Saturday, October 26, 2013

The Winner of our Happy Halloween Giveaway is......




And the winner is Pearl.  Please contact us as soon as possible to claim your prize. daydreamdollboutique@gmail.com. Thanks to all those who entered. Right around the corner we will be posting our Amazing Christmas Giveaway, where we will give away another brand new American Girl doll to one lucky winner. So be sure to check back and get your entry in. Thanks for stopping by :)

Thursday, October 17, 2013

Be sure to check out our Fall Sale !


We have just added some more fun items to our fall sale so be sure to stop by and get some great deals. The holidays are right around the corner so it's a great time to start stocking up.
Happy Shopping and thanks for stopping by :)


Monday, October 14, 2013

Make It Monday- Halloween Candy Craft for American Girl 18" Dolls


Make It Monday- Halloween Candy for your Dolls




















This is a fun time of the year for crafting Halloween Items for your dolls, Today I wanted to show you how you can make a variety of treats for your dolls.
To make your own doll sizes treats you will need:

-Orange and Black Fun Foam
- Small Halloween Stickers
-Construction Paper
-Small craft sticks or tooth picks
-Tape
-Glue Stick
-Scissors
-Duct Tape in Candy Corn Theme
-A zip lock baggie
-Tin foil




















To make the dolly lolly pops :
Step 1- Find small round or square Halloween stickers that are the same size. I got mine at the dollar store.
Step 2- Use a small craft stick or tooth pick as your base
Step 3- Peel one sticker and place on the craft stick
Step 4- Place another sticker on the opposite side




















Step 5- From the bottom of your plastic zip lock bag cut enough of the plastic to cover your lolly pop.
Step 6- Slide your lolly pop inside and tape the sides closed. Trim the tape. Repeat on the rest of your lolly pops.





















To make the doll sized candy corn:

Step 1- Cover a piece of orange fun foam with a strip of duct tape.
Step 2- Cut out pieces of the candy corn from the strip.
Step 3- Cut a small square from the top of your zip lock bag and place your fun foam candy corn inside
Step 5- Tape your candy corn bag sides and your treat is ready for your doll




















To make doll sized candy bars:
Step 1- Cut small two inch rectangles from your brown fun foam.
Step 2- Tear a piece of tin foil and cover each of the rectangles.
Step 3- Cut small strips of construction paper to be the wrapper of your candy bar, wrap around your foil, so that some of the foil shows. Glue or tape into place
Step 4- Put a small Halloween Sticker on the front of the wrapper





















Step 5- If you want to make a few bars that look like your dolls are eating the candy bar, cut teeth marks in the top corner of one of your candy bars and do not fully cover the bar with foil.
I look forward to sharing more craft ideas with you soon!~ Karen Owen aka Karen Mom of Three

Thursday, October 3, 2013

Enter our Happy Halloween Giveaway !

This is my favorite time of year and I love Halloween ! One of my favorite costumes this year has been Little Red Riding Hood, and of course we will include some of Grandma's Cookies for her basket. I love this set and I think you will too. Here's whats included:

Red Check Dress
Red Velvet Cape
Two Red Ribbon Hair Ties
Little Basket
Black Bow Flats
Set of Six Cookies
Black Glitter Halloween Mask ( not pictured )




How to Enter:

1) Become a follower, if you are not already

and:



  • Go to the Daydream Doll Boutique website and take a look around. Come back here and leave a comment telling us: your favorite Halloween costume and what you would pair it with
  • Get bonus entires by letting your friends know about the Giveaway. Get one extra entry for the following, please come back and leave another comment telling us where you shared it:
  • Post about it on your own blog or in a forum
  • Share it with your friends on Facebook
  • Twitter this Giveaway
  • Post it on Pinterest
  • Email it to Friends and Family


Rules


  • Leave a comment(s) no later than midnight Oct. 25, 2013
  • If you are under 14, you need a parents permission to enter.
  • Please claim your prize three days after the close of the Giveaway or we have to draw another name
  • Good Luck Everyone !
  • Winner is decided by Random.org



Monday, September 30, 2013

Make It Monday- For 18" American Girl Dolls- Pumpkin Patch Craft


 Make it Monday September 30th




















This is my most favorite time of the year and visiting our local pumpkin patches is high on my families list of fall activities. I wanted to make a doll sized version of a pumpkin patch and set out to do so using items from the dollar store. Today’s craft cost less then $6 to create and is no mess.
To make your own Doll Size Pumpkin Patch you will need:
-       A package of small foam pumpkins or gourds with stems
-       One Green chenille stem (the bumpy pipe cleaner)
-       Two regular green pipe cleaners
-       A pair of scissors
-       I bunch of dollar store flowers (you will only use the flower stems leaves so pick something you may use in a later craft)
-       A Halloween themed container for your doll to pick her pumpkins with. The set I got was 3 for $1, I chose the orange one from the set.




















Step 1- Assemble all your supplies
Step 2- Bend one regular green pipe cleaner in half and make a cut with your scissors at the bend, repeat on the other green pipe cleaner. You will only need three pieces so save the other green pipe cleaner for another craft.
Step 3- Remove the leaves from the flower stems. I used three flower stem leaves for this pumpkin vine.

Step 4- thread one leaf through the existing leaves hole onto the bumpy pipe cleaner























Step 5- once you have the leaves in place use your smaller cut pipe cleaners on the thinner part of the bumpy pipe cleaner. Shown without the leaves in the photo above bottom right. Twist once so that the pipe cleaner will stay in place.
Step 6- Curl the ends of each of the pipe cleaners as shown in the top right photo. This is where you will “attach” your pumpkin.




















Step 7- Add your dollar store pumpkins or gourds, bending your pipe cleaners around each pumpkin stem.
Lay your pumpkin vine on your dolls Farm, I used my American Girl Room Stable but you can use a green piece of fun foam or felt to create your “farm garden”.




















Use your Halloween container to help your doll with the harvest.
I hope you enjoyed today’s Make it Monday Post. I look forward to sharing more craft ideas with you again soon.~ Karen Owen aka Karen Mom of Three

Saturday, September 28, 2013

New Styles at Daydream !





This is my favorite time of year, ( I love fall and Halloween ), we get in so many new products and it's lots of fun to have new styles in. We have lots of cute costumes and will be listing even more new items this week.




Our sale pile also has a few fun things in it.  SUMMER FUN SALE

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Join us back her Monday for another creative idea from Karen, and don't miss next Thursday when we post our Halloween Giveaway ! Thanks for stopping by.

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Visit us this week at Holy Cow Boutique

We are so excited for this show, we have tons of new styles in and our
booth is packed full. It's a great time to start picking up items for Christmas.  If your in the area be sure to stop by :)