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Book Review & Giveaway {One-of-a-Kind Handmade Weddings}

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 It’s the little details that make your event memorable! One-of-a-Kind Handmade Weddings provides a great resource for anyone planning a wedding, a bridal shower, or other event. Fourteen chapters filled with step-by-step tutorials along with additional design ideas in each section make it easy to add your own personal style to any gathering. 

 

 

 

 

 

Unique ideas like handmade shadowbox wedding announcements and decoupaged save-the-date votives are just a couple of the dozens of inspiring ideas contained in the book. Instructions for seasonal bouquets, candlelit pathways, wedding decor, and more will add the perfect custom touches to your special day. Want a copy of the book for your very own? Just leave a comment on this post by midnight CST on August 31st for your chance to win One-of-a-Kind Handmade Weddings! One winner will be randomly selected and announced on September 1st. Due to shipping costs, this offer is open to US entries only. Best wishes to all the entrants!

 

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How to Store Embroidery Needles

I have a complicated relationship with my embroidery needles. Which is a fancy way of saying I don’t really take care of my needles at all. Even though I know I have embroidery needles to use for cross stitch and sewing, needles that are certainly still in their packages, I can rarely find them when I need them.

So when I saw this post from Crewel Ghoul about how to store your embroidery needles, it hit close to home for me.

It doesn’t really say anything I didn’t already know, but it is good advice that might also serve as a reminder for you to take better care of your needles when you cross stitch or do other hand-sewing projects so that you’ll be able to find your needles again when you need them.

It would help me a lot if I had a dedicated place to keep needles I’m not using, including the needles that are still in their packages from when I bought them. You’d think I would keep them with my embroidery floss but apparently you would be mistaken about that.

Another good idea for me is to have a place to put needles I’ve been using when I am done with them. Because goodness knows I’m not going to put them back in the package. (Which may actually be a good thing because then I know which one I’ve been using and which ones are fresh. Not that I replace my needles regularly, but still.) I own pincushions but I don’t really use them for anything, which is silly.

Check out the post at Crewel Ghoul to see all the options available for storing your embroidery needles properly. I’d love to hear what you do, especially if you have a better system than I do (which, honestly, would be any system at all).

[Photo: Crewel Ghoul]