Friday, April 6, 2012

Dog memorial pillow

A couples of months ago, a lovely lady I know asked if I could make her a
custom pillowof her dog that had recently passed away.
She had a cute little Boston Terrier named Rocky.
I had met him a few
times and he was so happy and active! Oh how I miss having a dog!
She gave me a picture of him to use for inspiration:


Oh that picture made me howl when I saw it for the first time! Hehe!

I've only had large dogs myself, Laddie the massive and
oh~so~gentle Doberman X German Shepard and
Shadow the wonderful German Shepard X Rhodesian Ridgeback.
They really do become a part of the family and its so sad to see them go.
Alan (my husband)and I have been thinking about getting a dog, he's never had one growing up
and I dont think its something that one should go without having in their lifetime!

Anywho, back to the pillows... this is the first Rocky pillow I had made for her:


Hahaha! Oh I love it!
I just love how it turned out! It does actually say "ROCKY" above his head
but I chose this photo so you can see the details.

She then recently asked me to do the same pillow again but with a
red background:


In this one you can see his name above :)
Oh I love it, she came and picked it up about an hour ago
and of course just loved it!

I love making special things for people, I love to see the smiles on their faces.
It's so special to me.

Enjoy!




36 comments:

  1. I love this - you do such great work. I featured you on my site.

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    1. Thank you!
      That's so sweet! :) These were both fun to do, I did a Lhasa Apso a while back as well but unfortunately my computer ate my photos of him :( The customer has a few of the photos I took so when I talk to her again I will have to get those off of her.

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  2. You're brave! I would have had no idea how to tackle this...great pillow. Jan

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    1. I had no idea at first!
      Thank you for the sweet compliment :)

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  3. What a great memorial idea! You have done n amazing job of it too! Very impressed!

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    1. Thank you!
      Im surprised myself how they turned out! :)

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  4. That is very sad about her dog but very sweet about the pillow - you did a great job.

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  5. My pets have always been dogs. What a cool idea! I love the memorial pillow! Great job. Thanks for adding it to Creative Monday.

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  6. What a great memorial, Im sure she will love it, and she can hug her baby again. When we lose a pet it is the same as losing a family member. I had a Golden Retriever he had to be put down at 14, it took me 6 years before I could get another dog. My mother passed ausswnly in January and now in addition to my 3 pugs I have her 2 pugs and a peek a pom. I promised her I would take care of her babies and a month to the day of Mom's death her little Pebbles was diagnosed with a horrible dabilitating disease that is slowly killing her. At this point we are treating her with medication and she is stable.

    Im sure she will treasure your great work.
    Nan

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    1. Aw sorry to hear about Pebbles!
      Its so sad when that happens! I dont have any dogs right now, my two are long gone but I have a 21 year old cat!! Being so old she does worry me a lot but shes doing well for her age I think.
      They sure are just a part of the family arent they?!

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  7. This is just beautiful!
    Very creative of you and I admire that a lot

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  8. Great Job and so cute!! You are very artistic.

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  10. Hello from the hop today! I am glad I got to see this touching peace of art before bed. So cute! -- littlecrunchy.com

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  11. AW, that is so adorable and sweet! I would love for you to share this (and any other creations) at my new linky party "Pin It and Win It Wednesday" @ www.cheapcraftymama.com!

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    1. Thank you :)
      I added this and another post as well to your pin it & win it party!
      I'm now following you via linky and just liked you on Facebook as well!
      I looked through a few of your posts, you blog looks great!

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  12. This is such a great post! Love that idea. I am a new follower. Please follow me back. Thanks!

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  13. what a special pillow! you are so talented.

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  14. That is just precious. Something you can still hug. My daughter has a dog like this so she will "awww" as well. I've seen you at several linky parties. You deserved to get featured several times. enJOYed.

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    1. Thank you! I am pretty new at the whole blogging thing, I've been trying to spread it around :) your so sweet!

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  15. How sweet is that pillow? Thanks for sharing...looking at makes just want to smile!! Have a great week!!

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    1. Happy to make you smile! Thanks for the sweet words :)

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  16. Hi thanks for joining us on our hops Creative Mondays and 7 ways to follow Wednesday now following your lovely blog by GFC and Linky followers :)

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    1. Thank you! :) I will be participating weekly! :) I'm quite new and in the middle of revamping the blog at the moment, I'm hoping with my lack of experience it will look great!

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  17. What a lovely pillow. I am REALLY impressed with all your details.

    amy @ whilewearinheels.blogspot.com

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  18. what a tremendously soulful thing to make. It is PERFECT for a grieving owner, who can hug the pillow and relive happy memories.

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  19. what a pretty pillow! the details are extraordinary. I am featuring your project today so grab the featured button if you fancy so! Thanks for linking up!

    Hugs,
    Lelanie

    http://www.to-sew-with-love.com
    http://tocookwithlove.com

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    1. Oh wow, thank you for featuring me!
      I will absolutely grab a featured button and be contributing again as well!
      Thanks again! :D

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  20. Thanks for linking up to Serenity Saturday link party. hope to see you there today!

    Natasha xxx

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  21. Wow, that is pretty impressive! I bet your friend was thrilled!

    Thanks for linking this up!
    --Katie
    @ Creatively Living

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  22. Yes she loved it, thank you! A few months ago was the first time I ever had touched a sewing machine and all the sudden I'm full on addicted! Hehe! I love the challenge of the requests that I get and I'm so glad that I dove right in to the sewing pool :)

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