Snap Trays for the Fashionable

Bedecked and Beaddazzled now offers coordinated bead snap trays and regular snap trays.  If you are the sort of person who cares about the look of your tools and wants useful ones as well, this is for you.  Since Ruth is a cat person, the first to arrive are Hello Kitty themed.  Stay tuned for many more....
http://www.notyourgrandmothersneedlepoint.com/2013/06/hello-kitties.html

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Rumor Mill: Petei

Barbara noticed that Petei's website has changed to indicate that she is no longer offering needlepoint designs but will go into a new business in the Fall 0f 2013.  The links to her canvases have all disappeared, too.  Thanks for pointing this out on Facebook, Barbara!
http://www.petei.com

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and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
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Coco Chanel, Wendy Reves and Needlepoint

Coco Chanel's villa on the French Riviera is up for sale again. The house was purchased by Wendy Reves in 1953 and furnished to suit her high style tastes.
http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/07/letter-from-paris-the-house-that-coco-built/?smid=tw-share

Here's a bit more about Wendy.  She sounds high maintenance all right, but fun, too.
http://www.dmagazine.com/Home/1991/08/01/IN_THE_COURT_OF_QUEEN_WENDY.aspx

Why am I interested?  Wendy had needlepoint pillows with sayings on them in the house. They are still there.  I hope she stitched them herself while sitting on a yacht somewhere.

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and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
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