It's been awhile...

...since I have blogged here. Does anyone still use their blog anymore?

I figured I'd update this because it's been a few years since I've documented anything. A lot has happened since 2012! In short: We moved 5 times since then. A very close family member passed away. I got laid off. I injured my hand from a recent job & it has gotten worse since. But honestly, I couldn't be more at peace within myself right now and with Yuki.

She's been getting shorter walks since living at our new home. The neighborhood isn't as great as the home I've had when I adopted her (from her 30-60 minutes walks now cut down to 15-20 minutes). She got attacked a few times here due to loose dogs & had ran away because my mom kept the gate open. Thank goodness for my brother who found her a few streets over sitting on someone's porch peering into their home. One of her teeth broke in half when she was chewing her bully stick, so we had to take her to get it removed - boy was she so cuddly and swollen from being drugged up!

I believe I summed it all up. She's still the sweet-face dog who jumps up to greet people and unleashes her alpha-female side with other dogs. She receives plenty of snout kisses, body rubs and behind-the-ear scratches. Still so very lucky to have her in my life.

Which leads me to our Chasing Paper Etsy shop. I have been working on new ideas & items for the shop for a few weeks now. Just working out all the design-kinks because I want to be sure I am 100% happy with it before I put them up in the shop. You know what they say... Artists are their own worst critics!

The shop is slowly being update with new policies and will also have a new name. I've realized I am not happy with "Chasing Paper" because it can come off sounding money hungry, even though that's not what it's intended to be - & that's not what I'm about.

I will keep updating when I can. Until next time...



❤︎  Julie & Yuki

Thank you.

November is a special month to me. Besides it being my birthday month; I enjoy more the food, laughter, reminiscence of childhood memories and the togetherness of family and friends.

I would also like to give an early thanks to Yuki. I can't stress this enough, but if it weren't for her, I wouldn't have met everyone who've left foot prints in my life since I've adopted her. You've made my life more enjoyable and I have not yet been annoyed of any of you. Seriously, I get easily annoyed of people and their tendencies that I tend to hideout for a few days until those feelings disperse. But to each and every one of you... Nope. Well, not yet anyway ;)

So to give thanks to everything you do and for being you.. from NOW until December 1st:

$4.00 donation to Saving Shibas Inc. from each order of the educational dog flyer and Free Shipping with the coupon code THANX4INUS at Chasing Paper crafts.

And I have finally added on the right side how much money was raised from the dog flyers so far. $16... lets keep it coming my friends!

News & Deals

Free shipping on EVERY order (in the U.S.) made at Chasingpaper.etsy.com !

For every listing purchased for the Educational Dog Flyer, $2 will be donated to the Saving Shibas Inc. Rescue (instead of $1).

My Goal is still to raise $100+. We already raised $10. I need to add a little goal thing on the side of the blog so everyone can see the progress.

All is well with Yuki. Happy pup whenever she sees her buddies, Taz & Buster. Still iffy with strange dogs.

The 6th Annual Shiba Picnic is around the corner, July 16th to be exact. As of right now, my answer is: Yes, we'll be attending.

I actually scheduled an appointment with the pet communicator for Yuki during the picnic. I'm a little skeptical, but really eager to see what she has to tell us. Who knows, maybe she'll tell me why Yuki is dog reactive and what I can do to get Yuki to stop - though, I have a pretty good idea why already.

And.... I will be making desserts for #twiba owners! Nothing big, just bite-size sweets.

I have another project for the Etsy shop. I'm looking forward to getting it all done because part of the proceeds will go to Saving Shibas Inc. this time. I might have it up next week if i have them done this week.

I am also making Masako's business cards for the rescue. I will get it some time this week - hopefully along with the project.

Also, check out: http://caninecocktailpawty.org/ because Jenna & Snick are doing a wonderful thing to help Emma raise funds and awareness for military families! Please check it out. It will be a LIVE pawty in New York. If you're in town, maybe you can go check it out!