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Showing posts with label contest. Show all posts
Showing posts with label contest. Show all posts

Saturday, April 14, 2012

Greenleaf Dollhouses Sixth Annual Spring Fling Contest

Greenleaf Dollhouses announced and revealed their newest annual project for the Sixth Annual Spring Fling Contest! The details are below:

Greenleaf is proud to announce the start of our Sixth annual Spring Fling Contest! Last years contest was such fun, we decided to to get back to what Greenleaf is known for... Afforadibility! We’re getting back to our roots by offering an ultra-affordable delivered project… only $18.95 with FREE SHIPPING ON YOUR ENTIRE ORDER*! Now how do you like them apples! Speaking of apples, one of the additions available this year is a cute farm stand just ready to be filled with mini fruit! Of course, it can be used for many other purposes just like the other available options, but all are meant to change the feel of the kit and not necessarily make it a bigger project, so they aren’t necessary to compete. I’d like to point out that a lot of these accessories would look great on a variety of other Greenleaf dollhouses, so here’s your chance to pick them up at a substantial saving! I'm also happy to announce that the ever popular prize category called "luck of the draw", which is a randomly selected winner, will be returning this year. Also, time is not of essence because we are extending the contest until September 3, 2012 (Labor Day)!

As usual, we are making it extra interesting; we're going to name this new dollhouse after the winner! That's right, we'll rename it after you… it's your chance to be forever immortalized as part of the Greenleaf product line. Now how cool is that?

In a nutshell, just submit a picture of a scene with your project that must include the base house and you might win one of these great prizes below. The best news is that Greenleaf has put together a special deal on the Base Project kit for $18.95 with FREE SHIPPING on your entire order* (more details below)! So join us in the fun as we celebrate the seasons!

SPECIAL SAVINGS ALERT: ALL PAST SPRING FLING KITS ARE ON SALE AT 25% OFF FOR THE NEXT SIX DAYS! They're all listed on this page.



To buy this years house, click here http://shop.greenleafdollhouses.com/Spring-Fling-2012.html




Decorate your contest kit and include it in a scene, maybe next to your dollhouse or in a garden setting, whatever strikes your fancy. You can turn your project into ANYTHING your imagination can dream up. Please note there is only one entry per member.

Submit your 3 BEST pictures to thewinner@greenleafdollhouses.com by Labor Day, September 3, 2012, with the words in the subject line "I'm a winner". You can include a short description of your project. If you are a member of the Greenleaf Miniature Community, please include your forum name.

A select group of Greenleaf Staff, not Forum Staff, but the people that actually make your dollhouses, will select the winners based on originality.

The winners will be announced the first week in October!

Friday, May 13, 2011

IN MINIATURE STYLE II Meet My Guest Christine Verstraete

Today, I welcome miniaturist and writer Christine Verstraete who's stopped by to talk about her new book,IN MINIATURE STYLE II



Hi Tracy, thanks for letting me appear on your blog! I'm happy to talk about minis (what else is there, right?) - and celebrate release of my latest book, IN MINIATURE STYLE II. The book is available in eBook/pdf, Kindle, iPad, other e-formats, and print.

The book includes updated and new features, photos & dozens of new how-to projects in various categories by talented miniaturists and IGMA artisans. See above link for photos, details and where to buy.

As her readers already know, Tracy does some FANTASTIC houses using paper clay, and living near her, I'm lucky enough to see them in person, and see what she's working on! What's fun, too, is we can get together and have our own "minis" day, something we don't do enough of, I might add. (Insert guilt trip here. haa!)

Now, Tracy and I may be friends, but I will add my disclaimer here that it does not obligate her to say anything other than her personal opinion. (Okay, I'll let go of her arm now. Sheesh, I wasn't squeezing that hard! haaa!) Anyway, here's her thoughts on IN MINAITURE STYLE II and then we'll get to the contest stuff. (Impatient, impatient...)

Chris really didn't twist my arm because I personally LOVED this new book! We have had several "Mini fun" days together and she has been one of those people who challenged me to do better and to learn something new. She even did a "Mini Play Date" with me and my daughters and we made flowers! It's Great to have someone like her who lives close enough to do dollhouse stuff with but, this is not why I recommend this book!

I recommend this book because I truly enjoyed reading it and I am in the process of gathering supplies to do several of these projects with my daughters during the summer. This book covers so many different topics in miniatures. Some of my favorites were the "How To" projects for, creating a porch scene, making wire and glue flowers, and how to make an easy chair and to dress and wig a store display bust.

One of my favorites were done by Chris herself on how to create a vignette with an "Old World" finish. Every time I got to her house, I love looking at the many "mini" scenes she has and the project she featured for this project is one that I simply adore! This book was also delightful because it has several patterns to go along with the projects. So, no matter what your skill level is, you  can create any of these projects for your dollhouse or vignette scenes in miniature. This book also covers different scales and even have patterns that goes along with the instructions to several projects. The final thing I really thought was wonderful is the fact that I can read and view it on my iPod Touch.

So, on to... The Contest!
Each blog on the tour features one question for a kind of online scavenger hunt. The answer may be at Chris's blog (type the words in the search box in left column), but will most likely be on her website. Hint: click miniatures, a good place to start, or see the IN MINIATURE STYLE II book page and video.

Comment on that day's blog (DO NOT post the question's answer!) to be eligible to win the day's prize. Then collect all 7 answers --- EMAIL all to me with Blog Tour in subject line to chris @ cverstraete.com (remove spaces or click contact at website or on blog) - DO NOT POST ANSWERS ONLINE!!. There's a new question and prize each day. Names will be drawn from correct entries. **See Chris's blog for the prize list and tour schedule.**

Today's Contest Question
Question 3: What is the dog holding?



Christine Verstraete http://cverstraete.com
NEW In Miniature Style II ebook: http://tinyurl.com/6kmt4ya
NEW Now in Print: http://tinyurl.com/4ockdh2
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