New Accessories!

It has been a busy few weeks and things for new releases are moving along. I've been stocking up on lots of new inventory for the upcoming trunk shows that will be visiting some of your local shops. One of my favorite accessories is the handy threader, which is now freshened up with a lot of new beads and color combinations. These are a few of my favorites!

For brand new accessories, the hat pin "Oh, Deer" is just about ready to join the MBT assortment. It will be regularly available in three colors ~ cadet, mocha, and rose ~ but I am more than happy to entertain custom colors for these a-deer-able little pins. I didn't go as far as camo for the regular line, but that mocha pumpkin bead with a green accent bead would be quite cute.

Also joining my line is a fun little centimeter ruler. It can be created with any of the little pictures from my regular sized needle threaders, but it doesn't have the magnetic touch. Perfect for measuring out corners!

Here's a little sneak peak of the new large design as I was preparing it for framing. You're seeing the backside as I was doing the ironing. It is a reproduction style design, similar to MBT-190 Disturb Us Lord, the prayer of Sir Francis Drake. There are some great little features of this design when it comes to framing. The horizontal border is designed to go into the rabbit of a standard 16x20 frame, which gives it a custom look. The frame I used was from Hobby Lobby, and on sale was $25. For everything - spacers, mat, lacing, etc - the total framing cost was under $35. Yay!

The past few days have been very productive for me and stitching. I ended up sick (again! Tree pollens and I are not getting along) for a planned mini vacation to the hill country. So hubby and doodlebug are enjoying hiking in Dinosaur Valley while I have been working on lots of new releases and trying to placate a very pouty pooch (the dog watched them walk out the front door and has barely moved from the hallway since that moment. I finally moved her bed in there so she wouldn't be on the cold floor). It looks like the batch that will be released next week will be shortly followed by another four!

A wonderful beginning of spring to you and yours.