Valentines Day lovies with discount codes!

Lovely enamel locket HERE!

Check it out HERE

A beautiful series of enamel lockets with stamped hearts attached to a fun necklace HERE!

Check out all the beautiful Dangle gifts and use: HEART for $6 off your purchase.
AND...
Use: 20HEARTS for 20%off any order over $65 total.

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Thread Minders, Ultrasuede® and Beads Galore!!

At our Adorn By Orna Etsy shop you can find fantastic gifts for yourself or fellow arts and crafts addicts 😉!!

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HAPPY!

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Happy Valentine's Day!

Even to the most cynical of us, there is a charm in the sweetness which is Valentine's Day. I didn't always feel this way, in fact I think that the holiday can be super cheesy at times, but when I put my cynical self aside, my spirits are lifted.

Browsing Pinterest it is amazing to see the amount of effort some crafty parents, along with their kids, put in to making gifts for friends and classmates.

One of the most simple decorations for the day uses yarn: sweet yarn wrapped hearts.  A little cardboard, a bit of tape, and about a yard of red yarn allow the little ones to say: "look what I  made!!"

An hour crafting with kids and grandkids is absolutely the best way to spend quality time with them. (Remember here?).  What I love more than anything is the chats we have while we work away. Oh my, the information you can get in that quiet time!!  

I guess yarn, hearts and kids are quite popular, I found two more examples below. 

During the month of February, just because, I'll be putting in a cute red Ultrasuede® heart in every package sent out to you, my fellow Valentines.

xo

Orna

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Eight candles, I mean dangles...

The holiday season this year is a whopper!  Hanukkah and Christmas fall on the same days!  For Hanukkah the tradition is to present one gift a night, for the eight nights of the holiday.  When I look at my "dangles" I keep seeing menorah candles.  Take a look at what I see in my mind's eye, 😉

See all the candles in my "dangles" store and maybe you have a special someone to gift these to?

xo
Orna

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Happy Thanksgiving!

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Dashing over to say a quick hello!

Passover was wonderful!  Nomi is still with us, for what was supposed to be a visit full of activities, but since she got a fever and bad throat ache, we have been hanging out in bed, watching Sophia the First, (oh, with a tiny quick visit to the Disney Store).   Rae is back, (!!), and she has swept in to save the day!  I really appreciate your patience, those of you who placed orders, asked for information, etc.

Today is election day here in Philadelphia.  I will take a quick hop over to cast my vote and then back to Nomi!

xo
Orna

PS - I have been working on my FOB creations for just a teeny bit of time...

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and about my crazy life...

This week Rae is away.  She is off to help a friend artist set up an exhibit and will be back next week. This also happens to be the week before Passover, or the week of buying, cooking, buying, cooking, getting excited!  It's also the week of Nina's tennis varsity matches as well as the week after Nomi's birthday when we were away celebrating.  It's the week we found out that we will need to leave our home by the end of June and the week I'm trying not to think of that until I finish buying, cooking, (see above).

I want to ask you to please be patient with me this week.  We may be a little slow in answering your questions, sending out your orders or just about anything else.  I apologize.

A little glimpse at Nomi's beautiful hair which I put in a braid with flowers for her birthday.  She lets me work on her hair without complaining.

We also went to the Sakura Matsuri Japanese Street Festival while in the DC area.  Nina got her first real Kimono and we all let the sun turn our cheeks pink/red.  It was a great day.

We'll talk again soon, the chicken soup is boiling...

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It's never too early!

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Candles and beads!

Tonight is the first night of Hanukkah, the holiday I love so much!  On the first night of Hanukkah, however, my father passed away, 8 years ago, and he is in my thoughts all day.  Reid will make his specialty Latkes, (he has a fantastic recipe he loves to follow every year), and I will complain about the smell of frying in the house.  It's a tradition.   Whether you light candles or not, I wish you and yours to be hugged by the warmth of love and time spent together.

Now, have you heard about my new collections?  BEADS!  I'm going to have you pop over to see them on my site HERE where you can find details and descriptions.  Here I'll just entice you with a few photos ;)  In addition to the beads you receive a 15 page Instruction Guide on how to use beading in your needlepoint.

xo

Orna

A few photos from the Guide...

and a sampling of the Bead Collections...

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Wishes for a healthy, peace-filled New Year

Shanah Tova.  May you have a good year, full of happiness and contentment.

xo

Orna

שנה טובה ומבורכת

שלכם,  אורנה

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What have I been up to, you ask?

Busy with this and that, organization in the studio, paperwork for some Cyberworkshops I'll tell you about very soon.

I bought a new/old mirror that works perfectly on a narrow strip of wall in the loft.  It's about 7 ft. tall and has the worn out look to match the other elements of the building.

Remember that new design I was telling you about back here and here? It hasn't disappeared.  It's in the computer stage.  I've been working on the Master Chart which is where I always start.  The individual charts stem from the main one.  

Next I sourced the AMAZING frames in orange, green and white. They are a heavy solid resin and painted in strong matte colors. I'm working on some ideas for a perfectly sized piece of needlepoint.

I've started cooking for Passover.  Yes, I know it's early, but freezing chicken soup for two weeks only makes it better!  Tonight I'll make a few of my turkey-loaves, which are, seriously, the bomb!  (Sauté chopped up mushrooms, onions and shallots, once they cool down add them to the ground turkey along with spices, some fine chopped fresh herbs and a couple of eggs. The mushrooms promise to prevent the turkey meat from being dry, it works like a charm.  Then shape the loaves, roll them in Panko if it's a regular day and in broken small pieces of Matzah if it's Passover. In a hot pan with a bit of oil sear the loaves on all sides.  It makes the outside crispy and keeps the inside moist.  Shove the lot in the oven and when the inside of the loaf is absolutely positively cooked thru and thru, take out and serve. Or freeze).

and then I'm also doing some mundane dusting.  I love this little guy, one of Shiri's past birthday gifts to me.  The glaze color is wonderful!

and that's what I've been up to.  And you?

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HANGING UP FOR THE HOLIDAYS - NEW KIT!!!

My book "My Point Exactly" has sold out.  Over 8000 copies are gone, ( just a few left for me). I hate to see the designs from the book go to needlepoint heaven not to be seen again, right?  Therefore...

The first of them, "FORTUNE" is back as a kit, or instruction booklet only, on my Etsy site.  It comes in three colorways and is perfect, just perfect, as a holiday project, a stitched piece for a dear friend, or a gift in the form of a kit, for a fellow stitcher.  

Sunshine

The instructions come with detailed stitching illustrations and charts as well as instructions for finishing the piece as shown in these photos.  The Ultrasuede backing, the beads and a template that aides in getting the attractive shape, all included.  Fibers, canvas are there as well.  

The kit includes all the goodies!!  Start with canvas, fibers, (silk overdyes, ribbon and metallics), glass beads, Ultrasuede for backing, (really yummy colors), and the lovely instructions. 

If you know anything about me, you know that one of my fetishes is presentation.  For this holiday season I had beautiful Adorn wrapping paper made in order to offer each item perfectly wrapped, ready to go!  If you'd like your purchase wrapped, just send us a note!

Is finishing not for you?  You can send it on over to us. We will be happy to finish it for you, we just can't promise it for the holidays, sorry...  ($40 for the finishing).  Send us a note for more information.

So, like I said...  right here on Etsy.  

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