May Giveaway!!

The Giveaway is now closed... thanks to everybody who took the time to vote and enter!!

I am so very pleased to be able to announce that Apple Tree House made it into the Circle of Moms Top 25 Mom Shops!  I was a late addition (Ashley of LilBlueBoo had to talk me into entering!!), but thanks to all of you, I made it in 5 short days.  I am so deeply moved by the support you have all shown to my little doll shop.  To say thanks, I would like to offer an 8 inch custom Apple Dumpling as a giveaway.  Here's a pic of http://www.themelamooseco.etsy.com/ 's clothing model sitting pretty in my mug (available at http://www.zazzle.com/individuality_is_healthy_mug-168553352008405028 )

There are 3 ways to enter:

1. Follow the blog and leave a comment on this post
2. "Like" Apple Tree House on Facebook and leave a comment here:  https://www.facebook.com/#!/AppleTreeHouseDolls/posts/200012993370029
3. Share the news on your personal Facebook profile page with a hyperlink (type@AppleTreeHouse in your post to hyperlink)

The fun starts....NOW!!  And it will run thru Monday, May 9th at 9 am EDT.  I will announce the winner here at 10 am EDT.

Thanks again for all of your support!!

xoxo Debra

Circle of Moms

I am so excited! Apple Tree House is on the Circle of Moms search for the top 25 Mom's Shops. 

http://www.circleofmoms.com/blogger/apple-tree-house

The list is a real who's who of talented moms, including Ashley of Li'l Blue Boo :)

http://www.circleofmoms.com/blogger/lil-blue-boo

Even though I have only been on there about a day, I have already gathered 50 votes and the last time I checked, that puts me in 39th place (at the time this was written).  I would really love to make it into the top 25.... if I do, I will offer a giveaway of a custom 8 inch Apple Dumpling Doll to celebrate!  It is the best way I know how to show my deep appreciation for all the friends of Apple Tree House.  All blog followers will be eligible to enter the giveaway if I reach my goal of being in the top 25, so please spread the word and vote daily! 

The 1st "custom" Apple Dumpling (for my daughter!), getting ready for bed in her Melamoose sleeper

You can vote once a day thru May 2nd, no registration is required, and you can vote for more than one shop if you like!  Thanks for all your support....

xoxo Debra

Upload 4/28

April has been a whirlwind month at the Apple Tree House!  Here is the group that will be available on Thursday, April 28th:

Charlie and Lola the twins, 12 inches and wearing The Melamoose Co.,  $310 for the set

Periwinkle, a meduim tan skin blue eyed fun haired 8 inch Apple Dumpling,  $88

Kristin, an 8 inch Apple Dumpling with chestut hair and green eyes wearing The Melamoose Co.'s apple sleeper, $88

Strawberry, a 12 inch blue eyed redhead wearing The Melamoose Co., $165

This will be a dual style upload. Periwinkle, Kristin, and Strawberry will be available on Bigcartel at 7 pm EDT http://www.appletreehouse.bigcartel.com/ 

The twins, Charlie and Lola will be available as a SET comment style on Facebook.  They will be $310 plus shipping.  On Thursday, April 28 at 8 pm EDT, I will post a pic of the twins on my Fan Page.  Simply leave a comment under their picture if you are interested in purchasing them.  I would really love to see them be able to stay together forever, just as a brother and sister should, so if you only want one doll please refrain from commenting under their picture.  There will be another blond doll in the next upload for sure, I have over 6 pounds of blond mohair so there will be lots of blond dolls coming up!  At 9 pm EDT, I will message the name that is randomly chosen.  Please make sure I can message you thru FB or make sure to leave your e-mail in your comment so I can contact you.   I will contact the winning name shortly after 9.  Payment will need to be made within 1 hour or I will draw another name. 

Please, no "angeling" (enlisting help to purchase) for any of the dolls.  If you are not available at upload time, please rest assured that there will be more dolls available at another time.  Please also make sure you understand my policies ( http://apple-tree-house.blogspot.com/p/where-to-buy.html ) ahead of time to avoid any confusion.  If you have a question, please ask!

Also, I am now on the Circle of Moms!  Please click on the badge in the top right corner or on the link http://www.circleofmoms.com/blogger/apple-tree-house  to vote for me and your other favorite mom owned shops.... no registration required!  Thank you :)

Contest Winners!!

Thank you so much to everybody who took the time to enter the contest!  I loved seeing pics of the dolls and kids, and the notes were just heart warming.  There were so many wonderful entries for the contest that it made it very difficult to choose a couple of winners, so we chose a bunch!  These 5 were loved by the whole group of judges, and here they are in no particular order:

Kim R.

Hallie G.

Cassie A.

Kelly B.

Julie L.

Please e-mail or FB message me your addresses and I will get your surprises mailed out to you asap.



If the photo winners were tough to pick, the "dibs" prize was impossible to pick.  I am so touched that there are so many families that would love to have an AppleTreeHouse doll join them.  I put all the names in my favorite hat and picked out just one for now (but I will have to do this again!!)  The "dibs" prize goes to Deborah B.!  Here's what she wrote:

**"I absolutely LOVE your dolls! They are so funky and colourful, not like any other dolls Ive seen before. I first came across them when I stumbled upon the Lil Blue Boo blog. You did such an amazing job replicating the likeness of Sienna, I knew I just had to try to get one or my almost 3 year old daughter. Unfortunately, living in Australia makes tyring to get one very difficult, as they are usually listed in the very early hours of the morning with the time difference. I know my daughter Zali (great name for a new ATH doll I think!) would love a ATH doll, she likes to look with me through your photos on facebook at all the wonderful work you have done, she says there pretty. She loves dolls already, and often takes one out to the shops or visiting Meema and Peepa. I just know a ATH doll would become her favourite thing very quickly. Also, today she fell over and got a BIG black eye at childcare, dont you think a gorgeous new doll would make everything all better? LOL
Keep up the fantastic work! One day one of your fantastic dolls will be mine (well, ours tee hee!)
D Br and Z"***

And yes Deborah, I think a gorgeous new doll can make a lot of things better!

Thanks again for making this so much fun!  I have spent a lot of time working on a little something new that I hope to be able to show you in a week or so... My kids are on spring break until the 10th, so I probably won't be online too much but I will be sewing as much as I can! 

xoxo Debra

Rainbows!

The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky

Are also on the faces of people passing by

I see friends shaking hands

Saying, "How do you do?"

They're really saying, I...I love you

I hear babies cry and I watch them grow,

They'll learn much more

Than we'll know

And I think to myself

What a wonderful world.....

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1bFr2SWP1I

 
 
 

 
The next upload will be rainbow themed on Tuesday, March 29 at 8 pm EST!

xo Debra

P.S.  Don't forget to enter the contest!  http://apple-tree-house.blogspot.com/2011/03/time-for-contest.html

P.P.S.  Thinking of creating a set of boy/girl twins... should they be sold as a set?  Please weigh in!

BooFeeMooTree Upload

This is Stephanie, the latest BooFeeMooTree collaboration doll.  What is a BooFeeMooTree?  There is a little Li'l Blue Boo mixed with some Stephanie Corfee, Artist and a whole lot of The Melamoose Co. on an Apple Tree House doll.  These dolls are so much fun to make!  This one is obviously named after Stephanie Corfee, Artist, and she is as sweet and special as the person who inspired her.  She is wearing an incredible OOAK outfit from Melamoose that has one of my favorite prints from Stephanie called Baby Bubbles, available in her Etsy shop here:  http://www.etsy.com/listing/64877963/bubbly-babies-print-14x11?ga_search_query=baby%2Bbubbles&ga_search_type=user_shop_ttt_id_5551444  The outfit and her adorable painter's palette were designed and crafted by The Melamoose Co.  http://www.themelamooseco.etsy.com/  and she is wearing a special pair of OOAK undies with the signatre Li'l Blue Boo print   http://www.lilblueboo.com/.

If you are interested in purchasing Stephanie for $170 (plus shipping and handling), please leave a comment on this blog post with your name and contact info before 2 pm EST 3/20.  At that point, I will randomly choose a name and that person will then have 24 hours to purchase her.  If that person cannot be reached or declines, I will choose another name and we will start over :)  

Thanks!!  xoxo Debra

Time for a contest...EXTENDED!

I think it is high time for a contest... I have some great goodies to give away!  This one will have several categories, so anybody can enter.  You need to be either a blog follower or like me on Facebook to enter, both if you want to really make my day :) 

There will be three options for entering: 

1)  e-mail a photo of your doll with or without your child (it is up to you!),
2)  send me a lovely story about how your doll is getting along in her (or his) new home, and finally
3)  if you don't yet have an Apple Tree House doll, you can write me a note why you need to get one. 

There is nothing I love better than a great pic of a doll in their new home or a special note telling how a doll is being loved or how much you would love to have a doll for your little one.  It really makes my heart swell, and this will be a great way for me to get more pics and notes :)   One entry per family please!  The contest will begin on March 16th and has been extended thru March 30th.  Please e-mail submissions to appletreehouse (at) att (dot) net.  Photos will be posted on my Fan Page in a special album,  and photos will also be posted here along with the tlove notes and testimonials on a special blog page for all to enjoy.  All names attached to the submissions will remain anonymous, but please make sure you leave your preferred contact information in your e-mail so I can notify you if you win something!  There will be no voting, all winners will be chosen by a panel of my nearest and dearest crafty friends and the winning submissions will be notified by e-mail on or before April 1st. 

There will be multiple prizes... I will announce them after I have collected some more, and yes, they will all have an apple theme (in case you were wondering lol).  There will only be one prize for the 3rd category... those who still need a doll... DIBS!  This means you can have an Apple Tree House doll reserved for your purchase, you will just need to contact me before the doll is listed for sale in the shop.

I will leave you with a pic of Tatiana on her 1st plane trip with her best gal Katy... thanks Kris for the great photo...

Photo courtesy of Imagine That Photography

xoxo Debra