And, the new line is...

I am pleased to announce the name of my new line is.... (drum roll please) AMERICANA! This has been the result of months of work and research. It has been a collaborative effort, I've joined forces with Linda Sweigart of CalicoJewels at etsy and Katie Reid of KatiesClayCorner and blog of the same name, also at etsy. Linda is well known for her Medieval, Tudor and fantasy furniture. Katie makes all kinds of cute accessories for the dollhouse. The listings for the new line of Americana miniatures will go live in our shops on Labor Day. 

Are you following dalesdreams on facebook? 

If you are and you share the announcement post about the new line, you will be entered in a drawing to win a sneak peek preview of the line with an early option to purchase before the listings go live. 

Have you signed up to be on my mailing list? To receive the latest news and information from dalesdreams simply email me at [email protected] put mailing list in the subject line and you won't miss out on any important news, information or sales details. 

Thank you all for your support and encouragement during the creation phase.

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

[email protected]

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! :) [email protected]

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 [email protected]

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. :)

Big Reveal!

Happy First Day of Spring everyone! :)

I hope you are enjoying the day.

 The sun is bright and shining, the birds are busy singing, and flowers in the garden are blooming. :)

It's a good thing! :)

This is my new line of miniatures.

Gingham in many colors!

This is what has kept me very busy in the studio for the past month.

I have made chair cushions, coordinating trimmed pillows and place mats complete with napkins in rings.

My inspiration.

Where do you find your inspiration?

This is  from Country Curtains.

I enjoy the images in their catalog and have ordered from them in the past for my real life size house.

Always a positive experience there. :)

Gingham is very versatile, as it lends it's self well to many different decorating genres.

In black, it looks traditional.

Red looks great in cabin decors.

Classic blue and white looks wonderful in beach houses.

Pink for shabby chic styling.

I will be listing them in pairs (chair cushions, pillows, place mats and napkins) and also as an entire set, two of each, at a discounted rate for buying the entire grouping.

These will be listed this week in my new Art Fire shop.

You may have noticed something a little different around here?

My banner and avatar have received a little spring pick me up and refresher from my friend Beth of berrybluecreations on etsy. I had sent her a copy of my old business cards and she recreated the graphic digitally and revamped my avatar, banners and business cards. Beth was wonderful to work with, she was quite professional and very accommodating.

Have you seen this?

Brought to you courtesy of teamMIDS. :)

Are you on facebook?

 Have you, liked my page?

  I have almost four hundred following me now on facebook.

Thank you! :)

Many thanks to all of the new followers of my blog as well!

 I have some welcoming to do! :)

Seems I passed over three hundred followers some where along the line. ;)

What to do to celebrate?

 A giveaway? Seems like it's giveaway season in blogland. :)

 How about a swap? Swaps are fun. :)

What do you think?

Let me know,

enjoy the rest of your day and thanks for stopping by.

dale :)