Gwyn's Modeling Career

This post is long overdue. I started composing it back in December, but, well, things happen and it got pushed aside. My friend, Pepper, over at Pepper at the Quilt Studio has a line of fabrics. She was asked to do a project that could be blogged about on the site of one of her vendors (apologies if I got that bit wrong, Pepper!). Anyway, she took one of her "Peppered Cottons" and made a bandana for Gwyn. Her only request was that I take some pictures for her to send to the company she was doing it for.

 She picked a lovely plaid.

 And embroidered a "G"...for "greyhound," "Gwyn," or "good girl!"

 The back is a lovely red. It was an appropriate Christmas present for Gwyn...

 ...who modeled alone and with one of her kitteh-babies.

New Collar

Besides her new coat & snood, Gwyn also got a new collar. It's black with a Celtic knot design in gold:

 It looks very nice on her!

M&M Designs Rocks!

I told you Gwyn had the best Christmas a hound ever had...but she didn't know that she was getting more presents! (Although this wasn't really a Christmas present...something I'd been wanting to get her for a while. And since she's getting ready to go stay at the nice hotel again soon [you'll hear lots about that, don't worry!] the timing was perfect.) I'd been surfing around on the net, looking at different greyhound coats and wound up on eBay. That's where I found M&M Designs This is a link to their website where you can order custom-made coats and collars and stuff. But they also have an eBay store where I found a coat and snood already made and ready to ship! (What's a "snood" you ask? You'll see.) I measured Gwyn and just knew the color would look smashing on her. I had read a review that mentioned how they put love into everything they make...I still wasn't prepared to open my mailer and find this: 

I didn't special-order the gift wrapping--what a sweet touch!

The coat has a collar that you can fold back or flip up to help cover her neck and then a separate "snood" that covers her neck for those super-cold days :D The snood even "sticks" to the collar of the coat with velcro.

Problem is, Gwyn didn't want to pose for pictures...she wanted to be up close and personal with me and tell me a) how much she likes her new duds and b) (and most importantly!) it's time to walk!!!

I'm ready!

LoML had to help hold her for one second but she clearly wasn't in the mood to pose for long. (No, he's not holding her by the ear!)

See my kitteh?

So that you can see how pretty it is:

There's even this beautiful little pocket, perfect for storing Greyhound Friends of NC business cards to give out  so people know how to get their very own grey:

 She *knew* she was a fashionista on our walk!!!

The Clydesdales are in Town!

And, Oh!, how spectacular they are!...Takes a lot to tack up!

Let me step into my dressing room...see ya' in a bit.

Vern, are we marching out soon or what?!

Just look serious!

Check out the size of my feet.

Did you get my good side?

Even stars have their moments.

What?! It wasn't fluffed just right.

Sportin' my bling.

Don't I look regal now?

Dogs Rule

We picked this t-shirt up at Westminster one year (courtesy of Pedigree who was one of the sponsors and who does a lot for rescue groups)...when we still had Phil. It was too small for him, but actually fits Gwyn pretty nicely. It was so cold this weekend that she seemed to enjoy wearing it in the house. You can't argue with the sentiment!