Cat Crazy with Handmade Accessories

Nanjodogz has gone cat crazy with these delightful accessories for cats! Even though we mainly focus on dogs around here we love all of our furry friends and the kitties are no exception. These adorable handmade accessories are a scream and the models, well they are just too cute!

Cat Dreadlocks, workingthewool


Indian Chief, KMSORIGINAL


Green Elf Hat, HeyEmmie


Spooky Spiders Visor and Collar, earlybird454


Funky Tie Dyed Tee, HiddenEnigma


Puss In Boots, ToScarboroughFair


Custom Order Tutu, jiniaj


Squeak Pet Neck Tie, whiskerkisses


Shark Cat Sweater, YouthDiaspora

Custom Polymer Clay Dog Pendants

Here was a special request to create two pups, Sparkles and Traum. They were both awesome dogs to work with and sat very nicely while I captured their likeness. Aren't they just the cutest pups? Sparkles is the first one in pink, made for a very lucky young girl who just got the Pomeranian puppy and the other is Traum a Cardigan Corgi, the pendant was made for his mommy.

Sparkles


The real Sparkles with her pendant


Traum


The real Traum with his pendant

English Bull Terrier Bead

Here is my English Bull Terrier bead hand-sculpted from polymer clay.

Size is approximate:
7/8" vertical (top to bottom)
1" horizontal (ear to ear)
1" horizontal (nose to back of head)

The bead is pierced vertically from top of head to bottom.

Dachshund Picture Frame

I'm happy to say that this little guy sold pretty quickly. The frame is a metal frame with a hand-sculpted Dachshund across the bottom giving a ride to four ladybugs who are trying to get up the flowers that the little pup is holding. The frame holds a small print of my artwork of a Dachshund with her own fairy. The dog, ladybugs and flowers are all hand-sculpted from polymer clay.

Custom Dog Beads

Here are a couple of recent requests I had for custom beads ordered to look like their pets. I absolutely love to do custom orders, because each dog is so different with their own personality! Hope you like them.

Chihuahua Little Pirate Halloween Tile

Is Halloween right around the corner already? Wow, that came around fast. Here's one of my Halloween creations. The Chihuahua Little Halloween Pirate.

This little Chihuahua Halloween Pirate tile is hand-sculpted from polymer clay. The tan Chihuahua lays on an orange background. He is dressed in a little pirate's outfit including black and white striped shirt, red neck scarf, black eye patch, large round hoop earring and his mighty sword (okay, okay it's just a miniature butter knife, but don't tell him that). He also holds his very own pumpkin basket to get all of those tasty Halloween treats.

The approximate size of the tile is 1-1/2" x 1-1/2" square and hangs from a white ribbon.

My Favorite Food - Italian

One of the topics for Etsy blog carnival this month is 'what's your favorite food' and I'd have to say pasta is mine, Italian pasta. We grew up on this pasta my grandmother used to make, then my mom and aunts and now my sister and I make it. It's really the sauce that makes the pasta so it can be any kind of pasta, but it's the sauce that makes it special. There's nothing like homemade raviolis, eggplant, mostacolli, lasagna, but without that sauce to go along with them they're nothing. Nothing like good old Italian food -- thanks grandma! When I get a minute I'll post that recipe at a later date, it's delicious.

Large Italian Spice Kit, purposedesign

But lately I've been getting into the healthy kick while trying to lose some weight so I've been sticking with the fresh fruits and vegetables. I do love ice cream and it seems like when I start eating it I can never have enough so I have given that up for now and replaced with this simple dish -- strawberries, bananas with a dab of whip cream on top. It's a lot less calories and much better for you. At times I will add other fruits like blueberries and pears -- it has definitely been working to keep me away from the ice cream.

Felt Fruit Salad, lisajhoney

Cavalier King Charles Spaniel - Blenheim Bead

This is the new bead I recently put in my shop. Hope you like the little guy! It's a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel bead hand-sculpted from polymer clay in red and white.

The bead is pierced vertically from top of head to bottom.

Approximate size of the bead is:
1-1/4" side to side - ear to ear
5/8" top to bottom - top of head to bottom base of bead
3/4" front to back - nose to back of head

Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Bead

Boston Terrier In The Dog House

I recently put this little Boston Terrier back in my shop. The top is entirely made from polymer clay and I've got to tell you constructing that little house was a real pain, but in the end it worked. The 'flowers' are also made of polymer clay and sit on top of colored wire.

Everything is tacked down to the base except for the dog, she can be removed and placed elsewhere.

Chinese Crested in Lavender Art Tile

I just recently put this art tile pendant into my shop. The art tile depicts a Chinese Crested. The tile is hand-sculpted from a beautiful lavender polymer clay, etched and highlighted with a dark purple paint. At the top center of the tile is a large Swarovski crystal charm. The pendant hangs from two bails on either side of the tile. This tile can either be hung on the wall or worn as a pendant.

Size is approximate:
2-3/4" long top to bottom
1-3/4" wide

Crochet and Knit Fashions

LazyTcrochet offers knit and crochet fashions and accessories, here are just a couple of great pieces from her Etsy shop. I love the beautiful greens in these pieces.

Green Apple Cloche


Soft and Funky Knit Cowl

Pugsy the Pug King of Rock and Roll

Meet Pugsy, the King of Rock and Roll. As you can see this little Pug loves rock and roll and Elvis is his all time fav! He tries to emulate him as much as he can with his beautiful studded cape.

Pugsy is my latest sculpture, he is hand-sculpted from polymer clay. He wears a cape embellished with vintage rhinestones, charms, Swarovski crystals and micro beads.

Pugsy the King is approximately:
2" tall
1-1/2" wide front to back of hat
1-3/4" wide side to side

Pugsy (back view)

Treasury and a Thank-You!

To my surprise and delight NanjoDogz was thrilled to be featured in two treasuries and would like to say thank you to the creators of each. The first treasury was a "A Case of the Blues", a lovely periwinkle blue treasury that featured my I Heart My Chihuahua; the treasury was created by hoorayforcrochet.

Blue and Cream Lacy Slippers, hoorayforcrochet

The second treasury was "Message In A Bottle" that featured Charles the Chinese Crested featuring fellow Etsy for Animals - EFA members who contribute to animal charities each month, the charity this month is Muttville; the treasury was created by folkartvision.

Sealed with a Heart, folkartvision

Etsy Bloggers Featured Member

White Flower Studs

This month our featured member is DesignByNora who not only has some of her own great earrings in the shop, but also has Uncle Naz's wonderful handmade purses, check them out!


Cindy's Purse

Cute Doggy Coin Purses and Wristlets

We love cute here and most anything that has to do with animals, especially dogs -- so when I came across these darling coin purses and wristlets they qualified for the cute factor and we wanted to share with our friends in the blog world -- okay, all right, we just had to show the kitty wristlet too. And if animal related is not what you're looking for Antiquebasketlady has various other patterns and styles too choose from with some beautiful fabrics and colors to choose from.

Dogs on Parade Coin Purse


Gone to the Dogs Wristlet


Cats on Parade Wrislet

What made you open an Etsy shop?

This is our blog carnival question -- what made you open an Etsy shop? What do you like about being a seller on Etsy and what don't you like?

I first decided to open my shop when I heard about Etsy through word of mouth and was intrigued about selling at a site where everything was handmade. The idea definitely appealed to me and since I used to sell on E-Bay with their outrageous selling fees I decided to give Etsy a try and haven't looked back. I completely stopped selling on E-Bay and although I may decide in the future to put a few listings on E-Bay, I have nothing planned. I love Etsy for the most part and I love the community and teams I've joined.

What I don't like about Etsy is their search function, it's pretty bad, when I do a search for something the strangest things come up, things that I haven't asked for nor am I looking for. The other thing I don't like is that sometimes the threads in Etsy forums can get pretty mean-spirited so I tend to stay away from them for the most part. I mean don't get me wrong there are a lot of nice, lovely posts in the forums, but every once in a while out of the blue -- wow - bam -- someone can just get slammed for asking an innocent question, but I guess that's not unique to Etsy.

Well, that's my likes and don't likes, what are yours? What made you sell on Etsy and what do you like about it and not like?

Giddy Up Horsey

Some of my favorite equine jewelry finds from Etsy, both handmade and vintage pieces, all beautiful. Wonderful jewelry for any horse or animal lover!

Silver Horse Head II, purplecr2


Vintage Monet Signed Horse Pin, theatticshop


Oh Round and Round We Go, japonicas


Lovely Horse Bracelet Ring, daliadaliak

Boxer Dog Bead

Boxer Bead

This is another one of my beads, the Boxer bead is hand-sculpted from polymer clay, detailed in acrylic paints and varnish sealed.

Size is approximate:
1" vertical (top to bottom)
3/4" horizontal (ear to ear)
3/4" horizontal (nose to back of head)
The bead is pierced vertically from top of head to bottom.

I also have the bead available in natural ears, not cropped.

Boxer Bead, Natural Ears,

Wire Wrap Wow

Corinth, Second Renaissance
How about some awesome pieces of wire wrapped jewelry? I love this technique of jewelry making and like beadweaving look at it in awe. I can't believe that these artists can get these pieces to look this amazing. When I try to just wrap wire around a headpin to make a bail for a charm uh -- well, not so good, but if you want to check out perfection stop by the artist at Second Renaissance -- really quite beautiful.

Nienna Mother of Pearl Pendant, Second Renaissance

Cuteness Overload on the Keychains

Ronnie the Racoon Leather Keychain
These keychains are so adorable, handmade and sweet as can be and they come to you from leatherprince. The shop not only has oh so sweet keychains, but there are little purses and coin pouches as well all with the same kinda cuteness! What do you think, don't you think they are adorable?

Lovely Hedgehog Leather Keychain