Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Off The Grid

Tomorrow, the Stash family will be taking a long-awaited vacation to England and Holland.

We'll be attending a wedding here:



And hoping to see scenes even nicer than....


I'll be back in the Studio on Monday, 4/28!

Thursday, April 10, 2008

Happy Birthday, Cub

Join me in a Happy Birthday shout-out for my son, who turned 10 this week. In his honor, a selection of "real" bears....

Alaska Coming from Mystic Stitch





Heavy Going Grizzly from Janlynn


Kodiak Christmas from Imaginating








Black Bear Sampler from Cedar Hill Designs


Snow Princess from Heaven and Earth




Treck in the Woods from La D Da



Love,
Mama Bear

Monday, April 07, 2008

Something Different

Norden Crafts is distributing for some new designers, including Courtney Collection. I really like the detailed yet monochromatic look of these. View the whole set here. I will be adding them to my site, as well!




Mermaid




Pelican





Alphablu


Tuesday, April 01, 2008

And It Had All Been Going So Well!

Truly, I thought I had turned over a new leaf, blogger-wise. Had a lovely post about Quaker samplers ready to go, but I can't seem to get my images uploaded. So that'll have to wait, and we'll be image free today.

I did notice a piece in the Times (don't I sound smart) mentioning cross stitch, in the context of collectibles.

The very hottest goods in other categories include cross-stitch samples featuring fairies

Samples? Uh, doubt it. Samplers? Not if it's a straightforward image of a fairy. And the hottest? Hmm, I somehow doubt it. I surf eBay on and off, always with an eye towards trends, what's collectible, etc. I see a lot of finished Mirabilia and Lavender & Lace pieces for sale, but not not with hot bidding. The big money these days is in retired designs from Birds of a Feather (oh, how I miss them), and anything authentically Danish. Now we're talking mortgage money!

Alas, I guess The Gray Lady isn't a stitcher!