Hotdog and Me

Yeahbut!!!

2010-10-06T05:05:00.000-07:00

When Hotdog was being an adventurer in the garden the other day she found a secret teeny tiny door.

Being the curious king of dog that she is she had to open it.

Well, would you believe it, out of this door came some Yeahbuts. These curious little creatures are adorable and everso slightly mischievious. They have been living at the end of the garden for as long as they can remember but they said they are more than happy to go out into the big bright world to give cuddles to us Giants.

Agyness Yeahbut

Hugo Yeahbut

Trunip Yeahbut

These are the first 3 that were brave enough to come and play with a pack full of sock puppies and they decided to stay in the warm for a bit. They said they quite liked the magic box on the side that showed colourful pictures and they adore all the pups as well.

Etsy

2010-05-26T01:29:00.000-07:00

WOW, Hotdog found out last night that one of his puppy friends was included in an Etsy Treasury!  He has spent all evening chasing his tail in excitment!

What lovely puppies! :)

Thank you so muc Going Places 2 for including Sarah!

Skelly Jelly

2010-05-18T00:27:00.000-07:00

Gordon Skelly Dog And Skelly Bunny

A match made in heaven.........or is that Hell mwhahahahahaha

2010-04-25T12:51:00.000-07:00

Well as a lot of you know already yesterday was my birthday.  I was........39 although my Mother In Law In Sin sent me a 40th card!!  It wasn't her fault, she was told in error.

Anyway, I had a really fantastic day spent with my very own little family.  We went to a Flea market and I bought BUTTONS!!!  Lots of BUTTONS :)  And then in the evening all my family came around for a wonderful party.  I just wanted to show you a few of my gorgeous pressies.

So firstly, I was overjoyed when the Bunny Maker told me to pop to her shop and pick a pressie. I picked Spot but when he arrived he was NOT alone!! Out of this tiny pail jumped out ikkle stripey and some yummy carrots!

Next up are some pressies from my utterly wonderful mummy. All I can say is SHE KNOWS ME SO WELL! Much to the OH's disgust...he is not overkeen on my tastes.

I am a sucker for old tins so was pretty happy to receive this gift from my mother, but then it kept giving!! Opened it up and there was a gorgeous set of 6 rose glasses!

Next she gave me a 1950's flamingo!!  How does she find this stuff...I love it so much.

Followed by a Vernon Ward painting of swans which I utterly adore.

I am in birthday heaven!  OH is in Kitsch Hell Mwhahahahahahahaha

Thought I'd Introduce You To My OH

2010-04-23T07:59:00.000-07:00

oh I am soooo lucky!

Isn't he a catch? :)

Folksy Friday

2010-04-22T22:29:00.000-07:00

It's a Birthday Folksy Friday, whoopy!

I like a lot of cake on my Birthday :)

Folksy Friday

2010-04-15T23:32:00.000-07:00

My OH had a failed attempt at growing a Mexican moustache recently......don't ask!! So just for him my Folksy Friday is all about facial hairiness!

I hope it's tickled your fancy ;)

We've Been Featured!

2010-04-13T10:42:00.000-07:00

Pop over to Narkeymarkey to read all about us :)

I just wanted to say a Big THANK YOU for the feature, we love it.

Folksy Friday

2010-04-09T01:13:00.000-07:00

Yehar!

I love Cowboys.

I Dream of Etsy

2010-04-06T03:26:00.000-07:00

Meet Pinky

2010-04-05T08:12:00.000-07:00

She's over in Hotdog's shop on Folksy!!

Hotdog Socks

2010-04-03T03:13:00.000-07:00

Look what my friend gave me!

Folksy Friday

2010-04-02T00:52:00.000-07:00

The Bear Necesseties of life will come to you.......

Happy Folksy Good Friday

Folksy Friday

2010-03-25T23:56:00.000-07:00

It's Folksy Friday 
Socktastic!

I Dream of Etsy

2010-03-22T07:00:00.000-07:00

I Dream of Etsy is a new little blog post that I will be doing at least once a week to show things I love from the dark side :)

So here are this weeks offerings.

Don't they look beautiful!

Folksy Friday

2010-03-19T00:02:00.000-07:00

Folksy Friday this week is inspired by one of my favourite kids books.  

The Snail and The Whale. 

Read this book, it's brill!

Newbies on The Block

2010-03-18T07:52:00.000-07:00

Hotdog has 3 new guests.

Please meet Bark Kent, Lauren Barkall and Petula Bark.

I Miss My Shoes

2010-03-17T03:03:00.000-07:00

I'm having an attack of The Frumps this week!  I miss my beloved cat shoes.

I know what you're thinking, a 38 year old mother of 3 should not be wearing such silly shoes but I really really loved them. Unfortunately they went to shoe heaven last summer. I need to find a replacement, something fun. Any ideas?

Folksy Vendredi

2010-03-12T01:51:00.000-08:00

Bonjour mes petits oignons!  Hotdog is feeling all French.

Oh la la! 

Folksy Friday

2010-03-05T05:37:00.000-08:00

Ooh la la, I'm feeling a little bit risque this Friday, so here are some saucy picks from the naughty peeps over on Folksy.

Enjoy

Adventure Puppy

2010-03-04T01:38:00.000-08:00

Hotdog's cousin, Vlad, is on an adventure!  He left London to go snowboarding in Canada.  Before he even got there he got snowed in at Gatwick...oh the irony!

Here's a little snippet of what he has been upto!

I think Hotdog is a little bit jealous.

Folksy Friday

2010-02-26T01:48:00.000-08:00

It's Folksy Friday woop woop.  And today I am feeling all soft.

Me Has a New Shop

2010-02-24T08:13:00.000-08:00

So not content with having HerePrettyKitty and Hotdogandme on Folksy, Me has set about starting up another shop.  This time round it is to indulge her love (and it is an utter devotion) of kitsch and vintage beads and charms.  The new shop is called Betty's Place and it is kind of an homage to her wonderful nanny, Betty.

So without further ado here is a little taster of what you can find in Betty's Place.

Pretty eh?

Folksy Friday

2010-02-19T02:11:00.000-08:00

Kapowww!!! This weeks Folksy Friday is Superheros.  Biff!!!

Out to save the Universe!

Sunshine Award

2010-02-17T07:08:00.000-08:00

Woof woof woofwoof woof....that means we are really sorry it has taken us so long to post about our sunshine awards and we would like to give a massive thank you to the following wonderful peeps who awarded us one, Dizzy Izzy, Black Cat Whiskers, Lady Luck Jewellery, Ellie's Treasures, Sewing Is For Girls, and Found on Folksy.

The Sunshine Award is awarded to bloggers whose positivity & creativity inspires others in the blog world.

The rules for accepting the Sunshine award are:

Put the logo on your blog or within your post
Pass the award onto 12 bloggers
Link the nominees within your post

Let the nominees know they have received this award by commenting on their blog.
Share the love and link to the person from whom you received this award.

And without further ado.....drum roll please......here are Hotdog's 12 nominations.

1.   Blonde Design 

2.   Belua Designs 

3.   Felt Me Up Designs  

4.   Daisy Dayz 

5.   Val Zdero Art 

6.   The Other Mousie 

7.   Stacey Jean 

8.   Tales From Nat's Nest 

9.   Stevens Happy Accidents 

10.  At The Beach Collection 

11.  Maribel Made 

12.  Little Bird Too

Enjoy reading them, they are fab!

Folksy Friday

2010-02-12T06:59:00.000-08:00

It's Friiiddddaaaayyyy yay!

So that means it's Folksy Friday again, and this week I am all about the Flamingo's.

Pinkalicious!

Folksy Friday

2010-02-05T05:35:00.000-08:00

Hotdog and I thought we would join the ever growing trend of Folksy Friday as it looks so much fun, so without further ado here is our effort.

We LOVE the 1950's.

When the Dog Meet the Bunny....

2010-01-22T02:00:00.000-08:00

They wished.

It was Hotdogs great pleasure to meet the famous Widget yesterday. The Bunny Maker put out a request for a day out at Kitty Pinkstars Wishing Tree.  Hotdog read the request and then went running round the house like a mad thing until I agreed to take him.

So yesterday we packed up our things and made the journey over to Upton Country Park near Poole and met up with the Bunny Maker, her lovely son, Widget and The Bunny King.  We had a yummy cuppa, saw some Peacocks and then went for a bumpy walk to the Wishing Tree.

Hotdog was worrying that we would not be able to find it, how wrong he was!  It's very unmissable - or BRIGHT might be another way to put it.

The tree is beautiful, especially on a dull day, it's positively glows.  The wishes are fantastic to read and so many of them. So keep up the fantastic work Kitty. (psst click her name to go see her sock creations, they are cool)

This was one of my favourite wishes, Hotdog told me to stop being so soppy! 

Hotdog left his wish, I said maybe it was a little bit on the greedy side but he was adamant, that was his wish.

WE LOVE YOUR WISHING TREE KITTY PINKSTAR

Some Lovely Letters

2010-01-14T03:22:00.000-08:00

Hotdog and Me are over the moon.  We were handed some wonderful thank you cards today from 2 very talented young men.  Take a look, I am sure you will agree that they are fantastic.  Thank you so much Brandon and Callum for these.

New Year, New Pups

2010-01-08T01:29:00.000-08:00

Welcome to 2010 and a new influx of puppies.

From top to bottom we have Hilary Wuff, William Wordswoof, Barbawoofa and Mr Fitzwilliam Barksy 

Jeremy

2009-12-31T10:27:00.000-08:00

We had some family and friends over last night for our last Knit Club of 2009 (1st rule of Knit Club is you don't talk about Knit Club)! Needless to say not much knitting went on and lots of drinking happened.

I set my sister a challenge and gave her my box full of socks....create a sock creature I said and I gave her some books for inspiration.  Well she took up my challenge with great gusto, scissors and socks flying, and a while later Jeremy was born!!

Can you see him??

There he is!!

 He's so diddy!

Anyway, it is with much pleasure that I wish you all a Very Very happy New Year.

Enjoy your last evening of 2009 everyone, woohoo........

Happy New Year

2009-12-28T05:55:00.000-08:00

Hotdog, Weeny woo from Widget and Betsy my Hooterninnie from Oddsox hope you all had a very happy Christmas.......

....and a Very Very Happy New Year 

Albert's in Holland

2009-12-22T07:24:00.000-08:00

Hotdog and Me received a wonderful email from Albert Barkley today, he's has gone to live in Holland!!

He says - 

Since a couple of weeks I'm living in Holland with Tessa.
I really like it here and I've made a couple of friends already:
Little Spotty and Maureen, two bunnies made of socks.
Just like me!
And Mister Jummy.
He looks a bit scary, but he is very friendly!

The otherday when I was sniffing around the house, I found some DVD's that I love!
Tessa has a lot of Poirot DVD's!

A couple of days ago, it began snowing in Schiedam.
So Tessa took me and the bunnies out and let us play in the snow.

I'm going to sniff out how the DVD player works!

Woof,

Albert

It's Nearly Christmas!!!!

2009-11-26T09:00:00.000-08:00

So excited!

Father Woofmas

Woofdolph

Noonoo And Me

2009-11-21T00:32:00.000-08:00

Hotdog and Me are very proud of our mummy, she has started to populate her online shops and she is making some really beautiful items.

I know the name sounds familiar, my fault as she had her shop name first....naughty Hotdog 

Anyway, I just wanted to post some pictures of what she has been busy making.  It's quite a lengthy process as she has to find pure wool jumpers and then shrink them down before designing and making her items.

That's just a little selection but pop over to her shop for more.

Thank You Leanne

2009-11-11T05:58:00.000-08:00

So we all know now that Leanne from See The Woods made Labra Kadabra the fastest selling sock creature alive, well she sent me a little Thank You for sending her the sock kit to make Labra from.

Look what she sent me!  I was totally shocked when I opened my parcel, I knew she was sending something but I was just expecting a card!

She even made me a sombrero as I told her that I had wanted to have a go at hats for Hotdog and his friends.

Hotdog, of course could not wait to try it on.

So from Hotdog and Me a massive THANK YOU to Leanne. 

Children In Need

2009-11-10T01:34:00.000-08:00

Hotdog and Me set a challenge to the good folk over on Folksy last week.  We offered the 1st 12 folksians sock kits for free but they had to create a sock creature and they had to donate that to the Crafteroo Children In Need shop.

These kits got snapped up very quickly and the challenge was on.

 Not all the creations are finished yet, you can't rush perfection afterall:) but I thought I would do a kind of mid-challenge update as Children In Need is looming ever closer. 

What better way to raise money for such a good cause then to actually buy something!!  It's win win and you could end up with something totally fab for a Christmas present or even yourself!

Still for sale are:

Above we have Austin the Sock Zorse by Pennydog

Professor Babson the Manx Cat by Rara Avis

A Norwegian Lurgle by Widget and Friends

Hartley the Sockosaurus by Grannyruth

Lucy "The Love Stinks" Skunk by Handcrafted

These have been sold

Above we have:

Labra Kadabra by See The Woods

Dreads by Helen Jane Designs

Violet by Chiyo

So pop over to the Children in Need shop, support a great charity and show love to all the fantastic sellers on Folksy who have donated items. Remember the price of everything in the shop is donated to the charity not just a small percentage!!

So much to say, so little time!

2009-11-05T05:39:00.000-08:00

Wow, Hotdog and Me have been absent for awhile huh?  Well we're back woohoo.....and have a bit to get through so here we go.

Firstly, we won a competition, only narrowly beating the bunny maker which was a shock!  It was the Craftjuice Halloween Competition in which we entered Brian.  He's so happy!  If you have a spare few minutes and you want to look at some wonderful crafts pop over there. Our prize was $100...now that is NOT to be sniffed at.

Head Honcho Hotdog (that's me!) promptly went over to Etsy to indulge my total and utter love of Kitsch by treating myself to some beautiful (well I think they are beautiful) Christmas Tree Decorations.  I bought them from a lovely lady called Appeljar she was so helpful, even more so when I realised she didn't post to the UK.  She went away and found out how much the shipping would cost and then told me about some baubles she hadn't listed and would I like to see them before she listed......well of course I did!!!   Below is what I bought, I cannot wait to receive them.

I know they are not to everyone's taste (and I know Mr H is gonna hate them) but I totally love them.

Hotdog and Me also did a craft fair, although this was not that successful due to very few people turning up, we did get to meet Blue Box Studio a fellow Folksian, which was lovely.

This is our stall with the lovely bunting my sister made.

We ventured over to the dark side as well and opened up an Etsy shop, fingers crossed they like us over the pond. 

 And lastly, we posted out 12 sock kits the other day to some of the lovely Folksy peeps.  I challenged them to make a sock creature which they then had to donate to the Crafteroo Children in Need Folksy shop.  If you need a gift and want to do some good at teh same time then go take a look, there are some really nice items in there.

Here's a sneaky peak at one from Fatem from Rara Avis

Also, when all the sock creatures are completed I will post pictures here so you can all see how wonderful they are.

Phew, take a breath! That's all for now Folks da dada da da da daaaaaaaa.

Happy Halloween!!

2009-10-31T07:24:00.000-07:00

Dave1 sent us a Halloween photo and said he wishes everyone a spooktastic evening.......mwahahahaha

Where Have That Pesky Lot Gone?

2009-09-24T03:43:00.000-07:00

I was just having a look in my very very messy workroom and discovered that Hotdog, Weeny Woo, Weeny Woo's baby and The Hooterninnie have all disappeared!

Where have THEY gone I thought!!  So off on a merry hunt I went.  I searched the whole house but to no avail.  Finally a lightbulb came on above my head.....I had turned the light on by mistake!! Finally I had a brainwave!  I remember hearing them whispering all last week about how they were fed up being stuck in the house all the time.  Weeny Woo, who has a really happy nature, was bored at being ignored, I heard her moan that I hadn't even introduced her on the blog.

Armed with this new thought I went in search outside.  Eureka!!  I found them, all crammed into the camper van.

They were off on an Adventure they said but didn't get past getting into the van.  They were in the middle of trying to figure out how to reach the steering wheel when I found them.  Weeny Woo had the brilliant idea of all climbing on top of each other to reach it but they hadn't banked on Hotdog's clumsyness!!

They all agreed to come back inside when I told them that before they went anywhere in the van it would need a blinkin good wash.  They all had a look out the window and agreed that it probably was not a good idea to take it out JUST yet.....especially when they noticed all the cobwebs!!  

Weeny Woo and baby came all the way over here from Widget and Friends and The Hooterninnie came to us from Oddsox , so if you fancy some cuteness in your life, pop over to their shops.

Ssshhhh, lastly before you go, if you get a spare minute can you go over to Craftjuice and vote for Brian please?  I'm whispering cos Weeny Woo's bunny maker has a skull and crossbones over there as well and she's beating me :)

Pleasey Weasey Vote For Measey!

2009-09-23T09:30:00.000-07:00

Hotdog has entered Brian into a Halloween Competition and he needs all the votes he can possibly muster.

If you have a spare few moments would any of you wonderful people be able to go over and give him some votes.  It will do wonders for his self esteem!!

http://www.craftjuice.com/search2.php

When Dave went missing he really went into himself and even the arrival of Colin and Jefferey, the other SKELLY DOGS, didn't make him join in.  Dave2 came along and went onto his new owner and the original Dave miraculously appeared again (but never told where he had been or what wonders he had seen!) and even these fab events didn't make him happy.

Hotdog believes and I have to agree that getting these votes will show him that people do care about him and maybe he will start to join in again.  So please, vote for Brian and give him that much needed ego boost.  Hotdog and Me and ALL the puppies will be very very grateful.

The Wanderer Returns

2009-09-20T14:16:00.000-07:00

Dave's Back!!!

At this moment in time he STILL isn't saying anything so your guess is as good as ours as to where Dave has been over the last 3 weeks!  However, he is safe & well, has had a good meal and is now settleing in with his new human.

To Custom or Not to Custom

2009-09-18T10:25:00.000-07:00

I have had a couple of custom orders lately and found this to be quite an inspirational way of crafting.  Firstly it makes you think outside of your comfort zone and then once you have completed the finished project it ends up spawning a million new ideas.  What could be better than that?  Win win as far as I can see.

Here are some piccies of my custom orders, they were really fun to make.

We have Lucky Woofswell, Johnny Rottweiler and Vlad. 

Apologies

2009-09-17T07:53:00.000-07:00

Hotdog has been feeling a bit restless lately and has decided to re-vamp his blog. Please bear with us, we are not very good at this.

Testing a new photo layout.

2009-09-17T02:55:00.000-07:00

I am a follower of a wonderful blog called Haptree and Me and the other day I asked a cheeky question.  Could she tell me how to make a mini treasury, and she was so nice she said she could.

Below is my mini treasury of Haptree's shop on Folksy.  Absolutely gorgeous isn't it, so colourful.

So a big thank you to Haptree for all her help in making my blog look prettier. I am still in the process of doing this so please bear with us.

New Pups on The Block

2009-09-12T04:41:00.000-07:00

Well we have a new addition to the family, this time it's a human and not a sock puppy, so we have been a little bit pre-occupied at Hotdog's pad!

However, we have had a few new puppies arrive too so Hotdog wanted to introduce them to the world.

From left to right we have Colin, Deirdre Barklow and Dexter Digdog. They are all happy happy happy and are loving the new human.

Keep an eye on the blog over the next week as we had another new addition or should I say additions. They came over from The Warren and are totally adorable. We want to take time blogging about them as Hotdog wants to give the limelight to them, he is totally in love with them. I have never seen him so bowled over!! Check out the bunny shop, but be warned, you might need sunglasses as there is a new, VERY colourful bunny over there at the moment!

Where's Dave

2009-09-07T10:13:00.001-07:00

Hotdog's Travels to Carteret, France

2009-08-28T08:12:00.000-07:00

Last week Hotdog went away on holiday to Carteret in France with his Noonoo, Aunty N, Aunty G and SuZie. He told me he had a ton of fun with the girls.

He said the girls are wild, except for Noonoo and that he had a job to keep up with them, especially after they had had a few drinky poo's in the local bar.

He went on the fast ferry over, they all enjoyed going out on deck and posing for the camera. Especially SuZie......who enjoyed it a little bit too much!

So on their first day at the caravan they all got settled in and then had to pop to the local shop and buy some much needed food and even mucher needed vino.

They all spent quite a lot of time down at the local beach. It's quite a long walk from the caravan but the views are fantastic and as we can all see while we were enjoying grey sky's and lots of rain.....and even a tinsy winsy bit of hail, Hotdog and Co were enjoying full on sunshine.

On their first trip to the beach Hotdog was rather upset by the sign stating no dogs on the beach. He got a little bit sulky until someone recognised him as the world famous Hotdog from Hotdog and Me (pop over to his shop to give one of his lovely friends a much needed loving home)and said that he could spend as much time on their beach as he liked......(and anyway, he's a stuffed dog and doesn't poo...sshhhh)

So he managed to get a bit of sun bathing in and also even squeezed in a bit of surfing, after all he has a dude image to live up to.

Hotdog's favourite bit of the holiday though was his serenade from SuZie, although he did whisper to me that he thought she was ever so slightly Dorky!

So beaucoup fun was had by all until the last night when they went out for dinner........Hotdog didn't sleep a wink THAT night!!!

QUELLE HORREUR!!!!

Dave

2009-08-26T10:13:00.000-07:00

Dave came, didn't say much, and then he was off again!! Re-homed within minutes of arrivin g.

Good luck Dave!!

Film Stars!!

2009-08-24T09:19:00.001-07:00

Just a quick one today to welcome 2 new puppies to the chaos that is Hotdog and Me.

This is Mutt Damon. He has been with us for a couple of days now and is an absolute delight. I was expecting a bit of disruption due to his Casino loving past but he has been brilliant!

And finally this is Keira Bitely. Again she has been with us for a couple of days and has been fabulous darling. She does like preening herself abit and has spent quite a lot of time in front of the mirror perfecting her pout, but she has mucked in and has not been a prima donna. Although she is quite partial to the blue smarties and only the blue smarties!!

Hopefully over the next couple of days I will get some photos up of Hotdog's trip to Carteret in France. He had a fabulous time with the girls......I think they may have spoilt him....especially with waffles and nutella!

With Hotdog Away, Me Needs Help!!

2009-08-18T12:00:00.000-07:00

To keep Mr Me in line!! With Me being 37 1/2 weeks pregnant and planning a home birth, Mr Me thought is was a brilliant time to rip the bathroom out!! What is that about eh??

Luckily, we had 3 new visitors today to help bring him in line.

Hopefully they can help to tell him to get his skates on!

So we have Lady Kitty Fitzwoofian-Smythe in the fluffy purple, David Bowwowie next to her and Daisy Doglittle with the gingham scarf.

They wanted to say goodbye and good luck to Kevin Wooferton aka WonderPup who will be leaving us tomorrow.

Hotdog has Jetted Off Again!!

2009-08-16T09:40:00.000-07:00

Hotdog has gone to France this morning with his Nan, Aunty N,Aunty G and his festival friend Suzie. They had to leave at 5am which is not his best hour so he was a little bit on the grumpy side!!

This is Hotdog waiting patiently for his Aunty N to stop talking and take him to his Nan's house for the evening before their long trip.

We also have some welcomes as well. There are 2 new additions to Hotdog's friends.

This is Marlon Muttlow and Amy Winehouse, they are both pleased to be here although are a little concerned about the Me from Hotdog and Me being 37 weeks pregnant. They said they are really excited about the imminent birth of Little Me No.3 but really don't want to have to help when it starts to happen. Especially when they found out that Me was planning to do it at home.

Me has suggested that perhaps they would all like to go for a really long walk with Pod and the Hooterninnie over the fields. They could even start preparing the ground for the brand new allotment that Hotdog and Me have just been given.

News from Bertie Bassethound

2009-08-12T02:59:00.000-07:00

Bertie got to our warren in FL this afternoon. Sammykins, my Diva Bunny, greeted him and immediately pulled him into her basket to look around. I then brought him to see Rainbow SockBunny, who said "He came all the way from the UK? Brilliant!"

They are now resting together, reminiscing about their old friends and watching the sun set over the palm trees.

How wonderful to get a message in from one of Hotdog's pals. It's so lovely that he had a friend their already in Rainbow Bunny from The Warren.

Influx or What??

2009-08-07T08:38:00.000-07:00

Well, today we have had a bit of an influx of visitors coming to stay until they can be re-homed.

This is them trying to re-create the Usual Suspects.

Please meet the Girls. Bubblegum Pawpaw, Pixie Spoodle and Fleur Yappersly.

And now for the Boys. Kevin Wooferton aka WonderPup, Spaniel Day-Lewis and Digger Waggins.

They have created so much excitement around the place that it's hard to think with all the noise. Hopefully in a few hours they will all have settled down and gone for a sleep. For now I think I will try to escape while they all run around the garden and bounce on the trampoline.

I think I may need some paracetamol before the day is out....or at least a dozen more cups of tea.

One of the Hooterninnies has escaped the Sock Garden

2009-08-06T02:16:00.000-07:00

Hotdog had a fantastic surprise the other day. A Hooterninnie arrived in the post all the way from The Sock Garden.

He was a little bit shy at first and stayed in his warm pouch but eventually he came out and showed us some goodies he had bought with him as presents. Presents!!!......we were so excited.

Haribo sweeties, what could be better? Except Haribo sweeties and a funky ring for Me.

He soon got over his shyness and quickly made friends with Hotdog and Pod.

And before you could say "Mine's a tea" the Hooterninnie and Hotdog found Me's vintage button collection and had a right jolly old laugh playing with them.

The Hooterninnie has settled in so well that the Little Me's of the house both want one so I expect soon we will have a couple more Hooterninnie's running around causing mischief. How will I keep up with them all? And if you want an adorable little Hooterninnie all of your own then pop over to Oddsox on Folksy.

I wonder if Florida is ready for Bertie?

2009-08-03T02:10:00.000-07:00

Bertie Bassethound has been re-homed. He is on is way to Pamela in Florida!! He says he's really really excited as he always wanted to Travel and now his wish is coming true. I just hope it's not to hot for him over there.

I think that plane's too small for you Bertie!!

Hotdog says he's going to miss you Bertie Bassethound. Have fun and don't forget to send us some Photos.

Well Done Jeremy Beagle

2009-08-01T08:41:00.000-07:00

Jeremy Beagle has gone off to Pastures new. Hotdog and Me want to wish him all the best in his new home.

We know he will absolutely love it there because it's ove r at The Warren with Widget.

To see how he settled in check out Widget's Year and Welcome to Widget and Friends. It seems like they had quite an exhausting day!

And if you want some bunny fun pop over to Widgets shop.

We have a new housemate, this one is staying with us for good. His name is Pod and he is quite an unusual fella. He is really into stories about UFO's, likes eating marmite straight from the jar and Christmas is his favourite time of year.

Hotdog and Pod have really hit it off. They have been talking non stop now about the merit's of combine harvesters for about 2 hours!!! Strange.

About Time Too!!

2009-07-31T07:02:00.000-07:00

We have 2 new arrivals today. It's been a long time since we have had any new visitors to help, I think it's because Hotdog has been recovering from his overseas travels and Me has been recovering from seeing all those cyclists legs!!

So without further ado meet Geraldine Barkton and Pawline Howler. They said they are both really happy to be staying with Hotdog but are looking forward to moving onto new homes. They took full advantage of the limited sun today but are now curled up inside trying to get warm again.

Phew, Hotdog is Back!!

2009-07-24T05:47:00.000-07:00

Hotdog has been back a couple of days but is still trying to unpack his suitcase, however he has decided he has time to squeeze in a blog about his exploits.

The day before we all flew to Switzerland we went to Legoland where Hotdog thoroughly enjoyed posing in front of the mini buildings......well he is a bit of a show off!! Even though it was not the school holidays the place was really busy and the queues were quite long.

The next day Hotdog and family jetted off to Geneva Airport. We went to stay with family in a valley just below Verbier.

This is Hotdog posing on the Balcony.

These beautiful pictures were taken at the top of Mont Fort.

The Plane journey home, the lolly is to stop Hotdog's ears popping!

Whilst we were in Switzerland we were lucky to see the tour de France end one of it's stages on the road to Verbier. Wow, we were all in awe at how fast they can cycle!! It took them roughly 20 mins to get from the bottom to the top.....that's the same as a car. The Me of Hotdog and Me wants to post one last picture, yummy cyclists.

Look at those yummy legs!!  (That's the Me saying that)
The rider on the left with the black and yellow helmet is Lance Armstrong.

And last but not least we would like to say a big thank you to Anna from The Warren for re-homing Jeremy Beagle.  If you are a funny bunny pop over to her shop, it's well worth a visit.

Introduction to Our New Family Members

2009-07-12T06:00:00.001-07:00

Hotdog has got some friends to play with now. Me's children wanted one each.

So without further ado meet...................

Stripe Stripe Hanna

Floppy Hanna

Me's kids chose colours and styling.

So this beautiful chapess and handsome chap are packing their bags and getting ready to come to Switzerland with us all on Tuesday.  Who knows, we might even bump into Mark Cavendish or Lance Armstrong!!

What a Quickie

2009-07-10T12:20:00.001-07:00

So this is just a quick blog tonight.

Firstly Hotdog wants to say a big hello and welcome to Demi Paw.

And secondly to say bon voyage and good luck to Fabien Le Barkeur who after arriving the day before yesterday found a loving home within a day.

Fabien le Barkeur

2009-07-08T07:40:00.000-07:00

Meet Fabien le Barkeur, he orange, he's grey, he's stripey....he's just cool.

He loves all things French.

He is possibly the last pup in the shop for a couple of weeks as Hotdog and Me plus family are off on our holidays to Switzerland.

Me, is very lucky, having relatives over there. This year the Tour de France is ending a stage about 20 mins away from the family home and as the partner of Me is hugely into cycling it was an opportunity not to miss. Cyclists legs mmmmmmm........

We may have 2 new arrivals to accompany us on our journey as Me's children want their own sock puppies, so once they arrive Me will post a blog welcoming them to the ever increasing pack.

And The Winner Is...................

2009-07-07T06:45:00.000-07:00

AI

Congratulations AI

You correctly found the mystery in Molly Barksmith although Albert Barkly does like sniffing out mysterious things to solve.

And your new family member is called Lady Pawsha of Argyll.

Thank you very much to everyone that entered this competition. All the names were totally fabulous, so good in fact I had to ask my sister's to help Hotdog and Me to come to a decision.

AI has a fantastic shop on Folksy if you want to pop along and if you have a spare 5 mins and a lovely cuppa go and read her blog.

While the Hotdog's Away......

2009-07-04T06:26:00.000-07:00

Hotdog has finally made it to a festival after the unfortunate Doberman incident.....Dobergate! This festival is not quite Glastonbury but I am sure he will have a totally fabulous time anyway. He has gone to Hop Farm Festival.

He better stay off the cider as he gets a bit squiffy after a couple of sips.

In his absence 3 new play pals have arrived.

They are Ethel Poochston, Bertie Bassethound and Davina McCruffs. We are so pleased to have them come stay with us for awhile.

Competition Mystery

2009-06-30T09:03:00.000-07:00

Hotdog is so happy today that he managed to find a new home and loving family for Claudia van de Woof that he decided it's a good day for a competition, and I have to agree I think he's right.

So meet this lovely lady.
Isn't she pretty?

She's belongs to the winner.

The competition is in 2 parts.

Firstly, there is a MYSTERY hidden in one of my listings in my shop Hotdogandme. Tell me which listing it is in.

Secondly, Give this beautiful pooch a name.

That's it! Closing date will be 12 midnight 6th July.

Woof Hello, Woof Goodbye

2009-06-29T07:10:00.000-07:00

Hotdog unfortunately didn't make it to Glastonbury after all which is a massive shame as the person he was going with met the lead singer from Franz Ferdinand!!!!

He had a slight mishap with a large female doberman and had to go in for a bit of a face lift. You will be pleased to know that he pulled through OK and is on the mend.

Brighter news is that we received a blog award and will be spending some time over the next week finding 15 lovely blogs to pass this award onto. Hotdog was well chuffed as his blog is fairly new.

Annnnnnddddd......we had a commission!! A lovely lady over at Saffronbarr asked if we could help her find a Dalmatian doggy and we did!!

Meet Lucky Woofswell. Lucky is off to her new home as we speak so didn't get to spend much time getting to know the other pack members. Bon voyage Lucky.

Frou Frou

2009-06-26T06:35:00.000-07:00

Just one lonesome little lady has arrived in the pack today.

Frou Frou Le Pooch

Her favourite film is Dirty Dancing......spaghetti arms, I carried a watermelon!!  She loves it.

The Boys Are Back In Town!

2009-06-25T05:38:00.000-07:00

I have a trio of lovely boys for you to meet today. They came to stay with Hotdog for awhile but Hotdog has gone on his travels to Glastonbury!! Let's hope it doesn't rain TOO much or he will get muddy, especially as he doesn't have any wellies. More about his time at the festival next week when he returns.

Please meet Bernard Muttson, Jeremy Beagle and Edward Woofwoof.

Other Sockies

2009-06-23T02:35:00.001-07:00

Hotdog is a little bit lethargic today, I think it might be the humid heat, so he and I decided to have a look around at other creatures from the sock world and post some of our favourites. We even popped across the water to have a sneaky peek too!

Meet Flower Bun the Sock bunny from Widget and Friends

This is Simply & Simon from Oddsox

Sleepy Hoody Hedgehog from The Other Mousie

Mini Sock Monster from Made by Kate

Blue Camo Plump from Stuffed Nonsense

This is Bernard from Uppity Woman Designs

Billy from Doctor Superhelga

Cherish Cheerleader from Swiedebie

Hotdog is off to be a couch potato for a while now, see if he can cool down! He hopes that you liked the other little sock folk he found.

Hello Woofers, Tallulah is in the house!

2009-06-22T06:32:00.001-07:00

Tallulah's has joined the pack and she is abit of a handful!! She is a party animal and loves attention.

Hello Violetta Woofwoofson

2009-06-20T04:02:00.001-07:00

Hotdog wants to welcome to his pack Violetta Woofwoofson. She's a bit of a tom boy and loves being outside and abseiling.

Hopefully Hotdog will have some more pack members later on today or tomorrow so keep checking back to meet the little blighters.

Chester Has Packed His Bags

2009-06-18T05:39:00.000-07:00

Chester Le Woof has found a new loving home and is on his way there as we speak. How exciting. He is the first of Hotdog's friends to go on his merry way. Good Luck Chester we hope to hear from you soon and maybe even see some pictures of you.

Bye Chester!

Smarties and a Surprise Feature

2009-06-17T04:45:00.000-07:00

Firstly, Hotdog and Me were wondering if 3 packets of normal smarties was abit excessive for one morning? The Me of Hotdog and Me might just have eaten 3 packs today although she has been working hard and she is pregnant --said in a slightly whiny voice--

Secondly, what a wonderful surprise!!! I have been featured on a blog, I am over the moon. Go check out I can't even Sew Straight for the feature and the rest of his blog. It's brilliant and he has a beautiful shop over on Folksy called Mother's Ruin. He has some really beautiful items, Hotdog and Me particularly love his Rustic shawl and Hotdog agrees that it would look fantastic on me.

My New Friends

2009-06-16T01:33:00.000-07:00

I would like to introduce you to my newest friends.

Chester Le Woof

Molly Barksmith

Hubert Woofswell

Arthur Barksdale

and last but not least Treacle Woofsly

They are all really happy to be over on Folksy and are waiting for someone to come and love them.

Hello

2009-06-15T03:34:00.000-07:00

Hi

I'm Hotdog Hanna and this is my blog. With the help of my family I am getting into blogging and hopefully I will be able to plot where all my friends move to and what they do with their new families.

This is me.