From our house to yours, wishing you the Happiest of Holidays! We appreciate your support throughout the year and look forward to more creative fun together in 2025! Whether you’ve joined me in a class, purchased a kit or stitchguide or simply follow me on social media, your support allows me to keep doing what […]

It’s that magical time of year, we tend to reflect on those people in our lives that mean so much to us.  The ride or die friends and those that are quietly there to support us. The newest  akimberlydesign honors those friendships.  We Hold Each Other Up. This is the second in the series of Wordy […]

Last weekend feels like a blur, was it really just last weekend?  That was Thanksgiving right?  We had our annual Friends-giving class in-person and on zoom.  It’s so much fun.  The group has grown over the years and we would have it no other way.  Love you all! This year we stitched eleanor grosch’s Winter […]

It’s a twofer!  It’s Christmas decor and it’s Easter decor.  That’s brilliant in my book.  Hoppy Holidays is just the cutest bunny ever.  He has big beaded glasses because that’s exactly what I would wear if I were a white bunny dressing for the holidays. You know I love it when we let the painted […]

Happy Holiday Season!  Time is flying by;  I know we all say that and we mean it but it does feel sped up right now.  I am happily stitching away on Brown Bunny.  The final lesson is in two weeks and I promise so much fun and drama.  Good drama that is. What shall we […]

If you follow akimberlydesign on INSTA or Facebook you have seen her working on these adorable statement pieces.  They are a crazy fun concept.  We’re going to release one every so often.  These are quick projects measuring only 5.25″ x 7.5″ on 18ct mono.  The canvas is hand painted, very simply.  You follow the instructions […]

Oh the drama 2024 has brought.  It’s exhausting.  There are too many topics to touch on, so let’s just focus on the elephant in the needlepoint room.  Metallic Threads…… Let’s take a look at the new must have thread on the block.  Au Ver a Soie Metallic threads have been around forever but we just […]

This time of year always makes my head hurt.  All of a sudden I feel like I am behind in everything.  Maybe I am.  Maybe we all are? It’s time to think about January Zoom-bellishment. Embellishment classes are our favorite classes.  Everyone has a different canvas and a super cool stitchguide!  How fun is that?  […]

If you know me, you know I have way too many ideas floating in my head.  Some are stitches, some are colors and some are products.  I tend to jump on the ideas pretty quick, get them together and sometimes, ahem, forget to share them with you.  I am a magpie.  What’s the newest sparkly […]

We’re in the season of Thanksgiving and what better time to reflect on the friendships this art has brought us?  I am very lucky to be able to do something I love and make a living from it.  I am also very lucky to have found my tribe.  I have a great group of customers […]

I’m a little late announcing this, but that’s ok. It’s time to talk 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 next year. If you are wondering who or what honey bees are, read on….. […]

I can’t believe we are just over a month from Thanksgiving.  So many of you have reached out about our annual Friends-Giving Event and yes, it is on the books!  I’ve just been behind in launching the details. I hope you will consider joining us on zoom.  The official dates are November 30 and December […]

What else is new you ask?  What about this delightful zecca canvas, Rainfoest Wiggle.  It’s happy and colorful and quirky, all the things we love about zecca.  There’s a whole lot of fun and unusual in this stitchguide too!  Follow my plan and the little bird’s body will poof up off the canvas.  How cute […]

It’s not only the year of the dragon, but it’s the zoom-bellishment of the dragon.  I tend to be really far ahead of the trends or really far behind them.  Rarely do I time it just right.  We were in zoom-bellishment probably last January when so many people selected eruption for their October project when […]

New from Hue and Mi and Sangita is another super adorable pup!  Look at those eyes. He loves you!  Yes, he’s a pit bull but he just needs some love. There’s a crazy amount of pattern in this canvas but it’s all mapped out and totally doable thanks to my stitchguide.  The colors are just […]

Zoom-bellishment is this weekend and since it is spooky season we need to have at least one spooky canvas in the mix.  This is a canvas that has been in our line for awhile but it is only now in the spotlight with a brand new stitchguide. Witching Hour by Sandra Vargas is certain to […]

Zoom-bellishment is this weekend and we are going to have a fabulous time.  I’m going to tempt you with all the new guides and canvases over the next few days.  Some are in stock and can be shipped right out, others could be on their way shortly.  Let’s get started! New for this class is […]

Zoom-bellishment isn’t Zoom-bellishment unless we have a handful of David Galchutt canvases in play.  October’s class is no different.  We will be exploring three of his masterpieces! David Galchutt’s canvases have a crazy amount of detail packed into them.  With a little planning it is all achievable.  I promise. Conspiracy is one of the canvases in […]

Here we go!  Next weekend is October Zoom-bellishment.  I’m always excited to see everyone and watch new stitchguides come to life.  What could be more fun? How exactly does this work?  We typically have about a dozen canvases in class.  Some are brand new guides, some are brand new canvases and some are what I […]