The Corner where Steampunk and Lace and Whimsy met!

Dingbat Alley owner/artist Jackie is an artist that can't seem to decide what she likes to make the best.  One day it's all about metal and tin and rock, paper and scissors.  She follows her heart and explores!  Offering her Steam-Punk Birdhouse (indoor decor) is an area of art explored with no limits attached.  There's no great plan, it just evolves! 

 Jackie likes to mix fabric and metal and beads, as she so pleases.

No matter if an item is large or small, the combination of materials is what she enjoys the most.  This miniature decorated bottle celebrates a combination of glass and vintage velvet leaves.  Add a little brass and the elements stand up and cheer!

 On days where the world seems way too big, Jackie creates adorable miniature diorama's that always tell a charming storybook tale.  Many of the miniatures used are hand created from scratch.  Olden wood toys, vintage lace and trim, crochet handy work, paint and satin are all combined into one very special piece.

 In any given day her mind is unleashed and it travels to Fairy Town and Pixie Hollow and beyond.  Jackie can make signs for your indoor or outdoor fairy garden.

 But in her heart, what she loves most, is the Storybook Style that has made her the artist she is.  Jackie grew up in a wonderful place her father built in the 50's called Once Upon a Fairyland.  It was a recreation area for children complete with life size castle and 240 scenes in miniature.  Her mom was known as Mother Goose and her dad was Father Time.  Jackie creates from the imagination that has always inspired her.  Some experienced and some dreamed.

You can find Jackie's art for sale if you follow her on our Facebook Page at Dingbat Alley or in our Etsy shop at under Dingbat Alley.
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Dingbat Alley: Dingbat Shaun

Dingbat Alley: Dingbat Shaun: Today we meet a true Dingbat!  Shaun is part owner of Dingbat Alley.  I call him son-in-law, one calls him husbands and many call him frie...

Dingbat Shaun

Today we meet a true Dingbat!  Shaun is part owner of Dingbat Alley.  I call him son-in-law, one calls him husbands and many call him friend and many call him a Dingbat Artist.  Shaun's art is something to talk about.  It's true Dingbat style in every form...Shaun works with gears and motors and metal and whatever his Dingbat Mind dreams up!

We all know why he is so successful, he does very little thinking about what he makes.  He is our rule breaker and our most successful Dingbat of all time.  Folks smile when they see Shaun's spin on art.  Shaun makes a variety of one of a kind items and sells them our Dingbat Alley Etsy shop!

 A little Steampunk and little motor works a little whimsy make Shaun unique to his art form.  Shaun married Dingbat Alley artist Kara a couple of years ago and that makes two really cool Dingbats!

Please feel free to link to our blog and come and visit us on Etsy and Facebook under Dingbat Alley!  Next post...we meet Garry, woodworker extraordinaire! 

The Hard Working Dingbat

 We thought it might be fun to meet our vendors and owners.  We are a hard working bunch especially the men who work all day at their jobs, they wear the hat of landscaper on weekends, artist at night, husband all the time, friend as much as possible, dad, dog walker, bill payer, creative soul is he.  Please meet Len who is our #1 Dingbat.  Owner and artist.  This is Len building our front yard that is cute as can be and turned into what we affectionately call GNOMELAND.

 Len is married to Dingbat Alley artist Jackie who has a fondness for whimsy and gnomes and elves and all things storybook.  So what does Len do?  He creates a front yard full of gnomes complete with a creek and bridge all because he loves his wife.

 Two Dingbat artist in the family make life interesting and then combine the fact they live with a bunch of gnomes...so Len fits right in!

 Len loves dogs, comic books, and superhero's especially Batman.  You can look forward to viewing his work space coming up soon.  He is surrounded by comic book art and we will soon see some comic book art works created by Len.  Len has ran a small side hobby of making whimsical lamps for years out of old tins and anything that catches his creativity.  Here is Len with our pups.  Once a dog lover, you are always a dog lover!

 If you get to know Len you will be laughing.  He is full of good humor and quick wit!  If Jackie were to paint a gnome that represents Len...this would be it!

 Gnomeland completed...Len you are one awesome Dingbat!

Next post we will meet our son-in-law Shaun...now we are talking true Dingbat!

Dingbat Alley Girls

We are so excited to start a blog from our new business adventure DINGBAT ALLEY!  We thought we would start by showcasing who is who!  We are a family business that opened in Feb. of 2014 so we are only two months old.  Please meet Kara on the left and her mom Jackie!  We are the only girls so far in Dingbat Alley and we both wear crowns!  We are a mom daughter team!

 Kara is quite the Dingbat.  She is full of fun!

 Both Jackie and Kara love dogs and we love life, we love to smile and be happy!

 We have at least 1000 mom daughter pictures to celebrate the bond between the two of us!  It seemed fitting for us to open a family business together.

 Jackie loves gnomes and fairies and whimsical art due to the fact she grew up in a wonderful place her dad built called Once Upon a Fairyland.  It was a recreation area for children in the Pacific Northwest complete with castle, western town, mini golf course and the Fairyland itself illustrated the Grimm's Fairytales in Miniature.

 Both Jackie and Kara have been dabbling in arts and the craft market for many years.  Kara started with watercolor and painting and Jackie always loved to draw and paint ceramics with her mom back in the late 60's.  We are colorful girls!

 Kara is developing her love of art through canvas and wood.  She loves to tell a story on art with lettering, scriptures but she also loves to decoupage and create functional pieces with great purpose.  Kara is married to Dingbat Artist Shaun.

 We are all a happy bunch here at Dingbat Alley.  We have just launched on Facebook and Etsy and we just did our first show in March and it brought new customers and learning lessons about being entrepreneurs in start up business.

 Jackie is married to Len who is a Dingbat Artist who makes whimsical and fun lamps and furniture that is really unique.  We will be highlighting our men next and move on to our vendor introductions soon!

Thank you for coming for a visit, we hope you will follow us and watch us grow and perhaps even you would like to become one of our future vendors!  Details to follow!