Do you like to experiment with threads? Do you like to play with color? You know we do at Bedecked and Beadazzled! With that in mind, we decided to have a Color Party! Join the party, and each month you will receive a bag of fun threads, beads and crystals themed by color. One month […]
Archives for 2012
Journey Back in Time with me
We’re halfway through our current mystery class the Zecca Snowman and having a wonderful time. He’s happy and sweet and kinda quirky. You can see all the mysteries that have happened at Bedecked and Beadazzled including the progress we’ve made so far on the snowman by clicking here. It’s time to start thinking about the […]
Merry Christmas, Everyone!
What better way to say Merry Christmas than with the Candyland Christmas Tree Farm. Designed by EyeCandy Needleart, stitchguided by me and stitched by Lisa in Canada. Lisa wanted hers to be finished all sugary and sweet. I think we succeeded. Wishing you and yours a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! […]
Guarding the Village
Another great finish! Guarding the Village handpainted canvas by Maggie creatively stitched by Lynda. Each house and rooftop is special. Of course there is a cat. The trees are my favorite part. I am totally jealous that she could do it. French Knots worked with two strands of Bouclé wrapped twice around a needle. All […]
Sheena’s Sweet Stitches
Hi All – Sheena of Sheena’s Sweet Stitches has been running this oh so cool contest over on her blog and on facebook. 24 Days of Needlepoint Advent Fun Each day she posts a trivia question about Christmas. If you answer the question correctly you are automatically entered in that day’s random drawing. Pretty cool. […]
Sparkles are a good thing
Happy Holidays Everyone! There are just eight more days until Christmas. Are you ready? We took a break this afternoon from holiday prepping for Snowman Mystery Class #2. I amped up the party just a bit with blue velvet cake. How could I resist? It’s the perfect shade of blue to go with the class […]
A Day for Shopping
The shopping ladies were one of my earliest canvas designs and they continue to be some of my favorites. We recently kitted The Fall Shoppers for a customer and I thought I would snap a picture to share all the yummy threads. Not only are there fabulous threads in this piece but I really like […]
What a knock out!
Sometimes all the planets align and a canvas just knocks your socks off when it is finished. This is one of those times! Mary stitched this piece with direction from Brenda Hart and it is exquisite! You really can’t go wrong with a Laurel Burch canvas as your starting point. Each is more beautiful than […]
Halloween Night Collage
How fun is this? Julia Snyder wrote a fabulous stitchguide for the EyeCandy Halloween Night Collage!!! All these little details embellished with super color stitches and threads. This has been one of my favorite canvases since Ada designed it and now it just gets cuter. Call us at 410.296.0405 if you would like to add […]
Biodiversity in the Burbs
We all love Charley Harper and the latest of his epic pieces to be converted to needlepoint is Biodiversity in the Burbs. It’s quite large, but quite spectacular. 27.5″ x 34.5″ on 18ct. If you tackle it one animal/flower/thing at a time, it really isn’t so bad. Imagine the gratification of getting the deer done […]
What does a Polar Bear in the Snow look like?
Got your attention didn’t I? Well, that’s what I feel like we have created so far. A very sweet, very delicate snowman in the snow. He’s soft and ethereal. Today was the first lesson of the Zecca Snowman mystery class at Bedecked and Beadazzled. We focused on the snowman himself. He’s not quite finished but […]
Enabler’s Anonymous
Let me tell you a story… I received a phone call one night from two stitchy friends, Kathy and Barbara, from the West Coast. They were were conspiring. They realized that they enable one another in so many ways. Not only is there the obvious, “you have to see this canvas“, “oh this would be […]
A Good World
A friend of mine mentioned that this canvas by Charley Harper is her backyard. :-) It’s called A Good World. She and her husband spent the summer watching cardinals and chipmunks and butterflies play. Somewhere there must be a turtle hiding in her yard don’t you think? So, another stitchguide was born! Don’t the threads […]
Crazy Patch Boo-nanza
What can I say? Our own Ada of EyeCandy Needleart has done it again! Check out her latest creations. The Crazy Patch Boo-nanza! She’s been dying to tell you all about it but we had to keep it under wraps. This is our latest club. Six Candy Corns canvases and Three Pumpkins in our favorite […]
Tis the Season
For Holiday Walker Bags and Snap Trays!!!! They make me happy. Each year we work to create limited edition new bags and snap trays to add a little holiday cheer to your stitching. As you can see we have a few choices. The bags are 9 x 12 or 11 x 14 in red or […]
Think Outside the Box
If you’ve been in the shop you know I have a fabulous tulip canvas painted by Lani and stitched by a friend Cara Sue. It’s abstract and wonderful. Cara Sue paints with threads. She has a feeling she wants to evoke and like the strokes of a brush with paint the needle flies. She recently […]
Aaaaaaaw
Now if only I could record Gale saying aaaaaw with the same tone that she uses. :-) Look at this zebra! How can you not love him? A cute little tail, fluffy mane and look at his ears. Aaaaaaw He’s just so darn loveable. It’s truly an amazing piece and a joy to stitch. Gale […]
Twinkle, Twinkle Christmas Star
Stars and Stripes, the 4th of July Star by EyeCandy was so much fun to stitch that we just had to write a stitchguide for the Christmas Star too! The snowflakes are sparkly and beady and fuzzy. So cute! Stitch it all in pink, white and lime as its painted or switch out the pink […]
Are You ready for Snow?
I’m ready for snow if it’s this super cute snowman that we’re talking about. Handpainted by Zecca, he is our next mystery class at the shop. The first class will be December 2nd. You know he’s going to rock with bling and sparkle. If you would like to join the fun, call us at 410.296.0405 […]
Big Dramatic Finish…..
Ok, I made a big change to the canvas. I decided not to stitch the cute little toad like saying that was so much a part of the design. Now, before you decide to tar and feather me or turn me into a toad here’s the deal. I am a graphic designer by trade. I […]
The Fab Four with a Twist
You may remember a few years ago when the Fab Four came to teach at the shop. It was a rotation style teaching event. You brought one canvas and each of the four teachers worked on different areas of the canvas, embellishing it. In the end, you had one super cool beautiful canvas. The Fab […]
What’s the Buzz About?
How could I not? How could I resist? We just had to have the cutest ever scissor fob and magnet just in time for the holidays! Magnets are $13 each all pretty with enamel and crystals. Scissor fobs are $44.00 each with the same flashy bumble bee. These are exclusively ours so when you look […]
Can we bottle her?
Wow, every time I spend the weekend with Julia Snyder I am more and more impressed. That girl’s got ideas!!! And she’s fun! We didn’t really get a lot of stitching done. We picked her brain and took notes. Pulled threads, laughed and giggled. Not a lot of stitches to show but trust me they […]
Swirls of Sparkly Snow
Swirling snow is magic! I think this snowman made from magical swirling, sparkly, crystaled and beaded snow is just too cute. Yes, he is my design but I’m still allowed to like him, right? He is available as a rectangle for framing or making in to a pillow or a wall hanging. And […]
