Welcome To Dreaming Bear Designs

Hello friends! Welcome to the Dreaming Bear website! We are looking forward to so many exciting things in 2011! New products, fun events and more!

Please enjoy browsing our site, and feel free to contact us anytime with questions or ideas. We love hearing from you!

Visit our store in downtown Marion! You'll find us at 720 11th Street, around the corner from the used book store.

Store Hours

Sunday: Closed
Monday: Closed
Tuesday: 10-5:30
Wednesday: 10-5:30
Thursday: 10-7
Friday: 10-5:30
Saturday: 10-4

Art Studio Hours

Thursdays: 4pm-7pm

Saturdays: 10am-4pm

Come by our "drop-in" art studio on Saturdays and try your hand at all kinds of projects! Paint a garden stone for mom! Mosaic a picture frame or treasure box!

Craft a whimsical dream journal with papers, glues and embellishments! So many possibilities, and you can have as much or as little assistance as you like.

NEW WORKSHOPS will be announced on our calendar page very soon! Stay tuned!!!

Dori - Free spirited creator and owner

I want to give you products that celebrate the little things in life, the tiny celebrations that too often go unnoticed. Enjoy!

Some of our Favorite Quotes

"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom." -Anais Nin

"You see things, and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were, and I say, "Why not?" -George Bernard Shaw

"The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions." -Alfred Lord Tennyson

For more info on what's going on in lovely Marion, Iowa, visit www.uptownmarion.com