Happy New Year everyone! I’m a bling kind of girl so what better day to post about my favorite bling than on New Year’s Eve the blingiest of holidays. Okay, I’m seriously doing my part to add a little extra bling to Christmas. Halloween will be next, but New Years, what is it without bling! […]
Archives for 2009
Merry Christmas
I hope you are all enjoying your holidays with family and friends. Today was quiet and I was able to finish Merry Christmas! I couldn’t wait to share. It seemed appropriate to post this early and not wait until Sunday night after class. Some of the squares repeat techniques from previous squares for balance. […]
Ready for Santa
Thanks to Mother Nature dropping 20 inches of snow on us yesterday I am semi-snowbound. Now, maybe if I had a 4 wheel drive car (santa are you listening?)or if I didn’t live at the bottom of a hill that is also a dead end I might have gotten out today. Maybe tomorrow. Good news […]
In the Limelight
A fellow blogger, Susan Elliott was in the shop on Saturday. She is Plays-with-needles listed in the right sidebar of the blog. I love her blog. It’s always so fresh and happy and filled with beautiful pictures. Speaking of beautiful pictures, check out the post she did on the shop. Susan, I am honored and […]
It’s Beginning to Feel a lot Like Christmas
It’s less than 2 weeks until Christmas and our Merry Christmas Mystery Class is really taking shape! Today was lesson 5. We accomplished more squares than usual, but some were repeats and others were super easy. The holly was our feature this afternoon. Well, really the holly berries where the feature. You know I love […]
Now where are those Spring Flowers???
Woo Hoo! Mellow Yellow is back from the finisher and they did a great job. It’s gorgeous! Don’t you just love the handles? Hot pink leather, an orange lining and beautious beaded handles. Now where are my Spring Flowers so that I can carry it? Guess I’m going to have to wait a few months, […]
Another signature for our wall
This is such a fun addition to the classroom. We have a large framed print of the bee from our logo and each time a teacher comes to inspire us or a designer comes to visit I ask them to autograph the board. As we look back we will remember all the fun we have […]
Light your fire
Well as you can guess today’s Merry Christmas Mystery lesson was the candle. Light your fire is the perfect name for the sparkling candle accented with sequins and beads. This week’s lesson really is a quick stitch. The candle is of course the star of the show. The candle flame is Water N’Ice in Long […]
Merry Christmas Poinsettia
Today was the day we tackled the poinsettia in the Merry Christmas Mystery Class. We’re coming along. When you look at it, we’ve already completed quite a few squares. I really like the poinsettia. And not just because there are crystals in the center. While that isn’t a bad thing, that’s not the only thing […]
Perfect Pears
Apparently I have a thing for needlepoint pears. Vintage Pears is a Melissa Shirley canvas that I just love. Beverly Churchfield did the stitchguide for it and it is amazing. The stitch selections and thread selections are so much fun they really take the canvas to the next level. I added pears to my line […]
Merry Christmas Lesson #2
Here we go. Lesson #2 of the Merry Christmas canvas was today at the shop. We tackled a few more squares. Still many to go but this is a great way to stay on track and feel like you are accomplishing lots! Little goals do the trick. Today we did simple Long Stitch triangles in […]
What a Wonderful Weekend
You can not imagine how much fun we had last weekend. We had just unpacked the store and were open to welcome customers Tuesday morning. Thursday night Caela Conn Tyler came to teach 3 days of exceptional classes for us. Oh the fun! Friday we had a wonderful lecture/spontaneous painted canvas embellishment class and then […]
We’re Open!
The new store is unpacked and ready for primetime viewing. It really is a very cool space that I think you are going to enjoy. All the stuff that made the old store so me is still here along with lots of fun new things to explore. The walls are still my funky shade of […]
Merry Christmas — Ho Ho Ho
Well, where to begin. At the beginning of course… Today was the first day of our Merry Christmas Mystery Class. I know, you think I am crazy having class today when we move the store tomorrow, but it was important, so we did it. (Many of you who have ordered this class to be shipped […]
Not So Mellow Yellow
I just had to share. Sue has been taking my Mellow Yellow Mystery Class at the shop but made one major change….the background. We picked a different stitch and different threads so that the background could be changed from pink to black. I’ve included this option in the stitchguide so that others can change too. […]
Mellow Yellow now complete!
It’s finished and I love it! I’m really quite pleased with how this Melissa Shirley canvas turned out. I’ve been stitching this canvas and teaching it at the shop as a Mystery Class. With each lesson, a new section of the canvas is revealed stitched. Each section was a challenge to make the flowers […]
Progress is being made
I promise, pictures are coming. The new space will be ready in a week. Can you believe it? Probably not, but I have a great contractor and he’s getting the job done. Ceiling is inLights aboundThere are holes cut in walls (I know, it sounds weird, but trust me this is a good thing)Paint is […]
Sometimes Life Throws You A Curve
So here we are happily hosting classes with teachers, Brenda Hart was just here and Caela Conn Tyler is coming in a few weeks, and running our very own Mystery Classes. All is right with my little part of the needlepoint world. We were a smidge cramped for space. Not terrible most class days, but […]
Zinnias!
The zinnias are just amazing. The moment I saw this canvas I knew how I wanted to stitch the zinnias. I had to do my background first and a few other flowers but now the zinnias are in bloom!!!! Six colors of River Silks 7mm ribbon and a handful of swarovski crystals and we have […]
Another Great Weekend
This post is a little late but sometimes life just throws you some curves. More about that later. Brenda Hart teacher extraordinaire was here for 3.5 wonderful days of classes last weekend. We stitched, we brainstormed, we laughed and we stitched some more. Everyone had a different canvas and Brenda had great suggestions for each […]
Meet the girls
It’s time to unveil my latest club — The gifted ladies. Here’s one of the girls. And another And another Each of the girls in the series has a gift to give or a gift she has just received. Wouldn’t these be fun to stitch and give to your girl friends. I used […]
The flowers are blooming
OOOH! I’m really pleased with how our flowers are blooming. This week we added 2 flowers, the one on the right side of the canvas is the furthest in the distance. It needed a subtle pattern that wouldn’t compete with the background or the rest of the flowers. It also needed the pretty shading to […]
A New On-Line Community just for us!
I would like to introduce you to a new web community that I think you will enjoy-Stitcherie. There are lots of online communities, facebook, yahoo groups etc but I was thinking what fun it could be to have a community that is all about stitching. I was also thinking about the interface on these other […]
Barbie goes Needlepoint
I may be just about the only one who finds this so amusing but then again. I love Barbie. I don’t collect, but I still have great appreciation for the beautiful gowns and vast amount of pink that is Barbie. Johnathan Adler is now designing for Barbie! Johnathan Adler’s style is eye-poppingly “happy […]
