Tomi Jane's Giveaway Item Finds its Home

Well, we've been trying to do another doll jewelry post. But Blogger has not been working flawlessly lately. :-(

So for now we'll post this awesome picture of one of our May Giveaway items in its new habitat -- on Jenny's Lou Lynn doll. Thanks for sharing the pic!

If you are interested in Tomi Jane's items it is a good idea to send her a message on Etsy and give her your email address. Her items sell out the instant they are listed nowadays, so its good to get on her early-notice email list.

Last Day to Enter May Giveaways!!!

That's right y'all -- Today is June 3rd and tomorrow is June 4th. I even checked my calendar to make sure. ;-)

Tomorrow we will announce the two winners of the 25th Anniversary May Giveaways. So be sure to enter today if you are interested in the food items from Pippaloo and/or the 1950s ensemble from Tomi Jane. Pictures below....

Meanwhile here is our original post on the subject (the place where you enter): http://thedollwardrobe.blogspot.com/2011/05/may-giveaways-begin-enter-here.html

Please enter today!

p.s. More stuff around the corner.... :-)

May Giveaways Begin: Enter Here!

This month you'll have two opportunities to win items for our 25th Anniversary monthly giveaways. Huzzah!

The first item you could win is a package of dolly food items from Etsy seller Pippaloo. The second item is a 1950s ensemble from Tomi Jane, Etsy seller Doll Times.

Thank you to Pippaloo and Tomi Jane for their generous donations to our giveaways!

You will be entering both of these giveaways in one place-- here at this post. So be sure to tell us which item(s) you are interested in winning in your comment.

We will run these two giveaways until Friday, June 3rd. 

And we will announce the two winners on Saturday, June 4th, 2011.

Now here are the important details: You must be 18 years old or older to enter this giveaway. If you are younger than that please have someone 18 years old or older, like a parent or guardian, enter herself/himself. One entry per person please, but you can have other family members enter as well.

To enter, please write your full name and your email address as a comment to this post. It will not be published and only Penny will be able to see it. A winner will be drawn out of a hat, i.e. randomly picked. Only entries with a full name and an email address will be put into the hat. If you win, Penny will email that address to notify you and ask for your shipping address.

And be sure to tell us which items you are interested in winning. 

If you don't, we will just assume you are interested in both goodies. ;-)

Any questions?? Feel free to ask!

Pics..... and video...... :-)

Food set includes: two s'mores, three chocolate chip cookies, three popsicles, a grilled cheese sandwich, a banana, a sliced bagel with cream cheese, and a pancake with syrup and butter on top. The dishes are not included in the giveaway. They are ours, from Crate and Barrel. So they stay here. ;-)

1950s ensemble includes: capelet, blouse, hairbow, and skirt! Yay!

FYI: We have some coats for future giveaways, but we decided we'd offer those in the fall since they are cooler-weather gear. So keep an eye out for those in the future -- 3 coats in total, 1 from Vintique Designs, 2 from Winter's Edge -- very exciting stuff!

Oh and p.s We have several other donations that you can look forward to seeing in the coming months' giveaways, including an outfit from 123 Mulberry Street and jeans from All Dolled Up. Yay!

Two Things: The Winner of the Jan/Feb Giveaway and Tomi Jane's Etsy Shop

Two thoughts for this post! Haha. Where should I begin?

You probably want to know who won the Sew Fun Doll Clothes Giveaway, right?

Well, the winner is......

Megg B.

Woot! Congratulations Megg!

We have emailed her (about 5 seconds ago)-- and she has already responded!

Thank you for entering this giveaway everyone-- we really appreciate your enthusiasm -- we had 98 entries!!! Yay!

And unless we are mistaken, we think the giveaway helped out the Sew Fun Doll Clothes Etsy shop. They had over 20 sales on Monday, February 14th -- the day we posted a reminder about the giveaway this week. And that is just one day!

Stay tuned tomorrow, when we will begin our new giveaway for mid-February to mid-March in celebration of American Girl's 25th Anniversary! As a special treat, and because we received so many fantastic giveaways items, we are going to do two separate giveaways this month. One for an outfit from Etsy seller AM PM Creations, and one for a beach chair from Etsy seller Woodshack Studio.

So you'll have two opportunities to win this month! Aren't we awesome?!? Yes, yes we are --- but it is really the people who donated these items that are awesome. Thank you sellers! We love you!

And for our second thought of this post... does anybody remember that pioneer dress we purchased from Tomi Jane? If you don't have a clue what we are talking about-- clicky the link!

Basically Tomi Jane is an AG Fans Message Board member and a fantastic seamstress. She stopped sewing for awhile, but now she is back and has opened her own Etsy shop. It just opened yesterday and already has 4 sales! Yay!

Click here to visit Tomi Jane's new Etsy Shop: Doll Times!

Here is a slideshow of items available as of me writing this post......

AGFMB Member Special Feature: Tomi Jane

Have you ever felt like you found a treasure?

When we saw that AG Fans Message Board member Tomi Jane was selling two of her creations it certainly felt like finding treasure! It was so exciting! Tomi Jane has been creating wonderful handmade clothing for her AG dolls and displaying them on the AGFMB left and right. She makes impressive stuff. And when I say impressive, I mean impressive!

Please click here to see her flickr albums (they will knock your socks off): http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomijane/

So what did we manage to purchase for our dolls? Tomi Jane had created 3 dresses from one pioneer era pattern, one in blues, one in purples, and one in red and brown. She decided to offer up the purple and red and brown dresses for sale on the AGFMB. As you can see from our pictures below, we managed to get the red and brown one. It is amazing!

The dress is created from a pattern Tomi Jane drafted herself, and it has a yoked bodice, growth tucks, and cluny lace at sleeves. The apron features hand feather-stitching in red, which you can see up-close in one of our pictures. The shawl is soft wool, fringed, and hand hemmed. In addition to the dress, apron, and shawl, Tomi Jane was also kind enough to include a crocheted off-white wrap-around vest-shawl. It is close in concept to Addy's "heart-warmer"- a type of shawl that was popular in the mid-1800s.

Needless to say there was a bit of a conflict over who would get to model this one of a kind masterpiece of handmade dolly duds... but Alice won out because she is new here and hasn't had as many chances as Cassie to wear fantastic pioneer-era clothing. So we hope you enjoy our pictures below of Alice, her new duds, our Valentine's Day roses, and Alice's new wool toy "Thor the Sheep." :D

Thank you so much Tomi Jane for this magnificent ensemble. We love everything about it, but especially the rich, warm colors of the fabrics you chose. We look forward to seeing more of your creations!

Though she does occasionally sell her handmade items and/or patterns, Tomi Jane is currently attempting to create one version of every pattern she owns for her own AG dolls. So that is quite the task to keep her busy. Good luck with your projects Tomi Jane!!!