Another fun weekend at the Beehive! YAY! The beehive is the studio and office for Bedecked and Beadazzled and it is a great space. Lots of room for spreading out and creating magic. We had a full house with 10 people in class! I am very lucky that you trust me with your canvases and […]
Archives for 2016
It’s a sneak peek for the weekend
This weekend is my Embellishment Extravaganza. Lots of fun ladies are coming to visit and have challenged me to write guides for an assortment of canvases. Here’s a sneak peek of what is to come. Deco Detective by Eleanor Grosch Black Cat with Flowers by Unique NZ designs Melissa Shirley Flamingos Hey, What’s Up by […]
Baubles and Bling
It has become a tradition to host a class each Thanksgiving weekend so that we can spend time with our needlepoint family. This year the canvas is an exclusive design painted for us by Tapestry Fair. Does this canvas not scream us? Canvas size is approximately 10 x 10 stitchpainted on 18ct mono. I see […]
2017 Honeybees!
It’s time to launch the 2017 Honey Bees! If you were a Honey Bee this year or wish you were, you know what this is all about and it’s time to sign up for 2017. If you are wondering who or what honey bees are, read on….. We love our customers! There, it’s that simple. […]
Trees, Trees, Oh Wonderful Trees
I am so excited! Kelly Clark has a new club! Well actually two clubs. One is good. Two is better, right? Several years ago Kelly designed a serious of trees. They are just the prettiest ever and yes, they are in my personal “to do” pile. Lets not go there. I do love them all. […]
Personality Plus
These owls are just the cutest! Three Stwooges by Love You More is our current mystery class. Today we focused on giving them personality. Each one is a bit different but they are all super cute. The hats are stitched differently with a fun assortment of black threads and beads. The hat on the left […]
Stash Buster!!!!
Here you go, a stash buster that is not only a buster but cute and usable. It hits on 3 points. YAY! Designed by zecca this fun scissor case and matching fob is a great on the go project or keep it handy as a doodle canvas. Want to try a stitch? Try it here […]
What a fun class!
What did you do this weekend? We had a class that may well be one of my favorite classes ever! A. It was a zecca canvas. YAY! B. It had happy colors. YAY! C. It wasn’t too big and none of the areas were too big. YAY! and YAY! D. The really cool thing […]
lulu my lulu
Look what we have! New lulu mypinkturtle canvases! Woo Hoo! Lulu’s canvases continue to make me happy. Today I am obsessed with Catnip Party, duh! and Las Flores de Muerte. Tomorrow it may be different canvases but you really can’t go wrong with any of them. I love that I can do fun stitches on […]
Going for a bike ride
No I’m not going for a bike ride, but Eleanor Grosch has. She has wonderful new bicycle adventure themed canvases ready for your own stitching exploit. Such fun designs simplified to great shapes ready to fill with stitches. You can see her entire collection here. Each of these designs is approximately 8.5 x 12.5 on […]
Crazy Count
The Count, the wonderful dimensional bat from Tapestry Fair has finished wings! Hot dog! Believe it or not I’ve been excited about the borders on the wings since the very beginning. I had a vision of them looking crazy quilted and using ribbons and trims to make that a reality. The borders use shibori […]
In Case You Were Wondering
There’s only 106 days until Christmas! Santa is busy Determining Naughty or Nice!! Are you on the nice list? Consider asking Santa for our Christmas Mystery. This is a brand new canvas from our newest artist, David Galchutt. So excited! Santa is 10 x 13 handpainted on 18ct. We will stitch this canvas over 4 […]
Magnet Mavens!
Having a bad day? Need a little gift just for you? Want a Little Package of Sunshine? What is the one thing in the needlepoint world we all love that just makes us smile? MAGNETS! Become a Magnet Maven and get a “Pick Me Up” whenever you want one. Just give us a call, email […]
New, new, new
We are getting ready for the Dallas tradeshow in a few weeks which means its the perfect time to showcase some of our newest canvases. Everything is in stock now ready to wing its way to you. I have lots of new Christmas canvases…. You can see them all here. And a […]
Santa Fe Felines
Woo Hoo! It’s time to launch a new Mystery with a Twist! Yes, I am excited. Yes, I am still excited about the ones in process. I haven’t forgotten, and things are coming along but I do need to launch a new one so you have time to sign up and the painters have time […]
Outside Owl has a super cool sttichguide!
As summer winds down and we start thinking Fall, I thought now was a good time to mention that Outside Owl by Eleanor Grosch now has a stitch guide! What a sweet owl! And just wait until you see what I came up with for the background. Love it! I’m not stitching this but when […]
A big wonderful dragon. Oh my!
I’ve been meaning to post about this for awhile. Today is the day! Kimberly Smith stitched her dragon canvas and it is magnificent! Kimberly truly looks at a canvas differently than the rest of us. She play with textures and stitches and creates a special magic that is perfect for this dragon. The canvas is […]
and so it begins
Today was the start of our newest mystery class, The Three Stwooges by Love You More. With rain pouring from the sky we started with the background. No surprise there. I often start with the background. That allows me to put all the dimension in the main characters and really make them pop. The fun […]
Kelly Clark is teaching a Cyber-Class
How exciting is this? Kelly Clark mistress of stumpwork on canvas and all things folk arty and fabulous is teaching her very first cyber-class. Bees Proverb There will be 4 lessons, October 15th, November 19th, December 17th and January 21st. You will receive a package from her each moth with a lesson and any special […]
Kimberly Kelly Santini – Wow!
Kimberly Santini is our newest artist. She is a long time friend of mine and I am excited she is allowing us to interpret some of her work into needlepoint. I met Kim through the magic of the internet buying a painting of her Mona Lisa that reminded me of Max when he was a […]
Follow the yellow brick road
Have I mentioned that I wrote a guide for the Oz Girls? I’m pretty excited about this one. Lots of fun threads and stitches! The girls are so cute. Each one has her own personality. I’m torn as to which one is my favorite. I love the hair on the tingirl, and Dorothy has Toto, […]
How to Bezel a Cabochon
I like to mix my crafty metaphors. Needlepoint, embroidery, beadwork, I love them all. You know I love my beads and I’ve been adding more beads and bead techniques to our mystery classes and other projects. In Run, bunny, Run from zecca we worked a bead embroidery bezel around a cabochon to use it as […]
The Bunny is Hopping. . . .
Our bunny is hopping on off to the framer and he’s taking his birdie friend with him! Boy is he a cutie. We finished this mystery class with the run bunny run canvas from zecca yesterday and it was great fun. Lots of little areas destined to keep your attention! I’ve been planning on doing […]
Corina Luyken
You may know how much I love the art of Corina Luyken. I have stitched two as mystery classes and have more than I care to admit in my stash. Hmmm, I love her look. The designs are being retired. Soon there will be no more canvases to tempt you from this very talented artist. […]
