Hamish's Paw Print Keepsake DIY

I had been thinking about doing a paw print keepsake of Hamish for Jodie for a while now but never got round to it but after her friend Porsha's dog Peppy passed away I decided that the time was right as he is now 11 years old and I would regret not doing it if anything were to happen to him. We proceeded with it on 22nd November 2019.

I bought some air dry modelling clay and rolled it into small balls then flattened them slightly with a rolling pin, I then proceeded to gently but firmly press his paw into the clay, Cerys was on hand with treats for afterwards 😜

I was pleasantly surprised as to how well they turned out as he wasn't much keen on being held in place.

Once they were dry, I painted them with a light blue colour and finished them off with a little blue glitter.

I bought a baby keepsake frame as I knew Jodie would get a laugh out of this as he is her baby!

I added his name and the date as well as a lock of his fur.

I stuck the paw prints to some blue card that I had placed behind the frame and a photo of him taken the day we did the prints.

Not sure if he was too impressed by all the palaver looking at the first photo 👅

Jodie will be getting this as a gift for Christmas as although he became part of the family in November 2008, he was her Christmas gift of 2008, I am sure she is going to love and treasure it forever.

Opening it on Christmas morning

👩🐶💓

Comments

Wha's Like Us?....Damn Few And They're A' Deid!

While sorting through things I came across this Scottish poem that my mum gave me years ago, my gran loved this one...so here it is.... Wha's Like Us ? The average Englishman in the home he calls his castle, slips into his national costume ---- a shabby raincoat...patented by.... ...Chemist Charles Macintosh from Glasgow, Scotland. En route to his office he strides along the English lane, surfaced by.... ...John Macadam from Ayr, Scotland. He drives an English car fitted with tyres invented by.... ...John Boyd Dunlop, Veterinary Surgeon of Dreghorn, Scotland. At the office he receives the mail bearing adhesive stamps invented by.... ...John Chalmers, Bookseller and Printer of Dundee, Scotland. During the day he uses the telephone invented by.... ...Alexander Graham Bell, born in Edinburgh, Scotland. At home in the evening his daughter pedals her bicycle invented by.... ...Kirkpatrick Macmillan, Blacksmith of Thornhill, Dumfriesshire, Scotland. He watches ...

Aussie Pie Floater

With Australia day fast approaching, I had to share this Aussie icon. The pie floater is a meat pie submerged in thick pea soup, the pies are traditionally turned upside down sitting or sometimes submerged in the pea soup. The first time I had ever heard of this was while watching an episode of Billy Connolly's Australian tour. He was doing a show in Adelaide and indulged in one of these south Aussie icons. We tried a similar thing called a tiger pie from Harry's Cafe de Wheels on the Sydney harbour, the Tiger is a meat pie served with scoop of mash a scoop of mushy peas and a scoop of gravy, it was really delicious. A pie floater put simply is a meat pie on top of or covered in green pea soup with a choice of sauce squirted on top, the usual being ketchup, brown sauce, mint sauce, gravy or bbq sauce, some people also enjoy vinegar over their floater, I suppose the options can be endless, whatever 'floats' your pie!!. I searched a few variou...

Reindeer Mini Chocolate Rolls

How cute are these guys!!, super easy to make and perfect for kiddies Christmas parties. I didn't bother weighing and measuring the ingredients, just go with how much you plan to make, it's that simple. All you need are a few items, if you don't have any of these to hand you can always improvise, instead of the candy eyes use white and milk chocolate, pretzels can be used for the legs as well as the antlers. Ingredients mini chocolate rolls white melting chocolate red and brown mini M & M's icing eyes milk chocolate melts pretzels chocolate matchsticks Method 1. Melt some white chocolate melts according to packet directions. Allow to cool a little. Dip one end of the chocolate rolls into the melted white chocolate place dipped end up on a lined baking tray, put a mini M & M onto the nose part of the dipped end, add the eyes and using writing icing, draw a mouth. Allow to set. 2. When set, melt some mi...

Daisy Chains and Picnics

Search This Blog