It’s Not Just the Cobbler’s Kids That Have No Shoes – It’S tHe CoBblEr tOo!

There is an old maxim about the cobbler’s children having no shoes.

The point? The cobbler is so busy at work producing and repairing the shoes of his customers that he cannot take any time to make sure that his own children have decent footwear.
Today it’s a phenomenon where people who are successful at doing something don't demonstrate that in their own personal lives.

Actually, I am so busy working at my full time job and creating Piccadilee Daydream treasures for customers in my free time that I very rarely make something for me or my family members.  Shame on me. 

My story is that I have always wanted to draw, paint, sew and create since I was a very little girl.  Finally when my two girls were raised and out on their own I started to live my dream...and began to draw, paint, sew and create!  My experiments were gifts mostly for my grandkids.   So very often they would receive one of Gama's creations made especially for them.  Not so much these days.  So around Christmas time I was bound and determined to make them something special as gifts.  The truth is I ran out of time! But it actually worked out better.  During the holidays the grands stay with us for about a week.  So while they were with us they got to help me design exactly what they wanted.  

And here they are…

WooF WooF

So I’m crazy about my dogs and I have lots of friends who are crazy about their dogs.  In fact we have several grand dogs in our family.

The original purpose of this blog is to show you the neat gift I made this past Christmas for a dog lover friend. 

 

BUT... as I did a little bit of research I came up with many more interesting things to share.

I love this quote by Cesar Millan.

“Dogs don’t rationalize. They don’t hold anything against a person. They don’t see the outside of a human but the inside of a human.”
—Cesar Millan (dog trainer)

And then I found these!

 

 

 

 

 

So I thought I’d end with a picture of our two
four-legged kids.  So much love is passed around when we are all together. 

Mason and Abby

Enjoy my Dog Lover Friends. 
Feel free to leave a favorite picture of your loving pet.

SnipS, SnailS and PuppY DoG TailS…

So I’m a big fan of Google.  That’s where I get all my cute and interesting facts for my blog but I must say...  the origin of this little nursery quote is really not all that cute.

"Snips, snails and puppy dog tails are the three main, and only, biological components of human males during their pre-adulthood."   WARNING… don’t go any further!  You really don’t want or need to know the rest.

The phrase itself is part of a well-known quote:
Snips, snails and puppy dog tails,
That's what little boys are made of.

We’ll just stop right there. 

Piccadilee Daydreams pretty much started many years ago making signs for the nursery and children’s bedrooms.  I made many for my growing grandchildren through the years.  The then, Daydream Studios, eventually grew up too and became Piccadilee Daydreams, designs by laura lee.

Today I make not only signs (that can match the room’s bedding) but I also make really cute pillows.

This custom order was especially special because this was a gift for a couple who just adopted their son. 

Here you go...

 

Love Love Love custom orders.  Just give me a call.