Upcoming 7th Anniversary Giveaways!

Hey dollings!

Yes, we are on to our 7th year together!

As I write this, I can't believe that I have already been living the dream life I so longed for since I was a kid.

When I was a child, I would always have a corner in our house, where I am comfortably creating. I made doll clothes, wrote short stories, published (to friends) my own version of fairytales and fables, created posters, sewn hair pony ties, crafted tiny books and later in high school - comic books, and many other things that kept me curious and happy at the same time.

Then I started college and up until I worked 9-5, I felt not me. I felt like living someone else's life. It's because I wasn't creating things that fascinated me anymore.
But in 2011, at 31, I decided I go back to my old, happier self.

Almost 7 years ago, I opened a doll clothes shop in Etsy. I wasn't that skilled but a few trusted in me. I had 3 sales in my first 3 months and that left me feeling disappointed. But this made me even more curious, and thus, I persisted, and the cycle of happiness started again.

Fast forward to today, through all the good and bad times, I felt that I am beginning to understand the balance I need to be able to sustain this craft business - to continue with genuine love, and thus less stress.

As I celebrate our 7th year together of sharing doll memories, miniature ventures, dioramas, doll repaints, doll photography and even selling away old dolls, I'd like to bounce back to you the love I have felt through the years in this craft, which you guys helped me build and flourish. I hope that with these little presents, I, from this little corner of my house, could extend my deepest gratitude through all these years.

First, I'd like to give all of you who have given my tiny creations a space in your hearts and in your collection, the chance to win my 7th anniversary doll, Blaise. She was initially intended to be sold as an OOAK doll in Etsy but I was too scared to sell her.

She once had a very light stain on her face, but I was able to remove that a few days ago and that made me so happy. So happy that instead of selling her, I will be giving her to someone who has never tired of supporting me, and who will treasure her forever. The way to enter this one (of three) giveaways, is just to email me (at ateliernishashaatgmaildotcom) why you want her in your collection. For more of Blaise, I will post additional photos of her in Flickr for your reference. I will raffle the candidates in a live video in Instagram, probably by the 30th of September, to cap off the whole month celebration. She will come in her original Made to Move Barbie body, and in a very-atelierniSHASHA outfit which I will make soon.

The second giveaway would be the sewing pattern giveaway, wherein for the month of September, 10 lucky winners will receive a sewing pattern of their doll's favorite go-to closet item. This will be open to everyone who follows my social media, and all one has to do is comment the said closet item in the giveaway post (you can also comment here if you don't follow me on Instagram, Flickr, Youtube or Facebook). I will be  more than happy to make you a sewing pattern that you will want to create more versions of. This giveaway will consist of 5 (five) draws, each with 2 (two) winners. I am going to draw winners  in all 5 weekends of September. The schedule will look something like this:

                                Accepting of Entries        Drawing of 2 winners per weekend

Aug 25 - Sept 1, 2018                         Sept 2

Sept 2 - Sept 8, 2018                           Sept 9

Sept 9 - Sept 15, 2018                         Sept 16

Sept 16 - Sept 22, 2018                       Sept 23

Sept 23 - Sept 29, 2018                       Sept 30

Schedule based on Manila time

Each lucky winner in this giveaway will need to communicate with me and provide email address where I will send their sewing pattern prize in downloadable pdf format. The winners will receive their patterns the week after the names are drawn. I would like to note though that my dolls are limited to mostly just sixth scale so I cannot make patterns other than those. I'll probably create a separate page for this giveaway for more details. (Edit: linked the page now...)

Last but not the least, I will have all items in my Etsy shop, discounted at 10 percent off in all 5 weekends of the month of September. On September 1-2, 8-9, 15-16, 22-23 and 29-30, all items will be at 10% off. You will find the discount code in my shop front.

You can enter in all giveaways with one entry in each post ;)
As for the coupon codes, so you can use it for all September long ;)

That is just a few of the things I have prepared so I hope with that, you can feel my love and passion and all things wonderful, coming from this tiny corner of my house called atelierniSHASHA.

Thank you so much for your time and I wish you a great weekend, dollings.

love lots,

shasha