Spring Blowout SALE!

Spring is just around the corner brighten up your pets day with a brand new collar! Charming Co. has closed and I've opened a new shop and I'm already having a great sale.

25% off old inventory collars!

X-Small & Small only $7.50
Medium only $9.00
Large only $10.50
X-Large only $12.00

Take advantage of this great sale or just check out the new pet toys available!

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Stumble It!

Updates and a Contest!

Everyday for the past few days, I have taken the time to update the Charming Co. website. Slowly but surely things are falling into place. The site has been cleaned up and I am happy to announce it is almost complete and ready for a full relaunch. I have opened the doors for a tiny peek so that you all can see what I have been up to.

Please take some time and click around the new site. There are new sections including Tutorials, Collars, and Upcoming shows.

And, because I would love to hear some feedback I will be having a contest for a free Musica dog collar. (See left)

Here are the rules to enter:
-Go to the new site and pick out one thing you like so far or one thing you would like to see on the site.
-Come back and leave a comment with your email address.

The winner will be announced next Monday, November 17th. I will be contacting the winner via email to retrieve the needed size of the collar. I can't wait to hear your input.

Thank you and good luck!

HandBorn

Hello Loves! I know I know, I have been away for a bit. I've been super busy with school (I still have two 10 page papers due within a month!) and I'm getting my fitness on.

Lately, Justine and I have been really talking about having a baby within the next few years (make that 3 to be exact) and in the mean time I need to lose 50lbs to even make that possible. Being overweight and unhealthy and trying to get pregnant while having P.C.O.S. is extremely difficult. Especially when you add on to the fact that both of us lack the other part of the process and so I am fully dedicated to finishing school, losing weight, and getting healthy again so that we can make a family.

Ok enough of the mushy stuff. Because school has taken up much of my time, I still have yet to create all the handmade gifts I plan to give for this holiday season. I have also yet to order the much needed materials to create my new line of collars and leashes. But, I managed to snag a spot in HandBorn which is only a few weekends away! Oh dear me. The weekend before I even planned to go to Disneyland with Justine. So, this means that this weekend and next weekend I will be a collar making machine! Not to mention I have a few days off from school coming up that I will most definitely be using for crafting. So, I am going to order the much needed supplies for my collars and leashes and if you're in Modesto, CA this coming Nov. 29th please stop by and check out my new line!

Gone to the Dogs

Well as you all may have noticed I am taking my crafty business in a new direction. I am in no way being wishy-washy, but finally I feel as if I have found my nitch, my place, my purpose in the crafting communitty. I enjoyed sculpting with polymer clay and doing the marble thing. Believe me I have spent many a night glueing images to marbles and adding polymer clay to marbles and so on, but unfortunately those crafts will not get me to the big time craft shows. I will continue to make polymer clay charms and sculptures, but they will not be my main focus for Charming Co.

Instead I have decided to give Charming Co. to the dogs! I am a crazy dog lady and damn proud of it. If you have not noticed (you must not be reading this blog often) I have two cute, upbeat, and crazy puppy babies Ralphie Edwin and Brutus Wayne. They are my everythings and they are where most of my money goes. Brutus needed a new collar and so I set out for a tutorial on how to make a handmade collar. I loved making his so much that I bought a tutorial on mass producing collars and so the venture in dog accessories was started.

After making I don't know about 50+ collars (some assembled and some not yet assembled) I finally have it down and enjoyed every moment. It's somewhat addicting actually. After the collars were complete and the leashes are on their way, I have decided to dust off my baking pans, break out the apron and rolling pin and jump back into baking. Not just regular baking for the house, but baking dog treats and dare I say pupcakes?!

The last week has been dedicated to recipe research, trial and error ingredients and finally successes. I have kept this hush hush to most because if I did fail in my attempts to come up with dog friendly goodies I could just brush them under the rug and continue on my way. I will say though that this weekend at Craftoberfest and PYA, Charming Co. will be debuting baked goods for pups and dogs alike.

So now I say with great confidence, Charming Co. has a new face and that face has a wet nose and slobbery tongue and boy does it feel good to finally find my place in the craft world.

Craftoberfest update

Hello loves! In t-minus 12 days Craftoberfest will be on and popping. Personally, I cannot wait for this event. After a dud weekend vending I am more than ready for Craftoberfest. The event is being sponsored by the Sacramento News and Review as well as Dave's Pumpkin Patch located in West Sacramento.

There will be mini pumpkins for kids, a kids craft table, 30+ vendors, and swag for the first 100 visitors!!! WOW. What a great event. The Sacramento Craft Mafia will be hosting this event at the Sacramento News and Review parking lot on the corner of 20th and J st in Midtown Sacramento. The event will begin at 10am and finish up at 4pm.

Not only will Charming Co. be at Craftoberfest but right after I will be at Park-Your-Art Second Saturday event at McMartin Realty again for the last time this year. Come by the booth and see some great new items including collars, leashes, and maybe even some puppy treats. I can't promise anything about the treats but you never know. I might get some time in between school and work to whip up a batch of tasty treats for my puppies.

More on the shows as they get closer.

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New Product Announcement!

Attention ladies and gentlemen! Come one, come all!

Charming Co. officially will be a dog collar and pet accessory crafty business! I am slowly and steadily transitioning into the pet crafts and pet accessories arena. I am more than excited and I have taken every available moment to create a small but wonderful inventory of dog collars.



These items are already for sale on the Etsy shop as you can see from the image above. I am so excited and will be updating the shop with more collar designs.

Please let me know what you think as I am always trying to find out what people want in regards to my products.

Thank you for all the support! :D

Dog Collar Crazy!

I have a new addiction. I've been thinking of ways to expand my craft horizons and my crafty business. I must admit, I have missed sewing, and my puppies needed some new collars. I've been pondering on what I could start making and what I can put my charming twist on.

What better than pet accessories? Justine and I are more then guilty when it comes to how much we spend on our little boys. Ralphie and Brutus have their own couch, their own beds, toys strewn about all over the house and the backyard. We specifically moved into a house so they could have a yard to play in. Wow, we sound kind of crazy, but none the less we do not have children (yet) and our puppies are like our children.

I found a great tutorial on etsy and started making pet collars. The last few days have been spent sitting in front of the sewing machine, cutting fabric and interfacing and assembling collars. I've tried to make a few leashes, but a little more time spent practicing will do wonders, I'm sure.

The pictures are just a sneak peek at what I've been up to and what will be up on Etsy soon. The collar Brutus is wearing was the very first collar I have ever made! I had to use checkered fabric because Justine has an obsession with everything and anything checkers. She's looked for the past year for a checkered collar with no luck and I surprised her Friday night when she seen both our boys wearing checkered collars.