12/13/09

A Happy Fantastic Birthday!!!



Today is the 18th Birthday of my muse, partner, and soul-mate Miss Happy Fantastic Basenji Extraordinaire! And yes, 18 is REALLY old for a dog, it is like 100 in human years. I love my Happy and I am thankful for each day she is with me! :)

Enjoy these Happy Fantastic Party Pics!

Yum!!! Ben & Jerry's with a peanut butter cup doggie pie from PupCat Bakery.

The Party Crashers!!!

mmm... it does go well with the chicken

Party pooper!

12/12/09

Home Fur the Holidays: Update


Yea!!!
Today I raised almost $100 bucks for the Humane Society of Chittenden County. A super duper THANK YOU to all who came to Home Fur the Holidays! :)

Oh, and don't tell Happy, Calvin, or Toni but they made bank with all the cool Christmas presents + treats I got them! :)

12/11/09

Switchplates!


License Plate Guy (aka Aaron Stein) you totally rock! I am loving my switchplates!

Aaron from Revival Studio will be one of the many talented artists at the Pine Street Art District Holiday Open Studio & Sale (Dec 11, 3pm-8pm and Dec 12 10am-4pm) and the BCA Holiday Artist Market on December 18th and 19th.

12/10/09

Home Fur the Holidays

Here is another great fundraiser I am doing to help our furry friends:
Home Fur the Holidays
Saturday, December 12th, 11am-5pm
Play Dog Play
688 Pine St, Burlington
*** Home Fur the Holidays is a one-of-a-kind holiday gift fair for animals. Vermont pet industry manufacturers, businesses, and artists come together to help raise money for the Humane Society of Chittenden County...because every animal deserves a warm, loving forever home. ***

12/6/09

BRAT Fundraiser

L.L. Cool C
(Because the Ladies Love Cool Calvin!)


The goods.

He might like the ladies, but this is what Calvin was really after. ;)


Yesterday I had a table set up at Pet Food Warehouse to do a little PR for BRAT and to do a little fundraising. Of course my little social butterfly (Calvin) came with me and he had a blast. My little luv bug managed to steal the hearts of almost all the girls (and a couple of guys!) who worked there!

But, the highlight of my day was when a group of about 6-7 rambunctious kids came in with one lone dad. 3 of them made an immediate bee-line for Calvin who just loved the fact that they kept bringing him free cookie samples. Then one of the kids with a very mischievous sparkle in his eye announced (quite loudly) that he would in fact eat one of the free dog treats. All the kids were totally GROSSED OUT! But that was not the best part, what was best was that by the time the kids were leaving the store the little devil had 3 of the other boys - and even the father - nibbling away on dog treats!!! Love it! Love it! Love it!

11/28/09

Women's Festival of Crafts :)



This show totally ROCKED! Yipee! Double click on the images to get a better look at all my cool Happy Fantastic stuff.

SUPER DUPER THANKS to all who attended the show + supported us Vermont artists!!! :)

10/10/09

Hand-Knit Hats!!!




It is officially hat season here in Vermont as it has been unusually cold for the beginning of October. This year I have a wide variety of hand knit hats for sale at the art market (ends Oct 24) and in my online shop. This year people seem to be really gravitating toward my Funky Chunky Hippie Hats. Oh, and of course people adore my animal hats. I have also been getting a lot of positive comments on my Astro-Turf Doormat hats (but no one has had the guts to buy one yet!) :)

9/30/09

Thanks PFW, Love BRAT

A nice haul of loot!


Lady aka Official Postal Box Inspector.


Ajani (resident dog) is wishing someone would send him some goodies too!


Princess looking like royalty in her new collar and harness.

As I mentioned in an earlier post, at the Shelburne Museum Goes to the Dogs event I entered Basenji Rescue and Transport (BRAT) in a rescue raffle and we WON a $250 gift card to Pet Food Warehouse. Ironically, there are no foster dogs up here in Vermont right now (and won't be until I have more time or we get more volunteers) so the question was what to do with the gift card. After taking with the "big wigs" at BRAT, I learned that the Missouri district coordinator was in need of almost everything as they get a lot of unwanted dogs out in the mid-west (puppy mills grrrr!). So off I went to PFW and had an awesome shopping spree for the little BRATs. I filled a big box of stuff with over half a dozen fun colored leashes and collars, some really cute harnesses by Lupine, Kongs, chicken strips, bully sticks, greenies, and other yummies. I got an e-mail from the MO coordinator and she said her fosters are LOVING everything!

A Happy Fantastic THANK YOU goes out to PFW for being an AWESOME business that really cares about furry friends in need. :)

9/27/09

Puggy Pugtastic GMPR Pug Social





This year at the Green Mountain Pug Rescue (GMPR) Pug Social Happy Fantastic Designs raised $58.50 for little puggies in need. Honestly, I would have liked to have raised more money -- but the truth is every little bit counts in the world of dog rescue. Thanks to all who came to the Pug Social + helped GMPR raise money + awareness!!! :) A big "Thank You!" goes out to Gary who ran my booth all by himself, did a darn good job displaying everything, and even caught a "runaway" pug. He brought back a bunch of photos of pugs dressed up all silly -- my favorite were the 3 leprechaun pugs sitting under the rainbow + guarding their pot of cookie gold!

If you missed the Pug Social, never fear. I still have a couple of "Pugalicious" and "Pugs Not Drugs" dog tees left and a bunch of Buddha Pug totes + tees for humans. Just e-mail me at info@happyfantastic.com to place an order. :)