I thought it would be fun to create a series that isn’t a series. Well, it’s sort of a series, but it’s not a club. It’s just a group of ornaments that are loosely related in that they are all designed to look pretty together. These are a few of my favorite things. The first […]
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We’re growing!
Thanks to you, I am pleased to announce that business is strong in Cockeysville, Maryland. We’ve had a great summer and are looking forward to finally seeing some fall weather. Maybe soon. We had a great time with everyone who came and visited during seminar and miss you all. I wish you lived here. Perhaps […]
It Was Baltimore, Hon
It’s only been two weeks but it feels like so much longer since all my new friends left Baltimore. The American Needlepoint Guild Seminar was exciting and a wonderful way for us to meet so many of you. We had a great timeand truly appreciate not only your business, but your kind words about our […]
Maryland is for Crabs
I admit it. I love steamed crabs. I actually love anything crab. Which is perhaps why I can’t decide which of the 5 crab frameweights is my favorite. Since I love crabs, Old Bay Seasoning is a very important part of my world. I grew up on this stuff. If it’s not available in your […]
Exclusive Crab Frame Weights
I admit it. I went a little overboard creating exclusive designs to introduce at the American Needlepoint Guild seminar. I just couldn’t stop myself. This is something I always thought would be fun to do and I was right. So watch for many more exclusive designs to come not only in the next few days […]
Exclusive Squiggees
Thanks to all the excitement that is building for seminar my brain is a bit addled. (I’m not really sure how to spell addled but that’s beside the point.) It was pointed out to me today that I forgot to mention that Gail Hendrix the genius behind Squiggee Designs was left off my list of […]
Brenda Hart Classes
We are delighted to announce that Brenda Hart is coming to teach at our shop this November. Brenda is an amazing teacher. Her specialty is selecting threads and stitches to bring a canvas to life. Currently she is supplying the stitch of the month to the American Needlepoint Guild (www.needlepoint.org) Check it out, I think […]
More ANG News
Hi It’s getting closer. Seminar is 5 short weeks away and the anticipation builds! We are so excited to meet all of you and hope you will take advantage of our shuttle from the host hotel to visit us. The shuttle will be running all day from Saturday 8/25 – Friday 8/31. It will leave […]
More on ANG’s National Seminar
We believe in ANG and its goals. We all share the same love of needlepoint and the desire to learn more. We also realize that we all want to see what’s new and different at any local needlework store we can find. We hope that if your schedule permits you will visit our shop and […]
ANG National Seminar is coming to Baltimore!
I am so excited! ANG Seminar is coming to Baltimore this August. This means we may actually get to meet in person! I love meeting other stitchers and sharing ideas. There’s so much fun stuff to learn. We are working with many major designers to develop new designs exclusive only to our shop. This is […]
Hours etc
We are open! I can’t wait for you all to come and visit. Tell one, tell all. Invite your friends, we’d love to meet you :-) Shop hours are T-F 10-5Saturday 10-4 andSunday (Yes, you heard me right, we are open on Sundays!) 12-4Not this Sunday; It’s Easter. The address is 10862 B York Road, […]
We’re Open!
The day came Saturday, we took the paper off the windows and we are now officially open! The store is gorgeous. I absolutely love it! It’s bright and sunny and filled with color. The color and threads and texture are inspiring and empowering. You can do anything! You can stitch anything! We have 90% of […]
It’s So Cool!
We’re almost there. Bedecked and Beadazzled is almost ready for prime time viewing. My vision of a needlepoint store is coming together! The fixtures are in. There’s boxes of thread everywhere, but you can see what goes where and it looks so cool! All of like threads are together, so there’s an overdye section and […]
It’s coming along
It’s been a couple of weeks since I posted and the store is really coming along! I hope you will all come visit. It’s going to be unlike any other needlepoint store that I’ve seen. It will be me. It will be bright and sunny and filled with lots of color! Thread display racks are […]
A Real Brick and Mortar Store
Okay, it’s time for one of those sweeping life changing decisions. If you are reading this blog you probably already know I design needlepoint, which is sold in shops all over the country, and you probably also know I have an on-line store called Bedecked and Beadazzled. Well, the time has come to take things […]
You Meet the Nicest People
The needleart world is filled with some of the nicest people and you meet them in the coolest ways. I just went to log into blogger to post and as I wasn’t paying attention to what I was doing I simply typed my name in a block and hit return. Well, who knew, I am […]
Happy Holidays!
It’s a week until Christmas and the house should be decorated, the cookies should be baked and just as importantly I should be ready for the tradeshow in San Diego. I’m not ready for any of these things. Oh well, we’ll get there. There will be lots of new designs introduced at market. I have […]
Problem Solved !!!
The orange kitty is now one of my favorite canvases!!!! After the trials and tribulations of the last few weeks trying different things to bring the canvas to life as I wanted it. It is now complete. The flower pot that was in my head subtly shaded has been giving me fits. After a few […]
Make it Work in Real Life
As I mentioned in my last post, sometimes you just have to make it work. I have a series of beautiful cat canvases that we designed several years ago and have now finally decided it was time to stitch at least one of them. I had the orange cat with tullips almost completely finished and […]
Make It Work
What a great philosophy for life and needlepoint. I am addicted to Project Runway. I can watch it over and over. Most of the reality shows don’t do it for me. I never saw the point of Survivor and we won’t even discuss American Idol. Project Runway brings together some amazingly talented designers. Each week […]
More Needlepoint Publicity
I can’t believe it! Just last week I posted the full page feature from Lucky Magazine that confirms what we already knew that Needlepoint is hip. And then this week in my inbox is a notice from daily candy. If you don’t know about daily candy it is very cool website (www.dailycandy.com) that posts daily […]
Cyber Classes
I am a class junkie. I want to learn from everyone I can. I may not have felt this way when I was in school but those classes weren’t needlepoint, now were they. Now that I have the opportunity to study the needlearts I am interested in what everyone is doing. Particularly if it is […]
Hipster Needlepoint
Could it be! A major fashion magazine has admitted that needlepoint is cool! The one thing that rivals my interest in needlepoint is shopping. So, yes, I read Shop etc. and Lucky and a local Baltimore based magazine on shopping, Paperdoll. Don’t even go there, if you know anything about Baltimore it is not hip […]
The birth of a new idea – Stitches CD
We introduced Stitches CD Volume I in June at the Indianapolis tradeshow. We are delighted to say it was a huge success. We’ve received wonderful feedback from the shops and stitchers who are using it. Several have asked us how we came up with this idea. Just 20 years ago we were lucky to have […]
