Happy July * It’s officially Grillin’ Time!
FRISCO Camping BBQ Grill Hide & Seek Plush Squeaky Dog Toy - Chewy.com Vitamin Sea
Swimsuit and headband dress rehearsal (too cute not to share).
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Black and White Striped Ruffle One-Piece Swimsuit with Bow Headband Set (size 12-18 months) - Amazon
Flamingo Sunnies (a gift from a friend). - Similar Amazon
Top Paw Water Dog SUMMER VIBES Cocktail Dog Toy - PetSmart
Pink Flamingo Baby Pool Floatie - Amazon
Ruff Stuff
Growing up without a whole lot of money, we learned to take extra good care of our things. If something broke, you would roll up your sleeves and try first to fix it before buying it new. And I’m not talking about duck taping it back together either. Like actually fixing it, almost making it brand new again. My dad was great at fixing things, making stuff, and building just about anything. So for Father’s day, I thought what are some of the things that remind me of my dad? Well apart from music, his twelve-string guitar, and trucking; I thought of his ‘Bob Vila’ side. My dad, the handyman extraordinaire. From there I pictured his endless collection of Levi’s denim jeans, all the flannels I would steal from him, (it’s was a grunge thing), the brand Carhartt, his DIY spirit, and the color blue, not just for his bright blue eyes, but because I remember blue being his favorite color when I was a kid. All those details I tried to incorporate in this shoot.
Happy Father’s Day, Dad!
Paw for the Course
Frenchie Bulldog Reversible Harness - Secret Garden (plaid side shown). size Large View floral side in previous post, Bridgeton.
swole caddy Steve the Sloth - by FRISCO @ Chewy.com (his safety vest was a DIY).
Babes In Brunchland
Donutella
Happy National Doughnut Day!
CupCanine
In a world full of muttfins
Be a CupCanine
We’re celebrating Bridget’s 6th birthday today. And while I am slammed with work-related tasks, I took my lunch break for a quick photo shoot. And naturally, she being the professional, we wrapped with plenty of time for me to actually get lunch. Throughout the day I have been surprising her with snacks. Because she turned six today, she’s getting six surprises.
We started off with snack # 1 as a wake call in bed. She wasn’t too sure what to think of the rude awakening. As she loves her beauty sleep.
Snack # 2 was presented to her when she came into my office to ask to go outside.
Snack # 3 was given to her on set as we were getting dressed for her bday photoshoot. (see above and to the side for the end result).
Snack # 4 was a nice dinner surprise.
Snack # 5 was a teepee treat, interrupting her facetime with Gary.
Snack # 6 the final gift was an unexpected bedtime snack.
I Got You Babe
Happy Gotcha Day, BB!
Please enjoy the below smattering of snapshots of BB’s year of Frenchie Living.
FrenchTea
Happy International Tea Day!
Well soon-to-be. It’s actually tomorrow, we’re celebrating a day early for our Frenchie Friday.
Blue Skies
Cool Mom
Happy Mother’s Day!
Teacup Frenchie
It all started with a onesie.
I was shopping for some cute baby clothes for my niece when I stumbled upon this onesie at Target. I had to get it for BB. I thought it would be a fun idea to recreate the caricatures and it would be even more perfect to have her wearing the onesie. We already had a pair of heart shaped glasses. So I immediately started brainstorming on how I was going to make a jumbo size teacup that BB could fit inside of. I found this large plastic planter at my local Ace Hardware store and found some foam to use for my handle. I needed something that would be flexible but somewhat dainty. After researching, I found thick foam furniture table edge protectors and thought that would work brilliantly. I was right. I ordered the white, but it was more of an off-white and didn’t look great, so I spray painted it white as a primer and painted it with acrylic paint that closely matched the blue planter. Then I trimmed my handle with some mirror gold paint, the same I used to paint the rim and bottom of my ‘teacup’ planter. This was just the first step for the teacup to use for this specific shoot. I decided because this prop entailed much more work than most of my props, I would incorporate it in other shoots, aptly titled Teaspotting. Now our jumbo teacup will get a bit of makeover accompanied by a matching saucer. Both of which will be featured in some upcoming photoshoots. Stay tuned.
DYI Jumbo Teacup * Before
DIY Jumbo Teacup * After
Lil' BB Carat
#BunDMC #HipHop #24CarrotGold #BreakdanceBunny #BarkBox
Bridgeton
(photo) Netflix Bridgerton Series Poster
When the new Secret Garden collection from Frenchie Bulldog was released, I immediately started brainstorming our photoshoot theme. The bright blue and coral floral pattern reminded me of Marie Antoinette. So I thought ok, white lace cuffs, that amazing MA wig, and definitely some pearls. While looking for background or prop ideas, on the Internet, I came across the new Netflix poster for the series Bridgerton. That was it! This very scene was what I was going to attempt to replicate. It was perfect because we could also play with her name for our title. I already had a cute Corgi toy and could find some dog toy balls. And though their croquet mallets are obscenely large in the photo, my DIY ended up being entirely too large too and it was near impossible to have BB hold it up on her own. Like one would expect when conducting a photoshoot with an animal, we had to improvise. Anyway, I thought I’d give you a little insider info on how or why this photo was created in the first place.
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Frenchie Bulldog
Secret Garden Collection
RoyalTea
Happy (96th) Birthday to Queen Elizabeth II!
&
Happy National Tea Day in the UK!
Elizabeth II
The Queen of the United Kingdom
Here are 30 things you may or may not have known about her highness.
EGGSercise
It’s a GOOD day for some EGGSercise!
To get swole and prepped for Easter Sunday’s heavy lifting.
BB has been chugging the carrot juice and training eggstra hard with Happy Hippo.
#bunnybrawn #eggweights #morebufflessfluff
Beach Bunny
"Rabbit, Rabbit, Rabbit!"
Hoppy 1st day of April!
Did you know that it’s a superstition (found in Britain and North America) to say “Rabbit, Rabbit, Rabbit” first thing in the morning on the first of each month? Me either, or at least I don’t remember knowing it.
Saying the phrase out loud upon waking before saying anything else is supposed to bring you good luck for the rest of the month. You can shake things up a bit too, by saying “white rabbits”. Both are thought to bring good luck as rabbits are considered lucky creatures. Really, no foolin’ here.
If you are just learning about this good fortune ritual and you have already uttered your first words today, have no fear, there’s still a chance to ward off any bad luck lying in wait. Before you go to bed, again on the first of each month, you can say “black rabbit” or “tibbar, tibbar”, which is “rabbit, rabbit” backward. Keep in mind that superstitions are only as powerful as you let them be.
Well, there you have, rabbit. A little carrot of info, my gift to you. You’re welcome!
Come back and visit us again because this month’s photo series is aptly titled The HareShow. See what we did there? And we have some eggstra fun shoots in store for you. So stay tuned.
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