Blog Anniversary Giveaway

My blog is going to be three years old in July. I appreciate all of you who continue reading, supporting and leaving me comments in the posts. It’s so great to share my works here with you.

After enjoy three-year time playing FIMO, my first paper baby was born in May. There is an invisible hand pushing me forward and I always think the power coming from my audiences. If you don’t look at me, I might feel lonely when dancing in the stage of blogland.

In the previous post, I mentioned I did not have any copy of book for sale but I still have 4 in hand. Before dispatching books to customers, I checked all the books one by one; once I found some trace or stain in the book, I kept it aside. This is why I still keep 4. It’s possible to return them to the publisher but I consider of this for a moment due to the environmental consciousness. They don’t look nice on the cover but the contents are still helpful and attractive to those who are interested in the techniques of miniatures made in polymer clay. Once you agree with my viewpoints, welcome to participate this event. :) 

Here I would like to offer a book or a mini peony for my blog readers.
So, as long as you are the follower of my blog, leave your comments and let me know which gift you prefer in this post by 13^th July then you will have the opportunity to take my book or the mini peony home! I highly appreciate if you leave the news on your blog too!

The lucky winners will be announced on 14^th July, 18h00 local time in France.

I also give another copy as a giveaway on the fan page of Facebook.
Welcome to take another entry there too!

Bonjour à tous :)

Mon blog aura trois ans en Juillet. J’apprécie beaucoup d’être lue et de recevoir les commentaires et le support à travers les posts. C’est tellement intéressant de partager les points de vue et de pouvoir présenter mon travail.

Après trois ans de pratique de la FIMO, mon bébé en papier est publié depuis mai. A l’écriture de ce livre il y a une main invisible qui me poussait en avant et je pense que je tiens cette énergie des lecteurs de mon blog.

Pour cette raison je vais offrir soit la miniature « Petite pivoine » soit un livre par tirage au sort. J’ai mis de côté quelques livres qui ont des traces sur la couverture et que pour cette raison je ne mets pas en vente, mais qu’il serait quand même dommage de détruire maintenant que les arbres sont coupés et que l’encre est imprimée. Le contenu est évidemment intact, et restera potentiellement utile pour ceux qui s’intéressent à la technique polymère.

Pour participer il faut laisser un commentaire sur ce post avant le 13 Juillet et je tirerais au sort l’heure bénéficiaire. De toute façon j’apprécie toujours les commentaires. Surtout ne oubliez pas de me dire ce que vous préférez.

Le gagnant sera annoncé le 14 juillet à 18h.

Je mets un livre au tirage au sort sur la page Facebook, il est également possible d’y participer.
Merci et bonne journée :)

Awesome! A Lovely Gift from Catherine

I sent a message to Catherine ( Kilmouski & Me) at the first moment when I received the parcel. The first thing caught my eyes was Catherine’s handwriting on envelop. So neat, so beautiful!

After I opened the gift box, I did want to sing praise of her masterly craftsmanship. As you can see the watering can is precisely made. I cannot help but look at it every 5 minutes. THANK YOU SO MUCH, Catherine! ;-) The little watering can is definitely in the spotlight and will be cherished forever!

The little gifts for Flora, Sylvie, and Luisa & Malú have left for their destinations this morning! Hope the three ladies will be happy when they receive the parcels!

I started the houseclean yesterday because the in-laws will arrive in our home tomorrow. I will take several days off and WORK for the house. *Hope it would be as fun as dollhouse-making. *_*

Thank you! The lucky girls are...

Hi all,
Thanks so much for entering my giveaway! It’s nice and fun to visit the blogs of the new followers too. I am pleased getting good results and have achieved different milestones in some fields. Now the magic random generator is going to announce …

The winner of 1^st prize ($60 coupon): Tricotine  of Les Compagnons d'Adrien
The winner of 2^nd prize ( Luxury macaroon gift box): Malu2 of Malu´s Minis    
For those who often come visit my blog and leave me nice comments, you are all in my heart and this time I would like to offer a special gift to Flora of La casa delle bambole di flora.

Congratulations to the winners and please email me your contact info.

I wish you all a great Sunday!

Anniversary Giveaway and Miniature Online Show

Anniversary Giveaway
I have been been thinking of a giveaway for celebrating the second anniversary of my blog. Is that still attractive to get 3 mini plate molds from my shop? Maybe you are more interested in the mini food?

To thanks all the followers, I think it great to offer a coupon valued at $60.
The winner can take what she/ he likes in my etsy shop.

The entry is simple
First, you are the follower of my blog
Second, "Like" me on Facebook page "Oiseau deNim"
The last request is optionl: click "Tweet" or"Like" in my Etsy Shop.

For those who are not in FB, you still can participate the giveaway game.
You can Favorite my Etsy shop and Add me to Circle! or tell me three of your favorite hometown food.

After you get the entries, please leave a friendly comment in this post and tell me what you have done by 27th August 2011 France local time. I will know you are on the list.

A little note which mentions about this giveaway on your blog will make me pleased. It's my pleasure to offer another little giveaway: "14 little macaroons in a cristal box and a gift bag" shown as the photo above.

This means we will have two winners: one is the winner of $60 coupon and the other one will receive the lovely macaroon set! The winners will be announced on 28th August.
Have fun and good luck!

Miniature Online Show
Some requests from friends, I have re-made some peony bouquets recently and will be selling in "A Mini Miniature Show"on 13th and 14th August (approximately Friday night 10 pm mountain time (US) the dealers tables will be unlocked). My table is in the group of "Dealer V". Come and discover over 80 artisans/ dealers and their excellent works in the show. See you tomorrow (Paris time)!

Thank you to my mini gifts!

The postman brought me a little surprise yesterday morning.
It’s a little tray that Lara (Lara´s miniature world), the winner of my giveaway, who made for me. On the tray, a delicate rose with a tag “Merci” were saying hello to me. I was touched!

Lara also wrote me a note about making chairs with caning. This makes me excited and I am going to look for more mini caning tissue! :P

Thank you Lara! You are so thoughtful and kind to me. I will cherish and well settle them in my scene of miniatures! :D

Peiwen

An exciting moment! The WINNERS are...

Hello everyone, it is an exciting moment after one month's waiting! I am going to announce the result.
Except the first prize, I decide to offer another three giveaways as the second prize since I am so pleased with all your participation. Thank you very much!

Congratulations Eloisa! (casa de bonecas da), you won the 1^st prize. What you can have is 3 silicone molds or the items which value at 60$ in my shop.

The winners of the second prize are
iki.i
Laura  @ lara´s miniature world
Karin  @ mini ramblings and musings  What you can have is a silicone mold or the item which values at 20$ in my shop.

For the 4 winners, please email me your address info and tell me what you would like to have. I will arrange and dispatch your parcels next week. Of course, you can ask for a coupon with the equal value that is valid for 3 months if you don’t want to get the prize immediately.

I am sorry the rest participants that you could not all win but  I would love to offer you a coupon code with 10% off for the purchase in my shop from now on till 3/26, 2011.
Offer Code: PROMO0326
(you can copy and paste the code when you submit the order)Once you have any questions, welcome to contact me at oiseaudenim@gmail.com

I am going to cook now. Happy weekend!!!  Oiseau :-)

Giveaway Update: Participant List

A quick update of the participant list!

I am thrilled that so many of you are interested in my giveaway and participate the small event.

Please check the name list and please shout if you don't find your name on it! :o)

The final list will be confirmed on March 18^th, 23H59 French time and the winners will appear on my blog, on March 19^th, 14H00.

Have a nice day, 

PS. The participant NO.20, please email me your name or nickname before the deadline. oiseaudenim@gmail.com Thank you. ;D

Giveaway for ALMOST 300 followers!

It’s exciting to have almost 300 followers and thank you so much for being my readers!! I have been thinking a giveaway for celebration and that’s it:
3 silicone molds for choices from my Etsy Shop.

I believe this giveaway is useful for mini tableware making projects.

The entry is simple and easy:
Please be my follower and leave a nice comment on this post before March 18th,local time in France.

A little note which mentions about this giveaway on your blog will make me pleased and the extra giveaway is 2 tutorials on how to make Miniature Tableware.

If you are a collector of Dollhouse Miniature, I will be happy to offer you some items which value at $60 for choices from my Etsy Shop.

The winner will pop up on my blog on 20th March.
Have fun and good luck! :-)

A very late “Happy New Year”

I’m unorganized after such a long vacation since November. I was happy spending some time with my family in Taipei even though it was too difficult to say goodbye. Fortunately some gifts arrived and comforted me after I returned to France.

Carol (True2Scale) sent me several lovely Glitter House packs and a BEAUTIFUL basket that she did. I was inspired when seeing the details she made. In the very beginning I did not notice it because Carol left it inside a pill bottle. I always have difficulties to do the action “hold tab down & turn”. My husband opened it after we come back from Paris after Christmas.

Thank you Carol! I will try my own and share with you. For the packs of glitter house with very nice laser cut, I will keep them for this Christmas! :o)

Marie-Laure (Merline Minis) is the expert of ‘broderie’ and ‘point de croix’. We made a promise in Oct and said we would make some minis for each other.

The parcel arrived before 31st Dec. When I opened the box, I could not breathe. The first thing I saw was a little bird who sang ‘Joyeux Noël’ on the box; ‘Oiseau’ and the initial ‘PW’ are nicely embroidered on the apron. Merci, Meri Marie. It is a very special and touching Christmas present.

It was stunning to receiv Maria’s (Il Cucchiaino Magico) email and said I won her beautiful books when I was in Taiwan. I was really excited as if I were a LOTO winner!!

These two books arrived in my place last Thu. They both are nice and elegant; the layout of each page is neat and well organized. I believe Maria enjoys reading as much as making mini books. Because of this gift, I google ‘Sarah Bernhardt’ & ‘Eleonora Duse’ and know better these two famous actress! Thank you so much for the winderful gift, Maria!!

The latest gift is received on Saturday.
Mr. MyFrenchCuisine is like a magician; before lunch, I mentioned I was looking for a van which length was between 26-30cm, he went upstairs and brought a van which was very similar to Citröen HY. My eyes were twinkling (*3*) because it was exactly the dimention I have been looking for. He gave it to me directly and said it belonged to me. He made me a day!

I know it’s a little bit late to deliver my greetings from my blog but I still wish all the friends a happy and prosperous 2011.

Vivre la France! The winner is....

Today is the National Day of France; we started to have fireworks since last night. This week I made some berries to go with “Bonne Maman Tartelettes framboises” in celebration of this day.


The products of Bonne Maman, like biscuits, fruit jam and Madeleine, are very common but popular in the daily life. We always keep some ‘storage’ in the drawer. Normally we have afternoon tea at 4pm (à quatre heure) but when children are back from school, it’s already 5pm. So we often enjoy the teatime between 5 and 6pm then have dinner between 8 and 9pm in France.

Now we go back to my blog’s anniversary giveaway.

This morning I asked my husband to draw… before showing the winner, I would like to say thank you to all the participants for this event. I am pleased that you would like to win my minis and I am sure we will have more gifts in the coming months.

So… let’s start!
I printed all the ballot paper this morning

putting into my tea bowl...

This mister has his own opinion to draw the paper out of the bowl...

Obviously the winner is…..

Chani of Blanc et Caramel Congraulations, my friend!
I will dispatch your minis soon and don't forget to let me know your address! :)
Bonne fête!