deck the halls...

with awesome handmade stuff!!! The 3rd day of our Downtown Holiday Open House was AWESOME (in my high pitch singing voice!!!) It was as if the handmade train had made its rounds and picked up every cool customer around and unloaded them at our door!!! We were flooded today...and it rocked! Pretty sure cheesy high fives were exchanged several times between me and my sister!!! WE HAVE DONE IT...we love our store...we love our customers...WE JUST LOVE IT ALL!!! The dreaming big hasn't stopped either...we are bubbling over with so many ideas of what the future holds for Dreaming Tree Studio and heck...for our whole town...who know maybe the whole world!!! haha there is no stopping these two crafty sisters!!!

Downtown Winchester offered it all today!!! We had Christmas Carolers, Horse Drawn Carriages, and great food and fun!!!

We had two in house artists today at our store to share their work!!! Becky, our fabulous aunt from Georgetown, Ky was available for personalization of her BEAUTIFUL handpainted ornaments!!! We love her!!!

       

Sarabee come in today as promised to demonstrate yarn spinning!!! She had so many interested people stop by and chat with her!!! We had such a great turn out that we are going to add a spinning class to our classes in addition to Knitting 101!!! So awesome!!! We love Sara so much...and love dreaming big with her!!! We are currently signing up people for the Knitting 101 class that will start in January!!!

Now on to the gift idea of the day!!!

Finger Puppets!!! Great stocking stuffers and gifts for little ones!!! These are flying off the shelves!!! Come get yours soon!!!

Time flies...

when you are having fun! Therefore I apologize for not doing the gift idea of the day in a few days!!! We have been soooooooooooooo super busy opening the store and having a B.L.A.S.T.!!! So lets go on and show 2 yes 2 gift idea's to get caught up!!!

Gift Idea numero uno...

Yes! Those are a set of 4 count em 4 beatles cufflinks!!! A must have for the Beatles fan in your life. Sure a suit says...It's business time...but throw these babies on and you're on a whole new level!!! Great gift idea for the groom and prom...or anyone who rocks out a suit!!! Plus they are super cool to look at!!! These are flying off the shelves so if you are interested...you better skidoodle on in to Dreaming Tree Studio and get your set because they won't last long...they just wont! Im not gonna lie!!!

We also have a nice collections of other cufflinks, money clips, and tie bars, with I dunno...

Rolling Stones

Pin Up Girls

Batman

Star Wars

more Beatles

ect. ect....I think you get the picture!!!

Gift Idea #2!!!

Swirly Hats!!!

I mean come on...have you EVER I mean EVER seen these anywhere before??? Want the little one in your life to look super cute this winter??? Plop a swirly hat on them and MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!!! My little boy rocks one on a daily basis!!! These are also selling fast...I know you want one!!! Come on in and pick out your swirly hat today!!!

Let the Handmade Revolution begin...

Wow...what a day!!! Our Grand Opening was AWESOME to say the very least!!! We had a great turn out and a very warm welcome from the local business owners of downtown!!!

The Winchester Opera House came down to welcome us and gave us this beautiful cake!!!

Absolutly amazing right?!!!! We were sooooooooooo thrilled!!! What a great house warming present!!! Justin did an amazing job!!! Can't wait to see more of his work!!!Winchester is gonna eat his designs up...lliterally!!! bahaha!!!

We had a steady stream of visitors all day long and we had a lot of fun!!! It was so exciting to share all of our great hanmade items with our hometown!!! Tonight promises to be even more busy!!! We are so excited!!!The handmade revolution has begun...come take part!!! Shop local...support handmade...Dreaming Tree Studio!!!

Sarabee dropped in to give us flowers!!! We love her!!!

tick tock...

goes the clock and we are less than 24 hours away from opening our doors for business...for real! Wow...I can't believe it! I mean I really can't...its a very surreal feeling!!! Not gonna lie...I'm a little nervous and so EXCITED I probably wont be able to sleep tonight!!!

We welcomed a new artist today from Lexington! She's a super cool gal who paints rocks and key holders!!! Love em! Sarabee dropped in to put the final touches on her booth and we also welcomed Meredith from Mimi Custom Creations!

So on to today's gift idea!!!

Hand dyed kicks by Mach n Lola!!! A great gift idea for the kids!!! Stop by and check them out tomorrow during our Grand Opening!!!

"Have you ever seen 7 pounds?"

That's the question I had for Sarah today! She is a super awesome chick who runs an antique letterpress out of Lexington, Ky! We were SO lucky to get her cool letterpress cards into Dreaming Tree Studio today!!! I was amazed at her story and how she got started into running her own letterpress!  Check out her website here!!!

So if you haven't guessed already...here is the handmade gift idea of the day!!!

We have these super cute mix-n-match monogram card sets! You choose your colors and initials! What a GREAT gift idea?!?!?! Right?...right!!!

This Christmas season give the gift of handmade!!! Support handmade...buy local...Dreaming Tree Studio!!!

P.S. we open in 2 days!!!!!! Seriously!!!!

Oh and she hasn't seen the movie yet...but wants to!!!

A handmade holiday!!!

Yes Halloween was just a few days ago but if you have entered ANY store today you probably noticed all the Christmas decor!!! So lets get in the spirit...and start planning what handmade items we want to make or buy for our fab fam!!!

Sew,Mama, Sew is an awesome blog that is featuring GREAT holiday gift ideas DAILY!!! Yup...every day there will be tons of ideas of things to make or buy!!! Can you believe it?! I know its crazy awesome right???

Check out their blog here!

So since Sew,Mama, Sew can do it...I think Dreaming Tree Studio is very capable of doing something just as cool! So everyday until Christmas I will feature one fresh handmade item we have at the store!!!

So whats today's featured item??? Glad you asked!!!

Now presenting...dun dun duuuuuuuuuuuunnnnnnnnnnnnn!!! ;O)

                                                                Personalized   hand stamped jewelry from Pink Checkers Design!

Available for purchase at Dreaming Tree Studio!!! Come in and place your order for Christmas gifts Thursday Nov. 5th!!!! These are AWESOME gifts...they can say anything you want them to! So...what do you have to say???

Peeling the paper back...

and revealing our FAB store!!! We had SO many little trick or treaters last night and SO many interested people come by Dreaming Tree Studio last night for Trick or Treat Main-ia in Winchester! It was SO awesome to finally get to show off all our hard work along with the 50 + artist's hard work in our shop!!! Whenever we told people that everything in our store was handmade you could totally see the interest in their eyes... handmade?! Hmmm thats interesting! Yes is it...well its more than interesting...it ROCKS!!! 

Only 4 more days until the HANDMADE REVOLUTION!!! Are you ready??? !!!!