Why hello my friends, it's me, Baxter, you roving rover reporter, reporting to you today on the last planned installment of my special report,  tidings of wooty and glee. And what do I want to tell you about? Why, when and where you will find the last litter of six supercool and very gifty teeny tiny doxie treasure boxes for the year!  You will find them here  in the Christmas section of my mom's etsy shop. But you will not find them there until cyber funday, or what you might know as this Sunday December 1st at 10:00PM EST, or as close to it as I can remember because well, with my grandpa and grandma and uncle still in town, you never know what we will be doing although hopefully we will be watching a movie and then I can just use my iphoney to activate all the listings for you and there u have it!

So if you have been wanting one, I wish you good lucky luck!  This is Baxter your roving rover reporter, also wishing you a very wonderful day before cyber funday! :)

tidings of wooty and glee: seven doxies dancing

hee hee, today's two words for the day? squee and  RUN :)

tidings of wooty and glee: send happy :)

hello my friends it's me, Baxter your roving reporter! today I am playing with my friend Henry gumption but I thought I would take a moment to tell you about a few of the supercool holiday cards me and duk duk designed for my mom's kalyxcraftopia etsy shop.  

like this Princess Leia one, which we thought would be sure to put a smile even on the grinchiest of grumpy grumps.  and on the faces of nerdy nerds like us who might actually know where the quote on the front of the card is from, although u do not have to know because the message inside works for pretty much everybuddy. 

and then there is this Christmas card, which we thought would look cool on any buddy's mantel because it looks like art. 

and me and duk duk drew this story card because sometimes not everybuddy can get to sending out Christmas cards in time and well, we thought why not do a New Years card because then it can also double as a thank you card too! 

well my friends, judging by the smell methinks it is time for me to play guess whose foofie so I will close my report by saying if you would like to help spread the doxie holiday joy this season, u can find these cards and more holiday and Christmas cards in my mom's etsy shop just clicks click this link --> https://www.etsy.com/shop/kalyxcraftopia?section_id=10296785

and maybe while you are there you can pick up a super budgety super cute tiny chumley desk calendar for yourself or a friend, or look at the other sections of my shop for other nice gifty ideas by clicking here 

https://www.etsy.com/shop/kalyxcraftopia

my name is Baxter and I hope u have a stinkeriffic Saturday because I know I will! :)

tidings of wooty and glee: we can be a family :)

Hee hee hee, come see what's new in the etsy shop, and maybe you can find room on your tree for one or two or


























maybe even a family :)

Super cute handmade mix and match wooden doxie ornaments, in limited quantites of 3 different sizes and 6 different colors, available in the Christmas section of my etsy shop :)

coming soon :)

Yippee, weeks in the makey, all that's left now to do with tiny chumley's super cute top secret Santa project is to have him take photos and work on the etsy listings in the next few nights.  

psssst - hints I will give you in numbers of three, tidings of joy and presents of glee, this next surprise Mom made with some help by me, and I hope u will save some room on your tree! :) :) #comingthisweekend

#kalyxcraftopia

workshop elf

mom, are u sure i cannot help u use the drill?

please?  :) :)

Hee hee, more Tidings of Wooty and Glee coming soon my friends so stay tuned! :)

while u were sleeping

Hopefully by morning's light there will be a few happy boxes left from this litter for those who aren't night owls, but the little kielbasa and I won't know, because we will still be sleeping.  :)

Happy Tuesday! More details to come on the last and final litter of six boxes for the year. :)

tidings of wooty and glee: teeny tiny doxie treasure boxes :)

Why hello my friends, it's me, Baxter, your roving rover reporter, reporting to you today in the first installment my new reporting series, Tidings of Wooty and Glee, featuring the latest and greatest stuff that me and duk duk are helping put into my mom's etsy shop.  Like these here teeny tiny treasure boxes my mom finally finished, the last batch of the year and just in time for holiday gift giving!
And  guess what - this time, there boxes with doxies of all sorts of coat colors - dark dark ones and medium deep copper red ones and bright ones and speckledy ones even one that sort of has a wheateny gold color!

And, as if that isn't good news enough, guess what - teeny tiny treasure boxes are now available for
my international friends! In fact, me and duk duk decided that until we start posting the second litter, (hopefully soony soon!) the first litter of six will only be available internationally, to give my international friends a chance catch up and save on shipping and still get their packages in time for holiday gift giving.

Oh, and speaking of gifty sumptin sumptins, just so u know, mom will be working on necklaces and has been working on some very special ornaments so as always, stay tuney tuned to my future reports and dooty doots!! This is Baxter your roving rover reporter wishing you a very happy Sunday :) :)

workers comp

Tiny chumley and I were busy working on teeny tiny treasure boxes yesterday, and although it will probably be a week or two before they are ready to find new homes, a certain little helper elf and his demanding tummy required at least partial payment for a job partially done :)

hee hee, mom, u know me and my tummy work on a pay as u go system.  it's in our contract! :)

(PS - hope to get the litter up in the next week or two so stay tuned :) )

etsy fresh: me & madwilly notecard set

hee hee hee, come get some cards before they're all gone!! #onlyeightsetsthisyear #superversatile #supercute #supergifty #hashtagsnotincluded :)

introducing the me & madwilly blank note card set ,  only at kalyxcraftopia.etsy.com :)

etsy fresh: super cute pirate hats for sausagey boys and girls

Hee hee, okay, so I'm not really into the ghoul and gore and rubber smell of Halloween.  But I do love an opportunity to dress up our little sausagey friends, and I have feeling that you just might too.

Just in time for Halloween and fresh to the etsy shop, super cool pirate hats for sausagey boys and girls.  Cuteness, with a healthy serving of arrrrrrrrrrrr! :)

hee hee, hey if anybuddy sees duk duk tell him i will be waiting for him after school today on the HMS Poopie.  BYOO (bring your own oar)  :)

etsy fresh: tis the season :)

Hee hee why hello again friends, it's me, Baxter, your roving rover reporter reporting to you today about the new paper goodies in my mom's Etsy shop that I promised I would tell you about yesterday when I told you about our new budgety calendar for 2014 .  First up is my super cool new arty arty Christmas card, awesome because it's u know, arty in an I like MoMA sort of way.  And it's still a doxie, which is really important because who does not like a doxie, right?  Especially a red nosed one. And it is available as a card single or a  5 pack.

My next card is not only super cute but super cool, because I helped mom design it so u can send it to practically everybuddy and not just at Christmas because it is a happy holidays card.  So u can send it for Christmas or Hanukkah or Festivus or anything! And who wouldn't love receiving tidings of cheer and good fun?  This  supercool card is also available as a single and as a 5 pack and if u look closely at what i am wearing on my head, mom says she is working to put some of those in the etsy shop too so stay tuned!!

And finally, new to the Christmas/New Year section of my mom's etsy shop, it's the first in a collection of cool cartoon cards that me and duk duk are hoping to design all by ourselves.  We decided to start with a new year's card because well, if u r anything like us, sometimes Hannukah and Christmas and Festivus and such come up so fast on you that u run out of time to send out cards and so yippety doo, why not just send out new year's cards because then u have not only all of December to send them, but January too?  You can find out more about what our card says and even get your card single by clicky clickying here.



And I know, my friends, here I am talking about Christmas and stuff and it is not even October yet.  But I know some of you like to plan ahead and get while the getting's good, which is why I thought I would report about it now.  And to remind anybuddy thinking about ordering a custom print card with say custom wording, or say order something in bulk, now thru mid October is really the time for us to work together on that by convoing me on Etsy.  Because you know, everybuddy gets busy during the holiday season and why spend all that time worrying or expediting when we could just take care of it now?

Okay, enough about December holidays, it's not even October yet right?  So let me just close my report by saying I have no idea yet what I will be for Halloween this year, but I sure hope it will be as scary as my Halloween Boo card.  Or maybe I should try for cute again, u know, homieween style.  Hmmm...hmmmmm....
 

Anyhoo, I promise to return you back to regular programming soony soon! If mom has time and the weather cooperates, I might just be able to show you some new dapper duds she finished next so keep your fingers crossed because they are really cool!  This is Baxter your roving rover reporting to you live from my mom's etsy shop, wishing you happy shopping!! :)

etsy fresh: tiny chumley 2014 happy budgety desk calendar

Extra! Extra! Poop all about it! Hee hee, hello my friends, it's me, Baxter, your roving rover reporter, reporting to you today about my super duper new desk calendar that I just helped put in my mom's etsy shop.  Yup, it's all brand new for 2014, and I thought I would tell you about it now because the sooner u get it, the sooner you'll have it, right?  And it will mean less stuff for u and me both to worry about, like if it will get there in time or if mom runs out.  You know, stuff that always happens if u wait too long.  And believe me, I know all about that.  Only lucky for you, you do not have to write a walrus report. Still.

Anyhoo, if u promise not to peek already, because some people like to plan early and get the pick of the pick, tomorrow I will show you a few other holiday goodies that I put into the shop. And one of them in particular was designed especially by me and duk duk. I wonder if you will be able to guess which one.

Well okey dokey that is all for today.  Except for all the stuff I will be doing on the instygram and facebooky and tweety tweets.  And pinterest.  Oh, and I guess school work too.  Smell u later my friends!  This is Baxter your roving rover reporter wishing you a happy Friday and a wonderful weekend!! :) :)

ps - if the links did not work, u can clicky clicky here for calendar calendar --> https://www.etsy.com/listing/163941625/dachshund-desk-calendar-2014-tiny