Mini DP (March) Madness Event Announcement!

[@craftydutchlady8816]

I hope this event helps to grow your channel. Looking forward to a fun event with minis.

[@messygirlcrafts]

Aw, thank you! I’m co-hosting with the big guns so I’m sure their star dust will rub off a little ♥️✨

[@Toadallyzen]

This is exciting! Here I come with my minis! 😂 congrats on starting an event and crossing that off your list! 🧡

[@messygirlcrafts]

Thank you! I can’t wait to see what you work on!!

[@dplandscapeloveralicia]

Love it! Super fun! Love that it will have a FB group that is a collaboration with all of you!

[@messygirlcrafts]

Me too! They are such a great group of women ♥️

[@NuckinFuts2215]

I’m really excited about this event! I have been eyeing up mini kits lately, so now I have a reason to purchase them. 😏

[@messygirlcrafts]

Yay!! I’m so excited ♥️

[@NuckinFuts2215]

@ I just bought cocktails and 50’s diner food from DAC. I’m really excited for this, you have no idea! Lol! I’m not sure how I could pair them up for a showdown, but I think I may have to. 😁

[@messygirlcrafts]

@ I’m so excited too! Make the food and the drinks fight!! 😂♥️

[@NuckinFuts2215]

@@messygirlcrafts I think it has to be done. Lol! I’ll figure out which will duke it out when I get them.

[@messygirlcrafts]

That was my favorite part!

[@GraceLBDP]

I am a "space baby" born in Titusville Fla. Dad worked for space program. I love your brackets! They are all so cool but the man on the moon planting the flag, my absolute pick for the champion!! Though Apollo 11 canvas brings back my childhood as dad was very involved with Apollo missions. Doing brackets is such a fun added idea!! So glad you are part of this event😊

[@messygirlcrafts]

That’s so awesome!!! I’m sure your dad has the coolest stories EVER!! ♥️

[@cassiehigginbotham9559]

I am so excited for this event 🙌🥰

[@messygirlcrafts]

Yayayay!! 🎉♥️

[@triciac8755]

OMG how exciting - just need to buy myself some mini kits now! - can't wait 😍

[@messygirlcrafts]

Yay!! So many shops are coming out with minis now, you have so many amazing options!! ♥️

[@shawna-3]

I will absolutely join you in the brackets!!! I have several mini sets but now you are making me want to do space...lol. I'm so glad you all are doing this event. It's a fun group 😊 It's on my calendar ❤

[@messygirlcrafts]

Yay!! So excited to battle it out! 🪐

[@alycelieber2150]

Yes! I'm in and also trying to convince a couple of friends to join in!

[@messygirlcrafts]

Yay!!! Bring em out! ♥️

[@LorisLittleDesigns]

YAY! I am TOTALLY going to participate in this! 🎉🥳thank you for giving me a reason to go pick up a mini set for myself 🤣😂

[@messygirlcrafts]

Yay, Lori!!!!!!! I’m so happy you’re joining us ♥️ please film your mini unboxing so I can see what you get 👀👀👀

[@LorisLittleDesigns]

@@messygirlcrafts Oooh I will! I literally turned around and placed an order right after watching this video 😂😂 Can't wait for the event! Going to be lots of fun!! ❤

[@messygirlcrafts]

@ yeeee!!!! ♥️

[@jamieeastin4928]

I’m so excited for this!!

[@messygirlcrafts]

Me too! It was so hard keeping my mouth shut 😂♥️

[@Caitlan-35]

I am so excited

[@messygirlcrafts]

Yay!!! Me too!!!

[@Jasmine.Raye02]

I have a bunch of mini kits and very excited for this event 😊 1st event I’m participating in.

[@messygirlcrafts]

Yay!!! Which one are you going to pick?!

[@Jasmine.Raye02]

@messygirlcrafts I am debating on the Retro Edition kit from Paint Gems, Cocktail set #2 from Pretty Little Gem, or maybe dragons kit from Diamond Art Club. But I have others I love. So hard to choose 😂😂

[@messygirlcrafts]

@ that paint gem set is preeeeeeeeetty!!!

[@CathyGoerner]

Looking forward to this event. I will be doing national parks. I have 2 kits of them. Going to plan on doing 16 as part of your cool bracket.

[@messygirlcrafts]

That is going to be epic!!

[@DiamondsandDemise]

Why am I obsessed with this battle idea? I think I’m gonna have to copy this whole thing including the space paint gems which I already loved from your previous mini video😊❤

[@messygirlcrafts]

Yess!!!!! Twin with meee! 🔭🪐☄️🛸👽🛰️🚀

[@cynthiafox1306]

This sounds like fun and gives me a reason to buy some mini kits!!

[@messygirlcrafts]

I can’t wait to see what you get!

[@Kat93168]

Sounds fun, Ashley! I don’t do Facebook but will definitely DPAlong with minis. Thanks!

[@messygirlcrafts]

@@Kat93168 yay! I’m so glad you will be working along side us ♥️♥️♥️

[@inesemorgan3938]

I’ll be joining! Can’t wait I have several mini dazzles I’m going to try to do the bracket of 16 too 😊

[@messygirlcrafts]

Yay!! Can’t wait to see which ones you pick!

[@diamond.dumpling]

Oh this is gonna be so much fun! I've got a couple Paint Gem sets that have 16 canvases in them, so I'm going to do one of those so I can do the bracket too! And because I'm also a BookTube / Bullet Journal watcher, I'm gonna do your bracket system plus a matrix to see if the winner of the bracket is really my overall favorite of the mini canvases, because that's how *extra* I get about stuff like ranking systems.

[@messygirlcrafts]

I love eeeeeverything about this! ♥️♥️♥️

[@karensrednicki8976]

This is such a perfect event for me. I’m calling 2025 the year of the minis. I’m trying to do all 40 sets I have in my stash. I can’t wait to put together a bracket…now to decide which sets I’m going to do.

[@messygirlcrafts]

That’s incredible!! I can’t wait to see what you put up against each other!

[@StarlaMeador]

I am so excited, as this will be my first event to participate in! Off I go to buy minis from DAC.

[@messygirlcrafts]

I’m honored!! I can’t wait to see which one you choose to work on! ♥️

[@ritatucker694]

I’m so excited for this🩷, congratulations on you hosting this event💜

[@messygirlcrafts]

Thank you!! I can’t wait to see what you decide to work on!

[@dianecurtis7512]

I am in!! I immediately purchased diamond art club mini dazzles I had to get two. I have the cocktails and the gardening

[@messygirlcrafts]

Agh!!! Yay!!! I’m so excited ♥️

[@debirice7047]

This is so exciting. Love the Mini DP Madness Bracket idea. I believe the ones that will be in semi finals will be The Sun/ First Moon Landing/ /Landing on Mars/ Helix Nebula.❤❤❤ very excited for this event with the four of you Wonderful creators. Now need to decide on my Masterpieces that I'm going to do.

[@messygirlcrafts]

Those are great picks! I can’t wait to see what you work on!

[@Britt1783]

Sounds like a fun event! Also, I think that may be a misprint on the box where two canvases have the same name. On the Paint Gem website they are named "First Landing on the Moon" and "First Moon Footprint".

[@messygirlcrafts]

How funny!

[@phoenixiya6066]

This is so exciting! Thrilled for you that this is being ticked off your bucket list so soon - what a fun event to start with. I've got three mini dazzle sets already but... I think I'm going shopping with some other shops to buy some mooooooore! 🤩

[@messygirlcrafts]

Thank you! So many shops are coming out with minis now, I want to try so many!!

[@susandowney6386]

This sounds like so much fun! I should be able to join, just have to decide which kit(s) to pick.

[@messygirlcrafts]

Such a hard call! I almost did flowers as my bracket because I have a lot of those too!

[@Snoogle_Boogle]

Oh boy I want to join! I’m going to have to buy a mini set (I don’t own one, or have done one) this looks like so much fun

[@messygirlcrafts]

I can't wait to see which mini you choose! 😍

[@DB_Bunny]

I’m in! Should be a reason to reduce my mini kit stash, but I’m already making it an excuse to order from pretty little gem 😂. Thank you for thinking about us non-US folk (even if some of us have no idea what March Madness is 😮) ♥️

[@messygirlcrafts]

Oooo! Which pretty little gem are you thinking about getting?! I can’t wait to work on one of them ♥️ so happy to include our international friends 🎉

[@DB_Bunny]

I’ll probably change my mind but at the moment coffee / beverages as they are different to ones I have already. But there are so many I want!!

[@messygirlcrafts]

That would be so cute!

[@darklady10001]

what kind of question is this, honey, of course I'm taking part. I'm waiting for my paintgem to arrive and I'll be happy to join the event ✨ I don't know if I'll be able to make 16 mini canvases but I'll do what I can ☺

[@messygirlcrafts]

Yay!!! Don’t even worry about the bracket if that feels like too much ♥️ that parts just for fun anyway! I’m just excited you will be in there!

[@franr988]

#Mini DP Madness

[@messygirlcrafts]

So hyped!!! #minidpmadness2025

[@DPshootingirl]

Sooooo EXCITED for you, Ashley! I will be doing Paint Gems’ Dogs. 😀. (Denise D.)

[@messygirlcrafts]

Yay!!!!!!!! I’ve been dying to tell you all for WEEKS!

[@OlhaKonobevska]

Love the minis! I did one set and I want more 😂 i'm thinking about doggies or birds from Make market or maybe dragons from DAC

[@messygirlcrafts]

Those would all be amazing choices!

[@jessdiamondpaints]

You may not know but Kimba and Debbie are doing this in February.--I'm al ready prepared for that. I can probably squeeze in one more set for your event if I'm not too burnt out on minis.

[@messygirlcrafts]

Oh, that’s awesome! The more the merrier! ♥️♥️

[@StaceySummerson]

I've wanted to do an event but not getting much time to D P I've never joined in. Also I'm desperate to kit up the space set after my current wip so this sounds perfect x

[@messygirlcrafts]

Omg yay!!! Minis are a great way to diamond paint without feeling overwhelmed by time or size ♥️

[@kenyub]

Im in, doing paintgem masks edition

[@messygirlcrafts]

Excellent choice!!

[@ailurusfulgen1556]

Congrats on your very first hosted event! This is such a fantastic idea, especially cuz I'm very much the kind of person who prefers the freedom of doing my kits whenever and not having a time restriction. However, using minis as a submission really does take away that stress of needing to finish in time. I'm definitely considering of entering but a quick question! I'm making the assumption that to enter for the weekly prize, we'll need to post a completed canvas but say we don't want to enter for that particular weekly prize and instead, wish to go for the grand prize, would we then just bulk post our completed canvases so that we will have a total of six? For example, in week 1, I upload a completed mini to enter into the weekly prize but in week 2, I would prefer to skip the weekly prize. I'm assuming I forfeit uploading a completed kit for this week and before the grand winner is announced, I post my completed minis for that week PLUS the canvas I didn't post for week 2? Does that make sense? LOL either way, I'm sure I'll figure it out once I join.

[@messygirlcrafts]

Yay! I’m glad you are joining us! To answer your question: you can skip weekly submissions and then still submit 6 finished canvases at the end of the month on the separate grand prize post ♥️

[@ailurusfulgen1556]

@messygirlcrafts yaaay! Thanks for that clarification! Excited for March to come around now 😂

[@MelissaHull-f2r]

I wasn't going to do any events as I'm a fly by the seat of my pants DPer. But this sounds so fun. Where is a good place to look for mini kits?

[@messygirlcrafts]

I’m so glad you are considering participating!! I would recommend Paint Gem, Diamond Art Club, Make Market (Michaels Craft Store), and Pretty Little Gem for starters!

[@StarlaMeador]

Will you be sharing your bracket in electronic form, so that we can play along?

[@messygirlcrafts]

Yes! I will post it to the Facebook group incase anyone wants to print it out and use it ♥️

[@alexandrapagani7947]

Thought there was already a mini event in the community in February

[@messygirlcrafts]

That’s awesome! I hope people do both!

[@psychochick5070]

Does Diamond painting stickers count? I'm just wondering.

[@messygirlcrafts]

I would consider that a special project, so unfortunately that wouldn’t count ♥️

[@yvetteelizondo569]

Are the mystery sets from paint gems acceptable to use for this event?

[@messygirlcrafts]

Yes! But you can email one of us your finishes each week instead of posting in the group so we don’t spoil the mystery for those who don’t want to see ♥️

[@yvetteelizondo569]

@ I didn’t think about that. I have other sets I can do. No worries!! I appreciate the accommodation though!!

[@messygirlcrafts]

@@yvetteelizondo569 of course!!

[@VerenaHeidelberger]

I enjoy the mini kits a lot. I have 1 that qualifies for this event and that's DAC's Mini Dazzles "Wonders of Nature" kit. I had it on my list to do for March anyway so this works out perfectly! 💚💙🏝🗻⛰

[@messygirlcrafts]

@@VerenaHeidelberger yay! I love it when a plan comes together ♥️