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An inspiring blog dedicated to helping you unlock your inner needle artist, turn off your doubt, and make the time to create something wonderful with your own two hands.
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An inspiring blog dedicated to helping you unlock your inner needle artist, turn off your doubt, and make the time to create something wonderful with your own two hands.
Spring Threadventure Week 5: Desert Botanical Gardens
Well hello again! Our 2020 Spring Threadventure Garden Tour is speeding right along. We're going cross-country today where we'll have fun exploring a beautiful desert garden! Hop aboard the Serendipity Express with me and let's take our magical virtual vacation...
Spring Threadventure Week 4: Longwood Gardens
Hi there! Welcome to week four of the 2020 Spring Threadventure Garden Tour! Today's destination is breathtakingly beautiful. It's another one of those American treasures that I recently discovered. Hop aboard the Serendipity Express and let's take our magical virtual vacation...
Spring Threadventure Week 3: The Topiary Garden
Hi there! Ready to hit the road to our third destination on the 2020 Spring Threadventure Garden Tour? Terrific! Me, too! Hop aboard the Serendipity Express with me and let's take our magical virtual vacation tour bus to a spectacular...
Spring Threadventure Week 2: Magnolia Plantation and Gardens
This week's destination on our 2020 Spring Threadventure Garden Tour is simply spectacular - especially at this time of year. I'm super excited to share where we're going today, so hop aboard the Serendipity Express with me, and let's take...
Spring Threadventure Week 1: Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden
Are you ready for the 2020 Spring Threadventure Garden Tour? Me, too! We're gonna have soooo much F-U-N! Hop aboard the Serendipity Express with me and let's ride our magical virtual vacation tour bus to our first stop - the Fairchild...
Spring Fever… and another Threadventure!
It's a beautiful spring day here in Alabama and I'm so, so grateful for that! We're getting close to the end of our first (mandatory) week of "shelter-in-place", but I've been observing #togetherathome for three weeks. Wanna know something? I'm...
Support our Needlepoint Shops
So, how's it going with you today? Every day, life continues to be full of twists and turns. And, well - I just want you to know that you're on my mind and in my heart. We're soooo lucky to...
Why Needlepoint?
There are oodles of good reasons to pick up needlepoint as a hobby. Of course, I may be a little biased. 😉 My "whys" for stitching are pretty simple, though... It provides me with a creative outlet. It helps me...
Stitching with Ellen
WOW... what a topsy turvy week! You've been on my mind and in my heart. I hope that all is well with you and yours. We're hunkered down here at home, doing our part to help "flatten the curve". We've...
Self-Care for Needlepointers
Self-care is always a good idea, but it's especially important right now. COVID-19 (aka, novel coronavirus 2019) is all over the news. In fact, it's hard to turn on the television or scroll through social media without seeing a reference...
Stitching Hearts for Hospice
Do you know about Hearts for Hospice? Well, my friend, pour yourself a cup of tea and let me share a little about it with you... When I first heard about Hearts for Hospice, I was blown away. How so?...
Composition: Needlepoint Canvases and Fine Art
Do you know that a canvas designer uses the very same elements and principles of art and design on cotton mono canvas that a painter might use on one of their watercolor or oil compositions? In fact, your hand-painted needlepoint...
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