Competitions

If you’re sharp-eyed you might just have noticed some Dolls House Emporium goodies being shown off to great effect on the BBC every single day!

Where? When? Well it’s most evenings and is to do with the latest ident between shows – it’s the one they’ve put on instead of the hippos.

It ends with a scumptious cake and some exquisite dolls’ house miniatures.

Slow it down on your video, look closely and you’ll see “Mr Snowman” with his carrot nose and coal-black eyes (part no. 4939), the 11cm decorated Christmas trees, which come in pairs (4914), a Classic floor lamp with white shade and square base (2516) and the 20cm snowy pine trees (4902).

Of course, it also counted as an As Seen on Screen contest, and first to drop us a line with the pictures was Shellby Dutton, from Stickney in Lincolnshire, who wins £50 of Dolls House Emporium vouchers. Well done Shellby!

Keep ‘em peeled for anything else over the Christmas period everyone!

Craft competition winner Debby Meister tells us more about her hobby, her win and what she’s going to do next… (more…)

Creative Competition 2011 runner-up Alice Baudet, from the Loire region of France, tells us more about her prize-winning entry, a chic guest house ready for visitors… (more…)

Our very own forum contributor Rebecca Micallef, who lives in Malta, was spotted in a local magazine there by our latest gift voucher winner!

There was also another good spot from Sue Cotter, who’s still house-hunting and snaffled another £20 by spotting a Classical in someone else’s house…

The winner of £50 in vouchers for noticing the magazine article and sending us a clipping is Jennifer Sammut.

She tells us: “I have just received it by post today it called in Maltese ‘Lehen il-Kunsill ta’ Marsaskala’ which means the Voice of Marsaskala’s Local Council.

“It’s not that common here in Malta to find dolls house articles!”

It was a feature on Rebecca’s entry of her Lake View for our May The Best House Win contest earlier this year.

Rebecca herself said: “I have participated in crafts exhibits myself in Marsaskala  where I have exhibited some of my DHE dolls houses.

“As dolls houses is a taboo in Malta everyone was fascinated with my dolls houses and the Local Council of Marsaskala wanted to know about my works and the passion I have for dolls houses as it seems to be rare in Malta.

“They took some photos and the article just says what a lovely hobby building a dolls house could be.”

Her blog can be found at myminiatureworld.blogspot.com

Meanwhile Sue says: “Spotted this one last night, think its the Classical.

“You seriously would not believe how many estate listings have Dolls House Emporium houses in them, they are obviously the most popular.”

Have you created a Dickensian miniature scene you’d like to share with the readers of this blog?

We’ve got copies of the classic David Lean classic 1948 film Great Expectations starring John Mills and Valerie Hobson to give away on DVD for the first 25 people to send in a photo of their Dickensian dolls’ house scene.

Please send the images to competitionsecretary@dollshouse.co.uk before the end of Sunday December 18 and we’ll feature them here, day by day.

You don’t need a Dickens’ doll in your scene – it’s the Victorian setting and what you’ve done with it that we’ll be happy to share.

The DVD is UK region 2. This 1946 film won two Oscars and was nominated for three more. It was a successfully pared-down version of the book and also starred Jean Simmons and Alec Guinness.