Unique's Stash N Stuff store on Etsy

Opening their 2nd store on Etsy. A place for Destash and supplies. This store is still "a work in progress" but wanted to share it with everyone. Our new store is called "Unique's Stash N Stuff", click on the link or see us in the side bar.

Victorian Tags

I played around with some digital images today and created a set of 4 Jane Austen vintage victorian tags.
I merged several images together to get the vintage effect and then added some ribbon from my stash.  Images are from Cheryl at the House Across The Bay on Etsy.  The little crocheted flowers are from Valentine Fiber Arts on Etsy.  Donna has some really cute crocheted flowers.

DESTASH

I've added a new section to my Etsy store, DESTASH/supplies.  If anyone is interested, I have a coupon code just for my Blog Fans.  Type in DESTASH15 for 15% OFF at checkout, this is for the  DESTASH/supplies section only.

I'm not the greatest at posting to my Blog so I hope everyone has a great day and a wonderful Easter.

Butterfly Tags

For some reason, I love to make tags and added these 2 sets to my Etsy store last night.  They measure 3 1/8 x 5 1/2.  I made them on heavy manila tag cover stock and covered with decorative papers and card stock.  I covered both the back and front of the tags and some embossing.  Embellished with butterflies from K & Co, and shear green and multi colored organza ribbon from Stampin Up.  Sentiments are from Anna Griffin and Hero Arts.  I made the tags all with supplies that I've had in my stash.  Enjoy!

My Sweet Sidney

I think we are all starting to heal a little over the loss of our sweet greyhound Sidney.  We are remembering all the great things about this dog, he was such a sweetheart.  He loved to be hugged.  He would go out in the yard and get his paws muddy, I told him he did that on purpose so I would have to clean his paws off when he came in.  He seemed to like that and would put his head on my shoulder or look up at me with a big grin while I cleaned his paws.  Of all my six greyhounds, he was the one that smiled the most.

A few years ago when we were at Dewey Beach, we had a Noreaster.  Sidney did like that, he loved standing out there in the wind.  He had to go out to go potty, in the meantime while he was enjoying the wind, I was almost getting blown away.  He did love the beach.  What a hound our Sidney was, we love him so much and remember what a great dog he was instead of the tragedy of his bone cancer.  We love you Sidney!

Our Sidney is gone, he will be forever in our Hearts.

Sidney

December 3, 2001 - March 29, 2011

Sidney is in a better place now.

We said good bye to our sweet boy at 6 pm on Tuesday night.

Our sweet, sweet boy we will miss you very much.

He left us very peacefully, with no pain, and running
at the Rainbow Bridge with all the other hounds.

Our hearts are broken but we know we did the right thing for our boy.
We love you, you'll always be our big goofy boy!

A Sad Note for Sidney

Bad news about our sweet greyhound Sidney, found out yesterday he has bone cancer.  He slipped coming into the house a couple of weeks ago, he started limping and we thought it was because of the little slip coming in the house.  Turns out he probably slipped because his leg was getting week from the cancer.  His leg started to swell a little, an x-ray confirmed our suspicions.  Sidney is the 5th greyhound we've adopted, such sweet gentle hounds.  We are heartbroken, he is such a sweet, sweet boy.   We adopted him in the summer of 2005.  At that time we had two other greyhounds and the three of them got along so well.

Our hearts are breaking but we know we have to let him go soon.  I can't let him suffer, we have several pain meds to keep him comfortable.  We could amputate and do chemo but my vet doesn't really advise it.  We have to think of what is best for our 10 year old boy, amputation and chemo might give him a few more months.  Do we really want to put our boy through all that pain and agony, no I don't think so. I can't do that to him, put him through that agony just so we can have a little more time with him.  I love him to much for that.  He can barely hold up that leg and is just dragging his paw, so soon he will be in a better place.

Here's some pictures of our sweet boy Sidney.  This is when we first brought him home in 2005, here he is with us, his new daddy and mommy.  We even had a Welcome Home Sidney party with some friends that also have greyhounds.

This picture is also when we first brought him home and introduced him to our 2 girls, Vicki and Carol.  We always muzzle the hounds when we first introduce them to new hounds.  A precaution just to make sure they are going to get along, and they did fabulously!  Sidney is on the left with the blue muzzle.

The rest of the pictures are from 2009, here he is with his new sister Ribena after we lost Vicki and Carol also to cancer.  I think most dogs die of some form of cancer.

Sadly, I'll see how he does today and we will have to make a heartbreaking decision but one that will be best for him.