Monday, December 31, 2012

Happy New Year! The kick off for 2013!

Let me start out by first saying Happy New Year!

2012 was a busy and crazy year.  We brought on some awesome mamas to help us and we took the biggest step of our lives with this little business of ours when we moved into our shop.

I don't think I need to say that moving from our house to a separate physical location has been a huge deal for us.  To say it changed everything for us would be an understatement.  We have had to spend a great deal of time getting used to the new dynamic.  I'm not really sure if we are completely used to it now or not.  Its completely different getting up in the morning and going into the shop to get work done.  This part alone is weird to me as its been within arms reach 24/7 for the past 4 years.  

Having an actual shop location has also brought us some other great benefits as well.  Since we now have a "brick and mortar" space, for the first time since we started making dolls, we have been able to negotiate better prices on some of our materials.  Yarn alone has always been a huge cost,  we have always had to purchase our yarn at retail prices.  Thanks to our new shop, we have finally been able to work out wholesale discounts.  Our savings is good news for you guys,  as we are able to pass this on to you.  You may have already noticed the lowered price of our MTO's, this is where they will remain. 

You will also notice with the first RTG upload of 2013,  that our RTG prices too will be lower than they have been.  I will leave the exact amount as a surprise for Preview day.  

Going forward, our goal is to grow this little business of ours.  
To reach out to even more people and introduce them to the quality and artistry that is Dragonfly's Hollow. We will be hiring more folks to work in the shop to help us make more dolls as well as  Critters, both RTG and MTO, and clothing as well as whatever new creations end up being dreamed up in the process. 

2012 was an amazing year,  we look forward to 2013 being equally amazing...and we are thankful that you guys are along for the ride.

Have a wonderful and happy new year!


Monday, December 17, 2012

Good Afternoon all...


Hey all, sorry its taken me so long today to get online and post.  Suffice to say I am a little single minded right now trying to make sure we get all the dolls out so they can make it home in time for Christmas.

We will not be doing an RTG doll upload this week.  
We are focusing our energies on getting the Christmas MTO's out the door.

We do indeed have ponies...and we have decided to put them up randomly over the next few days.  We will post on Twitter and on Facebook when they are going to be posted...we will give you at least a 10 minute heads up on them.

MTO's -  all the MTO slots we will have available for the week have been released in the shop...its just easier for us this way.

...and, one more thing we are doing...

We decided that we wanted to have some fun...so we released 15 Little MTO slots that are priced at $150 and 5 - 12 inch MTO slots that are priced at $165. Its just one way we are saying THANK YOU to all of you :)

 Those of you on Twitter, that code is valid for these too :)

MTO's


Monday, December 10, 2012

Peppermint - a Giveaway

Meet Peppermint


She is a Critter by Dragonfly's Hollow


She is 8 inches tall by 10 inches long.  Her skin is cotton velour and she is stuffed with pure, clean wool



Her mane is a mix of bulky weight yarn and hand dyed dread yarn.  Its all 100% natural wool.
Her face was hand embroidered with cotton floss.


In the spirit of giving this season, we have decided to give away this sweet Christmas themed Critter.  

The giveaway will run from today 12/12 and end on Friday 12/14 at midnight.


Click the link below for exact details as to how to enter



Good Luck Everyone!


Sunday, December 9, 2012

Congratulations Rachael A!

Autumn is coming home to live with you!





Thank you so very much to everyone who entered!  

We will be starting a new giveaway tomorrow...so be sure to hang around 

Friday, December 7, 2012

More Choices..Wefted Mohair


We have received many requests from folks asking that we make wefted mohair an option for MTO's.  We agree it is indeed a natural option to offer.

Made from the hair of an adult mohair goat, it looks and feels exactly like real hair.  It only comes in natural hair colors and we have chosen 6 of them for you... Auburn, Blonde, Carrot, Light Warm Brown, Deep Brown and Dark Brown.


Talia has Auburn weft


Rory's doll has blonde weft





Lisa has Dark Brown weft
We are offering them for 14 inch size in two body styles either our regular 14 inch body or an Amberwing.  What's the difference between the two?  Well, they are both about 14 inches tall but the Amberwing is more slender than the regular 14"  and they have pointy toes...fairy toes.   


14 inch dolls will come wearing a regular dress, panties and wool felt shoes.

An Amberwing will come wearing a printed fabric petal dress like the one below, with panties and wool felt shoes.  
Wings are NOT included...we intend to begin offering those as a separate item in the shop shortly.

Prints will vary and will be chosen by us based on what we have available at the time.



We have created a separate listing for this...to avoid confusion.  Here is a link...


There will be 5 slots made available each week.  They will be announced the same way we announce all the other MTO's

The first set to be released are currently available in our shop.  

We are pretty excited to offer this as a regular item...we hope you all like it too.



Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Autumn...A Giveaway

We wanted to do something special throughout the month of December...something to help bring in the spirit of giving and happiness.  
With that thought in mind, we decided that each week this month, we will have something special to give away to a lucky mama or papa. 

Just our little way of saying thank you to all of you for everything you have done for us over these past 4 years.  

So without any further chatting...let me introduce to you 

Autumn


  

Autumn is a 14"girl.  
She has golden skin, teal eyes and a head full of autumn colored rainbow dreads mixed with some gorgeous varied ginger bulky weight yarn




She is wearing an adorable dress with wool felt shoes and yes, she has undies on :)

























This giveaway begins today 12/4/2012 and ends Sunday 12/9/2012

So, how do you go about getting entered into this awesome giveaway? 

 It's easy.


Below is a Rafflecopter entry form.  It has two steps that MUST be completed...

First: "LIKE" our Facebook page
Second:  COMMENT on this blog post.

You will receive one entry per each of these steps.  You also have the opportunity to receive 3 more entry points.  These are optional...

Follow us on Twitter
and
Tweet about us on Twitter

These two steps are not necessary, but they will add more entry points to your name.

This giveaway is open to all folks all over the world.  We will cover the shipping costs, but you will be responsible for any taxes or customs fees.

Upon notification, you will have 24 hours to respond, if we do not hear from you within that time frame, another winner will be chosen.

OK, that is all,  good luck everyone!