More News and Eye Candy UPDATED

If you are a Melissa Shirley fan, then you'll be thrilled that all her newest designs are up on her website now.  I love the geishas (see above) and the Asian herons, but the tiny Madonna and Child ornaments are also very appealing to me.  Of course the owls and the Wild Women and the bugs are wonderful, but on Melissa's website you see everything that is new, not just what caught a shop owner's eye.
http://www.melissashirleydesigns.com/gallery/?bsn=1

Ruth Schmuff is back posting even more photos of painted canvases that have caught her eye.  She's not just showing off her designs, she is buying for her shop in the Baltimore suburbs. There are some great treats here.  So see for yourself!
http://www.notyourgrandmothersneedlepoint.com/2010/06/good-morning_14.html

Peggy is still reporting on the items Amy Bunger and her staff are  buying for her shop and for her classes.  There are lots of things we haven't seen before described here in words and in pictures.  Being a threadaholic, my eye was riveted by the hand painted Shimmer Ribbon Floss from Painter's Thread (Tentakulum), but there is a lot more to see here.
http://needlepointstudyhall.blogspot.com/2010/06/day-two-shopping-shopping-shopping.html

Colleen is fighting through technical difficulties and blogging about the wonderful things she's picking up for Needle Works.  Shop owners--where would we be without all their hard work?  Pass that woman a Shelly Tribbey Halloween cupcake!  (There is another owl canvas here from a different designer.  Whoever says this is the owl show was right!)
http://theneedleworks.typepad.com/the_needle_works/2010/06/i-cant-belive-it.html

UPDATE:  More Colleen, with witches and their cats.  (And more but I didn't want you Halloween fans to miss these.)
http://theneedleworks.typepad.com/the_needle_works/2010/06/more-of-columbus.html

Stay tuned for even more.  I expect a few more postings to wrap up the newest from Columbus tomorrow.  Then I'll start a new project.

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Columbus Photos and More UPDATED AGAIN

Ruth Schmuff isn't just a shop owner, she has a line of canvases which she has plastered all over her booth at the Columbus show.  She took photos for us to see on her blog.  The TNNA website says there are over 900 booths and 430 exhibitors.  Can you imagine being at a show that has 430 times this amount of needlework-related supplies?  I know a lot of it relates to knitting, but still...!
http://www.notyourgrandmothersneedlepoint.com/2010/06/columbus-2010-is-off-and-running.html

UPDATE:  Ruth has another blog post showing off the things she saw in other booths.  Canvas Candy has some darling Asian folks, don't they?  After I tracked down their website, I discovered that the photo Ruth took shows both the canvases and matching glass ornaments (see second link below).
http://www.notyourgrandmothersneedlepoint.com/2010/06/good-morning.html

http://jlcanvascompany.com/Asian.html

Knowing how much there is to see, you can really sympathize with the dazed look in Peggy's eyes as she attends her first TNNA show for the Amy Bunger shop.  She isn't so shell-shocked that she forgot to show off some of the new DJ Design and Princess & Me canvases, though.  And there were some fascinating Canvas Candy canvases that come with their own glass ornaments (photo above) and Lani mask designs that are spectacular.  Not to mention a nice light/magnifer from Elizabeth Turner and four new Wild Women designs from Melissa Shirley.  Is that Coco Chanel I see?  And Mae West!!!?  Thanks, Peggy!
http://needlepointstudyhall.blogspot.com/2010/06/day-one-walking-mile-or-two-in-peggys.html

And if that wasn't enough, check out what Needle Works saw!  Do you like mermaids?  Then Leigh's Waterbabies will delight you as much as they do me.  Are you fascinated by the variety of nature?  Melissa Shirley's little jeweled beetles might be the perfect canvas for you.  If I wasn't annoyed by the Great Horned Owls who wake us up in the middle of the night, I'd be stitching an owl canvas for sure.  The variety of sizes and styles of canvases featuring this magnificent bird are incredible.  And of course the new Mindy pieces are astounding in their color and patterns.
http://theneedleworks.typepad.com/the_needle_works/2010/06/columbus-market-minitrunk-show.html

UPDATE:  More from Needle Works
http://theneedleworks.typepad.com/the_needle_works/2010/06/ordering-from-market.html

You know, it is a good thing we are not at Market with these shops. I'm pretty sure I'd be dying from Sensory Overload right now....

Jane, reveling in the Eye Candy here in Chilly Hollow

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A Contest, A Winner and More

It's time to vote for the winner in Gone Stitching and Planet Earth Fibers' original design context. I've voted. Have you?
http://www.gonestitching.net/ourworldcontest

Speaking of contests, My June 4 giveaway of my extra copy of the March/April 2010 Needlepoint Now has a winner (Pamelaric) but I haven't heard from her and can't reach her through her Profile, which is private. Pamela, email me your address at chillyhollow at hotmail dot com so I can get the magazine out in the mail to you.

In more TNNA news, here is how Robin King will display her Needle Deeva heart in the class she is teaching on it. Robin's the person who convinced me to use the beaded pattern couching she used on her pumpkin on my mermaid's tail.
http://needlepointstudyhall.blogspot.com/2010/06/needledeeva-heart-150g-is-ready-to.html

Needle Works in Austin plans to report from the TNNA show and is going to offer a discount on things they post photos of as long as you order quickly. Here are the details.
http://theneedleworks.typepad.com/the_needle_works/2010/06/off-to-market.html

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Reports from Columbus

Reports are beginning to trickle in from the classes shop owners have taken or taught at TNNA's market in Columbus, Ohio.  Michele took a class from SuZy Murphy and is trying to become Teacher's Pet.  If you are curious about the Thread Zapper she mentions, the second link is a photo of the ones she sells in her shops in Michigan and Florida.
http://bristlythistle.blogspot.com/2010/06/fridays-tnna-class.html

http://www.bristlythistle.com/zapper.html

Peggy is having a blast at her first TNNA show as part of Amy Bunger's shop.  In this blog article she describes some of the classes offered and some of the new things she's seen already.
http://needlepointstudyhall.blogspot.com/2010/06/omg.html

Silly me!  I've just found the Almost Summer Newsletter from Busy Needle in Tucson that talks all about the Dallas show in April.  Oh, well, this is Almost New news so here is the link.
http://www.busyneedle.com/Newsletter/index.htm

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New Halloween Designs (and More)

Today's Canvas of the Day (above) is from Renaissance Designs, specialists in wild Halloween designs.  While researching this piece, I discovered that Renaissance has posted photos of their newest designs on their website.  I love the Raven but I have to admit "I Have a Lot of Creepy Friends" cracks me up!  There are lots of Halloween designs as usual, but also as usual, Renaissance surprises us with wonderful florals and happy Christmas and Thanksgiving designs.
http://www.renaissanceneedlepoint.com/new/new.html

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