BeStitched is making a special effort this year to have needlepoint gifts ready for shoppers. They do gift certificates, of course, and...
http://bestitchedneedlepoint.com/give-the-gift-of-needlepoint/
...they also have a pre-packed needlepoint set, ready to unwrap and stitch!
http://bestitchedneedlepoint.com/queen-for-a-day-gift-box/
If you have a stitching friend who'd love this, or you think you might have time to teach someone to stitch over the holidays, this is a good way to start. Of course I bet your local shop would be willing to do something along these lines, too, but not everyone has a shop close by.
http://bestitchedneedlepoint.com/holiday-gift-box-from-bestitched-needlepoint/
UPDATE: BeStitched has added a post-Christmas delight box--a Melissa Shirley angel.
http://bestitchedneedlepoint.com/angel-gift-box/
To put us all in a holiday mood, here is Tchaikovsky's Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, played on Ben Franklin's invention, the glass armonica.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQemvyyJ--g
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
@ Copyright 2013 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.
http://bestitchedneedlepoint.com/give-the-gift-of-needlepoint/
...they also have a pre-packed needlepoint set, ready to unwrap and stitch!
http://bestitchedneedlepoint.com/queen-for-a-day-gift-box/
If you have a stitching friend who'd love this, or you think you might have time to teach someone to stitch over the holidays, this is a good way to start. Of course I bet your local shop would be willing to do something along these lines, too, but not everyone has a shop close by.
http://bestitchedneedlepoint.com/holiday-gift-box-from-bestitched-needlepoint/
UPDATE: BeStitched has added a post-Christmas delight box--a Melissa Shirley angel.
http://bestitchedneedlepoint.com/angel-gift-box/
To put us all in a holiday mood, here is Tchaikovsky's Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, played on Ben Franklin's invention, the glass armonica.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQemvyyJ--g
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
@ Copyright 2013 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.