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Jalapena- Chihuahua
Lives with Yvonne Morones
Santa Rosa, Calif.
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Jalapena's Vintage Look
Yvonne is Mom to seven Chihuahuas and one "Canardly" as in you can hardly tell what breed, named Munchkin. Her dogs are such a big part of her life that she has converted one of her closets into storage for all of the dog's clothing, pajamas, jackets, carriers, strollers and accessories. She says that her dogs have over 50 beautiful handmade items of clothing and like any doting pet parent, many of them she has made herself. Such as the red Swiss dot dress modeled here by Jalapena. The fabric that Yvonne used is actually a 1950's kitchen curtain, which she gathered to create the fullness of the skirt. She attached the skirt to a bodice made of vintage lace. Because the cheery kitchen curtains reminded Yvonne of happy times spent in her grandmother's kitchen, she finished the look by adding her grandmother's vintage pearl brooch.