Winners for August!

Yippie ki-yay! I finally found a way to announce the winners.  Thank you for patiently waiting.

 Congratulations to our two winners!

 It has been a struggle for me to go through the motions to collect pictures, grandson (Mark J) and all other things that happen when grief is present.  I'm still making minis to help me through this time in my life and will continue my give a ways. 

Friends, thank you so much for all of your encouraging comments.  Printing them and reading them during my "low" days really helped a lot.  Thank you to all new followers.

 Do you know that grief can stop a peron in their tracks for a long time and sometimes forever? I almost forgot how to blog!

 Trusting in God is a great source of help, but when your heart is bleeding don't be afraid to ask for more help because pain can be gruesome... Don't ever feel like you have to go through it alone, even if you have to call on me.  I'm here for you.

Summer is passing quickly like never before.  My inspirational grandson, Mark J got a passport and took off to Cabo San Lucas for vacation after summer school and didn't pull the winner's comments from the "lucky hat" until a fews days ago and afterwards he had to have a picture wearing the hat.

Winning comment #1 for dress on left side of photo from Isabel (morgana135):
Hola Felma, me siento muy triste al leer su post, siento mucho sus perdidas, seguro que su hermana estara leyendo la revista muy contenta y feliz... otras dos estrellas han subido al cielo! animos, me encantaria participar en su sorteo, lo pongo en mi blog, un beso muy fuerte.  

Winning comment #2 for dress on right side of photo from Malu:
Oh, Felma te acompaño en tu dolor, por tu hermana. Me gustaria participar en tu sorteo, pongo tu enlace en mi blog.
Besos de las Malu´s.

My translator is not working at the moment, but if one of these comments belong to you, please contact me privately with mailing information.

Lots of Hugs to All!

Hello!  Thank you very much for your encouraging comments.  Winners of the last giveaway will be announced in the next few days.  Sorry for the delay.

A Give Away Is Here! Thank You For Your Patience During My Time Of Grief!

"knotty" Ends August 7, 2014
Cute purse matches dress.

My dear friends, another Give Away is here.  Thank you for your patience, prayers and love during my time of grief and my absence from Blogging.  The sudden death of my sister went straight to my heart and paralyzed me with grief.  

My last post I shared with you the sudden death of my husband's brother. A month later my dear sister "Sis" didn't wake up in the morning.  She was excited and looking forward to receiving her copy of American Miniaturist magazine's June Issue to see what I had made.  She went to Heaven the day I mailed her the magazine. 

The first picture at top of page was taken from June 2014 issue of American Miniaturist Magazine.  It is a great magazine and has a great Editor, Auralea Krieger, who does a wonderful job!  Thank you Auralea.  The magazine has talented artists and lots of projects for you to enjoy.

Dresses above are just lovely.  Picture taken before sending dresses to the magazine.

The next give away is to offer one of my 302 followers a chance to win a dress because I feel honored to have you following my blog. 

"Hearts To You" Give Away August 7, 2014

To enter to win one of these lovely dresses, all you have to do is be a follower of my blog, leave an inspirational comment on this post only by the deadline of August 7, 2014 before 3:00PM Pacific Daylight Savings Time.  The lucky winner's comment will be drawn from my lucky hat and will be posted the following week.  Good Luck!

As always, welcome new followers and to all my followers my heart is always open and I love to hear from you by e-mail and comments for sure! 

I love giving and your comments encourage me to cheerfully give what is in my heart and this means also that if you have nothing in your heart to give, that is ok too.
  
"Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver."  2 Corinthians 9:7 NIV
I am a cheerful giver!

Hugs and love to all,
Felma

Dollhouse Miniatures by Felma

Lots of "things" have happened in my life since I last blogged.  April started off with a bang of a birthday celebration and I celebrated for 2 to 3 weeks. 

 The rest of the month was filled grief for my husband because of the sudden death of his brother.  We traveled about 3700 miles by car to be with family and friends and pay our last respects. 

Hope all mothers out there had a Happy Mother's Day.  I had one the best I've ever had with family.

All the pictures on this page are miniatures I made during my absence from blogging.  There are more.  Some are sold.  Some may be shown in American Miniaturist June issue.

Thank you for following.  The next give aways will be soon.  I really need to catch up on my rest.  

Welcome to all new followers! 

Hugs,
Felma

   

Spring Time! March Winners Announced!

LOOKS LIKE SUNSHINE AND RAIN!

Lots of things were happening last week in addition to pulling the name of the winners on Tuesday.  Spring sprung.  Joyce Bernard, The Trunk Lady came and spent the day with me.  We had a great time at lunch talking minis.  I stomped my toe the very next day and my foot is still very painful!!!   I also met some critical deadlines. 

A 5.1 earthquate centered in a town not faraway on Friday night and a huge aftershock Saturday evening and lots of little aftershocks in between.  As a matter of fact I can feel the earth moving under me now.  The house is slighty swaying with a few crackle and pops frequently, but I am so determined to finish this post tonight and announce the March winners.  I do fear for my fragile minis though.

I'm not too happy about not having pictures on this post.  Will post April Giveaway when I feel better.  My birthday is next week so it will probably be after the celebration.  Sixty five and alive!  Rain is forecasted on my birthday and I'll be singing in the rain!

Winners For March! 
Steinworks  Eva -tatalamaru
Francesca 


Congratulations to our three winners!  Winners, please contact me with shipping details.  Thanks for your comments.  You know I love comments because they keep me blogging.  

Thanks to all for your wonderful comments.  A warm welcome to  new followers.  It is really a great pleasure to reach a total of 300
followers!  Don't you think this milestone of 300 followers deserves a giveaway?  Please let me know.  My sincere thanks! 

Hugs, 

Felma

Can You Believe It? We have A February Winner Already!

March Giveaway!  Great articles and great
tutorial in these 3 issues!

Can you believe it my dear friends?  We have a February winner and March is tomorrow.  Where did the time go?  Have I squandered it? 

 Hope everyone is all well and finished with this Season's cold and flu.  My heart and prayers go out to those of you who are having a difficult time with the unusual weather we are experiencing in many parts of the world.  Yes, there are other issues much worse than the weather, but discussing it would surely produce another Blog.  No time for another blog because I need to finish my book I've been working on for the last 30 something years.

Speaking of books, there is a possibly that some of my brand new designed Wedding Gowns along with accessories will be shown in the June 2014 issue of American Miniaturist Magazine.  Jared and Mark J (you know who they are) have been busy creating new designs and it will be a real treasure to showcase them in American Miniaturist Magazine.  And if you are not already a subscriber, contact American Miniaturist Magazine and subscribe in time for the June issue.  

"I'm gonna try my luck with this so.. I would love to enter your beautiful draw - hope you'll count me in..Wish you all the best(^^) 
 MiniHugs, Irina"

Drum Roll Please for the above winning comment pulled from my lucky hat by grandson.  Irina has an interesting and lovely blog at NarinaNapertaa.  Please give her a Congratulations Irina!  It was your lucky day!  

There will be at least 3 give aways for March.  1.  Three American Miniaturist Magazines:  Issues 5, 7 and 10.  These three were chosen because they are packed with great Artists from some of the first issues and have lots of great articles for you to read and pictures to look at along with tutorials that are easy and fun!  If you are featured in one of these magazines, please leave a comment and let us know if you have a blog for us to read.  

2.  A porcelain mannequin that is not dressed so that you can dress it your way and share it with us on your blog. 

 3.  Another mannequin with a different figure!  

For those of you following my blog or going to start following before the deadline, all you have to do for a chance to win one of these prizes is leave an inspirational comment on this post only by the deadline of Midnight March 18, 2014 Pacific Daylight Time. Winners will be announced the following week.

Now the best part of this post.  Thank you to all of my followers.  I am so happy that you leave inspirational comments.  Your comments are the source of my happiness with this blog and I feel honored to offer giveaways to you.

A warm Thank You to my new followers and Shabbiest I am so happy that you found me.  I'll be happy to put some mini girl dresses and suits on eBay for you to look at or purchase.  Thanks for asking.  

This is my 10th Anniversary selling minis on eBay! Please take a look. My name is anyminimore and sometimes I list some really pretty things for auction.  I don't ship worldwide, but something I am looking forward to doing in the near future.

Hugs, Love and Prayer

Felma

"For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline."  2 Timothy 1:7 NIV

Give Away! February 2014

Hello Blog Friends.  First of all I messed up on this post and deleted the previous post by mistake, but the comments are still here from the previous post.  I'll keep them that way and if you want to leave another comment, please do so.  Thank you kindly.  

My wish is that each of you are already back into the swing of making mini things.  It is great to be back with my dress give aways.  It feels like home again!  Thank you.

My grandsons are really appreciative of God giving us a New Year and they are enjoying themselves to the fullest.  We've already been to a Train Show this year and they took a ride on Amtrak to a fun nearby city and spent the weekend at a fabulous hotel!  My four year old just started a new school and he thinks he is so very smart.  He asked, "Daddy, are you going to pick up pizza tonight?"  Daddy answered, "Possibly." "Well, Dad is that a yes or no?"   

Wonderful creative ideas are sometimes hard to come by so I am changing the mannequin for this giveaway to a different style.  Hope you like it!

For those of you following my blog, all you have to do is leave an inspirational comment on this post only by the deadline to enter the drawing for  5 1/4 inch tall dressed mannequin in the above picture.  Your name will be put in my lucky hat and drawn by my grandson.  Winner announced the following week.  Let's have some fun!  Please keep checking back to take another look because I am feeling great right now and may "possibly" add another give away.

Deadline:
  Tuesday, February 18, 2014 at  3:00PM Pacific Daylight Time

  A nice warm welcome to all new followers.  Thank you so much for your comments and your taking the time to stop by my blog and say,
 "Hello."

 Love travels.  It is one of life's most abundant gift.

"You, Lord, are forgiving and good, abounding in love to all who call to you."  Psalm 86:5 NIV

Need more love this month and forever?  Please call to the Lord.  Thank you Lord.

Hugs, Love and Prayers,

Felma

Merry Christmas! November Winner!

Blog Friends I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.  Thank you for your comments for the November draw!  So many things have happened since I last posted until it seems as though I posted just yesterday.  This Thanksgiving was one of the best I've ever had with family and friends and of course, food.  Yum Yum!

My six year old grandson turned seven, my favorite daughter and husband are celebrating birthdays too.  Yes, regardless of my statement in a previous post, I've been BUSY!  But, I must confess I was not Being Under Satan's Yolk!  Most of my "busy" was for really great stuff and goodwill to most.  Since I believe that Jesus is the reason for the season we always put up a huge sign next to the Christmas tree that reads, 

"Jesus Is The Reason For The Season." 

This sign helps to remind us what we are really celebrating.

Drum Roll Please for our November Winner!  

My grandson picked a winner that wrote the following comment:

"I am not sure what type of motivational comment is required, but I will say that I am inspired and in awe of your talent and your courage.  Your work seems effortless!  Yet, I know creating miniature outfits as meticulous as yours takes a lot of hard work.  My motivational comment is, find something you love to do that is outside of work, outside of caring for loved ones, and outside of any duty or obligation.  Whether it is creating miniatures, or collecting vintage dollhouses or painting or swimming, spend at least one hour a week doing it.  One small hour will make a huge difference in the rest of your week."

The comment written by Neen (please click on her name to view her interesting blog.) was a joy to read as all comments are.  Congratulations Neen!  

November is the last giveaway of the year.  Hope to start giveaways again in February.  Please don't be alarmed, I am doing fine.  Just keep checking back if you have time and leave a comment so that I know you care.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Hugs, Love & Prayer,

Felma

Autumn Colors For Thanksgiving Month!

Colorful November 2013 Give Away

Have you ever posted on your blog and as you were posting you got the happy feeling that you love posting and you are going to post three times a week for the rest of your life to say in touch with your wonderful followers?   Well, that happens to me each time I post.  But, real life gets to be so interesting as I participate  in the joys of day to day activities.

  For instance, my four year old grandson just came back from the toy store with Grand Papa with this getup.  He then limbed on the back of my chair and declared that he is a Ninja Turtle ready to  save the world.  From Grandma?  

Ninja Turtle Obsessed

 I really missed a lot while I was ill and catching up, except for the house cleaning, is so much fun.  Just gazing at the beauty of Autumn leaves with a view of tall mountains with gray and white clouds hanging over them encourages me to make a joyful noise.   Although, I must say that I haven't gone mountain climbing but only once since I had my incident with The Boulder.

This month, my blog friends, for November Give Away, I offer to you this very colorful beautiful dressed mannequin, accompanied by shawl/wrap in the same color trimmed with faux fur.  I don't know why my little voice in insisted on making a blue purse as an accent,  but let's go with it anyway.  Personally, I think it looks really cute.  

Resist the cold with this warm wrap.

Thanks again to all of you for leaving your wonderful comments.  I read each of them with passion over and over again.  Thank you for praying for me and one another.  Coping with adversity is usually difficult and adversity is going to touch most of us at some point  but, we just need to roll with it and try to stay sane during the ride and at the end, kiss the "ground."  If you believe in God, please thank Him too. 

Welcome to all new followers.  It makes me smile when I see the number of friends increase and also makes me work harder and happier to bring you the best I can of what I do.  Thank you for following.

In order to enter the draw for the November give away:
              1.  Leave a movitvational comment on this post only.
              2.  Be a follower of my blog.
              3.  Enter by the deadline.
Deadline is Saturday, November 30, 2013 at 11:59 PM Pacific Daylight Savings Time.  Winner will be posted the following week.

Keeping with the Autumn color scene, this is really a beautiful dress.  The silk velvet is hand dyed by the lovely ladies at Vegas Airs from Las Vegas, Nevada.  They do wonders to silk fabrics that work well with miniature creations.  I discovered them at a local miniature show.  Some of my work can be viewed on their website.

Some of my inspirational fabrics from VegasAirs.

Please check back for the December Give Away coming soon.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Hugs, Love and Kisses,

Felma

October Winner 2013 Winner!

Hello to my favorite Blog friends!  We have a winner for October and her name is Ilona!  Roberta, a friend of Ilona is a very shy birdie elf.  She is a couple of  hundred years old and currently lives in The Netherlands and helps out in the house of a very old man.  Although camera shy, she is brave enough to announce into her little microphone the winning comment.   If you listen closely you may be able to hear her.  If not, here it is in writing:  

"Felma, your Halloween scene is beautiful. Your Halloween give away is soooo colorful, I really love bright colors and your dress is gorgeous. The painting of your daughter is wonderful, it fits good in this scene, thank you for sharing.

I would love to participate in your generous give away, so please, count me in. I'll put the link on my blog.
I wish you a good October month :D!
Hugs, Ilona"

Thank you Roberta! You did a great job of announcing.  Please don't be shy.  Let's all give Roberta a big hand of applause.

Now you will certainly want to know more about Roberto and Ilona by visiting  MiniMumLoon  for an inspiring treat.  Ilona is a great multi-talented artist. 

Thank you to all of you who entered this give away.  I love the comments and followers of my blog.  Thank you to all new followers.  You know I really wish everyone could win, but if you see a give away that you are interested in please go for it and you may be the next winner.

Speaking of the next winner, November giveaway is coming soon and I need to finish it before November ends!  October was so much fun celebrating Birthdays including my youngest grandson's which was the most fun of all.  Also, we were fortunate enough to have him stay with us for a few days while his parents were out of town.  Where did October go?  Does anyone know?

My health is great and I am very happy to be healed and there are so many minis in my life that I can't stop going.   Going through my stash, making minis for eBay,  playing with my grandsons and the good fortunes of every day life.  Thank you God for your healing.  Thank you friends for your prayers.

Hope to see you soon for the Novermber give away.  Please keep the comments coming.  You know I love comments so lets give Ilona a congratulations on her win.

Happy Thanksgiving Month!  We have a lot to be Thankful for.   At the top of my list is that My Favorite Daughter is alive after last week when someone opened fire and fatally shot one person and wounded several others at her place of employement.  I pray along with you that this world becomes a better place for all.  

Hugs, Prayers and Love,
Felma