Get Wacky and Crafty with Pattiewack!: Pet Costumes at the Pooch Parade

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Pet Costumes at the Pooch Parade

The Tower District in Fresno was alive today with the excitement of kids, people, and pets dressed up for Halloween. The costumes were amazing! I was lucky enough to have my camera phone and snapped a couple dozen pics. These are the best. Sorry they aren't better, but it's a bit tricky to get great pics of a pet parade. What fun!

My personal fave. The little chihuahua was dressed as a lobster.

Check out the tie dye....

Who's the pet here????

iLoveToCreate

Known by my friends and fans as “Pattiewack,” I love to be creative and wacky. I've got a million ideas to transform the humdrum into wow, bring new life to everyday objects, or create something that is both out of this world and daringly stylish.

I love Pee-Wee Herman, can’t get enough of book author and comedian Amy Sedaris, and have been known to turn bras into purses. I've been working for over 20 years on my crafty career. My job titles as designer, book author, television host, executive producer and product consultant, just keep multiplying, as I recently accepted a fabulous position as Lead Designer/Spokesperson at iLoveToCreate, a Duncan Enterprises Company in Fresno, California.

My knack for clever crafting and multitasking started at an early age. A a minister’s daughter, I helped out by making clothing for the less fortunate and crafts to sell at church bazaars. And what’s now a popular trend - recycled fashion, was a necessity for our family. My mother and I were always going to the thrift store and buying clothing that we could re-create and make ours.

The perfect example of my philosophy in action? I picked up a mannequin at a flea market for two bucks He was painted badly with silver spray paint. I brought him home and turned him into a chalkboard first, but later I thought he was destined for more than that. While coming up with project ideas for a crafting book, I decided to decoupage the mannequin. But I didn’t stop there. I inserted a dollhouse window where the heart would go and glued an eye looking out. Then I added a little saying: “The rules have gone right out the window.” Finally, I attached a clothespin to the window. It’s the Amy Sedaris and Pee-Wee Herman coming out of me. It says ‘inside jokes,’ so you can write jokes and throw them into the window!

I’ve been dying to create a glue-gun holster. Instead of bullets, I’d have glue sticks across my chest.

Pattiewack Factoids:
· Real Name:
Pattie Donham-Wilkinson

· Surprising fact:
Received a D in Home Economics

· Most embarrassing moment:
A video clip of me and my friend Darsee blowing Easter eggs, which appeared on E!’s "The Soup"

· Top must-have supplies:
Glue, paint, scissors, lab coat

· Most memorable endorsement:
“Wacky for Tacky” magazine ad campaign for Aleene’s Tacky Glue with a 3-tiered cake with 5 lbs. of candy glued to foam

· Author/Designer:
The Crafter’s Guide to Glue
Cookbooking- A Delicious Way to Scrapbook
17 Aleene’s Craft Booklets
Hundreds of magazine articles

· TV:
The DIY Jewelry Making Show
Scrapbook Memories
Home Matters
Our Home
QVC Home Shopping
Home & Family at Universal Studios
Home Shopping Network

· WEB:
16 segments on LifeTimeTV.com
26 videos on
http://www.insightfilmvideo.com

http://www.pattiewack.com/
http://twitter.com/Pattiewack/
http://pattiewack.blogspot.com/
http://www.linkedin.com/in/pattiewilkinson/
http://www.ilovetocreate.com/

· Products:
Licensed 4 PattieWack tools with Coats & Clark
Patented the 123-D Papercrafting System for EK Success
Designed a Holiday Gift Bag line for Hobby Lobby
Glad Rags appliqués
Created a Box Templates line for ProvoCraft

· Family:
Hubby - Scott Wilkinson
Daughters - Tricia and Stacey
Grand kids - Lacricia, Jacob, Cole, and Zane

· Pets:
Scott promised me a weiner dog when we retire..

· Talent:
A little rusty, but I can squeeze a tune from the accordian

The Crafter’s Guide to Glue
By Pattie Donham
You’ll find everything from a weenie dog on a messenger bag, to bread dough jewelry and a mosaic chiminea fountain.
I created every single design with GLUE, and they are funky, crazy and fun. There are glue recipes for things like slime, sticker glue and puffy paste, too! If it has to do with sticky, wacky, or crafty, it’s in there!

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