George, also know as Baby George

We came across this picture recently of George when is was just a little bit. It brought back so many memories. Everyone thought he was a chihuahua due to his size or a rabbit when he was hopping around with excitement. Yes, he does hop! George keeps our home lively. He loves, sometimes too much, to squeak toys. He is also great at playing fetch. One of his favorite toys to run after is bigger than him; it is a huge stuffed toy! Ah, the life with a dachshund is wonderful and never boring!

Dog Clock Face

I am very excited to announce a new piece from Suzanne E Noll. She is an amazing artist that focuses on clay and mosaic work. This is a very unique dog face where the tongue wags back an forth.

This is perfect for ANY dog lover.

http://www.doxiecrafts.com/5008.html

Introducing Jake, our New Family Member by Teresa

Jake is our new dachshund. He is not so new to the world but new to us.

Jake was found by a wonderful college lady where he was living on the front porch of a burned down house. The college lady alerted Almost Home Dachshund Rescue who in turn rescued the dachshund with her and her friends help. I was to keep this homeless dachshund until transfer to a foster home. I am not a good short term foster parent and ended up keeping him. Long story short, Jake is now part of our family.

Jake is about 5 lbs heavier than George. It took George a bit to get use to sharing his toys and attention. Laura immediately liked Jake and this is good since she is the top dog. I do have to keep our shoes in a closed closet because Jake seems to enjoy a good shoe chew now and then. Jake is slowly realizing this is his new home. He has some separation anxiety but it is less every week.

Let's say Mark and I are very happy with Jake.

Dachshund Event Calendar

We are very excited to announce a new feature to our website. We have added a calendar to post dachshund events. We encourage everyone to send us information from around the USA on any dachshund events. We will also include any links.

http://www.doxiecrafts.com/calendar.html

Featured Artist: Tisha Templin

It is a pleasure to introduce Tisha Templin. Doxie Crafts has offered her art to our customers since we opened our shop in early 2009. Honestly, it is like Christmas for us when a package arrives from her. Every piece is wonderful, detailed and obviously made with love. Tisha creates very original dachshund art pieces in 2 or 3 panels using paper, ink, fun embellishments and acrylic paint on 8" x 8" gallery profile frame with 1 3/8" stretchers. The image wraps around on the sides on the canvas to create a very complete design. If you own a piece of art from Tisha, you own a very original work that is not a copy or massed reproduced.

Tisha's background in her own words:
As a child I was exposed to all sorts of dance, music, theatre, and art. I attended the Arts Magnet High School in Dallas and have a BFA in Technical Theatre and Stage Management from the Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster University.

I began to focus on visual arts and painting animals in 1999, around the time that I got pregnant with my first child. A move in 2000 brought my family to Wisconsin. I paint in my home art studio outside of Madison,Wisconsin. My husband and I have two daughters. We share our home with a boston terrier and two retired greyhounds adopted from Greyhound Pets of America Wisconsin.

I work in acrylic and mixed medias. My pieces are colorful, bold, and full of character. I tend to focus on the head and the eyes since they tend to be the most expressive part of any animal. Despite all the art classes I have taken and all the paintings I have done, I will probably never stop mixing paint on my hands.

Dachshund Art by Tisha Templin:

Smooth Hair Dachshund Wall Art

Wire Hair Dachshund Wall Art

Long Hair Dachshund Wall Art

New from Suzanne E Noll

Suzanne never ceases to impress me with her talent. Her latest work is not only visually beautiful but amazingly detailed and skilled. Please stop by doxiecrafts.com to own her work.

Barkley, Ceramic Handmade Dachshund

Handmade Dachshund Leash Hook: Red and Yellow

Handmade Dachshund Leash Hook: Blue and Yellow

Handmade Dachshund Leash Hook : Orange and Red

Dachshund Garden Flags but Bigger!!

I just received some wonderful colorful handmade garden flags. They are beautiful! I really enjoyed taking each out and snapping pictures in front of my beautiful azaleas. It was hard not to keep several.

The Flags
These flags are bigger than your usual garden flag at 13" x 21". The flags are made from poly cotton fabric. The design is appliqued on one side and cut away on the other. The flag has a sleeve on the bottom so as to insert a 3/8" dowel rod. This limits the flag from flipping onto itself.

The History of the Dachshund Flags
The flags were born from my desire to have a handmade dachshund flag in my yard. Yes, I pretty much use Doxie Crafts as an excuse to shop for myself. My sister is an art teacher and owner of Debbie's Designs so it was simple to bribe her into designing the flags. I met Shirley from And Sew On from another site where I enjoyed her flag work. She makes all her flags and banners from hand. We worked out a deal where Shirley makes these dachshund flags exclusive for Doxie Crafts. The doxies are Debbie's designs and all the color choices, wonderful sewing and embellishments are Shirley's. The flags are great because you get the result of two talented artists in one piece!

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Dachshund Garden Flag: Two of Four Designs, Colors from White, Black to Colorful!

http://www.doxiecrafts.com/yardart.html

Denise Clark : Handmade Cards

Doxie Crafts is very pleased to provide our customers with handmade cards from Denise Clark. Every card is an original piece of art made with Denise's hands. It is an absolute joy to open one of her packages and see all the dachshund cards.

Now, Denise does more than dachshund cards and you can see these on her blog.

http://stampingvacation.blogspot.com/

http://www.doxiecrafts.com/Paper.html