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Happy Thanksgiving and a not so black Black Friday!

Hi Friends!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving to you and and I hope you enjoyed your friends, family and a ton of amazing food! It is one of my favorite holidays, because the spirit of this holiday is one of the best. I hate that is shadowed by Christmas (don't get me wrong...I love Christmas), but the message of Thanksgiving and the food are just simply the best. Being thankful for this life. It is something I try to live every day, even though I am not successful at it every day.

Not so black Black Friday!

I am not a huge fan of Black Friday...as I love to enjoy Thanksgiving in full...with no shopping involved. Not to say I have not done it...but I have tried it, and it is just not for me. So rather than having a sale today, I am just here to keep you posted on what is happening here at Mad Dream Design during the holidays!

Today!
No sale happening (unless you have subscribed to my newsletter...wink, wink). If you would like to get special discounts and be the first to know all the happs, then click subscribe! It is easy and I promise, it is only fun stuff, that comes a few times out of the year.
I will make it worth your while.

SUBSCRIBE!

Small Business Saturday!

Oh how I love this day as it celebrate amazing people and the businesses they have created doing what they love! To celebrate I have some exciting news....

You can now purchase Mad Dream Design jewelry at A Little Known Shop in Anaheim, CA. We are so excited to partner with A Little Know Shop as they promote amazing crafters and makers. They are also apart of the The Community, which if you are an Orange County local, it is a must check out for shopping handmade and local for the holidays!

Here is a little info about A Little Known Shop, stop by and say hello and check out the Mad Dream Design inventory they have in stock!

A Little Known Shop
423 S. Brookhurst St. #M,
Anaheim, California
Tues - Sat: 10am - 7pm
Sun: 11am - 6pm

"A Little Known Shop is a one-of-a-kind retail shop that helps support local artists and crafters. Our shelves are stocked with unique, fun items including soaps, jewelry, scarves, original art prints -- to name just a few. The best thing about the shop is that all of the merchandise is from local makers!"

What's New Around Here?!

Hello November and Happy Friday!

Are you ready for some fun news? I was MIA on the blog for about a month, but I promise I have been busy! Lots of fun things getting done, and I am excited to finally share it all with you.

Photo via Spark Collaborative

You were born to Sparkle!

In September, I started SparkleBee University with the Spark Collaborative community. It is a 6 week course on your own business! Each week is a new topic to focus on with all the info you need to make your business (and you) awesome. Going through this course has been really eye opening, and you will for sure be seeing some changes going on around here in the new year. More to come on that later, but if you are starting a business or want to tidy up your business practices this is a great course, that I highly suggest.

Mad Dream Design Fall/Winter 2013 Line: Folk Dreams.

I have also been working really hard to bring some fun new designs to the shop for the holidays! I am happy to announce I will be rolling out these designs over the month of November for my Fall/Winter line! This line includes a lot of my Spring and Summer designs, along with some great bracelets and hoops for Fall/Winter! I will have a lot of sets, which will be great for gifts this holiday season. The fun thing is that I have started to incorporate beads and stones into my designs with copper and silver wire. I have been having a blast learning how to wire wrap over the past month, so Fall/Winter will is going to be a bit more diverse. I can't wait to share with you!

Inspiration

Photo via We Are Wilderness

Inspired by the hunter-gatherer, the collector, the wanderer and adventurer - this line is all about getting outside, going somewhere and not having your jewelry slow you down. Using stones and beads I have collected to create fun pieces that are durable, yet fun. You can dress them up and dress them down, plus you are still able to keep up with your active lifestyle.

Sneak Peek

Love Hoops

Gatherer Bracelet

Fall Patchwork Show

Photo via Patchwork Show

Save the Date! Mad Dream Design is so excited to be accepted into the Santa Ana Fall Patchwork Show on December 1st. If you are local to Orange County, this is a fun day to attend. Get a chunk of your Christmas shopping done in one day by shopping handmade and shopping local.

Patchwork Show - Modern Handmade Festival

What: Santa Ana Fall Patchwork Show
When: December 1st, 2013 11am-5pm
Where: 125 N Broadway, Santa Ana 92701
(2nd & Sycamore intersection and section of 3rd St.)
Who: Mad Dream Design and a bunch of other great artists, makers and vendors all in one place
Why: Support and shop local handmade and a great way to spend you Sunday!

I will fill you in on booth information soon! This is a great chance to come see my work in person. I love my online shop because I get to reach out to people across the world, but nothing beats seeing handmade items in person.

For quick updates, new arrivals, holiday shop details and show info - sign up for my newsletter here! Or follow along on our Facebook page!

Wanderlust Wednesday
I have been having some fun travels lately, and since Folk Dreams is inspired by the adventurer and the wanderer, I will be sharing my travels every Wednesday! Stay tuned...the first one is coming up this Wednesday!

Enjoy!

xo,

Win a Pair!

Happy Monday!

Are you looking to get a pair of Mad Dream Design Drop Earrings?
If so, you are in luck...this month I am apart of a group giveaway over at Westover Manor!

Giveaway happening here!

Head on over to Kelly's blog to enter to win!

I am offering a pair of my Bolt Drop Earrings, where 5% of the purchase price goes to Barks of Love, the only non-profit canine rescue program in Orange County committed to matching dogs with ideal foster families that will give them the best chance at permanent, loving homes. Find out more at www.barksoflove.org.

Bolt Earrings from Mad Dream Design

Along with my earrings, I am offering a $10 store credit (Hint: Summer 2013 line is coming in July!), there is a bohemian headband from Just Dawnelle Designs, and a premade logo set from The Skinny Triangle.

Good Luck!
xo

Happy Easter + What's New

Happy Easter!

I hope everyone had a lovely weekend and Happy Easter. For me it was filled with family...which is always the best. Here is a little preview....

YUM!

Mom knows how to host, and she always has gorgeous displays and delicious dishes, especially during the holidays. Above is her gorgeous, homemade (from scratch!) Strawberry Vanilla Cake.
So yum!

And last but not least...me and this little Easter bunny...Sophie! :)

So what's new?

Mad Dream Design Etsy Shop is officially open!!!
Introducing my Spring 2013 line. Rolling out more designs throughout the week.

How to participate in all the fun?
Join our mailing list to receive a sweet deal! This deal lasts Friday, April 5th, 11pm through Sunday, April 7th, 11 pm. Sign up here!

Come by and say hello at the shop! I am so excited to share it all with you.

Enjoy!
xo,

Sneak Peek // March Shop Opening

Psssst....Have you heard?

I am planning on opening up my shop at the end of the month (!!!!) and I want to let you in on a few things! This is what is in the works:

1. Get informed.
With all the excitement going on around here from the 52 Lists Project, Falling for Friday and an Etsy shop opening at the end of March there is a lot to keep up with on Mad Dream Design. If you would like to stay up on all the latest news, the shop grand opening, giveaways, promos and shop videos (coming soon!) you can now sign up to receive my email newsletter!

I know what you are thinking...another email? I totally hear you. I will only be sending out my email newsletter 2-3 times a month. I want to make it worth your while so they will be jammed packed with great stuff to look into, upcoming events to be excited for and a few promos that are only offered to my newsletter subscribers.

If newsletters are not your thing, don't worry, there will still be lots of fun to be had here on the blog and in my shop and you can stayed informed via Blog Lovin' or my RSS News Feed.

2. A little preview.

The bench. Filing away.

Raw earrings ready to be filed and sanded!

Who likes earrings?! I do!

Mad Dream Design's Spring/Summer line will open with 5 different designs that will be offered in silver and copper. You will also be able to chose what kind of findings you would like for your earrings to customize them. You can choose from silver, copper or gun metal traditional findings or handmade wire findings in silver and copper made be me!

I am starting with 5 earring designs, but come summer I will be introducing a few new designs to the line. For Fall/Winter 2013 I hope to expand on the line bringing you the best of the best in my earring designs along with a few pendent and cuff designs! A lot of good stuff to come in 2013.

SO stay tuned and stay informed, because I am so excited to share this with all of you!

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xo,

Brickyard Buffalo // #buffstuff

Have you heard of Brickyard Buffalo, yet?

If not, I say get over there and check out the deals they have flying this month.

Brickyard Buffalo

They feature all of our favorite artists in the handmade biz with deals on the most "to die for" items. Lots of savings...but the deals only last so long! They have a countdown and only a limited run of each product, so get them while you can.

Each month they have an editor of the month that has picked out some of their favorite deals to feature on Brickyard. This month the lovely, Casey Wiegand is their guest editor. What a fun gig!

Casey Wiegand

I have decorated my office with some of my favorite Buff Stuffs. My latest purchase is this Love Tree print by Plum Street Prints. It is the perfect gift for someone you love too. Other Buff Stuff you will find in my office are the Dream Big print by Small Fry, the Remember print by River and Bridge, and the Navajo Pillow, in black, by Little Boston Print Shoppe. The Little Boston Print Shoppe's latest deal sold out in less than half a day! Not that it surprises me...I love her hand printed pillows!

Love Tree print

Dream Big print, Remember print, and Navajo pillow

I heart my new office!

If you like what you see here...definitely check out Brickyard Buffalo! A current deal that I am crushing on is this brass locket necklace by Brooklyn Rehab. Lots of fun designs to choose from like Abe, Lucky Horseshoe and my personal favorite, Aztec.

Aztec locket deal happening now!

Enjoy!

The Latest...

....from Mad Dream Design.

I have been working on these for some time for Jimi's sister and was finally able to finish and give them to her this weekend! This weekend got me really excited about a certain direction I am going to be taking with my shop to get her started. I am looking forward to sharing that with you soon! These are a Sneak Peak:

The Arrow Drop Earrings by Maddie Dierkes of Mad Dream Design

All I have to say is... Simple. Elegant. Classic.

Another little Sneak Peak:

I have found some great inspiration and ideas for my blog from the No Brainer Blog, by Hayley Morgan, at the thetingtwig.com! If you are a blogger, or are looking to start a blog, this is a great book (so far!), and I highly recommend taking a look at it. It offers great insight on how to give your blog a cohesive brand or direction through your own voice. You will start to see a few changes around here, starting in the new year, just because of this book!

Enjoy!

Shop. Goals. Craftcation.

I had fun in my shop two weekends ago....organizing. I love to organize and I love knowing everything has a home...that makes sense. My shop was in major need of organization and it is so nice to go in there now.

Now that I have all the tools, materials, design ideas, website, etsy shop, marketing materials and the shop pretty much done, I can actually start concentrating on the not so fun stuff. My goal for the next month is to get my business license (that entails a lot of things I have come to find out)! Once that is done I can then start concentrating my limited time to actually building up inventory and getting it up on the shop. My goal is to have it all up and running by Craftcation 2013! Here's to 2013 goals already starting to come to life!

This goal maybe a bit ambitious, but I am really looking forward to it (maybe not the paperwork part), and this is what I am really passionate about it, so why not make it ambitious?

Having everything setup by the time I get to Craftcation will make it all the more fun! I will actually get to show the work I do and get my name out there, and be able to represent myself properly.

Here is a little video about Craftcation! Really will be in need of this conference come March!

Some fun quotes

Over the Memorial Day weekend, I had my family over for a BBQ. All my aunts and uncles were able to see my shop and jewelry for the first time. We are all pretty creative people, so we were able to throw around some great ideas as far as jewelry design, shop setup and marketing, which is always fun to do. My mom saw a quote I had up in my bedroom, which was "MADNESS IS GENIUS." That is where she said, you should put this up on your site. Quotes are fun to have around...they give some perspective, they are relate able, they are fun, and are always great for inspiration, so I have incorporated a few into my site here.

Here are the quotes that I liked for Mad Dream Design:

“Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be

absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.”

- Marilyn Monroe

"But I don't want to go among mad people," Alice remarked.
"Oh, you can't help that," said the Cat: "we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad."
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn't have come here."
- Lewis Carroll

The craziest ideas can be the best, the biggest leap of faith can be the most successful, dreams can become reality, the biggest risks can find the best results, and it's the people you find along the way that make the journey worth while. What is your mad dream?

Shop Progress

I am going to have my whole jewelry shop set up in my garage by this weekend, sans anvil and metal shear, but I have to say that is pretty close to done. There is always room for improvement and those are at the top of the list.

I am so excited to be able to go out to my garage and just make stuff whenever I want! I will post pictures soon once it is all set up! I am also in the process of picking the name for my design company and getting business cards printed.

Here is a little preview of me at work and the earrings I am about to finish for a fundraiser that is coming up May 12th.

Enjoy!