you go girl!!!

We want to say a special CONGRATS to our very own Lauren from Olive Tree Textiles for being featured on the front page of ETSY!!! Thats a huge deal and we are SOOOO proud of her!!! Check out some of her awesome handmade creations at Dreaming Tree Studio!!!

We have tons of these cute Charlie Bags!!! Lots of fun prints and fabric to choose from!!! What a great gift idea for the holiday season!!! Come check us out...

I'll be back in a jiff...I gotta run to the supermarket...

The Crafty Supermarket that is!!! My sister...co-owner and crafty diva, DeAndra got to go to this AWESOME Indie Craft show in Cincy this Saturday while I manned the store...or shall I say womaned the store!!! I was super jealious when she called and was like..."OMG YOU ARE MISSING IT!!!" But hey, she brought back cool picks...made lots of contacts and got the very cool Crafty Superstar book by Grace Dobush! It's an awesome DIY guide to all things crafts biz related!!! A must read for the crafter who is ready to turn that hobby into a business! We HIGHLY recomend it! Here are a few pics from the show...

DeAndra = LUCKY

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cool people...

Kristin from BUZZ

more cool people...

more cool people...

SO AWESOME!! Hopefully next year I will get to go!!!

Sarabee is FAMOUS...

no kidding!!! She really is...along with her handpainted drop spindle "Seymour Snail"! Why you ask...well because they were featured in the Dec/Jan edition of BUST magazine!!! Yup...totally serious! It's a pretty big deal and just goes to show that Sarabee rocks! (like we didn't already know that before!)

Check out some of the pics from the article on the art of spinning!!!

How cool is that!!! Um...very cool!!!

On to other EXCITING Sarabee news...she has dyed us up an EXCLUSIVE yarn just for our store!!! It's called Dreaming Tree Blossom

Come in and get yours today...only at Dreaming Tree Studio!!!

Don't forget to sign up for knitting 101 with Sarabee!!!

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

Queen Bee painting by Emily from Phit2bTyed!!!

For the Queeny in your life!!!

when the clock strikes midnight...

no our carriage won't turn into a pumpkin...BUT we are definatly going to turn into NEW MOON FANATICS!!! Well thats probably already taken place...but we are so excited for the premier of New Moon...I mean I can't even tell you how long we have been waiting for this!!! I just can't!!! Yup we are nerds...but hey we are in good company since BASICALLY all the people we know and love are right there with us! We've even declared the store as a twilight safe zone...meaning you can talk all you want about it with us...we don't mind!!!




Well...we will be sure to let you know ALL about our New Moon night!!! Now on to the gift idea of the day!!!

Journals and Planners by Double Booked!!!

These are so cool and are made out of your favorite old hard back books!!!

She thinks she's all that...

now that she was on TV and all! I'm talking about our FAB frosty of course! We were TOTALLY on LEX 18 this morning with Lee Cruse! It was so much fun! I've been anticipating it for a few days now...set my alarm on my phone for 4:45 to go off and yell Yabba Dabba Doo at me.. kept waking up and looking at the clock and EVEN dreamed I was late...so what happened??? Um I was LATE! Yup all the worry and preperation didn't work...at 5:30 a.m. my husband rolled over and said..."You didn't get up!" OH SNAP!!! After throwing on some clothes and smearing a lil makeup on I was out the door!!! My sister was right on time, thank goodness to represent!!! HOLLA!!!

So what is this frosty thing all about??? Good Question...well Dreaming Tree Studio along with 26 other downtown businesses got these cool little snowmen to decorate from the Vocation School in Winchester!!! They will be auctioned off on Dec. 5th right before the Christmas Parade at 5 p.m.!!! Proceeds benefiting Operation Happiness!!! Its a great cause!!! So if you want this crafty diva at your house for the holidays...just swing on by the Clark Co. Court House and place your bid!!!

We weren't the only ones that showed up either! Here are a few pics of some other businesses that woke up early to make it on the news...

         Attach of the ROBOTS!!! Captain Cosmos Collectible's Frosty the SNOWBOT!!!

Graham's LR Hopkins (Cally Frosty) and Blugrass Budokai's Frosty

Now on to the featured gift idea of the day...

T's from Rainbow Swirlz

Come by and get your's today!!!

look what I found!!!

It's no lie...I spend A LOT of time on the internet...and I do mean A LOT!!! I can sit down to check our email, etsy, facebook, and blog and turn that into an hour of catching up on blogs, whats selling on etsy, and other AWESOMENESS! I love the internet...infact I don't know how we would be this far in our business without it. We have made SO many connections with SO many awesome people thats it's insane! Before we even opened our doors at Dreaming Tree Studio we had over 300 fans!!! How crazy is that...and they all heard about us FOR FREE...yup thats right...we didn't have to pay a pretty penny (that we didn't have) to get those fans! Isn't that awesome. With today's resources online it is so easy and heck, even fun to promote your business! Sure it takes time...which most of us don't have much of BUT the payoff is huge! So if you are out there and trying to drum up some fans...spend some time putting yourself out there on the web! Open an etsy store, BLOG, start a facebook fan page, twitter, and do it often!!!

Now...since I do spend SO much time online and we love our fans...here are some FREE things for you!!! Enjoy!!!

Free Printable Gift Tags from Arian Armstrong

Free Eddie Earthworm Pattern from Bit of Whimsy Dolls

Free Patterns from Amy Butler

Hopefully you will find one of these a bit usefull!!!

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

We were beyond thrilled when this crafting diva let her talent be known last week! Melissa from Black Dog Designs joined our crafty fam with her super awesome Scrabble Tile Bracelts!!! As I said...I spend A LOT of time online keeping up with whats new and hot...and I have never seen these...and they are HOT!!! Check her out at Dreaming Tree Studio and place your custom order today! Do it soon 'cause this crafting diva is already getting swamped with orders!!! We love her...and we know you will too...

So do YOU make all this stuff?

We always get different reactions when we tell our visitors that everything in our store is handmade...but the one heard most often is that! And of course we answer with a quick no no no! I WISH we could make all this awesome stuff but its not ever gonna happen. Far too much time, hard work, and coolness has gone into each item in our shop...and even if we crafted non stop for a year we probably couldn't do it! Thats what is soooo stinkin sweet about our shop! We represent over 50 artist, crafters, and cool people!!  Check out our artist section on our website to see most of them!!! Its so much fun meeting all our crafters...I love hearing there stories and how they got started...so inspiring! Makes you just want to dream big! I found this video clip on the internet for a documentary coming out called Handmade Nation...watch it here!

So many creative people out there changing the world! So exciting!!!

On to the gift idea of the day...

Pumpkin Scented Vegan Soap by Maylee's Garden!!!
Smells Oh So yummy!!!

Limited supply!!! Come get yours and check out the other great soaps from Maylee's Garden including Hippie Mama, Warm Vanilla Sugar, Night Blooming Jasmine, Mediteranian Fig, Lilac, and Marakeesh