Well, by the time you read this I'll be out of town again! I just thought I'd pre-blog the photos from one of the most wonderful places on earth: Shepherd's Bush, in Ogden, Utah!
I didn't get a lot of different pictures this time because the shop was packed to the rafters with delighted customers, filling their arms with new stitching goodies, and I kept bumping into people and saying, "Oh! Excuse me!" So I thought that I'd best snap as many pictures as I could (which wasn't that many) before Tina or Teri had to call Cross Stitch Security on me.
I hope you enjoy this very mini tour! It's a shop that's brimming with something new and lovely and soft and happy in every nook imaginable. Being there makes you want to stop and stare for a few moments, and then start joyously collecting new projects that you didn't know you needed.
I had a fit over this "Wicked Plant" by Barbara Ana Designs, and will indeed be stitching it just like Shepherd's Bush has it.. and then sending it right off to Jill Rensel for that fabulous set of painted mats and moulding!
After visiting the shop for all of about 22 minutes (I had a lot to do to to prepare for my first class), so I couldn't stay as long as I wanted to!), we whisked off to Jill Rensel's studio to see what stunning new pieces she had waiting to be picked up by their owners.
Does anyone know the designer of the piece below? I think it's fabulous! (Sorry for the glare!)
Jill had these sweet little ornaments she was giving away to visitors in the shop…
And here is Norma with one of Jill's sweet babies…
It was such a delight visiting sweet Jill and Amber, but I don't have photos to share here because I just realized they're all on my phone! I was wondering where they'd all disappeared to..
I'll be back soon with pictures from the retreat at The Canyons, with some of the teachers' projects, the pincushion exchange, and the retreat boutique, which was literally a store-away-from-the-store, packed with loads of stitching treasures!
In the mean time, to those of you who attended, I hope you're enjoying all the projects you came home with! It was one of the best times ever, getting to visit with you all!
See you soon!
11 Comments
Carolyn
Shepherd’s Bush is simply one of the greatest places on this earth !! Thanks for sharing….although it does make me homesick !!
Katrina
Too much fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Carolyn
You could drop me in Shepherd’s Bush and just leave me! What a shop, with treasures cached in every nook and cranny. Heaven*
Jeannine520
What a wonderful place, if I’m ever in Utah I’ll be sure to visit.
The sampler you asked about is called “Northern Lights Sampler” and is by Examplers From the Heart”.
Margaret
I see someone beat me to telling you the designer of that piece. đŸ˜€ Thanks for sharing all the pics of the shop and of Jill’s. One of these days I’d love to go there!
Karen Motsinger
Thanks for the mini-tour. I’d love to visit the shop someday.
natasha
Oh my SB looks like disneyland but minus all the children Hahaha I would LOVE to go vosot their shop one of these days…. Thanks for all the beautiful pictures!!!
Lynn Jones
Thank you for sharing all of the wonderful eye candy! Someday I’d love to visit the shop. I’m sure I’d be just like a kid in a candy shop!
BTW, I love the Wicked Plant finish. I have already stitched this and I’ve had it stretched but not framed yet. This finish is giving me all sorts of ideas.
Linda
Oh Paulette, thank you for all the beautiful pictures! I would love to visit SB someday!!! I do believe I would stand just inside their door and just jump up and down and go crazy with glee!!!! Linda in CO
Lisa
Paulette, I’m a great fan of your marvellous creations. Will you be publishing a new “Plum Street Samplers Sunday Mystery Sampler” this year, too?
Love from Austria, Lisa
Frances
Wonderful photos! Now I know I simply must go!!!
Looks like you had a marvelous time!