New Dog Bone Bracelets: Rescue, Dog Mom, and Woof

Rescue a Best Friend Dog Bone Bracelet in Turquoise Blues at For Love of a Dog

 The holidays are rapidly approaching and I'm busy adding some new dog lover jewelry at For Love of a Dog.  If you have a dog lover on your shopping list, fetch some unique, one of a kind artisan jewelry gifts like these new bracelets.

Shown above is a Rescue a Best Friend dog bone bracelet in turquoise blues.  Handmade lampwork beads, fat faceted crystal rondelles, a big handmade porcelain dog bone proclaiming RESCUE - what else would you need?  OH!  a sweet gold Best Friend charm with a pierced paw print, plus a dog collar and dog bone toggle clasp!   Fetch more bracelets and necklaces in my dog rescue jewelry line.

What dog mom wouldn't like to find a bracelet in their Christmas stocking?  This Dog Mom bracelet is gorgeous in shades of peridot green and turquoise blues.  Fun polka dot handmade lampwork beads and chubby crystals bring on the bling.  Fetch more Dog Mom jewelry gifts - you'll find more one of a kind bracelets and necklaces specifically for dog moms!
 

Dog Mom Dog Bone Bracelet in Peridot Green and Turquoise at For Love of a Dog

With a blog named Talking Dogs, I just have to make WOOF dog bone jewelry, right?  You bet!   Like this one of a kind tigerseye and lampwork WOOF dog bone bracelet.  Yummy shades of caramel, nougat, and brown in these artisan lampwork beads.  I combined them with some big fat tigerseye gemstone beads and couldn't resist adding a sweet I heart my dog charm!  Shop more dog bone themed jewelry at For Love of a Dog for lots of selection in dog lover earrings, bracelets and necklaces.
 

WOOF Dog Bone Bracelet in Tigerseye and Lampwork at For Love of a Dog

Fetch more handmade jewelry for dog lovers at For Love of a Dog.  Each piece is made the old fashioned way - one at a time, by hand, with love - by me in my studio here in the Missouri Ozarks.   

You'll find unusual jewelry gifts sure to please your favorite dog lady, plus you'll love my fast free standard shipping.  Since almost all of my jewelry is one of a kind, show now for best selection..

Dog Mom Jewelry Gifts for Mother's Day

Mother's Day is fast approaching and we've got some good gift suggestions for any woman who is a dog mom.  

You might want to explore our dog breed jewelry and choose something that looks just like her purebred dog.  Or you could select something from our mutts / mixed breed dog lover jewelry. Our dog rescue jewelry would make a thoughtful gift, too.

However, we'd like to suggest you consider something that truly spells out dog mom, like this one of a kind Dog Mom necklace.  

This handmade jewelry creation combines artisan lampwork beads in shades of purple, violet and turquoise with turquoise and purple magnesite gemstones beads.  A few sparkling turquoise crystal rondelles add just the right amount of sparkle.

If you're dog mom prefers bracelets, check out this beauty!  Rich turquoise sparkling crystals, elegant artisan lampwork beads, and old ivory color aragonite gemstone beads are hand wire wrapped with gold jeweler's sire to surround the hand crafted porcelain dog bone focal.  The clasp is a charming dog collar and bone toggle.  This Dog Mom bracelet is sure to please.

Of course, another option might be this Woof Dog Bone Necklace.  Gorgeous shades of caramel and tan, this one of a kind necklace combines artisan lampwork beads and jasper gemstones.  A beautiful way to say "I'm a dog lover" in neutral, go with everything, colors.

Fetch more unique gift ideas for Mother's Day for your special dog mom at For Love of a Dog Jewelry & Gifts.  You'll enjoy our fast, free standard shipping!  Our dog theme jewelry is handmade the old fashioned way in our Missouri Ozarks studio.  Shop now for best selection and enjoy a 10% savings on your order with this discount code:  FLDNEW.

Jeffie's Birthday Party: The Grand Finale

Hang on, Jeffie.  Your birthday party is not over quite yet!

What a party!

We've had treats, played some party games, told some Jeffie stories and more. 

I don't know about you, but we've had a whole lot of fun!  

For a review and to see the absolutely wonderful party dog photos, fetch Jeffie's Birthday Party page.

And if you thought the fun was over... there's still some fun to be had!

Jeffie received a very special birthday gift from none other than Oz The Terrier!

Yup!  That's right!  Jeffie inspired a limerick 

from the great and powerful poet, Oz!

Happy Birthday to Jeffie the Retriever mix!

He turned seven this month, not six.

Though he hates change of any kind,

being one year older he doesn't mind

as he knows an old dog can still learn new tricks.

--Oz the Terrier

Now, what you've all been waiting for.  Drumroll, please.

And the winners are...

Theresa S was chosen by Rafflecopter as the winner of the Dog Mom Bracelet Giveaway from For Love of a Dog.  Congratulations, Theresa!  Please send your wrist measurement and shipping address to sue (at) forloveofadog (dot) com.  If I don't hear from Theresa, within 48 hours, an alternate winner will be chosen.

Ann at Pawsitively Pets is the winner of the random.org drawing in the All About Jeffie Quiz participants and will be receiving these dog lover earrings from For Love of a Dog.  Congratulations, Ann!  Please send your shipping address to me at the email address above.

It's a good thing for Ann that the winner did not have to score the highest in correct answers to the quiz!  However, Chris at Saved By Dogs beat everyone else by a mile!  She missed only one question, so Jeffie insists that she'll be receiving a pair of earrings, too.

I wish Jeffie could afford to give a prize to every single participant in the Jeffie's Birthday Party Pet Photo Contest.  (He says he's saving all his pennies to buy more KONG Premium Jerky and Good Dog Take Outs dog treats.)

All the party photos are fabulous, but Jodi at Heart Like a Dog was the lucky winner of the Amazon.com $25 gift card in the random.org drawing. Congratulations, Jodi!  Each party photo was assigned a number according to when I received it.  Here's Jodi's lucky photo number 25 of Sampson:

UPDATE:  WE HAVE A NEW WINNER IN THE PHOTO CONTEST!  Jodi messaged me first thing this morning to say:  "... while I'm truly grateful and thankful, I really feel since I won the monkey earrings, that the gift card should go to someone else.  I would just like to pay it forward, you know. :-) "  What a kind and gracious winner!

So, as I told Jodi, luckily I saved the Random.org results and the next number on the list belongs to Christine K.

CONGRATULATIONS TO CHRISTINE K and here's her winning photo of Granite:

Who was it that said:  All good things must come to an end?  They were right about this party.  Thanks to everyone who participated in any way.  It just wouldn't have been a party without you!

Monday Mischief: Herons, Rain, Hobbits, Dog Photos

Between Mother Nature and birthday celebrations, the past few days have been filled with mischief at our house.  

We've been in such a drought for so long that I've sworn to not complain about rain.  However, it is getting harder by the (rainy) day not to shout to the heavens:  Give us some sunshine!   

The dogs are either soaking wet and muddy as can be from venturing out, or bored silly.  (Thank Dog for our Soggy Doggy doormat and shammy!)

 

With the creek flooding - just a bit - into the yard, Rudy has been frogging, but coming up empty so far.  Our white heron visitor (shown above) has been a real frustration to the dogs.  With the rain pouring down, they couldn't go out to get a closer look. Since the heron is a symbol of patience and going with the flow, I've decided Mother Nature is sending us a message.

We've also been celebrating the Dog Daddy's birthday.  He's a huge fan of The Hobbit.  I'm not a fan. At all.  I pretty much have been making mischief on myself, by enduring a Hobbit film festival.  We began with The Hobbit, then each of the Lord of the Rings movies.  Yep.  Something like 12 hours or so, along with assorted movie treats, for 4 nights.   If this was not an act of pure love on my part, I don't know what would be!

I'm beginning to get ready for the last day of Jeffie's birthday celebration. We'll be announcing the winners of the Dog Mom bracelet giveaway, Jeffie's birthday quiz, and the photo contest tomorrow!   When this is all wrapped up, I'll get busy with a slide show of our party celebration!

In the meantime...

More guests have arrived at Jeffie's Birthday Party!

 

 Luna has on her party dress for Jeffie's birthday celebration!

Wheatie looks like he's having fun!

Jake Castelli has his party hat on & wishes Jeffie a Happy Birthday!

 

 Just look at this sweet greeting from Artie!  

Artie celebrated his first Gotcha Day yesterday!

We've joined Monday Mischief today - the pet blog hop that wraps up the weekend!  This Blog Hop is brought to you by Alfie's Blog, Snoopy's Dog Blog, and My Brown Newfies.

Follow-up Friday: Spring, Dogs Barking, Birthday Giveaways

I'm glad to be joining Heart Like a Dog in the Follow-up Friday blog hop again this week.  This is the blog hop that lets you wrap up your week and leads you right into the weekend.  Hosted by FUF creator, Jodi at Heart Like a Dog and co-hosted this week by JoAnn Stancer at Sand Spring Chesapeakes.


Wow, Jeffie's birthday celebration is almost over!  I can't believe how fast this month has flown by.   On the last day of April, I'll announce the winners of three giveaways, plus we'll have a special surprise.  And then I'll have to go back to "normal" blogging.  LOL

While we've been partying, Mother Nature has given us spring to enjoy.  Lots of lovely warm day and beautiful blossoms.  The dogs are thrilled, and so is Skeeter.  Great weather for Jolly ball, frisbe, rowdy play and sun bathing.

Rosie has learned about the lawn mower.  Unlike Jeffie, so far she has not tried to rescue the rider/driver from that scarey loud machine! 

Before I forget... if you'd like an invitation to join Pack, let me know.  I have some to share.  If you haven't heard of Pack, click the link and check out this cool new site!  

My Best Friend, The Dog Song: Dog Song Saturday
I'm including this today simply because it is a fabulous song for dog lovers! 

Redbone Coonhound Lab Mix Adoptable Dog
Including this today because this beautiful dog still needs a home.

Mischief Monday: Ducks, Geese and Dogs
Okay, I really do have some follow-up for this post.  So much that I'm planning to write a future blog post, or two, related to this one.

I feel as though I should share some kind of special dog training tips.  However, I don't have any.  Our dogs are very eager to please us.  They understand the word "no." They understand when we tell them not to bark.

We live in the country.  On a farm.  That includes other animals - both domesticated and wild.  Its important to us that all of our own critters get along for both safety reasons and peace of mind. 

Our dog, Sherman, loved our geese.

We've had domesticated geese, ducks and chickens of our own in the past.  None of our dogs were ever allowed to bark at them or threaten them in any way.  We could have fowl in the future, so there's no reason to allow barking at the wild fowl and let our dogs learn that bad habit.

Plus, part of the joy of living beyond the sidewalks is enjoying nature and wildlife.  We like seeing the herons come in to fish for breakfast.  The ducks are fun to watch, too.  It won't be long before the hawks that live in the woods on our property line will begin teaching their young to hunt.  Frankly, we don't want to miss that.  And we would miss all that and more if our dogs barked them all away.

Bark at preditors?  You betcha.  Bark at the critters that never aim to do us harm?  Nope, no thanks.  Not here.


Dog Mom Bracelet from For Love of a Dog Jewelry: Enter Now!
Just a reminder...  if you'd like to win this Dog Mom bracelet, enter via the Rafflecopter.  Perfect timing for Mother's Day!

Wordless Wednesday: Jeffie the Puppy Prisoner
Seriously, we kind of regret Jeffie's time-outs behind the baby gate.  We think it has contributed to his separation anxiety.  

All About Jeffie Quiz Contest - Win Earrings
This little party game is just for fun and you could win these For Love of a Dog earrings!   This is the final giveaway in Jeffie's birthday celebration. Ears aren't pierced?  No problem, they can be changed to clip ons for the winner!

 

More pawesome friends 

have arrived at Jeffie's birthday party!

Lila the Boston Terrier and her kitty sister, PJ, are ready to party!

 Hurry!  There's still time to enter Jeffie's Birthday Party Photo contest!

Winner of the random drawing will win a $25 Amazon.com gift card.

Dog Mom Bracelet from For Love of a Dog Jewelry: Enter Now!

Jeffie's gala 7th birthday party is in full swing and we have another giveaway contest for you!

This one is special because we're not just celebrating Jeffie's birthday.  We're also getting reading to celebrate Mother's Day!

If you're reading this blog, chances are... you're a dog mom, right?

And you like to tell the world about your special fur-baby, right?

Have we got a barking good giveaway for you!

Enter to win this one of a kind Dog Mom bracelet from For Love of a Dog Jewelry!

This handmade Dog Mom bracelet features a handmade porcelain ceramic dog bone in deep sky blue that proclaims:  DOG MOM.  Its surrounded by big clear sparkling crystal rondelle beads and sky blue Czech glass beads.  All hand wire wrapped with silver jeweler's wire.  

A charming silver dog collar and dog bone toggle clasp adds just the right touch.  The winner will need to let me know their exact wrist size so this bracelet can be custom sized to fit.

Follow the instructions with the Rafflecopter below to enter.  (Sorry, this giveaway is open only to those with a US or Canada shipping address.)

While you're in the contest mood, be sure to enter Jeffie's Birthday Party Pet Photo Contest!  You could win a $25 gift certificate to Amazon.com

Disclosure:  This For Love of a Dog Jewelry bracelet was created by me for Jeffie's birthday party giveaway.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Birthday Celebration Dog Mom Bracelet Winner

We have a winner!  Congratulations to Caren Gittleman!  Caren was the lucky Birthday Celebration Giveaway participant chosen at random by Rafflecopter.

Caren will need to contact me with her wrist size and shipping address within 48 hours.  If I don't hear from her within that time frame, an alternate winner will be chosen.


As you'll remember, this giveaway was in celebration of my late mother's birthday on February 26.   My mom was big on celebrations, never met a contest she didn't like, and she was a barking good dog mom.   

In fact, the only thing she wouldn't like about this giveway is that she couldn't enter!

Caren will receive the exact Dog Mom bracelet shown above from For Love of a Dog, re-sized to fit her wrist, along with our congratulations!

Big woofs of thanks to all who entered and for your very kind comments!  

For all of you who entered, but did not win, here's a discount coupon to use at For Love of a Dog:  FLDNEW  Using it at checkout will give you 10% off and free shipping on your entire purchase - even items on sale.

This giveaway was so much fun, I'm planning to do more For Love of a Dog jewelry giveaways in the future.  

So, in that spirit, let me know in the comments what you would most like to win from For Love of a Dog!

New Dog Mom Jewelry Bracelets

I'm a dog mom.  Chances are, if you're reading Talking Dogs blog, you're a dog mom, too.  Here are just a few samples of my new Dog Mom bracelets.  Shown above is a Dog Mom bracelet with a sweet green dog bone proclaiming to the world: DOG MOM.  I used beautiful artisan lampwork beads with pink roses, chubby pink crystal rondelles, and mellow green serpentine jade gemstone beads for this bracelet.  A silver heart charm dangles from the silver dog collar and dog bone toggle clasp.

Light amethyst DOG MOM dog bone was fun to combine with pretty artisan lampwork beads and purple crystal rondelle beads with aurora borealis finish.  This bracelet has a smaller silver heart charm accented with an amethyst gemstone bead that dangles from the silver dog collar and dog bone toggle clasp.

Here's a blue dog bone DOG MOM bracelet with smoky quartz gemstone beads and sapphire blue crystal rondelle beads.

This turquoise dog bone DOG MOM bracelet photo gives you a better look at these dog color and dog bone toggle clasps.  This bracelet also includes some artisan lampwork beads in black, soft yellow with bumpy dots of turquoise.  They coordinate beautifully with the turquoise dog bone focal, turquoise chunky crystal rondelle and creamy yellow aragonite gemstone beads.

If you like unusual, one of a kind, handmade jewelry gifts, then fetch For Love of a Dog. I create each jewelry piece in my Missouri Ozarks in the company of my dogs, Jeffie and Rudy.  I offer dog breed jewelry and gifts in over 80 dog breeds, plus plenty of necklaces, bracelets, earrings, and more for Dog Moms with mixed dog breed mutts.    Shop For Love of a Dog Jewelry and receive unique artisan jewelry and  fast free shipping.