New Line of Miniatures

I've been a little busy. :)

All of these minis will be heading into my etsy shop shortly.

With the exception of the desk and chair.

They will be the subject of an upcoming tutorial. :)

Pillows :)

a memo board...

"Are the calla lilies in bloom?"
One of my favorite flowers after roses... I carried calla lilies as my bridal bouquet. :)

 
a desk set; blotter, journal, memo pad and pencil holder complete with three pencils.

of course you have your loved ones close at hand...

a folding screen and some bunting, because, bunting is fun and playful :)

 a coordinating bench with pillows...

 you can never have too many pillows!

Rug was listed previously in my shop.

Thanks for letting me take you on the tour! :)

If you are celebrating Mother's Day today, I hope you are lounging about watching movies and eating bonbons.... and perhaps going on a shopping spree. ;)

Enjoy!
dale <3

Sale! at dale's dreams and dale's dreamsII

That's right, I'm having a sale in both shops until the end of this month.

Use coupon code April2012 during checkout and you will receive 20% off your entire purchase, excluding shipping.

click on either shop link below to begin shopping

dale's dreams designer decor for the dollhouse

dale's dreams II everything else, vintage, handmade and supplies

Have fun! :)

and thank you for your patronage! <3

dale :)

Just a taste! ;)

Just a taste of what is coming to my etsy shop Sunday night! :)

Click here to see my etsy shop. :)

I hope you'll stop by and join in the fun. :)

A huge thank you goes out to all of my customers for their continued support in my creative endeavors. You all mean the world to me and making your dreams come true is making my dreams come true. :)

Creatively yours,

dale :)



Christmas in July Sale!!! :)

Running all month long in both my etsy shops.

Use this coupon code when checking out CIJ611BS in either shop and receive 20% off in the mini shop and 30% off in dalesdreamsII at etsy.

Happy Shopping! :)

Happy Mother's Day! Swap and Giveaway!

Well, I hope everyone is enjoying a lovely Mother's Day! :)

 

My middle made me this lovely vanilla and strawberry cake! Yummy!!! :)

Thank you all so much for joining in on my swap and giveaway! :)

This has been a lot of fun and look at what delightful items have been swapped!

Sonya >>>>> Lyssa

 

Lyssa>>>>>Cecilia

 

Cecilia>>>>>Dale

 

Dale>>>>>Kim

 

 

Kim>>>>>Rosanna

 

 

Rosanna>>>>>Linda

 

Linda>>>>>Marlies

 

Marlies>>>>>Patty

 

Patty>>>>>Fabiola

 

Fabiola>>>>>Chrissey

Chrissey>>>>>Jaana

 

Jaana>>>>>Sonya

 

Mine has not arrived yet and I've not heard back yet from Jaana.

 

You can click on everyone's names to visit their blogs. :)

 

New followers to Welcome! :)

Lauren

ultsu

Amazing Miniatures

Roz & Aidy

Sandra

Steinworks

 Rosamargarita

carmen

brandyr.01 

Mieke

Thank you so much for following my blog! :)

And for the giveaway!

The winner gets to choose one of the following sets;

 

Pink

 

Blue

 

 

Blue and Yellow

Hubby lent a hand to the giveaway process. :)

and the winner is.....

 

Sound the trumpets!

Kim!

Congratulations to Kim!

Thank you all so much for playing along, this has been the most fun.

I love all the items that were exchanged in the swap, everyone is just so creative and so thoughtful. :)

 

I so hope that everyone really gets to enjoy the day. Mine is most assuredly off to a great start after getting to see Mr. Darcy this morning. lol ;)

 

I'm off to go get my oldest at college with hubby while the other two are working. We'll have a nice long ride in a beautiful part of the country.

Enjoy!

I'll catch up with you all during the week. :)

News to share and this and that :)

 Well, I hope you all had a lovely Easter holiday with family and friends, if you celebrate. :)

Isn't this the most darling thing?

I got this from De from De-Lightful Minis.

She and I are doing a little swap after I saw this on her blog.

She made me one with lots more pink (of course) I'm making her some kitchen chair cushions in return.

I thought her use of the one of a hook and eye as scissors to be nothing short of genius, but De always amazes me in more ways than one!

In other news, lol ;) I wanted to share with you what my friend Yuki from Spain has been making. Working TV's and laptops for the dollhouse. See this youtube video.  This is his etsy shop; Amatheria.

 

My friend Sandi found some of her miniatures in this slide show after attending the Boise, Idaho Miniatures Show. :)  You can find her etsy shop here. She also has a new shop on zibbet.

 

If you are on facebook, you probably already had a peek at this.

 

 

A new color scheme I am creating in for my giveaway next month.

Blue and Yellow.

Some close ups. :)

 Ottoman and pillows.

 

I'm trying to give the winner of my giveaway some choices. :)

If you are interested in my giveaway, see this post and follow the directions.

 

I hope your week is off to a fabulous start and that you are busy having fun with minis!

Until next time, my friends. :) 

Welcome New Followers! :)

Oy, it's been a while since I've welcomed my new followers and there are whoa the many!

Nice to see I was even gaining followers in my absence from blogging, that was sweet! :)

And, just as spring welcomes us with flowers....

I welcome all of you! :)

Heleni

lluna45

ayamontinomaria

maria I

dee

klara

Brujita

Linda

Dave Williams

Chrissey

Marlies

Laurie H.

Stan

Beatriz Martin

Fabiola

Alison

Gemma

inglebor willigenburg

anna

Jaana

Vinweeda Magic

Heidi

CARMEN

Jenny

Angela

lula miniland

Paco

PolkadotShroom

chourparvril

Tanya

Jollie

May

Dave Fluty

Susi

Violet

Mrs. Pitstop

Nuno Mata

Malu 2

Debbie Mise

Pepita

GWCC

Eli en Karina

weelittlewest

Just

Lenira

Eva

Roberto Ferres

Miniatures by Natalie

lisajohnsonrichards

Daisy

clerk

Sara Scales

berri

Ester y su Mundo

Tabitha Corsica

XIONY Miniatures

Enchanticals

Clara

Daydreamer

Kim

Lirael

Andriana Guedes

Art of Mini

mini_babies

ARTISANNE

Nina

Heather

BiWuBar

Tracy

otterline

mairi

marie

and..........

from out of the shadows we welcome...

erika

ta_pozzo

Marrin Powell

maushaus17

oneill686

rivervujc@comcast.net

mspapelita

mattysdolls

Mini Aussie

wrovsell

Thank you all so much for becoming a follower of my blog! :)

Everyone, there's lots of links to click and new blogs to be found!

Really, there are a lot of fabulous links here. :)

Stop by and tell them I sent you and tell them I said Hi! :)

If you have a blog and don't see a link at your name, please let me know by commenting on this post with a link and I'll try to catch up with my next posting. :) Hate to leave anyone out! :)

If you speak in another language, I strongly encourage you to add the google translate widget. You can steal if from my blog. While I love looking at the pictures, I also love to see the words you write and be able to read them in my language. :) Just a thought, you might gain more readers that way. :)

anyhoo....

If you haven't signed up for my giveaway, see this post and follow the directions! :)

If you are having any problems with getting in touch with your swap mate, email me and I will help you as best I can! :) dales_dreams@comcast.net

Hopefully, more info to come soon! I apologise for the delay, but, I've been compounded with computer issues as of late and you know, that stuff we call life... when we're not making, buying, playing with minis. :)

Wow, remind me to welcome followers more often! This took hours and hours to do! :)

But, I hope you all find wonderful new great blogs to follow as a result!

As always, if you've been following my blog for a while, you know, everything that is highlighted in pink is a clickable link, so click around! Have some fun! :)

Until next time my friends! :)

Would you like Pink or Blue? :)

You can't see it too well in the pic, but there is a white faux fur rug there.

I adore the lace trim on these pillows, it's vintage. :)

Can anyone guess what the core of the over-stuffed ottomans are?

Those are things I've been working on for my giveaway. I also have two other color combinations I'm thinking about doing.

I've also been working on my swap items, but, I can't show you that, because it's a Secret! shhhh!!! :)

At the moment, I've got about twenty different projects on my work table in various stages of completion.

Do you do this?

 I find I start one project, which makes me think of another project, which leads to another... and so on and so on and so one. lol I like having a bunch of things going at one time, makes the time pass so quickly.

I was working with some stuff, which led to this.

I know! Wrong season... but, I've had this greenery for a while and was just dying to see it come to life.

How about an alternative color combination?

If they can have a Chanukah bush, why not a wreath too?

If you are having any problems with the swap, just let me know or drop me a line dales_dreams@comcast.net

If you have not signed up to be in my giveaway, please see this post for instructions.

I have many new followers to welcome, I see. :)

So glad to have you all along, I'm behind in my welcoming, but will tend to that shortly.

For now, I say, Welcome All!

Enjoy!

:)

Thanks so much for stopping by, I love to hear what you have to say. :)

News Flash!!!

I've reached 300 sales in my etsy shop!

Many thanks to all of my customers! :)

Join my mailing list! :)

Just email me, dale's dreams, put mailing list in the subject line and you'll be informed of private sales. Your privacy will always be respected, I'll never share the list and you can opt out at any time. And, don't worry, they won't be that often! lol Maybe once or twice a year. :)

Busy, busy, busy!

My how time flies so quickly these days!

I'm normally busy, but it's been crazy busy around here.

Here is a sewing cabinet I filled for a client.

I think it came out cute and she's pleased with it,

that's the most important part.

If you'd like to see the progress on her house, click here.

The album now has 37 pages in it, enjoy! :)

I have not been up on my blog reading and I apologise to all.

Maybe, I can get a chance to catch up on my reading while I am on vacation.

I got to go out to lunch today and I met up with a gal from my town that is also a miniaturist and has an etsy shop as well. I was so tickled to me her. I don't know any miniaturists in my area, most of the people I know into minis are on line. Her name is Agnes and here is her etsy shop.

Too cute, she messaged me what she was wearing so I could find her, black carpris, pink shirt.

LOL! What was I wearing? black pants, pink shirt.

That right there is a sign. ;)

She belongs to several local clubs and said she would take me to them. That sounds like fun. :)

Well, that's all for now... I'm off to Singapore on Monday. :)

My shop is still open, but delivery of merchandise will wait until I return.

In the mean time, email me at dales_dreams@comcast.net

and put mailing list in the subject line.

I'm going to have a private sale over the summer, but you have to sign up for the mailing list to know about it. :)

Surprise Giveaway! Blog Anniversary! Over Two Hundred Followers! Hooray!!!

Wow! So much going on, so I thought I would celebrate with you all. :)

May 8th of last year was my very first blog post and my very first dipping of the toe into blogland.

I have learned so much in this past year. I knew nothing about blogging and I'm still learning.

I never realised the people I would encounter, the friendships I would begin forming and the vast amount of things I have learned in the mini world. So much is out there that I never even dreamed of. I enjoy reading all of the blogs that take you along mini adventures in the miniature world.

So, nearing the first anniversary of my blog and seeing that I now have over two hundred followers, I thought I would do a special give away. This one is to be a surprise, something specifically created for the winner.

I will draw this on Mother's day which will be May 9th, so you have plenty of time to sign up. Just comment on this post between now and then to have a chance to win. :)

Now, to Welcome my latest new followers, they are;

lyy214

Mini Beginnings

Leema

Cia

Dangerous Mezzo

The Old Maid

Jeanette

Lori

Patricia Cabrera

elly in amsterdam

Debie

Thank you all, for following my blog. :)

So, I learned the other day though Casey, of Casey's Miniatures that tuquoise is the new color. You can read about it here. Funny, that I was working on the project above, it's the *in* color! If you've never been to Casey's blog, do check it out. She is very funny and is most generous with tutorials and helpful advice.

We must be on similar wave lengths, since when she had posted a tutorial on hat making, I had just made a hat for a swap. And, now the turquoise link. ;)

The Ikea inspired table was made by Yuki of Amatheria.  The acrylic turning was made by Bertie of Bertie's Miniatures.The screen, pillows and rug/floor cloth will be heading into my etsy shop soon.

Currently, I'm working on Christmas items. I know, I know! What am I thinking? lol, but, I saw something that caught my eye and it just had to be brought to fruition. :)

As always, all the pink words are clickable so clickaway and don't forget to leave a comment if you want to be entered in the giveaway. Gotta run, I hear life calling me. ;)

***This post has been edited. I inadvertantly credited the wrong artist of the turning. It has now been updated to reflect the correct artist. My deepest apologies for my very embarrassing error! :(  ***