Custom Family Stationery

Amanda commissioned me to illustrate a Custom Stationery illustration with her family, including her husband, pug Gia, and her soon-to-be new baby girl making her debut toward the end of fall!

Amanda wanted stationery note cards she could use for her baby showers coming up that would be perfect for thank you notes. She sent me a photo of herself and husband and requested she be dressed in her fuchsia silk dress with black heels, her husband in a more relaxed attire and she also wanted to include a baby stroller with pink bow tied at the top!

Amanda was thrilled with her final proof and couldn't be more happier to have stationery note cards for her growing family!

To learn more about having your own Custom Stationery design of your family, click here for details!

Pugs & kisses,

Dawn

Celeb Design: Kathy Griffin

If you watched the Emmys last night, you know this event is huge, packed with glamor, beautiful dresses and fancy parties!

In honor of the Emmys last night, I am sharing with you a custom stationery design that was given to Kathy Griffin the HollyWoof gift bags Lydia & Pugs participated in a few weeks ago. Kathy Griffin likes to brag about the not one, but two Emmy awards she has won for her reality TV show, "My Life on the D List." So adding her Emmys to her custom stationery design was a must and of course her Lab mix, Pom Pom.

I'll be showcasing some of my other Celeb designs in the next few days! So stay tuned!

Pugs & Kisses,
Dawn

Fabulous Friday Favorites

Happy Friday! I hope everyone has a great weekend! We had lots of excitement this week at Lydia & Pugs and I feel so blessed to be doing something I love to do each day!

In case you missed it, Lydia & Pugs has a new website! Such features as creating your own Wish List, view our new Custom page, and we have a Press page too! Because of our Grand Opening, you can receive 20% off your total purchase by using coupon code: DOGGIE20 at checkout.

Lydia & Pugs new Halloween paper goods are also available!

Pugs & kisses,

Dawn

Lydia & Pugs on DogTipper!

Lydia & Pugs is in Dogtipper!

I am so excited to say that DogTipper wrote a little blurb about Lydia & Pugs participation the celebrity HollyWoof Gift Bags! Check out the article here!
Also, our new Lydia & Pugs website is live! And be sure to use the 20% off coupon on the homepage.

Speaking of celebs, under the "Giving Back" section on our website features our Paparazzi Note Cards. The Giving Back section gives a portion of it's proceeds to charitable organizations. These note cards were given to the HollyWoof celebs and their 4-legged friends, and a portion of the proceeds from this card will benefit The American Society for Cruelty to Animals (ASCPA).

Pugs & Kisses,
Dawn & Hera

Lydia & Pugs Grand Opening!!!

WOW! What a week so far, and it's only Wednesday! Many of you know that I've been hard at work getting our new website launched and I am HAPPY and EXCITED to say it's here!!!

After months in the making, staying up in the wee hours of the night and many emails back and forth with my awesome website designer Aeolidia, I can't believe it's here!

Shop our new website: www.lydiaandpugs.com and use Promo Code: DOGGIE20 at checkout to receive 20% off your first order at Lydia & Pugs!

And be sure to check out our new features such as creating a Wish List to add all you favorite items. Friends can even look up your Wish List and purchase items for you! Our Custom page has also been updated with new client projects and custom information!

I'll be adding new items as the holidays come around and as the seasons change, so check back often! Head on over to our new website now!

Pugs & Kisses,

Dawn

Halloween Stationery Sneak Peek

Lydia & Pugs Halloween stationery and paper goods will be available starting tomorrow!

Shop early for all your Fall paper goods!

Pugs & Kisses,

Dawn

Business Goods: Anniversary Tote Design

Lydia & Pugs loves to work with clients who have there own business, large or small. We would love to work with you on creating graphics needed to spruce up your shop, whether it be a business logo, new stationery design, or website icons. We've got you covered! Check out recent examples here on our Facebook fan page.

The Silken Thread celebrated their 5-year Anniversary and decided to use one of their Lydia & Pugs painted website icons for their tote bags. Laura, The Silken Thread's owner decided on the floral basket for the front of the tote filled with yummy goodies and stationery swag. The design turned out adorable for her celebration!

Check out Lydia & Pugs other

Pugs & Kisses,

Dawn

Custom Celebrity Design: Amanda Bynes

A few weeks ago I posted about the Lydia & Pugs celebrity swag bags I participated in. Here is one of the celebrity designs for Amanda Bynes.

Amanda has a King Charles Spaniel named Charlie who in is a great many pictures in her dog-sighting travels. One picture in particular Amanda is wearing a pair of dark demin jeans, white shirt, a bright red scarf, and a shimmering pair of gladiator sandals. This was the perfect inspiration for her custom stationery note cards and matching envelope liners with Charlies illustration.

Amanda also received a custom designed apron with her name embroidered, as well as, Charlie's colorful silhouette.

Pugs & Kisses,

Dawn

Friday Favorites

Hoping everyone has a wonderful weekend! I've been so busy with custom orders and working on all the special celeb swag bags. I am taking a little breather and hitting the beach this weekend before summer is over!

In the next week or so Lydia & Pugs NEW website will be launched, so I am SO very excited about! I am always looking for new ideas for products, so if you have an idea for a new design, I would love to hear it!

Of course with the new website there will promotions and give-aways! So stay tuned for all the fun!

And if you haven't seen our HUGE news yet in our August newsletter, you can sign-up for it here.

Pugs & Kisses,

Dawn

Etiquette Wednesday: Dressing for Funerals

weheartit.com

Q: At a funeral I recently attended, I was startled to see several women wearing brightly colored dresses. The styles of their outfits weren’t inappropriate, but I’ve always thought you were supposed to wear black or another somber color to funerals. Is color a new trend?

A: While you’ll never go wrong with black, my informal survey suggests that, these days, bright colors are considered appropriate if the clothing is in good taste (no Hawaiian shirts, please!). It really comes down to respect and personal choice. Some women I talked to said that, to them, a funeral service is a celebration of the deceased person’s life, and therefore they wouldn’t wear black. One woman told me that she donned a red dress for her best friend’s funeral because it was her pal’s favorite color. Ultimately, your decision should factor in the expectations of the bereaved family and the location of the event (is it a religious service or at a place of worship, or a eulogy at a funeral home or other venue?), and your own views about death. Still not sure what you should wear? When in doubt, dress conservatively and use color only as an accent.

via Emily Post.

Pugs & Kisses,

Dawn

Business Icons: The Silken Thread

Laura, owner of The Silken Thread, has been a big fan of Lydia & Pugs for awhile and she really loved my watercolor designs. Her anniversary of her website was coming up and she wanted to give the site a little color and personality!

So she commissioned me to design her icons for each category link on her site, such as accessories, children, wedding, etc.

The website looks beautiful now and watercolor images really add a beautiful touch! Hop on over to The Silken Thread and check it out!

Pugs & Kisses,

Dawn

Birthday Thank You Cards

Lori came to Lydia & Pugs a few weeks ago in need of some custom stationery with herself and her pup Presley. You can read about her custom design in the previous blog post here.

Since all of my custom illustrations are always saved for future orders and can be used on anything such as stationery, mugs, and totes, Lori wanted her Presley illustration to be used on her birthday thank you cards. And of course they turned out just adorable! Presley is dressed in his blue and green polka-dot hat and some added birthday balloons gave the design a pop of color! Lori also personalized the card with her name horizontally across the top.

Available in on our new website come late summer are the 'Birthday Wrap-around-labels' which I am pretty excited about! You select the birthday cupcake treat on the label and you return address is printed on the back portion. It really finishes off your invitation or thank you card!

Pugs & Kisses,

Dawn

Friday Favorites: Doggy Excitement

I hope everyone is enjoying their Friday so far! A lot of excitement this week at Lydia & Pugs! If you haven't hear already Lydia & Pugs has been chosen to be included in A-List Gift Bags, a special promotion for celebrity dog-lovers that brings together unique pet products to A-List Doggie Bags! We are beyond thrilled and excited to be given this wonderful opportunity!

I will be showcasing some of the celebs designs in a few weeks after the gifts have been distributed. So I can't wait to show off the lovely designs for each celeb and their dogs!

Pictured above are some of the stationery designs that will be available on our new website coming the end of summer/beginning of fall. I am already thinking about cute designs for Fall holidays and even Christmas!

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Pugs & Kisses,

Dawn

Celebrity Swag Bags

If you haven't heard the BIG news in our L&P August Newsletter, here it is! Lydia & Pugs was chosen to be included in A-List Gift Bags, a special promotion for celebrity dog-lovers that brings together unique pet products to A-List Doggie Bags.

These lucky celebrities got their paws on some pretty fabulous gifts from Lydia & Pugs including: personalized note cards featuring hand-drawn celebrities alongside their pets and a one-of-a-kind apron all packaged up pretty in Lydia & Pugs signature eco-friendly canvas tote!

Some of the dog loving celebrities include: Denise Richards, Drew Barrymore, Cesar Milan, Alicia Silverstone, Betty White, Mickey Rourke, Ellen DeGeneres, Hilary Duff, Rachael Ray, and Oprah Winfrey.

I say "we" now because I have gained a Public Relations coordinator, one of my good friends, Natalia, who has been helping me out with our latest project! I couldn't be more thrilled to have participated in this event, and I feel so blessed to share my creative gifts and talents with the world; our pets play a huge role in our family, and what better way to showcase it than with personalized gifts.

I also greatly appreciate my fans and customers who have been with me from the beginning, your support and kind comments mean so much to me. I will blogging about more of the celeb designs in the next few weeks! Enjoy!

If you would like to read about the full story, sign up for our August Newsletter, here!

Pugs & Kisses,

Dawn

August Newsletter

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Pugs & kisses,

Dawn