Making of a cheese costume

 I carved out the inside of the foam so it would hopefully fit around the top of the back a little better and not just sit on top.

 

The outfit is much to big for Giupetto, but he was a sport.

 

Of course, what cheese costume is not complete without a mouse:

Early preview of Halloween 2013 - The Gs go western

Double click screen to make the movie full screen.

 

DaVinia (formerly called DaVinci) progress photos

Many of us have been following Davinia's maturity and color changes for the past 3 years, and we all wondered - will "his" beak ever turn the bright orange that will confirm that "he" is a boy.

Maturity of a Moustache Parrot

 

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Well, it's been 3 years and other than the yellow/orange dot that began at about 1 yrs old, and although it has gotten a little bigger, is still just a dot and the rest of the beak is black.

She is 3 yrs old now and after perusing many pictures have finally come to the decision - DaVinci is a girl, and therefore I have changed her name to DaVinia.

 

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DaVinia seems to like when I call her pretty girl. (Probably saying finally Mommy has figured it out.)

She also says "My name is DaVin?" She would never say DaVinci. It would be DaVin? with sort of a question mark at the end.

 

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So here are some pictures of progression:

 

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At 13 wks old - DaVinia's 1st morning with us. Note the orange tint to the beak. I believe they all have this orange tint when young. Then it either gets full orange if a male or becomes all black if a female. As she got older this orange did disappear.

 

Her first cage in NY and the first cage she was ever in.

 

 

DaVinia's 1st computer lesson, and Mommy's first lesson that her beak is no good for the keyboard. LOL

 

 

Here she is a little older. Notice that she has lost any red in her beak now.

This is her first play gym.

 

DaVinia's cage in PA

 

 

 

DaVinia at 1 yrs old - May 2011 - Just getting some coral color to her chest - note on the left side of the picture - side of her chest - ONE coral feather, and notice the orange/yellow dot that has started on the end of her beak. Yes, she has a plucking habit, which is behavioral.

A few months later - Aug 2011 - More coral on the chest, and more orange to the end of her beak.

Sep 2011 - She seems to let a bit of her feathers and a bit of her tail grow in each September.

Sep 2012 - Now 2 yrs old:

 

 

Jul/Aug 2013 - now 3 yrs old:

Note how much more green has come in to her face at 3.

 

Also notice the coral on the side of the face that comes up between the black marking and the green in the back of the head. From what I have seen the male's coral under the chin stops at the black -

 the black meets the green on the side of the head.

 

 

DaVinia also comes to work with me sometimes on Fridays.

She is friendly but skittish. She seems to like women more than men.

 

Hope you have enjoyed our journey so far.

Diana and DaVinia (aka DaVinci, aka DaVin')

Giupetto's 9th Birthday June 2, 2013

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GIUPETTO !!!

You can click on the video to view in youtube at full screen.

Doggie Prom - How cute

My friend Kelly and her family went to a doggie prom. Yes, a doggie prom where they chose a King and a Queen and other prizes were awarded.

I was asked if I could make 2 outfits for 2 of her dogs, Daisy, a Papillon, and Lilly, a Jack Russel/ Chihuahua mix.

I made a pink satin and embroidered organza dress for Daisy, with matching hat, and purse, with 2 compartments, so Daisy could store her treats and poo bags. :-)
And all the girls got wrist corsages. :-))

Unfortunately Daisy had a little mishap right before the prom with her sister, so Lilly stepped in and wore Daisy's organza prom dress.
Here she is, Lilly, looking as pretty as can be. Her Mom even painted her nails pink.

 

 

 

Lilly was supposed to wear this Crown Princess sweater set that I made for her, also with hat, and matching purse. Here she is modeling her sweater set.

Sophie also went to the prom in this pretty feather dress:

 

 

And Rosie attended the prom as well:

 

 

 

 There were family pics. Here is Mom, Kelly and Dad, Jim:

 

They elected a King:

 

 

and a Queen:

 

And if you want to see lots more dressed pets - here is a video at the prom:

 

 

Hope you enjoyed. I wish I could have gone with my 2. Maybe next year.

A little self promotion...

I recently recieved the cutest thank you video from a new customer, and now new friend. She then proceded to make 2 more videos of my 2 dogs - promoting my shop. She did such a great job - and the dogs are talking!! I put them together in one video for all to enjoy.




Here is my new customer Sophie in the first hat that she ordered which prompted these videos:




And here she is with her mom, Kelly, in the new St Patrick's day outfit I made for her, with matching visor:

Thanks to Sophie and Kelly for working on these videos. You did a great job.
And Happy St Patrick's Day.

Diana, Giupetto and Gianna

February snow storm

We did not get as much as many all around us, but we did get some awesome 1 foot drifts.
hard to see here, but the dogs were sinking down in the drifts and didn't know what to do - other than come right back inside.
They both were asking to go outside.
So with snow parkas on they step out.

 

Unusual for Giupetto to go out in the snow first, but I think Gianna knew this was deeper and softer than she's ever been in before, so she hung back a bit.

 

Giupetto came right back in, but Gianna decided to check it out a little more.

 

She went around the back of the pot - to the left.

 

Uh-oh - how do I get back. It is hard to see that the drift there is higher than she is.

 

SO - she came back around the back of the pot and again - and ran  in!!

 

This was a little while later - The snow actually pulled the sleeve right off her leg.