New Page - "Hand Crafted Just for You"

I've had several inquiries about purchasing horn books and thread keeps I design and Hubby makes a reality.  Please take a look at the items I have listed under the tab at the top of my blog called

"Hand Made Just for You!"

to see what Hubby and I have put together.  I will accept personal checks or payment via PayPal (I will send you an invoice).

I can do custom orders (ex: horn books a certain size, a thread keep in the shape of whatever strikes your fancy).  Just send me an email and we can discuss.

Pricing is to cover the cost of the materials, shipping, etc.  There is no mark up.

I will be adding other things periodically and will post to give everyone a heads up something is new.

Please spread the word among your blogger-stitcher friends these items and service are available.

Keep yourself surrounded by stitches - Cheers!

More Wooden Needle Keeps, Another Horn Book

I designed a few more needle keeps.

The poodle and teapot each measure 4x5 inches.  The puppy:  from tip of ear to paw is 6 inches and from tail to chin 5 inches.  

Here is the new horn book:

The design area is 3.5 x 4 inches, the entire horn book is 7 inches tall and 4 inches wide.

Didn't Hubby do a marvelous job??  More things are in the works, so stay tuned!

Give Way is Tomorrow!

I made four more needle keeps.  As before, they look kind of lumpy, but it's because they've been folded.  I opened them up so you could see the designs.

The winner can choose two needle keeps.  That leaves six that will need homes.  SOOOOOOOO, once the lucky person tells me which two they select, I will place the six extra needle keeps in envelopes and seal them.  Than I'll draw six additional names and send the needle keeps to their new homes.

Happy stitching - until tomorrow (6PM CDT) - Cheers!

Last Items for Give Away

Over the years, I learned to paint on porcelain in the European style from a wonderful Swiss lady.  I studied with her exclusively for five years.  It was a fabulous experience I wouldn't trade for the world. I collected many folders with classic European designs, each sheet in the folder contains four to five ideas/pictures.  I have many folders of the same designs and I know I will never be able to use them all.  The designs are so gorgeous, I hate to keep them in my file cabinets and not share with others.

When traveling, I usually lose at least one needle.  I've tried to come up with something to keep them in, nothing seems to work well.  Until now.  I've cut the designs into various sizes and folded them after lining the inside with scrap book paper and felt.

The needle keep you see, below, shows the front, back and inside of one I made.  In the last photo, there are four pins made of Swarovski crystals and sterling silver Swarovski charms.

Here are a few of the other needle keeps I put together.  They might look kind of 'lumpy' because I already scored the creases before taking the pictures.

The winner of the give away may choose two of the needle keeps I made (I'll post others with different designs as I make them).  The winner will also receive the four Swarovski pins.

Good luck!!