Well for once in my life, I managed to! For more than two months, I hid the details of a surprise Birthday present from my husband. This is a record in our relationship – we are usually absolutely terrible about keeping surprises from each other! I ordered this gift back in March and after quite a number of secret emails, it arrived today from the US and my husband had no clue. Hooray!
So, let me introduce you to the newest member of our household … Sock Cassie! Custom made by the amazingly talented Stacey of Original Sock Dogs, who is also a member of HeARTs Speak, which is how I first found out about her, via a US pet photographer’s website.
The postman arrived, I managed to get to the door first and when my husband asked what had come, I told him it was supplements for the dogs – I’m always ordering things for them, so that wasn’t something to be questioned! I had a quick peek inside the box myself, first, and then gave my husband the gift. For those of you who haven’t read about Cassie before, she was the first dog we adopted together; my husband’s first ever dog; and our Brindle Rock. She very sadly passed away nearly two years ago and we miss her incredibly. You can read about her here and here – I’d advise you don’t read in public and that you have tissues handy.
Well Sock Cassie arrived and isn’t she gorgeous?
Sock Cassie with the canvas print I had made of one of our favourite photos of her namesake
I love Stacey’s attention to detail. Clearly so much thought goes into these wonderful creations. Note the little belly button
and the wonderful paw pads
Cassie liked to spend her time having a lie down. I told Stacey that Cassie had a white patch on her chest and then had to find photos to show this, which was more challenging than I had anticipated, since most of the photos of Cassie I have, are of her relaxing. We got there in the end though. Thanks for your patience, Stacey.
Cassie was an amazing girl who LOVED to snuggle and if you ended up next to her on the sofa, she would make you feel very relaxed, very quickly. Our visitors often found it a struggle to get up again when they’d been sat near her. She loved to lie on the sofa next to you and rest her gorgeous, chunky head, on your lap.
Cassie was a beautiful, loving and gentle girl with lovely, chunky paws. We are delighted with Sock Cassie, whose arrival brought tears to our eyes, and we will certainly be ordering another custom sock dog from Stacey. I have passed Sock Cassie back to my husband now, I promise! It’s my Birthday very soon though and I have asked for a custom sock dog as a present for myselfAt least I won’t have to keep this one a secret!
Stacey, thank you so much. You have such talent and I’m so glad I found your website that day.
You can order your own Sock Dog from Stacey via her etsy shop and find her on facebook here.
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