ABOUT US ☺

HI FRIENDS! I'M TIFFANY WITH MY PUP, FRUITLOOP ☺

DURING THE COVID SHUTDOWN, I SWEAR, EVERYONE AND THEIR MOM WERE OUT LOOKING FOR PUPS WITH THE EMPTY TIME TO DEDICATE TO ONE. I FOUND SOMEONE REHOMING THIS SWEET 1 YEAR OLD, ANXIOUS, CUTIE, GIRL, AND I JUUMPED ON THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET HER.

A 3 HOUR DRIVE THERE INTO THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, MICHIGAN IS WHERE WE MET. (I FOUND HER FROM AN AD ON CRAIGSLIST AND THANKFULLY THIS DIDN'T TURN INTO A ME-GETTING-KIDNAPPED SITUATION...) SHE WAS IN ROUGH SHAPE, UNDERWEIGHT, TERRIFIED, ANNDDD HATED MY GUTS. SO I TOOK HER ☺. THROUGH THE DRIVE HOME INTO THE SUBURBS OF CHICAGO, I DROVE PAST "THE LOOP" A KNOWN AREA IN THE CITY. I WAS BRAINSTORMING NAMES, AND THAT ONE JUST STUCK. AUSSIES ARE SOOOO GOOFY, SO I MADE "LOOP" A LITTLE MORE FUN BY ELONGATING IT TO FRUITLOOP. SHE NOW GOES BY "FRUITLOOP", "FRUITS", "TOOP", "GIRL", "CHICKEN", ETC. (I DIDN'T KNOW AT THE TIME THAT THE CEREAL WAS SPELLED "FROOTLOOP", UNTIL SHE ALREADY GOT HER TAG MADE, SO OH WELL... SHE DOESN'T KNOW I MISPELLED HER ANYWAY. WE GOT HOME, AND SHE MET MY FIRST FURRY FRIEND KITTY, SELENA (RIP 2013-2023 ☹) THEY GOT ALONG OOOKAY, BUT SNUGGLED THROUGH THEIR NEXT FEW YEARS TOGETHER.

HERE'S WHERE THINGS GOT A LIIITTLE CRAZY...

SHE SLEPT WITH ME THROUGH THE NIGHT, AND I TOOK HER OUT THE NEXT MORNING. SHE SLIPPED OUT OF HER HARNESS, WAS GONE FOR 5 DAYS IN THIS NEW STATE, AND WAS RUNNING FROM ANYONE WHO SAW HER... YES, THIS WAS EXTREMELY TRAUMATIC. I WORKED WITH A TEAM-NOW-FRIENDS THAT FINDS LOST DOGS, AND THE PEOPLE FROM MICHIGAN EVEN CAME OUT TO HELP.

WELL, 5 DAYS LATER, I GET A CALL THAT SHE WAS SEEN ON SOMEONES DOCK. AS I'M ON MY DRIVE OUT, THEY TELL ME SHE JUMPED IN THE LAKE... ARE YOU KIDDDDDING ME?? THIS GIRL... SO, THEY RESCUE HER BY BOAT, AND I GET HER BACK. THROUGH HER JOURNEY, SHE TRAVELED 40 MILES CROSS COUNTRY. AND... SHE STILL WANTED NOTHING TO DO WITH ME WHEN I GOT HER BACK, BUT IT TOOK TIME AND A LOT OF TRAINING.

NOW, WE'RE ABSOLUTE BESTIES. WHEN SHE WARMED UP, SHE BECAME EXTREMELY PROTECTIVE (STILL IS), AND SHE REFUSES TO LEAVE MY SIDE. MY LITTLE PARTNER IN CRIME.

SO, I DID WHAT I SWORE I WOULD NEVER DO BECAUSE WITH 5 MILLION CUTE PICS OF MY NEW PUP, I OBVIOUSLY NEEDED TO MAKE AN INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT FOR HER. AFTER FOLLOWING NEW ONLINE FRIENDS AND SEEING SO MANY FUN OUTFITS, I THEN OOOBVIOUSLY NEEDED TO MAKE HER SOME. SO, I DUG OUT MY LATE MOMS SEWING MACHINE FROM THE BACK OF MY DADS CLOSET, LEARNED HOW TO USE IT, AND BEGAN SEWING. WITH THE PANDEMIC AND SHUTDOWN IN FULL SWING, I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A CUTE SIDE HUSTLE TO OPEN UP A SHOP!

LITTLE DID WE THINK VOGUE WOULD REACH OUT TO US FOR A FEATURE IN THEIR SEP-OCT-NOV 2021 EDITIONS?!

YEARS LATER, AND WE'RE STILL RECEIVING ORDERS, AND THE CUTEST PICTURES OF YOUR FURRY FRIENDS IN THEIR NEW OUTFITS. HOW COULD WE STOP, WHEN WE LOVE "LB" SO MUCH?! WE RECENTLY MOVED TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IN SPRING 2023, AND WERE HOPING TO BRING YOU ALONG WITH US FOR THIS NEW TRANSITION WHILE WE'RE PAYCHECK-PAYCHECK JUST BUMPING ALONG.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE YEARS OF LOVE, SUPPORT, GRACE, AND FUN MEMORIES. FRUITLOOP IS ALWAYS AT MY FEET WHILE I CUT YOUR FABRIC, SEW WITH MY MOMS BELOVED MACHINE, AND SHOP FOR OUR NEWEST PRINTS. LIKE I SAID, SHE'S MY LITTLE SIDEKICK, AND SHE'S THE REASON WE'RE HERE. HECK, YOU MIGHT EVEN FIND SOME OF HER LITTLE FURS IN YOUR ORDER. ✌