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Beans Blog
beantownhandmade.blogspot.com
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Welcome to Bean's Blog, a blog about our Boston Terrier Bean who is also the mascot/model for our dog clothing and accessory shop Beantown Handmade.
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Happy Memorial Day Weekend!

Happy Memorial Day weekend! Bean and Lily are starting their summer off right with lots of frisbee in the yard and dips in their kiddy pool on the porch. I hope you are all enjoying the hol...

4 days ago

Benny

Benny in Beverly Hills is looking very sharp in his new cherry red top hat. Thanks so much to our customer Stan for sharing this adorable photo!

22 mar 12

Kitchen Renovation

When we first looked at our house we fell in love, but we were not thrilled with the low cabinets in the kitchen. My husband remembers and episode of Seinfeld where they tried out cabinets in Jerrys ...

20 mar 12

Studio Pups

My college was on spring break last week, so I was able to take a week off from teaching and work in my studio. Ive been pretty active making artwork this year, but theres nothing like back to back h...

15 mar 12

I Make/U Buy Exhibition

I am part of an exhibition titled I Make/U Buy: Textiles in the Electronic Retail Age opening this week at the Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Today Ill parti...

01 mar 12

Little Kingdoms: A Terrarium Tutorial

I have been wanting to make a terrarium for years, but never knew where to begin. With most houseplants, I usually assume that I will do something wrong and kill everything. This Valentines day my hu...

26 feb 12

Bean on the Huffington Post

We were so excited to learn that the Huffington Post style blog, Stylelist, wrote a short piece about Bean and the shop. They also featured the lovely video piece created about us by Anthony Ladesich...

25 feb 12

Beans

Meet Beans in Salt Lake City, Utah! She is doing such a wonderful job here being patient and modeling her new Blue Blossom hat. Thanks to Johanna for sharing these great photos with us! What a sweet ...

18 feb 12

Clover

Some of the most amazing things to come out of having a craft business are the opportunities to make connections with other fantastically creative individuals. Ayumi Horie is an incredibly skilled an...

05 feb 12

Maya

Maya in Ontario, Canada will have nice and cozy ears this winter in her Blue Baron hat - Thanks so much to Esther for sharing this adorable photo with us!

24 jan 12

Maisie

Maisie is adorable in her new custom cranberry high collar sweater, and she is also the furkid of our Arts Dean at Metropolitan Community College where I now teach full time. Thanks very much to Tom ...

20 jan 12

Lilly and Rufus in Germany

These fabulous customer photos came from Arlette in Germany. Her adorable red fawn and brindle Frenchies received Abominable Snow Bean hats, a Shakespeare and a custom crocheted collar. The hats are ...

13 jan 12

Making Paint Move

I am so proud of my husband Michael - a video piece about his painted animations aired this week on NET television. Michael creates animations by painting, photographing, wiping away, painting, photo...

09 jan 12

Bean and Lilys Virginia Adventure

Bean and Lily had a great time in Virginia for the holidays. They ran up and down the beach with their new flying squirrel in Virginia Beach on the Chesapeake Bay. The weather was great, with sixty d...

02 jan 12

Shirleys New Stripes

Lovely Shirley is modeling her new custom high collar sweater in taupe with bright multi colored stripes and blossom accent.Photos like these really make my day when Im caught up in the holiday rush,...

09 dec 11

Daisy

Daisy in Kingston Ontario is looking so lovely in her new high collar and ultra warm sweaters. The high collar sweater is made in taupe with a fern stripe (also called lemongrass on our swatch). Dais...

05 dec 11

Our Handmade Portrait Premiere

Yesterday our Handmade Portrait debuted on Etsy and we are so thrilled with the result! It was the first time we saw the piece since Tony and Bryce from Mile Deep Films and Television came last month...

01 dec 11

Gluten Free Chocolate Bourbon Balls

Today was all about Thanksgiving preparations! A little bit of holiday decorating before Thanksgiving and some prepping in the kitchen for the big feast tomorrow really left me feeling like the holid...

23 nov 11

Baileys New Striped Sweater

Bailey has the sweetest Bostie faceI made her a custom Ultra Warm sweater in citron with lemongrass stripeThanks so much to Steve in Chicago for sharing these cute photos! You can see more pics of Ba...

20 nov 11

Beans Bump

So before you panic when you see these pictures of our little guy, know that Bean is now fully recovered and back to his handsome self. About six weeks ago, Bean woke up with a strange red bump next ...

17 nov 11

Sweet Thelma

Thelma is the cutest in her new Ultra Warm sweater in Citron. Thanks so much to Karen for sharing these photos!

03 nov 11

Bean and Lil (and me!) on the Small Screen

Bean and Lily had some exciting visitors to the house this week - Anthony Ladesich and Bryce Young of Mile Deep Films and Television were here to interview us for a feature for Etsy. Tony and Bryce a...

30 oct 11

Cozy Tokyo Pup

Thanks to Yoshifumi for leaving this cute photo in our Etsy feedback, along with this great comment "Beautifully made and fits my dog well (keeping her nice and warm)! Also, it came in good time ...

28 oct 11

Cozy Rosie

Rosie is looking snug as a bug in her new ultra warm sweater in citron. Rosies owner Katie is having engagement photos taken and bought this for Rosie to wear in the pics. Im always honored to make s...

14 oct 11

Ruby

Beautiful Ruby is showing off her new collar corsage. Thanks to @RubytheBT for sharing this cute pic with us on Twitter. We will be posting holiday collar corsages before you know it, but for now wer...

01 oct 11

Samantha

Samantha in New York City is looking warm and cozy in her new toffee high collar sweater. Thanks so much to Robert for sharing these adorable photos!

28 sep 11

Doodles!

I just arranged three big planters to go outside our new house, but I like this arrangement much better! Doodles is showing off her new Cotton Candy Crocheted Collar in a flower pot. She is just too ...

15 sep 11

Totally Epic Roasted Salsa

Weve been in our new house for just a little over a week and we love it! I will be sure to post some pictures once everything is put together. Everything is out of boxes but as first time home owners...

05 sep 11

The Tumbling Tumbleweeds

One of my favorite things about living in Nebraska is the spectacular storms that roll through. Last week we had another large storm with strong winds that produced baseball sized hail just north of ...

21 aug 11

Retro Photos

Last week I went to Palm Beach for a girls weekend and we had a blast! The weather was beautiful and I even got a little sun on my pale Nebraskan limbs. My friend Kali took this great picture of me e...

18 aug 11

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