Past Blog Posts:
 |
||
|
||
|
|
|
|
||
|
||
Dollhouse Miniatures On SALE! (+ Artwork by Nichola Battilana & Teri Calia!)
Filed under Art Projects, Giveaways, Marie in Wonderland, Newsletters, Nichola Battilana, Teri Calia, Tutorials
Note: most of the links on this post no longer work, as we moved to a new Web site in 2018. However, you can see the supply list items from Nichola’s and Teri’s projects that are still available on the new site.
A brief intro before Design Team Coordinator Miz Bella (Kim Ayers) introduces projects by Nichola Battilana and Teri Calia… All of the artwork today involves miniatures (and there are some adorable new miniatures below, too) so the ENTIRE Dollhouse Miniatures Section is On Sale!
There’s a new FREE Gift with ALL Orders: Miniatures Matchbox (inspired by all the new miniatures and artwork using miniatures in today’s newsletter).
AND… the Collage Sheet Sale and FREE Collage Sheet offer is still going strong! For every $20 you spend, you can pick out a FREE Collage Sheet! The “pick out a free collage sheet” offer has expired BUT check the current newsletter for a NEW FREE collage sheet promo!
Final note: in case you missed Thursday’s Newsletter, you can still view a Cupcake Stand Topper by Katie Zoey Ho (and that newsletter includes the Tim Holtz “Tag of the Month” for March… with all of the supplies for the tag On Sale)!
With the Marie in Wonderland Kit, Design Team Member Nichola Battilana has created two pieces that are quite tiny, measuring in at just 2-1/4″ tall! (See the little photo of one sitting in Nichola’s hand in the lower left corner of that large photo at right.)
The stages are created with two Tiny Paper Mache Boxes and embellished with pretty Gold and Black Dreseden Borders.
Nichola actually cut up some of the dresses from the very popular Marie Takes Tea Collage Sheet to make the theatre curtains for the stage with the Gold Dresden and used the Tall Paper Theatre and Curtains Collage Sheet for the curtains in the theatre with the Black Dresden. The minuscule dancers also come from Marie Takes Tea Collage Sheet.
Dance on over to the Ornate Miniature Marie Theatres supply list then pop in for a visit with Nichola at Pixie Hill to see more pictures AND for a tutorial on how to make the cute little theatres!
Teri Calia has created an adorable, and very versatile Little Rococo Boxes Collage Sheet and look how sweet her Marie’s Boudoir, A Shabby Chic Shadowbox is with all the assorted boxes! (See the wide photo below.) Shoe boxes, hat boxes, boxes with a sweet treat, topped off with a “cherry” (that is actually a Flower Stamen – Cherry). Not to mention the amazing “boudoir” itself; that is the Altered Metal Frame – Ornate with Legs. This 7″ x 9-1/2″ x 1-3/4″ (big!) vintage-style frame comes with a distressed look and the back can be removed for easy embellishing. Do I even have to ask you how versatile that can be? (I think it would be a REALLY cute doll bed for the small animal dolls I am currently making.)
The best thing about the Little Rococo Boxes Collage Sheet, aside from how many different uses there are for the boxes, is how quickly and super easy they go together. Nichola made boxes and put tiny paper cakes inside (with frosting made from the bead mix in the Marie in Wonderland Kit). It’s super sticky-sweet, isn’t it? Although I wouldn’t be adverse to seeing a raven or a bouquet of black roses, or even an eyeball or two in a tiny box after a month of all this pink sweetness but moving on…
Back to Teri’s project, here’s a link to (all the many items in) Marie’s Boudoir, and if you visit Teri’s blog you can see more pictures and details.
Guess what? So that you an go as crazy over miniatures as we are, ALL of the Dollhouse Miniatures are on SALE! OK. I’ll wait 30 minutes while you go place your order before I place mine!
 |
Hooray for the Rococo Boxes Miniatures Giveaway! (Marie Antoinette and garden gnomes… who knew?)
This one is jam packed with goodies (and all those rich reds and golds make me think of Christmas… hm). Let’s start with the items from Teri’s Marie’s Boudoir Shabby Chic Shadowbox supply list (note: that’s a link to photos of all the supplies):
– Little Rococo Boxes Collage Sheet
– More Marie Antoinette Collage Sheet
– Tiny Little Books Collage Sheet
– Sweet Paris 8×8 Paper Set (so busy it didn’t fit in the main pic… bt see below)
– Miniature Glass Pitcher & Glasses (did you notice Teri used the pitcher as a vase?)
– Light Tan Wide Lace
– Brass Fans
– 1/2 Inch Pale Pink Paper Roses
– Ceramic Cupcake Beads
– Mini Heart Tart Cake
– Mini Strawberry Cake
– Small Paper Theatre Box – Clear Window Insert
– Flower Stamen – Cherry
– White Foam Stamen
Next, items from Nichola’s Mini Theatre Boxes supply list (again, that’s a link to photos of all the supplies):
– Mini Floral Dresden Borders – Antique Gold
– Thin Looped Dresden Borders – Gold
– Thin Looped Dresden Borders – Black
– French Ballet Costumes Collage Sheet
– Dragonfly Wing Beads
– 3mm Brass Flat-Back Studs
– Tall Paper Theatre and Curtains Collage Sheet
– Raw Brass Flourish
– Tiny Paper Mache Box Set
THEN, more items (some brand new) that I liked in the mix (ALL On Sale!):
– 12mm Wooden Drawer Pull or Box Feet (New)
– Garden Gnomes Resin Embellishments (New)
– 
Mini Ceramic Garden Gnome Bead
– Mini Silver Wind Chimes (New)
– Miniature Garden Tools (New)
– Mini Gardening Hand Tools (New)
– Miniature Rusty Metal Lantern (New)
– Mini Garden Plant Stand (New)
– Gold Sweeper Fringe
– Pink Sweeper Fringe
– Miniature Open Book
– Miniatures Matchbox Gift Kit
To enter the Rococo Boxes Miniatures Giveaway drawing all you have to do is leave a comment BELOW on this blog post TODAY or TOMORROW (the deadline is 11:59 pm PST, MONDAY NIGHT, March 30, 2015).
Don’t forget to leave your (hello! correct) email address, too, so I can contact the winner; your email address does not need to be made public. Note: I’m offering free shipping, too, but only within the USA. International shipping will still apply.
Please be patient! Spammers try to post crap here a lot so comments are moderated. So if you don’t see your post in the comments section, be patient and check back in a few hours before re-posting it, please!
After midnight, I’ll randomly pick the winner (via Random.org). So make sure to check back to see who won! And check your mailbox on Thursday morning for the next Giveaway and Newsletter
Hey, who won the TWO Lots of Ovals Giveaways? That would be Lu L AND Ginette Proulx! (Note: the second Giveaway was a random drawing from orders placed during the contest.)
 |
I love minatures. Thank you for opportunity to win.
Those mini theatres (my personal obsession) are just exquisite … love, Love, LOVE them!
… and this giveaway is one of the best yet. Please throw my name in your cyber hat – this would be one terrific win!
Thanks for the opportunity!
Love all these awesome minis! Thanks so much for a chance to win!~kim
Some of those miniatures would look great in my fairy garden. Please add me into the raffle.
I would love to win this….but will probably try to make them anyway……they are precious…I love miniatures….
Gardening tools, ooh, planning to start miniature boxis again.
Love, love, love – great for fairy gardening as well!
Love the mini theatre boxes, so adorable, as are all the minis in this giveaway. So many creative possibilities too. Thanks for sharing!
I love this giveaway especially the little gnomes!
This is so “right up my stinkin’ cute love of anything miniature alley!” I would love to win this giveaway. Thank you so much for the opportunity to do so.
I love paper theter!! Used your small theater box to make mine and loved ot’but Marie AND paper theater? I feel like I died and went to heaven!!!
I love this giveaway!!
So very cute.
Simply adorable I love them!
Not only do I love miniatures (to go with my antique doll furniture), but my mother, who is sick, LOVES gnomes and garden fairies, etc. Please pick me!
What charming miniatures. Such fun to create with!
Love the little box collage sheet and all the minis. Oh what fun.
I love miniatures, this is a great collection.
Love the miniature garden accessories with this fun giveaway
I need one of those fun matchboxes, getting an order together post haste!
Love the mini garden dwarves! Hope I win this set!
Love the mini garden gnomes! Hope I win this set!
another great giveaway ! thx
Beautiful projects. I love miniatures!
Another darling collection. Thanks.
This is adorable!!
I love this! Thank you for the opportunity to win. I’m keeping my fingers crossed!
Love love the mini’s!!!! Thank you for the opportunity to win this giveaway!!!!
Love all things miniature. Would love to create some small egg theaters for Easter…
LOVE those completed projects and these goodies look amazing! Would give my fairy house a jump start for sure!
Love these miniature objects, as I specialize in creating doll houses. These supplies are awesome.
Love those nomes!
Such adorable projects. Love all of them and thanks for the chance to win your give away!
Beautiful??? Thanks for the share.
I love miniatures would love to win
Takes me back to being a kid and playing in my doll house. Heck yeah, I wanna win.
Oh my goodness! What fun this collection is. I would love to start a project with all these goodies.
Wow what a fabulous giveaway and such
neat miniatures. What fun it would be to create with these items. Thanks for the chance to win!!
Your designers are so creative! Love all the new products.
I “NEED” this! 🙂
Love all the little things!
I love the gnomes!
Great little things. Love it.
OH, yes,yes,yes………perfect for my Victorian dollhouse!
What a wonderful selection of goodies. I can envision lots of different projects coming out of this collection.
Am loving this
I like!
must have the mini wind chimes!
Thanks Alpha Stamps
For the chance to win
What a great giveaway, my stepmom is having my dad build her a doll house, this would be perfect. Thanks for the chance to in it.
Lovely!
All things miniature. Too cute
OOOh, Tiny is soooo very adorable!! The teeny tiny little wooden open book is just the cat’s meow !! Thanks so much for the opportunity to win.
The theater boxes are gorgeous!
I have been working on a diorama with gnomes ever since you featured those tiny gnomes in the newsletter, but I stopped when I discovered they were beads–hoard, make earrings, or finish diorama? Now I will order more, plus the big ones, plus some more of the goodies and that cool new collage sheet. Oh, and if I win, more chance that I won’t hoard, since I’ll have duplicates!
Just plain delight-ful!
I love the little boxes collage sheet I would love to win this too cute!!
on my! these projects are so intricate! I would love to win this prize to incorporate into my shadow box house.
Love these giveaways!!! I need some mini’s for my trays I am making..
I love both these projects and what a giveaway!
Wow!!! What a collection!
These are great! The gnomes especially – made me laugh.
Wonderful, love the theatre.
Extraordinary projects! Mahalo for the op to win.
I adore these minis. Thank you for the chance to win!
What a great project would love to win!
Is it possible to buy these give a way kits? Could you email me to let me know? levanahsun@gmail.com
Small but perfectly formed describes Nichola’s and Teri’s creations to a T! Great giveaway, I’d love to do some miniature gardening (love those gnomes!).
Miniatures make my heart go BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! in a GIANT way! LOVE all things miniature and am actually working on a mini right now! Thanks for the chance to have these minis on their way to me! macaskillbarbara@yahoo.com
Those miniatures are incredible! Just the thing to get one through the next couple of months before _real_ flowers start growing!
OH OH OH, I need this kit so bad!
I love miniatures too. I have an old printer’s box displaying my collection. And, I use them with my ESL students to learn vocabulary.
Oh! How precious!!
I love miniatures!
Wow!! Amazing work as always 🙂 xx
I love every item in this giveaway. The altered metal frame has my imagination going! Great inspiration.
Love, love, love it!
Adorable!!!
I would love to win this. What fun!
this is a great idea, there is so many
themes this could be used on.!
I love the little boxes!
Too, too cute!
How lovely and the rococo boxes are so sweet!
Oh my!
Both Teri and Nichola’s projects were just beautiful and so fun. Im in for a chance to win.
OMG! Please let the Alpha Gods smile on me and bless me with this prize !!!! LOL!!
Love all the miniatures in this. No room for a dollhouse in my apartment, but shadow box or theater box vignettes hanging on the walls would be so much fun.
Really love the miniatures.
Gotta love the tiny stuff!
These are lovely! Thank you for another opportunity!
My two favorite things; gardening and Marie.
The Theater Boxes and Marie’s Boudoir Shadow Box are too cute. Love this giveaway…Great projects ladies!
Oh LaLa! Love that giveaway
3 of my favs…rococo, boxes and miniatures!!!
Loving the miniatures!
Wow! What a cool truckload of stuff! Nicola and Teri have outdone their selves. I can’t believe how they keep coming up with the neat stuff they do! They keep us all inspired.
Another amazing giveaway!
Loving this giveaway!
I love the miniatures, all of them! Great giveaway.
Crossing my fingers. Great giveaway. Thanks.
Thanks for the chance to win
Love it all! Thank you very much for the chance to win!
I love miniatures. Thank you for opportunity to win.
Fabulous as always! Thanks for the opportunity!
wow such whimsy
I love everything
thanks for the chance to win
Oh my goodness! I just started making a fairy garden and I could certainly use several of these items in it. Plus it would be wonderful to win this kit since it’s my birthday.
All your stuff is fabulous! I’ve never made a 3D art piece yet but your email is inspiring me to give it a try! Thanks for the chance to win!
What a wonderful giveaway! Whoever wins it will be a lucky duck!
Love the papers, plant stand, and wooden book! Hoping for a sweet win!!!
So cute!
Love to win!!
Small is large in wonder.
Very nice selection. Thanks.
This looks like fun. Thanks for hosting the giveaway.
Lots of fun stuff – hope I win!
i love all the minis so much!!
It just keeps getting better and better !
melody
I love seeing the projects that the DT comes up with–so inspirational!
Ooooh, i so Love the miniature Gnomes!!!! i can’t wait to see these little guys rompin’ around in my little Fairy gardens!! please, please, please pick me!!!
How cute is that tiny Marie project! I love the giveaway. Great products!!
I am so in love with minatures! Both these projects are just so amazing….
Tiny things are so cute!
I LOVE miniatures!!! So darn cute!!
Love all these minis! Perfect for a shadowbox I’m creating!
Sweet!
Marie Antoinette and garden gnomes go together so nicely. She would need help with all the flower gardens and her vegetable gardens surrounding the palace and her little farm! Thanks for the chance to win such a great giveaway!
oh…love these adorable mini items…the theatre’s are gorgeous! thanks for the chance and sharing some yummy inspiration!
I am pining for this.
What an absolutely fab giveaway!!
I love those mini theaters and the shadow box! Delightful makes ladies!
What an addition to a fairy garden!
New to this site and the possibilities. Very excited to explore all the products available.
Love this whole set!!
The ribbon/bead cake-in-a-box is soo adorable!
Love the gnomes & gardening tools for Spring.
I just purchased my first shadow box and these would be perfect! You always seem to have just what I need, be it by theme or raw materials. <3
Yea! Still time !!
The creative possibilities go on and on! Thank you for the chance to win this cute collection!
The gnomes are just way too cute! Thanks for another great giveaway
Did I read Miniatures…dollhouse miniatures? Oh my…my heart is just a beating away. I am so in love with dollhouse minatures! My fingers are crossed. Let me win, oh please let me win just once.