Columbus Trade Show and Twitter News

This morning I experimented with Twitter, setting up an account for myself and then finding Amy Bunger's and Needle Nook of La Jolla's Twitter accounts so I could set them up as "friends" and "follow" them. There is a gadget that I can post here that shows my account updates and I did so, then removed it. I didn't like the look or the fact that I have to be signed into my account to display 'tweets' here. The security is rather lax as far as I can tell. Don't want people sending Twitter messages in my name! Janet Perry has a Twitter account and so do a few shops I'm not familiar with.

I'll just watch what happens in Twitterland and report if it is pertinent. I can say folks are enchanted by SharonG's new horses' ass canvases.... LOL (Ho Ho Ho is above. There's a floral group of horses and a graphic blue and gold set, too.) You can see all three rear end canvases on SharonG's blog.
http://sharongneedlepointdesigner.blogspot.com/2009/06/ct35-is-newer-canvas-that-now-has.html

Margaret has already told me there is a Twitter for photos, which I could also look for, but I think I'll draw the line. A lot of needlepoint designers also use Facebook (SharonG and Jody Valentine are there) but I am not sure I want to explore that, either. There is just so much time every day!

In Market News, Chandail Needlework has reported on some of the things they have seen at the Columbus trade show.
http://blog.chandailneedlework.com/2009/06/14/market-june-2009.aspx?ref=rss

Ruth Schmuff has added more information about what she is seeing at the trade show. She talks trends and mentions the Sirens canvases from Leigh I was dying to know more about are six different mermaids. They are all on a beautiful blue canvas background. Can't wait to see them as well as the new small Guadalajara ornaments.
http://www.tistheseason.org/blog/2009/06/columbus-day-2.html

Just learned that Carole Lake's Glitzy Accessories class is available as a charted booklet. What fun!
http://www.nordicneedle.com/PROD/1514.html

Finally, Needlepoint.com (a shop in Raleigh, NC) hasn't posted about the trade show yet but they promise to, and their blog is so much fun to read that I am posting the address here.
http://www.needlepoint.com/blog/

Jane/Chilly Hollow
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Blue Angel Icon is Done

The Blue Angel is done! I got the gold Kreinik border couched around the outside of the design yesterday morning and started the finishing for both pieces last night. Here is the finished design. I think she's lovely! Some details on her face and hands don't show up well in the photo and the beads don't photograph well, but over all, I am very happy with her.

Jane/Chilly Hollow
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Woodlawn 2009 Exhibit Update

I just discovered one of the Judges' Choice ribbon winners at last March's Woodlawn Plantation exhibit has released their counted thread design as a chart.
http://blackberrylanedesigns.bigcartel.com/

The long Adam and Eve clock piece was the big winner but the small square Adam and Eve clock piece won a 2nd place. I thought both pieces lovely and wish the new designer all the success possible!

If you want to re-read what I said, use the search box at the top of the page, left, to search on Woodlawn 2009.

Jane/Chilly Hollow
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