~Changing Dollhouses one Tile At A Time~
ABout Us
A little about me:
I was born in Manitowoc, Wisconsin 30+ years ago. I spent my childhood years growing up in Manitowoc, as well as Northern California. California was nice, but I Love the Midwest area and now reside in Two Rivers, Wisconsin with my 2 children and my loving husband. We own an embroidery and Screen Printing business and I am currently in school for web site development. Therefore you will see a lot of changes to this site.
Miniature Dollhouses and miniatures have fascinated me since I was a little girl. What started this craze was a little red Christmas House that my Grandmother would put out for Christmas. I would stare at the miniature wall hanging just amazed how small everything was. A few years ago My Grandmother had given me the little red miniature wall hanging I will treasure it always. This past Christmas I was getting ready to decorate for Christmas and my 10-year-old daughter had picked up the miniature little red house. The gleaming of her precious face took me back 25 years; we sat down and cherished a little story of when mom was a little girl. I know she is hooked on the world of dollhouse miniatures
Back in 2006 I decided to take the love of my hobby to our business one day. I was playing around with our business equipment instead of working on the orders I had. My husband was shaking his head as I was waisting time. The miniature ceramic tile was born. I started listing them on other auction sites and they did quite well.
The national leading dollhouse supplier had seen my tiles and asked if they could add them to their catalogs and supply line. My product made it on the front page of their winter catalog.
A few months later I started playing around with the idea of wallpaper borders. I wanted something easy to use and glue and water free. Something where it would give you a nice clean finished look. Back to work I went. Using an industrial printer that is 5ft long the little borders were born.
Once again looking to expand I was asked by the national supplier of dollhouse items if I could make rugs. Back to work I went as I have been printing t-shirts for 10 years, Within a week I had over 100 designs of miniature rugs. The rugs are printed with the newest technology in t-shirt printing. I also use a product on the back of the rug that feels like a soft rubber. It grips to the floor and keeps the rug flat, unlike some rugs that tend to curl.
One of our suppliers for our embroidery business was having a contest. You had to use their product and submit your creation. Knowing everyone was going to submit a t-shirt or sweatshirt I submitted a miniature dollhouse bedroom set which consisted of a bed spread, rug, pillows, and doilies for the night stands. I won 1st place!
Thank you for taking the time to get to know me. Have yourself a wonderful day filled with many great miniature moments.