Why I love summertime...

I am a Florida girl for anyone who didn't know. Which means that I love warm weather and love summertime. Family beach trips, palm trees, swimming and the beach are just a few things that I love about summer. I was just looking through a few pictures, some old, some new and thought I would share a few of my summertime photos. What do you love about summer?

From left to right: Brother's Fiance, Brother, Mom and Dad, Myself and my Boyfriend Matt.

Long Time!

Hi everyone!

I haven't been on here for quite some time. Shame on me! :)

I hope that everyone had a great holiday season and is having a great and happy new year!

I will be back on here soon with more posts more frequently. Just wanted to be in touch and let anyone reading that I am still here.

Here are a few pictures from last week at Ponce Inlet, FL. If you look closely you can see my Key Fob hanging from my pocket. :D

What a great idea!

The other day I received an order for embroidered Key Fobs. Little did I know that my customer came up with a brilliant idea!! She was helping to decorate the table that she would be sitting at along with 7 other people for a particular event. Instead of using plain white name cards to inform everyone else of where they would be seated, she used embroidered Key Fobs! I thought this was a great idea. This would be something that the other people would be able to bring home with them and every time they looked at the new Key Fob they received, they would think of that special event.

The pictures I have are ones that I set up at my home to try to picture what they would look like as name cards. :)

Holiday Key Fobs

So today I was out at one of the craft stores and ran across a few Christmas Ribbons. I could not help but buy them and race home to make a few Key Fobs out of them!! One of the ribbons is a sweet green snowflake and the other is an adorable Gingerbread design.

I sent my mom the pictures of the new Key Fobs that I made and she said she might just have to have a basket of them by the front door to give to anyone who stops by around the Holidays!

Our Apartment...

Thought I would post a few pictures of our apartment since I have made a few changes and added a few things around the place. :)


That is our bedroom and the handmade duvet cover that I made a few months ago, along with the bed that my grandpa made, the nightstand he made, and the curtains my mom made for her house a while back and gave to us when we moved it. Can you tell our family does not like to buy much, unless we absolutely can not make it!?!?

Bedroom dresser along with a few pictures and other goodies.

Kitchen table, shelving unit and storage basket/draws. That is the area I attempt to keep all of my key fob supplies in, although it overflows around the rest of the apartment!

Living room. We redid that chair with the help of my mom. There were at least a million staples holding the old chair fabric in place. Phew! What a task that was for us!

Kitchen area.

Thanks for looking! :)

I will donate one dollar.

I have decided that now until Wednesday (that is when the contest is over) I will donate one dollar(1 vote) to Hound Haven for each Key Fob I sell. If you are not sure what this voting is, check out my blog post below. All you have to do is buy a key fob from my store, PuppyDogsNPolkaDots.Etsy.Com and I will donate a vote for Ramsey on Hound Haven. Let's try to raise some money!! So if you are thinking you might want to buy a few key fobs as Christmas gifts, now is the time to buy! :)

Breast Cancer Awareness

This month, in order to support Breast Cancer Awareness, I will be donating one dollar from every sale of my "Breast Cancer Awareness Key Fob" to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation. Please help me to spread the word.

Featured...

I have been featured for a giveaway on a lovely blog called Etsy it up!. What a coincidence, the owner of the blog is from the same home town as I am!! What a small world. I didn't even realize this until we got to talking. Anyways, if you want to win a free key fob be sure to check out her blog on how to do so. There are many other great Etsy artists that have been featured on the blog too, be sure to check them out as well. :)

What I have been doing all day...

I am exhausted, but happy for the business! Had a few larger orders toward the end of the week, so I wanted to make them and ship them before the week is over. Needless to say, I have been sewing sewing sewing all day!! :) And now I want a new Key Fob for myself after making all these cute new ones! Many of these new ones are in the process of being listed on etsy @ PuppyDogsNPolkaDots.Etsy.Com.

Animal Prints

The other day I bought this new animal print fabric that I love! I decided to try a key fob out of it and think it turned out pretty cute.

While I was making this key fob, I drifted over to Etsy and looked for animal print items. What I found were these great chairs by fabulousmess on etsy.

I also found these shoes that I am totally in love with!! Couldn't pick which was my favorite, so I posted both. These animal print converse are from dara43 on etsy.

I hope you love these items at much as I do!

**PuppyDogsNPolkaDots - 1 Year Anniversary Sale**

PuppyDogsNPolkaDots one year anniversary of opening is coming up on August 28th. To celebrate this one year mark, there will be a sale going on now through September 1st. Anyone who purchases a Key Fob through my etsy store and "convos" me with the coupon code "Anniversary Sale" will receive FREE SHIPPING on **2** or more Key Fob Wrist Key Chains. If you are doing any early holiday shopping, now is the time to buy! Key Fobs make great stocking stuffers and gifts for coworkers. Buy 2, get free shipping, buy 10...still get free shipping! Hurry in to take great advantage of this sale!!

(You can also email me a @ CRay729@hotmail.com with any questions, and also to place an order. Shipping will be refunded through paypal after the purchase.)

Grrrr....

Just when my key fob business was picking up and I felt like I had the whole "money issue" under control, classes are starting next week. I just got back from the bookstore a little while ago. I was able to purchase one book online through amazon, but the rest had to be purchased through the local bookstore. Why must books be so expensive for college!?! I am taking 6 classes, 18 credits this semester. This leave me with paying for 9 different books. I don't understand how a used textbooks that are not even that large can cost over seventy dollars!

Anyway, enough about my books and school..

Onto the next important issue. Coming up in the week or so, my etsy store will have hit it's one year mark! How exciting. I can not believe it has been open a year already. Thank you to my great customers. I hope to keep this shop up and running for much longer. I am glad that etsy has given me the opportunity to create and sell my products. So, be on the lookout, in the next week I will be posting about my shops "1 year birthday sale". :)

Two Newbies/Favs

What do you think?

I don't like to brag, but I have to say, this might be my favorite Key Fob that I have made so far! This was a scrap of "Deer Valley" fabric that my mom sent my way by Joel Dewberry. I saw a purse, "Deer Valley Sling Bag" that she made on listed on KeetaCollection that had this fabric in it, and wanted some of it! The only problem I have with this key fob is, keeping it put away. I keep thinking to myself, well I could use a new key fob! But then have to put it away and keep it for sale. LOL On a serious note, I have been working on my etsy shop to restock and fill the shop with many new fabrics from Amy Butler, Joel Dewberry, and Jennifer Pagenelli. Off to list more key fobs!

Mail Time! What a Great Surprise!

Jennifer Paganelli Fabric Key Fob

Jennifer Paganelli Fabrics

Jennifer Paganelli Fabric Key Fob

So just the other day, I got a wonderful surprise in the mail! I couldn't believe my eyes, I was so excited. I was buried in Jennifer Paganelli Sis Boom Fabric Scraps. Meaning only one thing, new key fobs. I couldn't believe my eyes... Jennifer Paganelli made my day, no, my week by sending me that special box of goodies.

Featured........

I have been lucky enough to be featured for a FREE giveaway on the Mystic Wynd Blog. Please check out this great blog and article. This is another great opportunity to win something for FREE. :-)

And the winner is.....

And the winner of the free key fob drawing is.......number 21, Erin from Melbourne!

For other promotions and chances to win be sure to sign up for my newsletter.

Like I said before, my boyfriend is a good sport, posing for pictures and picking a winner for the drawing! :)

Key Fobs

Puppy Dogs N Polka Dots

Here are a few of my latest Wristlet Key Fobs. I have really enjoyed using some of my new designer fabrics. These fobs will be added to my collection at http://www.puppydogsnpolkadots.etsy.com/

Introduction

Hi, and thank you for stopping by to visit my blog. As the year progresses you will see posts about many topics, including my business, my family, and plenty of pictures of the family dog, Ramsey.

A little bit about me. My name is Corri, I live in Orlando and am attending The University of Central Florida. I am currently entering my fourth year, pursuing a major in Public Administration and Non-Profit Management. Upon graduating I hope to work for a few years with a nonprofit agency. Once saving up some money, I hope to open my own nonprofit dog rescue group. As you will be able to tell once I start posting on my blog, I absolutely LOVE dogs. Hmm…What else. Well that is a picture of me and my boyfriend of over two years. He is a good sport and likes to check out all the new Key Fobs I make, or at least he acts like he does! LOL. Also, I grew up with a mom who loves to sew and is very artistic, she gave me idea to start making key fobs. Since then I have loved creating them!

About my business. I have been making Key Fobs for a little under a year. I really enjoy being able to create my own pieces of work and design them however I feel is cute. I do offer wholesale prices and custom orders. Actually I LOVE making custom orders.

If you have any questions about me or my business always feel free to ask!