Our first Mystery of 2023 features the art of a brand new artist! Helen Heins Peterson! I have known of Helen’s art for a very long time and am lucky enough to have a few originals. She draws on wood, including furniture, with colored pencils and the results are amazing! We’ve chatted and chatted over […]
Archives for December 2022
The World is a Little Less Bright
Today we lost one of the treasures of our community, our friend Brenda Hart. It’s been a hard day. Brenda was a shining star. So much talent and so much willingness to share her ideas. She taught us all so much whether in person or through her books. Most importantly she brought us together through […]
Nutcrackers!
With or without bows and frou frou on top… Either way this Kelly Clark nutcracker is delightful. Cocoa and Cookies Nutcracker was our 2022 Holiday Mystery Class and it’s filled with fun little areas embellished with cool stitches and beads. Just a lot of happiness here. :-) That’s my favorite kind of needlepoint. Carol and […]
Happy Holidays
A little holiday mischief from our hive to your. Wishing you the Happiest of Holidays, the Merriest of Merry and Good Cheer for the New Year. Thank you for your love and support. xo ruth If you are reading this post on the blog great! Make sure you are signed up for the mailing list so that […]
Snowflakes
I like to change it up. One minute I am stitching crazy tiny details on a witch, the next I am stitching a super simple Candy Tree. The Candy Tree by Eleanor Grosch is our current mystery class. This is going to be a quick one. Two lessons with lots of beads and crystals! My […]
Surprises
Blog posts are getting fewer and farther between. One of the realities of lack of time. Sorry about that but the good news is there’s simply so much going on at the hive! We started our holiday Mystery Class last weekend. I will post that magic next week. It’s super sparkly! I’m working on Let’s […]
YIKES!
Oh my! Can it really only be two weeks until Christmas? YIKES! I have no other word for it but YIKES! Here I am sending you an email about Halloween. I know, I know it’s after the season, but what’s a girl to do? We finished our Halloween Mystery Class and it was a blast! […]
Back in Stock!
Woo Hoo! Brenda Hart’s Stitches with Hart book is back in stock! Just in time for Holiday Gift Giving! I love this book. It’s full of fun and creative stitches. I know you will love it too. If you are one of my shop owner friends, we are now the exclusive distributor of Brenda Hart’s […]
A cabin in the woods
And so begins the Rom Com. Winter Morn is that beautiful house in the woods. You feel the chill in the air and smell cookies in the oven. Of course this house has the perfect stitching chair. Wouldn’t you love to spend some stitching time here? Winter Morn by Brenda Stofft was originally a mystery […]
