So, all of you know about my little boy, Piccolo.  I brought him into my life on the 1st of January 2009 (he was born September of 2008) and it has been love ever since.  My dearest friend, whom I have known since we were children brought an Italian Greyhound into their lives six months after Piccolo, and named her Gemma.


                                                                 

This is the only picture I was able to get of the two of them together because, well, you try to get two young Italian greyhounds together...they are just beautiful.  The little blue snake in the upper middle part of the picture is what they fight over, unless, like in this case, you give them a treat.

                                                              

Being an Italian Greyhound, Piccolo (and all Italian Greyhounds) gets cold during the Fall, Winter and early Spring.   These is a fabric, most are familiar with, called fleece.  It is a polyester and very plush, which makes it extremely warm, and both Piccolo and Gemma love cuddling into fleece blankets.   I went in search of finding Piccolo something nice and warm and first twent o the big guys like Petsmart and Petco, to no avail.  Then I went to the dog boutiques and found a few items, but nothing spectacular, outfits I didn't quite get into.   While driving, it popped into my head to come up with a small collection of dog clothing.  Nothing huge, just something nice and easy, but fashionable.  I had to call it "Piccolo Loves Gemma".

I got home and quickly sketched out the label.  I've enclosed the scribble scratches so you can see my creative process (laughing...but it is the truth).  You will then see what the graphic designer came up with and then, voila! the final.   I wanted the letters to have a 1920's art-nuevo type feel, something fun.  Below that are some sneak previews of some of the items.

Initial sketch, bottom left, (the top part is for another label, the bottom is the initial sketch sent to graphics).  Then when I got it back from the graphics, bottom right, I then assign pantone colours to everything and then send it to the label people.

                                  

Final Piccolo Loves Gemma, below (sorry it's a picture, couldn't scan), but pretty cool, no?

                                                               




Some of the pieces:



Leather and studs (the inside is reinforced with fleece, so it's very very warm)

                                                     


Fleece Red Plaid

                                                     

White Fleece Plaid