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Pug Pull -Aine's latest thing.

 Aine's new THANG ya'all. And yes I have to get the Royal Wedding (pin cushion) into The Portobello Road Shoppe! Sorry been crazy busy at work!

Aine you got alots of learnin' to do.... Pug black belt video!

Awww now Aine you have to learn from this puggy!





Also I found some hysterical Puggy LOL's on
icanhascheezburgerafterdark


I would love to post them, but this is a family and pug friendly blog :)

Also, thanks so much for the awesome comments on the Royal Wedding Needle Felted (pin cushion) ring. I have decided to post it to my Etsy as soon as I can tomorrow. I am still deciding the best way to do this but since Will & Kate are asking for donations- I would like to do the same. Welcome thoughts! XOXO Nan & Aine- Posted using BlogPress from my iPad

Royal Wedding Needle Felted Kate Middleton Pin Cushion Ring (or what I did this weekend)

Yea!!!! I finally needle felted! As you know I love pin cushions so Kate's/Di's engagement ring just inspired me to finally make one for my finger. I really like finger pin cushions. I made a shamrock before but this one was way fun! I love how the glittery bits worked out well!!! *does happy dance* It is like I have my own personal (fake)Princess Di ring. lol

I just love this color! And yes this is one of my collectable tins -je adore.I.be.an.anglophile.

This is the height of recycling. I can't stand it when my finger gets stuck by pins. But this time I corrected that. Let me know if anyone wants the pattern on how to do this!

Also on the royal memorabilia front! Check it out, Paper Dolls!

Also on the check it out front, I finally got my mani/pedi - Yea!!!! So love mani/pedi's.

Gregish brown for the fingers

Kelly green for the feets!-

Okay must get going....Aine is a cuddly little zzzzzzing puggy and looks like she needs a snuggle. Xoxox Nan and Aine
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More Royal Goodies!

Much thanks to my friends Martha and Concetta for sending me the link to the Tie the Windsor Knot and the fridge pic!

My thoughts below!






Really? I would not want this on my fridge.





Okay I wouldn't mind this- tis cute






Okay now these are the.cute. I want to get this for every under 3 person I know!





So want the gloves and the plates. Hysterical!





This is super cute!





Really? Who uses a bell?





Pretty nice pill box if you ask me.





Really? another pill box





Meh no likey the mugs.





This however is cool! Dunno how one does that!





Can I get this in an iPhone please!?





Cute- ha! Just got it " royal pear".





Noooo please do not get me this doll. Really no. I can only have one obnoxious doll and that is my Princess Di one that is still in her box.





Seriously wonder how the tea is? Wait- Prince Chuck wears that Navy uni. Wills is in the Air Force. Pft get it right goodies!





Kinda want to read this....& play with stickers....





Okay, this is a waste of a card deck. Even with the fabo pictures





Now the below is just so sooooo wrong.





Another in "This is so wronnnnng" category





Another in the seriously do not buy this for me category. I still have to get rid of a Leggy.





awww. Again do not get this for me. Lol





However this is C.U.T.E. Will need to find this brand.





and yes- I do want the plates!





Guess what- the dress is named "Nannette" So flattering. Unfortunately not in my size.





Cufflinks. Mehhh.





okay this is cute.





Ewwww ash trays?





I seriously want this parody! Love it!





Obligatory magnets





And thimbles!





Last but not least- Donkin Donuts is letting into it!







Xoxoxo Nan and Aine- Posted using BlogPress from my iPad

Bobbsey Twins: Pug & Mummy Pug Crocheted hats

Huzzah! I did a crochet in the round with the "magic circle" or whatever it is called. Lol. I am still figuring out how to read crochet patterns!

So I made a hat for moi, and a wee little hat with a pompom for Aine. We are
Bobbsey Twins! ( Btw - I so didn't know that one was named Nan!! I thought she was called Buffy! lol)

So, it is really hard to take pictures with a camera, a pug with a hat on who is trying to shake it off her head and at the same time try to take a family photo. LOL. Not our best photo op!

Aine trying to wear her hat as a beret-


Let's try it on the other ear.


Well maybe this way.


Showing off the pompom


Aine not pleased. This is her "seriously!?" look.


Family pic albeit fuzzy- but that is me with my hat!


However, This is what Aine thinks of my hat!




Lol enjoy! Nan& Aine Posted using BlogPress from my iPad

Happy Red Nose Day(UK Comic Relief) and Royal Wedding goodies

Remember to put your Red Noses on for Comic Relief today! Aine is getting ready...

Since I wont be able to get the shows here  - I will have to resolve myself with youtube... 

On to my next favorite subject THE ROYAL WEDDING! Look at all the fun items you can get...
  "Kiss me Kate" Beer!

Royal Wedding Limited Edition Box  by Halcyon Days only 3.25 inches long!  love it.

 

Royal Wedding Bible

 

Jan Constantine  Pillow (LOVE!)

 

Sick Bag

 

And a big WHOOPS.  Prince HARRY is marrying Kate? I dont think so!

 

GNOMES!  For my nonexistent garden - me WANTS!

 

Enjoy your weekend!  xoxo Nan and Aine

UK Comic Relief-Happy Red Nose Day!!!

Yea! I finally got
Red Noses just in time for Red Nose Day on March 18in Support of UK Comic Relief!

Thank you so much Rebecca and the Pugs! The US cannot import them hence Rebecca took pity on me. Now if I could only see the show.

Here is our attempt to take a family picture with our Red Noses- epic fail!





-Me wearing Chucklechomp(pssssst, the noses are monsters with separate names)





Aine is not remotely interested in Captain Conk!





Lol -This is so funny because we are looking in different directions! Lol





Aine is so not interested!lol



Look at this cute card from Rebecca and the packaging that came with the Red Noses! I love the jokes-

"What do monsters eat for breakfast?"
"Shredded feet"

Bahahhaha....I swear, simple pleasures!!!

Thank you again Rebecca!!! Xoxox Nan and

PS Happy Birthday Mom!!!

More Royal Wedding goodies

Made me chuckle and want to know how to knit!










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Have a great weekend! Nan

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Finally a Kate Middleton Doll!

from today's CNN.....
Move over Barbie! Kate doll surfs wave of royal wedding memorabilia

London, England (CNN) -- She's got the glossy, chestnut hair, the blue silk dress, the jewels -- and she could be yours, for a princely $195.

The pint-sized Kate Middleton Doll, by the Franklin Mint, is no cheap date. But she's the latest in royal wedding memorabilia.

One of a two-doll Kate set (the bridal version will be released after Britain's Royal Wedding takes place), the 16-inch doll's release is announced this week, in anticipation of the royal couple's big day.

The global excitement around the British royal wedding, combined with the opportunities offered for internet businesses -- there was no eBay when Charles and Diana married in 1981 -- means this wedding could break all previous official and unofficial merchandise sales. And companies including the Franklin Mint are hoping to cash in.

Gwynne Gorr, a longtime collector and chief marketing officer for the Franklin Mint says, "The memorabilia will be much more available in the world market just because you can buy things on the internet ... It will have a positive impact on the merchandising of this event."

Some, like the Franklin Mint, see it as a golden opportunity to widen their reach and bring new -- potentially younger -- collectors on board.

"Our Princess Diana collection is probably the largest audience we've ever had," says Gorr. "The doll collectors for that are embracing Kate Middleton with the same zeal they had for her. But Kate Middleton is a breath of fresh air."

Others, such as designer Jan Constantine, are hoping the wedding will boost the profile of up-and-coming British talent.

Constantine, whose hand-embroidered textiles are inspired by the Union Jack and other bastions of Britishness, has designed a cushion celebrating the wedding.

"It's so exciting it's happening in our country," she said. "To be a part of it is so amazing."

"It's an opportunity for British designers," she continued. "The British can home in on the whole wedding and the paraphernalia associated with it."

While Buckingham Palace accepts that it cannot control all merchandise associated with the wedding, the Queen and Co. have shown a strong preference for classic souvenirs of the occasion, such as porcelain pillboxes and commemorative cups.

In a memorandum to staff in December, the Lord Chamberlain, Earl Peel said, "We want items that are permanent and significant."

Initially, the Palace even shied away from that staple British souvenir, the trusty tea towel. They relented in January this year, though the official towel will feature William and Kate's initials, rather than their faces.

Others have no such concerns. Irreverent royal items this time around include KK Outlet's plates emblazoned with "Thanks for the free day off," Butter London's "No More Waity, Katie" nail polish and even Crown Jewels condoms -- promising a "better class of lovemaking."

British designer Lydia Leith, 24, whose royal wedding-branded sick bags ("Keep this handy on April 29th") have shocked some and amused others, said that the times when unofficial merchandise was confined to cheap knock offs is long gone -- thanks to the internet.

"It's good fun and people have embraced it well," she said. "It's a bit funnier than a plate or a mug, which we've all seen before."

Leith, who has a Charles and Diana pencil case and drinks hot chocolate from a George V coronation mug, said she was excited about the wedding, but that the media hype was "a bit much."

Back at the Franklin Mint, Gorr has no such qualms.

"I would say that there's been more excitement about this wedding based on all the press coverage, all the feedback from collectors, all the other people making products," she said. "There's been nothing this big since Princess Diana got married.

"You can't help but have an interest in how this magnificent day works out."


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