Halloween Costumes for Dogs

Halloween is quickly approaching and I still don't have Cooper and Bentley's costumes locked down yet -- yes I'm one of those people. Last year, when Cooper was a baby, I had bought two costumes for him because I couldn't decide which one to go with. I assumed I could just use the leftover costume for this year. However, what I kind of forgot was that puppies GROW -- and Cooper definitely did some growing this past year.

What do you think? Too small? :) I love the fact that the tiger arms are not even close to touching the ground. He looks more like an orange and black spider than anything else. Poor thing...

For Bentley, I was going to recycle his cow costume. He kept falling asleep in it last year which I took to mean he was actually comfortable in it. And he doesn't seem to be giving me that "Please don't take my picture, I'm so embarrassed" face so I thought I was good to go. That was until I saw these...

Source: Sew Dog Gone Creative

Seriously, does it get any cuter than this? I found these costumes at Sew Dog Gone Creative, a shop dedicated to handmade dog costumes and I'm extremely tempted to get these for the boys. I'm even looking to recruit an R2D2, C3PO and a Chewbacca. 

Others under consideration are:

Despicable Me Minion

Holy Hound 

Raptor

Peacock

Tortoise

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle

What do you think? Any favorites?

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My Little Helper

Last night, in the middle of organizing my DMC and pattern supplies, I took a quick dog-nap with Cooper, our 7-month old Shih Tzu. When I woke up, this is how I found him:

In case you can't tell by the photo, he is fast asleep not only with his head in his dog bowl, but with one of my embroidery hoops around his neck. I still can't figure out how exactly that happened, but based on the tiny little teeth marks on the ring, I'm assuming he was using it as a chew toy before it ended up being a necklace. 

He didn't seem to mind that it was there at all. In fact, while I snapped photo after photo of him, he had a dopey little grin on his face like he was just so proud of himself.

I'm thinking this definitely falls into the category of "you can't make this stuff up." :)

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