What I'm Working on Wednesday

Hello!! It's Wednesday again!! I've been busy this week!

An old friend of mine purchased a custom Cupcake 2010 Set for her niece and I finally got it finished and mailed yesterday. I love how it turned out!

I also had a custom order for a Snuggle Cocoon and really love this new color...it's called "Pearls".

I also promised you a photo of the awesome Greyhound statue that I received from my wonderful family for Valentine's Day....isn't he sweet!!

Well, now I'm off to create a new design for magazine publication!! Have a great day and happy crocheting!

Gotta Love Greyhounds!!

Here is the video of the Greyhounds at Westminster. There is a beautiful Red Fawn (like Cash) in the second group. I was even able to pick out the winner! (Pretty proud of myself.) For those of you who don't know, Mr. Cash is an AKC Champion, Windrock Ring of Fire. (This link is neat...it's his pedigree that you can trace back 33 generations!) Here is a link to the other Windrock hounds.

What I'm Working on Wednesday

Happy Wednesday! I hope you are all having a wonderful week. I actually have a few things to tell you today about what is on my hook!!


I am currently working on a new design to self-publish. I hope to have it finished today and get photos soon. Then I can send it off to the editor. It is using Misti Alpaca Chunky yarn and I am using my new "K" hook that I just received from Jimbo's Hooks!! I love this new hook!! It feels wonderful and I can't wait to make more things with it!

Other than that, not much else on my hook...but lots of things in my mind! LOL!!


I also want to share with you the new tag I got for Mr. Cash! It's from Punky Jane's Etsy shop. She is a fellow Etsy Twitter Team member and makes some wonderful stamped silver jewelry! Be sure to check her shop out! Cash's new tag features a Greyhound on the front and my cell phone number on the back....just in case he gets away from me. I think I may have to shop with her again for something sweet for my hubby on Valentine's Day!

Have a great day!

What I'm Working on Wednesday

Time to start this again!! I haven't been extremely busy because of the holiday, but I have gotten some items made!

First, I just sent a new design off for magazine publication!! I'm really excited about this one! It's my updated version of an old 1955 crochet pattern that I found! I think you will all be loving this one just as much as I do! Here is a sneak peek!


I also made Mr. Cash a new sweater. I knitted it from a pattern I found so that I can practice my knitting skills. It looks really good, but stretches a lot, so it doesn't stay in place very well. But it does keep him warm and I stick it over his head and around his body when he is sleeping. I'd like to make him another one, but this time I will make a size or two smaller. Sorry...no pictures right now.

And currently on my hook is another sweater for Mr. Cash. (He doesn't like to be cold and is currently snuggled next to me on the couch with his nose buried behind my back!!) This one is crocheted from the Quick & Easy Sweater Pattern that I found on Etsy. It's gong to be blue, LOL!!

OK, I need to get off the computer and get some more work done! Have a great day!

Love My Greyhound!

Watch this great video on why Greyhounds make great pets!


Dogs 101: Greyhound : Video : Animal Planet

CG Magazine

Cash, my Greyhound baby, made his magazine debut!! I just got my Spring 2010 edition of Celebrating Greyhounds Magazine! You can find him, along with my Boo-Boo Booties Crochet pattern in the crafts section!

A Little Greyhound Love

My Crazy Dog!

Do you have a Greyhound!

I am gathering some information and would love for all Greyhound owners to answer my Greyhound Survey. For your time, you will be entered into a drawing to win $50 donated to your favorite Greyhound Adoption Group!! PLEASE share this with everyone you know that has Greyhounds!! Adoption Group coordinators too! I need as many answers as I can get!!

Survey The survey is now closed. THANKS!!

Thanks everyone!
Jennifer and Cash

Is That A Whippet?

MANY times when I take my dear Cash out for a walk, we are asked what type of dog he is. These people WANT to say Greyhound....but for some reason they usually don't. Is it his coloring?? Size??? I'm not sure. But we do hear a lot of Whippet? and Saluki? And every once in a while, he even gets mistaken for a deer! LOL!

Well, I too was not familiar with those other breeds, so I had to do some research when we first got him. YES, they all have similar body styles. But size is the big difference.

We had the pleasure this weekend to meet our first Whippet!! Miss Chloe is only one year old, but you can definitely tell the difference in size!! She was pretty shy too and would bark or run away as my "giant" came near her. But by the end of the weekend, they were pretty good friends...or at least did a good job of ignoring one another, LOL!!

Before the families headed off home...us to Grand Junction, them to Denver, we took the dogs to a local ice rink (in the summer=no ice) to run. They had a blast and boy is Miss Chloe F-A-S-T! I took some pictures, but they were moving so fast that none of them turned out!

Unfortunately Mr Cash managed to get a few boo-boo's (what else is new!) while out running. He tore dime sized holes in his front paw pads. Now the poor guy is grumpy, in a little pain, and lounging around on the couch. And he feels totally embarassed having to wear Heather's socks on his paws to keep him from licking them while they heal. Looks like no long walks for a while.

Playtime with Cash

Looks Like Cash has been Shopping

On ETSY!! He even made his own treasury!! Found lots of stuff he liked for himself....and even included a few things for mommy to remind me of him! LOL!!

Cash's Treasury

Cash's Bath!

Silly boy found something nice and stinky to roll around in last night at his 3am potty time!! So guess what he got today...A BATH! This was my second time giving him a bath, and he actually seemed to enjoy it, LOL!! He got right into the tub without protest....must be nice getting a warm bath with mommy!! His former owner told us that she "just tied him up to a tree and hosed him down"!!! I think he is adjusting to pet-dom nicely, LOL!! And while we were at it, he also got a good brushing and his nails trimmed! What a pretty boy!!

Greyhounds!

Cash and I were searching etsy last night for Greyhound related stuff and here are a few of our favorites!

Sneak Peek - Living Room

Here is Cash on his fancy new bed/couch in my fancy new living room!! More pictures soon to come....

Pooped Pup

Spent the morning at the dogpark again with out Greyt friends. It's starting to get a lot warmer here, so Cash gets hot and tired fast. But boy, did he have a good time!

Thanks Liza for the great pics!

Here I come Mommy!

Full speed ahead!!
Have a great weekend everyone!

Adopt a Greyhound!

Watch CBS Videos Online

Greyhounds in Grand Junction!

I was so excited to meet some new friends on the Colorado Greyhound Adoption Yahoo Group that happen to live near me!! Well, two of them....Liza in Parachute and Jenn in Montrose...decided to come and visit Cash and me today at the Canyon View Dog Park!! It was such a blast to see 6 beautiful greyhounds run and play!! They all got along wonderfully together and hopefully we will get to visit again!

Unfortunately, I am still really bad with names...so I can't remember all of their sweet names, but I did take some pictures! I took some videos too...especially of them swimming!!!!...but I still need to figure out how to download the videos to my computer. {Cash is the big red one}

Enjoy! :)

Cookies! Cookies! Doggie Cookies!

WHEW!! Well, after two days of baking and the use of my neighbors oven, I made 6 batches of doggie treats to sell this weekend at the "Dog and Jog" fundraiser for Roist Hurst Humane Society. I made 2 batches of peanut butter/oatmeal, 2 batches of Beef BBQ, 1 batch of cheddar/herb and 1 pumpkin spice.





and here is Cash after a hard day of treat taste testing. They have been greyhound tested and approved! LOL!!



I plan on packaging them in bags of 10 and selling them for $2 a bag. I hope to sell them all, along with a number of collars, leashes, and sweaters that I have made over the last month or so. I am also planning on donating 10% of Saturday's sales to the humane society.

Wish me luck. This will be my first "craft show" type event.