I lucked out several years back when the local counted thread shop up and moved 400 miles away. They had a nice little sale to clear out stock before the move and I picked up several packets of silver crystal sequins at a very good price. They came from Sweetheart Tree. I just found their webpage which shows a great many sterling silver charms, beads and sequins/paillettes created for their designs which will be useful for needlepointers.
http://www.sweethearttree.com/cgi-bin/charm.pl
Along the same lines, Pocket Full of Stitches has bead assortment packs in stock. I find these particularly useful for beaded edge trims but they have many uses.
http://pocketfullofstitches.blogspot.com/2011/03/cocktail-mix.html
You may not need such things for your stitching but it's nice to know where they can be found, just in case.
UPDATE: By coincidence Unbroken Thread just posted a photo tutorial on how to attach sequins and beads to your stitching. She is doing blackwork on linen but the principal is the same for NP canvas. This isn't the only way, of course, but this will work very well for scattered sequins and beads.
http://www.theunbrokenthread.com/blog/2011/03/18/how-to-attach-paillettes-and-beads/
UPDATE #2: Pocket Full of Stitches has posted photographs of the new shapes of sequins they have in stock. The article doesn't say the source so I don't know if these sequins are from Sundance Designs or from another manufacturer.
http://pocketfullofstitches.blogspot.com/2011/05/new-sequin-shapes.html
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Friday, March 18, 2011
Beads and Sequins UPDATED AGAIN
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