Dear Quivering Bee,
I am a community bike rider and researcher living in Brisbane Australia. I live with a gorgeous kelpie named Zoe and a bike named Kissime and we have spent many happy years riding bikes together.
I have a blog and we regularly post about dogs and bikes, see for example:
- A Dog’s Tale – celebrating mountain bike trail dogs
- Xiaosa – the intrepid Chinese dog
- Ruby the Trail dog
- Giving it all up to cycle the world with your dog
- US National Dog Day
- Paws & Wheels always make it better
- …and our own #Bikes_CISTA Instagram project
We recently came across your Etsy page and saw your handmade dog-and-bike plates.
And we love them!
You have a good selection of dog breeds including Daschunds, Retrievers, Boston Terriers and Dalmatians. Some of them have hats or scarves and they ride different bikes.
Very savvy to have different sizes and shapes of plates, platters and serving trays, too.
We love your other bike riding animals – especially the elephants, flying pigs and octopus!
Zoe was delighted to hear customers can custom order for a ‘girl dog’ too – but wondered how that might change the illustration.
Congrats on your impressive range of other designs including, nautical and underwater themes, butterflies, farm animals, florals and botanicals, Alice in Wonderland, heaps of land and sea animals, insects, anatomical body parts and metrics, skulls, and of course bees!
We appreciate the effort you take in hand making each plate in your US studio – and that you have created endearing designs that are quirky and whimsical and have that ‘ye olde timey’/vintage style about them.
On your Esty site, it says your bike-and-dog plates are: artful, fabulously glossy, and highly durable range of kitchenware made out of ThermoSaf® Composite Polymer, which is also:
- Microwave-safe.
- Melamine-free.
- BPA-Free.
- Dishwasher-safe.
- Formaldehyde-free.
- Break-resistant.
- FDA approved for food contact and oven-safe to 300 degrees (45 min. or less).
We saw you do request orders too: awesome for custom matching for decor, colour, bike and dog breed preference, use and style.
Will kelpies be added to add to the range? Zoe is happy to help if needed!
We know there are many people who love riding bikes and love dogs – thanks for offering such beautiful, original products that celebrate our combined passions!
We wish you all the very best for you and your business.
Keep up the amazing platefuls of bikes and dogs!
Warm regards, tail wags, and muddy trails.
Zoe the dog, Kissime the bike, and Nina the rider.
