So here you are; you have a handful of needles and its a mystery where they came from and what they are. Are they tapestry needles? Chenilles? Milners? One can only wonder, or better yet, one can compare them to these nifty little cards and determine once and for all what’s what. Six little cards, […]
Archives for July 2012
Le Woof!
That phase just cracks me up. If you are a dog lover we have snap trays for you too. At this rate we will soon have snap trays for every possible pet, hobby or trend. Oh well, it’s harmless fun and they are useful. In our current collection of doggie style snap trays we have […]
Kitty Cameos
You know I love my boys. All 4 footed furriness of them. So, when there is something super cute and cat like, what’s a girl to do? We now have cat themed snap trays. Perfect for the cat lover everywhere. These are of course perfect for housing your scissors, threads and needles for the current […]
What to do on a gray Saturday?
A group of us decided to spend the day together in the shop on Saturday learning Kumihimo. It was such a gray day and we needed an extra dose of color. Kumihimo is a Japanese braiding technique that is really quite simple. You work with a foam disk that has numbered slots on it to […]
A little bling
A little bling is definitely needed on a gray and rainy day. This week really needs a little sunshine. Today is the third lesson of the EyeCandy mystery Garden Party Heart Mod Collage. The background squares are now finished…. or are they? hmmmm. The flowers in the top right corner are poppy in bright shades […]
Applications
All these nifty cool things we learn in a class project are not limited to just that project. Julia Snyder was here April 1 to help us celebrate our 5th anniversary. She taught us a boatload, yes, a boatload of cool techniques on this Colors of Praise canvas that is exclusively ours. How cute is […]
Look what can be done
We all laugh that when we have these embellishment classes that we really don’t accomplish anything. Oh yes, we leave with a million cool new ideas but we rarely get more than a stitch or two on the canvas. We start a ridiculous number of threads and have spaghetti hanging here there and everywhere off […]
Julia Snyder came to town!
Well, here we are, the day after. Julia Snyder is a tour de force. We have a great time every time she comes to visit. The fun, the laughter, the ideas. Oh my! We spur each other on and the creativity is just so much fun. Wait till you see what we have cooked up. […]
Just in Time for Summer
The Spring Bunny hops in to town! Don’t you just love the frame? This is a new line of frames that I am crazy about! You all know I think there is never enough color. There’s also never enough pattern. I love Etro and Mackenzie Childs and Emilio Pucci. Pattern on top of pattern on […]
Save the Date – September 9th
Check your calendar. Do you have plans for September 9th? If not, you are going to want to join us at Bedecked and Beadazzled for a fun afternoon of stitching with one of our favorite teachers. Robin King will be in town and has agreed to come teach for us. You know how much we […]
The fun is just beginning!
Here it is the 8th of July. Summer is upon us. We need something cool and refreshing and über colorful to stitch. What could be better than EyeCandy? Today was lesson #2 of the EyeCandy Needleart Garden Party Heart Mod Collage. It’s coming together nicely. So fun to stitch. We’re still working on the background. […]
Ahoy mateys!
Ok, so I’ll never do well on Talk like a Pirate Day (September 19th in case you are curious). But a pirate mermaid, with lots of bling calling to be stitched that’s something I think I can handle. This is one of the new EyeCandy canvases. So cute, so special that we couldn’t resist pulling […]
Boxes for storing
Boxes for toting Boxes for organizing So many tiny boxes. This is the largest of the boxes. It’s 6 x 4 x 2. There’s a pocket in the lid perfect for scissors and whatnot. A drawstring bag in the body of the box will keep a group of threads neat, or remove it as desired. […]
