DZFANTASY'S DECEMBER GIVEAWAY - TROPICAL MERMAID

6.5" Tropical mermaid

fiber sculpted mermaid

WELCOME to DZFANTASY'S December "giveaway". Since the snow is blowing and it is really looking like the start of winter where I live (Wisconsin), I decided to make my "December giveaway" one of my tiny little fiber sculpted mermaids to warm things up!

START DATE: December 1, 2008

END DATE: December 31, 2008 - 12 Midnight CDT

PRIZE: 1

ELIGIBILITY: Open WORLD WIDE - 1 entry per person

VALUE: $45.00

HOW TO ENTER:

1. Leave a comment in this post.

2. PLEASE be sure to leave at least your first name, and a MEANS OF CONTACTING you should you be the lucky winner! You may sign in as ANONYMOUS, but I still need a first name and a means of getting a hold of you. This saves me a lot of time and confusion, when a winner is finally selected. THANKS!

A WINNER will be randomly selected on January 1st or January 2nd, from all of the entries. The winner will be notified via email, that is why it is important to leave this information in your comment! Emails are used for no other reasons than to contact you regarding this giveaway.

WINNER will have 5 days in which to email me at: dzfairies@msn.com with their shipping information. If WINNER does not respond within the 5 day timeframe, I will randomly select another WINNER from the remaining entries. If you have ANY questions, please feel free to contact me via my email address listed above.

Now....a bit about the mermaid!

She is the smallest of my "wall style" mermaids, measuring 6.5" tall. There is a loop on the back so that you can either hang her on the wall or have her twirl and dance from a bit of ribbon or clear fishing line!

She is my own original design, and has been indvidually created by me. Her tail was designed from a beautiful batik fabric, in shades of coral, with metallic gold lines running through the pattern

The tail has been stuffed with acrylic fiberfill, the fins top-stitched into a design and have inner wire armatures, so that you may bend them up or down a bit.

Her upper body/face is 100% silk. I hand-drew, needle-sculpted and hand-painted her face. Her eyes and lips have a coat of crystal clear lacquer which gives her a very "life-like" look and shine. Her arms also have inner wire armatures, so that they also may be bent up and down a bit.

Her colorful hairdo is a soft wispy yarn which glistens. Its color is various shades of coral mixed with "poofs" of olive green.

Her accents are Swarovski crystals, tiny seed beads, and real sea shells.

THANKS FOR VISITING

GOOD LUCK!

WINNER OF DZFANTASY'S "MERRY, MERRY, CHRISTMAS FAIRY!

The "giveaway" for my DZFANTASY - Christmas Fairy ended November 30, 2008 at 12:00 midnight CDT.

The WINNER is: DEBI with her November 1st entry

Debi's name was randomly selected, by my husband, out of the 148 entries submitted for this giveaway.

CONGRATULATIONS DEBI!

I will be mailing Debi her Christmas Fairy within the next day!

I'd like to thank ALL of you for your lovely comments, and your participation in this giveaway! Don't forget to visit DZFANTASY, as I have giveaways running each month! I will be adding several more in the next few days.

GOOD LUCK TO ALL!

MAGICAL, WHIMSICAL GIFTS FROM DZFANTASY!

DZFANTASY'S

FANTASICAL SALE!

If you are looking for truly special, one-of-a-kind, magical gifts, and something that will be cherished for years to come....now is the time to visit my DZFANTASY shop! I'm having a 10% off sale...on ANY creation in my shop!! In addition, with any purchase over $25.00, you will also receive FREE shipping...USA AND INTERNATIONAL!

I am offering this sale for a limited time only...

November 28 - December 3, 2008, ending at 12 MIDNIGHT CDT.

10% off and free shipping can result in some good savings!

At DZFANTASY, You will find, fairies, mermaids, "fairy face" pins, and many more of my original designed fantasy creations. Some are designed to hang on the wall or dance from a ribbon or clear fishing line. Others are sculpted to sit.

Below you will see just a few of the creations I currently have available in my DZFANTASY shop.

CAT FAIRY FACE PINIf you have a person who loves "cats and fairies" on your list...then this whimsical, pin might be just the thing!

COLORFUL, FAIRY FACE PIN

CELESTIAL FAIRY

GORGEOUS WALL STYLE MERMAID

To learn more about the creations shown above and to see what else is available for this sale...be sure to visit my DZFANTASY SHOP by clicking on the links below! If you have ANY questions, don't hesitate to contact me.

Delightful "Reading Fairy" scene.

DZFANTASY'S OCTOBER GIVEAWAY -COLORFUL, DANCING HEART FAIRY!

DZFANTASY'S OCTOBER GIVEAWAY
Colorful "Dancing Heart" Fairy!

Here is October's Giveaway.....! Since I will be on vacation October 2 - October 12th, I am putting the "October Giveaway" out here several days early!

Start date: 9/26/09

Ending date: 10/31/01 - 12 midnight CDT

Prize Value: $65.00

# of Winners: 1

Eligibility: 18 and over - Open to all countries

TO ENTER, PLEASE DO THE FOLLOWING:

1. Leave a comment in this post.

2. Leave your email or a means of identifying yourself, should you be the lucky winner. If you sign in as anonymous, be sure to leave at least your first name!

That's all there is to it!

A winning entry will be randomly selected on November 1st, and the winner's NAME and COMMENT will be posted out here on DZFANTASY. Winner has 5 days in which to respond with their shipping information. If WINNER doesn't respond within the 5 day limit, I will randomly select another WINNER from the remaining entries.

If you have any questions, you may contact me at: dzfairies@msn.com

Now...a bit about the fairy! She is one of my wall style fairies, measuring approximately 10.5" tall from the tip of her toes to the top of her fluffy hairdo. She is my own original design, and created individually be me.

Her face is 100% silk, which I individually hand-drew, needle-sculpted and hand-painted.

Her body wing fabric is a fun, colorful batik fabric, with all different colored "hearts" in the design. She is posed to stay in her current position, however, since her arms have inner wire armatures, you can move those up or down a bit.

Her colorful hairdo was designed from a wispy, long "eyelash" style yarn, and is accented with a silk flower and Swarovski crystals. Her other accents are Swarovski crystals accenting the lavender heart on her chest, a waist accent of hearts and Swarovski crystals, crystals on the tip of each toe, and a silk flower and crystals in the center back of her wings.

She is one fun fairy, who will be making her home with the lucky winner of this "October Giveaway"!

GOOD LUCK TO ALL!!

ONE OF MY FAIRIES IN HER NEW HOME

The above photos were sent to me by a lovely customer who had purchased this "black and gold" fairy at an art show I was in last weekend. She wanted me to see her in her new home, and wrote me this lovely note below. She also told me she had named her Hadita (little fairie) in Spanish.

Donna, I just wanted to say "thank you" to you for making it possible for me to own one of your fabulous fairies. I am honored to own her, and although I had been going to place her in my whimsical room, not enough people would meet her there, so I have placed her in the powder room on the first floor! There, she will bring a smile to a lot of faces! I should not have spent the money on something that purely brings pleasure, but I am glad I did. I know it will pay for itself in delight! You and your sister were so nice to me. Thanks again, and I wish you much continued success!

That is what I love the most about doing "art shows"....the one-on-one contacts, and the opportunity to meet and talk with so many lovely people. I may be a bit crazy....but, I love to know my creations are going to good homes! I just wanted to share this lovely little moment!

LEAF FAIRIES....Whimsical, Magical Fiber Sculpted Fantasy Accents!

This is one of my "leaf fairies", which I just finished creating a couple of days ago. They are one of my favorite items to create, as I love painting onto silk fabric using Jaquard's Dye-na-Flow fabric paint. It is such fun watching the colors flow onto the fabric, and being able to blend all the different colors!




I created the leaf template from an Aspen leaf, which I pressed, then traced onto paper, and enlarged it on the copy machine to this size. I enlarged it from its orginal size to 144%. The "leaf fairy" above is now available in my DZFANTSY SHOP, click on the link below to find out more about her:

GREEN LEAF FAIRY

I use silk tussah fabric, as I love how it really absorbs the fabric paint so well. I use a medium size brush to paint the leaf. Tussah silk is a silk fabric derived from wild moths whose main diet is oak leaves. Its natural colors can range from a pale cream to a darker tan, depending in the amount of tannin that is in the oak leaves. I have found that it is becoming more difficult to find suppliers for this particular silk, and the prices keep going up. It is also the silk I use for all of my creations' faces and the mermaids upper bodies.

After I sew the leaf, I lightly stuff it with acrylic fiberfil, top-stitch it into a design, and then the fun starts....I get to hand-paint it!! You have to be rather quick when applying the liquid paint, and blend the color, or it will leave lines in the fabric. I also paint a small section of the silk fabric to use in creating the face. These are "leaf fairies", and as they are the "spirit and essence" of the leaves, their faces have to blend in with whatever color I decide to make the leaf.

The fairy's face then gets sewn, stuffed, hand-drawn, needle-sculpted and hand-painted. After that is completed, she gets her hairdo and accents. The "fairy leaf" hairdo above is a fun, sparkly, Italian yarn with wispy eyelash and paper ribbon as its texture. For her hair accent, I added a Swarovski crystal flower bead, and several 4mm Swarovski crystals. I also added another crystal flower bead, and 4mm crystals at the base of the leaf.

Below is another green "leaf fairy", which I recently designed. Her leaf is also the aspen leaf, but with a different yarn for the hairdo, and a slightly different stitch design on the leaf.

In a future post, I will be showing how I create a huge "maple leaf" fairy out of a maple leaf that my husband and I found while walking in Lake Geneva, WI. The leaf measured 12" x 12"!! I picked it up...rushed to the car with it and pressed it under my floor carpet so I could design a silk "fairy leaf" from it. I have only made two of these huge maple leaf fairies so far, as they take a very long time to top-stitch the leaf itself. Do stop back to see this....it is quite an amazing size!

MEET MY "FAIRY PRINCESS"

FAIRY PRINCESS

I can't believe I managed to finish her, as I've been very busy getting together a huge list of more Etsy artists, who will be featured out here in the coming weeks. I just finished her today, and thought I'd bring her out here, so you can see what else I've been up to.

She was such fun to create, and is full of sparkle! She is wearing a lot of Swarovski crystals, and even has one in her "belly button". She has butterfly shaped wings, and measures 4" tall from her "seat" to the top of her fluffy hairdo! I hope she finds a good home before I get too attached to her!

If you'd like to learn more about her , you can visit her in my DZFANTASY shop on Etsy by clicking on any one of her photos above.

DZFANTASY'S JULY GIVEAWAY!!

DZFANTASY'S JULY GIVEAWAY

I am happy to offer this enchanting, one-of-a-kind, fiber sculpted mermaid as JULY'S GIVEAWAY! She could be yours!! The contest will run from July 1st - July 31st. Winner will be randomly picked from all those who have left a comment.

HEY, EVERYBODY, THANKS FOR ALL YOUR LOVELY COMMENTS. HOWEVER.....a lot of you are STILL NOT LEAVING YOUR NAMES, AND A MEANS OF CONTACTING YOU!

I want everyone to have a fair chance of being the lucky winner of this month's MERMAID.....SO PLEASE, PLEASE, ..... follow the steps below!!

To enter the drawing, please be sure to complete each STEP below to ensure your entry into the drawing. Any entries that DO NOT follow the STEPS below, can not be entered, as I would have no means of contacting the winner.

Step 1: Leave comment

Step 2: Leave your FIRST name in comment

Step 3: Leave your EMAIL in comment OR email it to me at:

dzfairies@msn.com

Since ALL entries will be taken from the names left in the comments, it is VERY important to follow the above STEPS. I need to have a means of contacting the lucky winner! Emails are not being asked for, other than to have a source for contacting the winner.

This is the smallest of my "wall" style mermaids. She measures 6.5" tall, and her tail fin span is 5". Her upper body and face are 100% silk fabric. I individually hand-drew, needle-sculpted and hand-painted her face. Her eyes and lips have a coat of crystal clear lacquer which gives her a very "life-like" look and shine.

Her tail fabric is a quality batik fabric in shades of aqua. She has a lovely, long flowing hairdo, which I designed out of two different Italian yarns. One is a soft, wispy "eyelash" style yarn, and the other is a sparkling/glistening yarn, which makes her look as if she just come out of the sea!

Her accents are real sea shells in her hair, necklace and waist accent, along with Swarovski crystals, and tiny glass seed beads. She has a loop on the back of her neck for either hanging on the wall, or to dance from a bit of clear fishing line or ribbon. She may also be displayed standing on a shelf, if she leans against something or is tacked to the wall. She is NOT freestanding. You may also move her arms up or down a bit, as well as her tail fins.

GOOD LUCK TO ALL!