Oh, I could write a sonnet |
Hello, and a Spring welcome to our April '24 newsletter!
We have a little more to say this month! Many designers introduce new kits and patterns in the early part of the year in the big needlecraft shows like Nashville and Cologne.
Kits
Heritage Crafts have released two new Elegance ladies called Ailsa and Annabel by John Clayton, two lovely landscapes by Mel's Stitches, a set of beach huts in different colours by Karen Carter and a boy and a girl birth cards by Kirsten Roche.
Check them out in the online catalogue for 2024.
https://www.artsanddesigns.com/cgi-bin/viewDetails.pl?catnumber=604960897
 Forget Me Not by Riolis
Permin's second collection for 2024, released in time for the Cologne show has lots of cartoon designs with Pippi Longstocking, chickens, nesting birds, horse and tiger.
Anchor have a range of new kits for 2024 including wedding items, Style a teenage range and a garden collection.
We have chosen the four designs from the Meadow Collection stitched with linen floss. https://
Patterns
Nora Corbett's latest designs are Miss Pink Mushroom and Miss Forest Mushroom, a little reminiscent of 1950s fashions!
Lots of new patterns were introduced at Nashville:
- Another design in Cottage Garden's Fabulous House Series titled Cottage.
- Another 'Chubby' for 2024 - Chubby Bee this time - by Jeannette Douglas
- Another Tudor design - Tudor Hound - by The Blue Flower
- The Prairie Schooler's 2024 Santa
For those who prefer larger traditional designs there are samplers by Little Robin, Needlework Press, Shakespeare`s Peddler, The Scarlett House and Blackbird Designs.
We are delighted to introduce a new (to us) designer Robin Pickens with stylish and colourful patterns. These have been very popular so far and some have sold out.
It's been many years since we stocked the excellent Cross-N-Patch hardanger and flower designs by Emie Bishop and we thought they had all disappeared. However, we recently found someone with a limited stock of these stylish patterns so we've brought many of them back.
There are some old favourites and some we haven't seen before. Sadly, stocks will be limited and they may not be repeated.
And Finally
It probably won't have escaped your notice that we're in the middle of the Easter holiday, a time to contemplate the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth two millennia ago.
Easter, like other religious festivals, has been secularised over the years and our title comes from the song by Irving Berlin that was popularised by Judy Garland and Fred Astaire in the 1948 movie Easter Parade.
"In your Easter bonnet
With all the frills upon it
You'll be the grandest lady in the Easter parade" - Irving Berlin, US songwriter
Whether you're praying or parading, stitching or singing we wish you a happy and untroubled Easter.
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| by Arts and Designs on Fri, 29 Mar 2024, 16:23 |
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March Hares |
A springy welcome to our March 2024 newsletter!
This is the time of year for industry shows there's one in Cologne, one in Birmingham, UK and one in Nashville ,Tennessee and so there will be a lot of new designs, kits and sundries showing up over the next few months.
We have just received kits from Bothy Threads' Spring Collection. There are more cute needle minders and a new range called Full Moon Collection, one for each season as well as more from the usual designers.
If you're interested in Swedish Weaving or Huck Embroidery you might want to check out our friend Katherine Kennedy's latest book: Swedish Weaving Pattern Directory (ISBN 9781800922242) which goes on sale on April 2nd. You can pre-order it at searchpressusa.com.
We've stocked Katherine's Swedish Weaving patterns for many years now and with 100,000 books sold she is the authority on this specialist needlecrafting technique.
You can find out lots more about Swedish Weaving at swedishweavedesigns.com.
The most recent design by Nora Corbett at Mirabilia is February Amethyst Fairy. That finally makes all the months in the series. And why did February take so long? As usual, there will be a delay before we have the embellishment packs! The supply problems with Magnifica beads seem to be rumbling on.
There is some good news though. We will have a delivery of Mirabilia Designs' Nightingale embellishment pack next week (woohoo!). There have been a lot of requests for this and we probably won't have enough to go around the first time but hopefully there will be more to come in the orders we have already placed.
It seems like every month now there are price rises as inflation works its way through the supply chains. DMC have announced another wholesale price increase of about 3% across their floss range from 1st April. We may have to increase our prices for DMC floss after Easter.
Anne's latest review is of a cute Easter Egg pattern by Cotton Pixels and you can find out what she thought by visiting the page.
And Finally
Did you know that the phrase "as mad a March hare" was around for several centuries before Lewis Carroll popularised it in Alice in Wonderland. Of course, Disney's Alice in Wonderland made it even more widely used.
If you get to see a hare in the wild nowadays, mad or otherwise, then you're doing very well! They are very well camouflaged and move like lightning so it's maybe not so surprising that they have to jump about a lot to attract the attention of lady hares.
So let us wish you the odd bit of madness to brighten up your March days. You never know if a jumping hare might be round the corner. |
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| by Arts and Designs on Fri, 01 Mar 2024, 19:40 |
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But low, bend low a listening ear! |
Welcome to our February 2024 issue.
We've been experiencing a lot of supply problems from the European Union recently every week seems to bring in some new rule or regulation which causes freight or Customs delays ... or worse.
We hope things will improve as politicians run out of ideas for silly new rules!
There's not as much to say as we'd like since our deliveries have been a little sparse recently ... so let's get started.
Plastic Canvas
The long established maker of plastic canvas, Darice, closed a few years ago and we haven't been able to find a replacement up until now.
We recently found the Polish company Orchidea and we've been able to stock up with 14 count plastic canvas sheets 21 by 28 centimetres in both clear and white.
Patterns
Bella Filipina's latest design Julia, the Firefly Princess is a very pretty lady. Perhaps it's no coincidence that designer 'Drin has a young niece of the same name!
His next design is apparently Jasmine from Aladdin so we're curious to find out what the famously litigious Disney Corporation will have to say!
Mirabilia have increased the cost of both their Mirabilia patterns and their Nora Corbett designs. The price increases will filter through as we receive patterns at the new prices.
Mill Hill Beads and treasures are also increasing in price which will also affect embellishment packs.
Kits
We have some inspired new kits from Moldovan company Luca-S featuring romantic figures, storks, flamingos, dalmations, cities and much more.
Long established Danish maker Permin are the first to release a New Year Collection with cartoons, witty designs and Easter items.
From England, Bothy Threads' first collection of the year will be available from the 6th February. There are new designs from old favourites like Wrendale, Margaret Sherry, Beryl Cook ... and a few surprises.
From the Netherlands, Thea Gouverneur's sons have released their own catalogue under the brand name Dutch Stitch Brothers with some interesting designs and which are less challenging than those of their mother!
And direct from the Midlands of England, Heritage Crafts has started the year with a collection of cartoon pigs, a lovely landscape and a Valentine Gonk.
And Finally
Our title this month is from a short and optimistic poem called The Brook in February' by Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts, a Canadian poet who lived between 1860 and 1943.
«A snowy path for squirrel and fox,
It winds between the wintry firs.
Snow-muffled are its iron rocks,
And o'er its stillness nothing stirs.
But low, bend low a listening ear!
Beneath the mask of moveless white
A babbling whisper you shall hear
Of birds and blossoms, leaves and light.»
If you've had a hard winter then we hope you'll be able to find your own whispers of birds and blossoms and look forward with optimism and good cheer.
Until next month ... happy stitching!
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| by Arts and Designs on Fri, 02 Feb 2024, 19:21 |
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January brings the snow, makes our feet and fingers glow |
A Very Happy New Year to you and a warm welcome to our fashionably late January 2024 newsletter.
It's short and sweet this month as we've been idling for the past four weeks!
Kits and Charts
Firstly, we have the eagerly awaited first of the Santa`s House by Cottage Garden in stock. This is the first in a series that will build up to a set of 12 at the rate of one per month. The second design - a castle - will be in stock later this week.
Heritage Crafts released their final four designs for 2023: a swan, a harbour, a Golden Years design and Peter Underhill's 'Hot Flush'. The whole year's designs for 2023 can be seen in our online Heritage Crafts catalogue.
We've also updated our online Anchor 2023 catalogue with their Autumn/Winter Collection. Anchor, who've been in the doldrums for a few years, have begun to recover and have added several pretty embroidery kits and counted cross stitch kits.
After months of waiting, the embellishment pack for Delphine`s Butterfly Brigade has finally arrived. We will also have the lovely new Mirabilia Art Nouveau design The Muse in stock later this week.
After even more months, the embellishment pack for Nightingale is still not available. Our best guess is that it has Magnifica beads in it and they're in very short supply. We're sorry if you've been waiting for this. Patience is a virtue.
There are two more lovely Boerum Decorum designs by Nora Corbett and two more designs added to her Petal Pushers collection.
And Finally ...
Our title this time comes from the poem The Months by Sarah Coleridge, English writer (1802-1852) and daughter of the famous poet. The poem, which trips lightly through all the months, is fun and charming.
Blue Monday is the third Monday in January and called by some 'the most depressing day in the year'. This is when our New Year resolutions have begun to fail, we're short of money after the Christmas binge and the bad weather and long nights have started to get on top of us.
Forewarned is forearmed. Laugh in the face of Blue Monday and it will soon turn into Chipper Tuesday.
It's time to start to stitch and sew and make your feet and fingers glow!
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| by Arts and Designs on Mon, 08 Jan 2024, 19:47 |
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Winter is the time for comfort |
Welcome to our December 2023 newsletter!
Winter has definitely arrived here in Scotland and even in the mild west (sometimes the wild west) we're below freezing. The garden birds are suffering and welcome extra food and water in these cold spells so Anne is topping up the bird feeders more often.
This month we have new kits from Heritage, new releases from Thea Gouverneur and Merejka, and yet more needle minders.
Kits
Heritage Crafts have added some cute little kits by Peter Underhill whose art, wit and humour will bowl anyone over.
There haven't been many new Thea Gouverneur kits released over the past few years so a new one is something of an event! Her new Autumn Collection has her trademark floral designs plus a few Easter and Christmas kits and two fine art reproductions. Some of the kits use 14 count Aida and some come with hoops, so it's quite a change in style.
We've also updated our online Merejka catalogue to include new releases.
Merejka is a Polish company which uses Zweigart fabric (mainly 16 count Aida) and DMC floss. Merejka have a few Alphonse Mucha ladies and lots of landscapes - including cities and many flowers. They're very good value for money as more and more of our customers are discovering!
Needle Minders
Our range of needle minders is growing with three new designs from Bothy Threads.
Those pesky needles are always trying to escape so bring them to heel with a magnetic minder.
Christmas Shutdown
A reminder that we'll be shutting up shop after the 8th of December and reopening on the 9th of January.
We'll be stocktaking and having a knees-up (maybe even at the same time).
And Finally ...
Our title today is from Edith Sitwell who was prominent on the London literary scene in the first half of the 20th Century.
"Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is time for home." Edith Sitwell, English poet and writer (1887-1964)
May we wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. It's time for home. |
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| by Arts and Designs on Fri, 01 Dec 2023, 18:57 |
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Of witches and winter breaks |
A wild and witchy welcome to this month's newsletter! We're sending it out a day later than usual.
If you've already been celebrating Halloween we hope you had a fun time and the hangovers from the 'witching hour' haven't been too bad!
We ourselves love the British tradition of 'Guy Fawkes night' which we hope to enjoy next weekend!
This month we're talking about new kits from Bothy and Lanarte, the latest Bella Filipina design, new bead boxes and more printed Aida, Evenweave and Linen fabrics from Fabric Flair.
We also have an important announcement concerning our Winter break this year.
Now, to business ...
Kits, Charts and Supplies
Bothy Threads have released their Autumn 2023 catalogue and we have chosen shoes, sheep, Wrendale designs, embroideries and tapestries.
Check out their catalogue for the entire range and let us know if there's anything that especially takes your fancy.
Lanarte's latest design The Purrfect Stare (illustrated) recently arrived from Belgium.
This superb kit has been a long time coming. It's a substantial piece of work and it's been in demand so far despite the hefty price tag.
The latest Bella Filipina design Olivia, the Forest Witch is already very popular. The beads and treasures are on order for the embellishments pack and we hope they'll arrive soon.
We've replenished our stock of Fabric Flair and added more new designs and fabric variants.
If you're looking for more bead storage, we've added new bead boxes with fourteen compartments which complement the seven compartment version and are only slightly pricier.
Winter Break
This year we've decided to take an extended break and to shut down the website for most of the month of December - starting on the 8th and continuing into January next year.
We just need a chance to recharge our batteries
We'll send you a reminder in our next newsletter at the end of November.
We've been under pressure this past year from encroaching bureaucracy, price rises and Royal Mail and other supplier problems. This has meant a lot of extra behind the scenes work (still going on!).
What kept us going was the continuing kindness and forbearance of our customers many of whom had to wait months earlier in the year after Royal Mail's systems completely collapsed and we couldn't send anything overseas.
So a big shout out from us to you all. We definitely have the best customers in the world!
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| by Arts and Designs on Sat, 28 Oct 2023, 17:14 |
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O hushed October morning mild |
A warm welcome to October 2023's newsletter.
We hope you've had a great summer or a great winter. Here in Scotland we're looking forward to some 'mellow fruitfulness' as the leaves turn russet, the days get shorter and the log fire brings warmth to our toes. We also have some upcoming ceilidhs and those are a great way to warm up too.
Shipping Charges
Before we get started we need to tell you about shipping.
As you may know, we've always had free shipping everywhere on kits and patterns. The huge recent rises in international shipping costs have made it impossible to keep this on so we're going to keep free shipping on kits and charts to the UK only.
There will now be charges for shipments elsewhere but we'll be absorbing part of them.
Don't forget that our shopping cart displays the shipping cost up front.
Designs
Nora Corbett has some lovely new designs. Goddess Garden under the Mirabilia label is a fountain and there are two more small floral patterns under the Nora Corbett label.
Unfortunately, Wichelt who manufacture and distribute Nora's patterns seem to be falling further and further behind in their despatches. It now takes 8 weeks from the time we place our order to the time they despatch it. We don't know why but we hope they recover soon.
There hasn't been a new Bella Filipina design this month - possibly as Drin, the designer, has been concentrating on a stitch-along.
We now have all the beads needed for the Mad Tea Party so bead packs are available.
Free Pattern
Julie has put a little free design on our facebook page. Please visit and indicate if you like it. If it's popular she will try to produce more free designs.
Kits
Anne has produced an up to date catalogue for Alisa and we have a lot more of their small realistic animal portraits. The cute Rabbit is one of a number of furry cuties.
English maker Bothy Threads' Autumn Collection will be released on the 17th October. We're told there will be some Christmas designs and some more of their popular ranges. We'll publish the catalogue as soon as we can.
Frames
For our UK customers we have a variety of hanging frames both circular and oval and in various colours.
Our experiences with shipping frames overseas have not been good in the past so we've decided to restrict these ones to UK delivery only.
And Finally
Our title this month comes from October by Robert Frost, American poet, 18741963
«O hushed October morning mild,
Begin the hours of this day slow.
Make the day seem to us less brief.
Hearts not averse to being beguiled,»
We wish you a mellow and fruitful autumn and perhaps a beguiled heart ... |
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| by Arts and Designs on Fri, 29 Sep 2023, 18:12 |
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Haply I think on thee! |
A warm welcome to our September 2023 newsletter!
If you're new to these newsletters we usually issue one main letter a month highlighting new additions to our stock along with news about needlecraft matters. Each week between, we send you a list of new items that match your criteria (so you might not receive any if we haven't added anything that's of interest to you).
In this month's issue we're featuring kits from Luca-S, Heritage Crafts, Bothy Threads and Permin. We have some new stitching hoops from Nurge and more positive news about Kreinik metallic threads.
Kits
We have some lovely new kits from Luca-S dogs, cats, flowers and wildlife. Excellent quality kits at very competitive prices!
Heritage Crafts have a new designer. Mel's Stitches kits feature escapist, eye-catching, colourful fantasy landscapes and are worked in whole cross stitch and backstitch.
There's also a new watercolour lady violinist in full swing from the excellent John Clayton reminiscent of the expressive Dutch musician, Janine Jansen.
 Yin and Yang are a cross stitch kit by Riolis.
We've also added two cute coasters from the artwork of Valerie Pfeiffer whose designs are perennial favourites with stitchers the world over.
Bothy Threads` latest collection has more Wrendale, Morris cushions, samplers and a Christmas street. So far we've chosen two of the popular Shoe designs, a dragonfly embroidery, sewing mouse and a baby elephant. We've published the catalogue and we'll be happy to answer questions or order anything from it. Just ask!
Permin have just released their fourth collection of the year. The third collection was all about Christmas but this one is varied with birth samplers, cushions, samplers and cartoon quips in hoops. We have online catalogues for both.
And while we're on the subject, Anne has produced an up to date catalogue for Golden Fleece kits which feature a huge range of genres including stunning wildlife, fabulous cities, sublime classics and lots more.
Charts
For once, there's not a lot to say here!
Bella Filipina's latest design Mad Tea Party has been very popular, so much so that we sold out of it and its companion The Poison Apple. They are both winging their way over from the far side of the planet and should be back in stock very soon.
Supplies
Just in, a range of Nurge stitching hoops, the popular rectangular brand from Turkey featuring clever, effective design and sturdy build quality.
We've also found yet more needle minders if you're building a collection.
Mill Hill beads, and of course all bead embellishment packs are taking even longer to be delivered - now about six weeks. Unfortunately the Magnifica beads are still not being manufactured which makes the embellishment pack for the popular Mirabilia design Nightingale unobtainable. We last obtained Magnifica beads in February 2022! We can only guess that there's a raw materials supply problem somewhere which is preventing manufacture of these.
Kreinik #4 (very fine) metallic threads do seem to be coming back on supply, although we still can't get the complete range.
We've increased the price of DMC stranded cotton. We know this is a staple for stitchers and we've held the price down for as long as we can. The prices we pay - of just about everything from postage (which is also going up again soon by the way), to packaging and payment fees have made this increase inevitable. We hope to hold the new price until at least Christmas but it may have to go up again afterwards.
And Finally
Our title comes from Shakespeare's Sonnet 29 and it seems to urge us to happy memories, as of summer, and to rejoice in them rather than dwelling on the past.
«Haply I think on thee, and then my state,
Like to the lark at break of day arising
From sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven's gate;
For thy sweet love remember'd such wealth brings
That then I scorn to change my state with kings.»
We hope you've enjoyed your summer and it's given you a lot of happy memories, too! |
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| by Arts and Designs on Fri, 01 Sep 2023, 18:27 |
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Their glory is my rich reward |
Greetings and a sunny welcome to our June 2023 newsletter.
In this month's letter we're talking about kits from Bothy Threads and Glorafilia, silks from Au Ver a Soie and even more pretty needle minders for your collection.
Kits
Bothy Threads' Spring 2023 collection has arrived in stock and we have chosen the three new Shoe Art kits, another Menagerie and more Wrendale and Country Estate designs for your stitching pleasure.
Bothy are moving away from transparent plastic wrapping for their kits to cardboard containers. Good news if you're sensitive about the use of plastics in packaging.
We have two new mini needlepoint kits of William de Morgan birds by Glorafilia. From the same manufacturer we have some realistic birds on cushions by designed by Celia Lewis.
Permin have recently moved premises which caused a lot of delays to deliveries. It has all settled down now and they have even managed to produce a new catalogue, the second this year.
Silks
Following a customer request, we now have an introductory range of Au Ver a Soie silks in stock.
This pure silk floss from France is supplied in bobbins and is better suited to very fine fabric - 46 count or higher. It's available in 50 metre or 150 metre bobbins.
We can order other colours and Soie d'Alger (for less fine fabric) on request.
Needle Minders
We have found several more needle minders from different companies some stitching related, some cute and some just pretty.
We have even found a place to keep them so that we can admire them ourselves while we're working!
And finally ...
If you've ever kept summer-blooming Dahlias then you'll know how fragile they can be over the frosty winter months. Our title is from a poem called Flower Gardener by Robert William Service, a popular British-Canadian poet (1874-1958):
«My dahlias are my pride today,
And many my creations be.
They're worth a fortune, people say,
But what does money mean to me?
Their glory is my rich reward,
And as their radiant heads they raise,
I dedicate them to the Lord,
With love and praise.»
Whatever your pride might be - topiary or tapestry, cultivation or cross-stitch - we wish you a warm, peaceful and productive summer!
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| by Arts and Designs on Fri, 02 Jun 2023, 18:54 |
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The first blossom was the best blossom |
Hello and welcome to the May 2023 newsletter.
In this issue we're featuring new kits from Anchor, Bothy Threads and Heritage Crafts, and new and new-ish patterns from Bella Filipina and Nora Corbett.
We've also got some new needle minders to help store those pesky things.
Kits
Heritage Crafts have added more designs for the celebration. They've also added a lovely new owl by Elaine Serenum called Spirit Guide making a set of four so far.
Bothy's Coronation Collection has been released
There's also a range of new kits from Anchor in different styles, blackwork, freestyle and counted cross stitch. Some use Anchor's new linen threads and some their new neon polyester floss and some the traditional stranded cottons.
We've chosen a few to keep in stock and you can see the complete catalogue here.
Patterns
We now have the lovely new Bella Filipina pattern The Poison Apple, from the fairy tale of Snow White.
As usual the materials are lagging behind the pattern but they're all on order and shouldn't be too long!
The latest Nora Corbett designs are a departure from the usual. The Boerum Decorum series features exotic birds and flowers.
Mind that Needle
We know that needle minders have become very popular and we've been trying to find more. We have three new designs from Bothy this month with more on order from another supplier.
They get snapped up so quickly we haven't needed to find a place for them in the store so far!
Buttoning Up
Mill Hill's current button supplier is retiring. From the Autumn they will be using Just Another Button Company buttons in the Button and Bead kits. Of course the current range of buttons will slowly disappear and there will be no individual buttons.
Disappointing Distributors
Mill Hill and Wichelt who manufacture and supply Mill Hill beads, Nora Corbett patterns and embellishment packs for Nora Corbett and Mirabilia are now taking at least six weeks to despatch our orders so we're that far behind on new Nora patterns. They don't seem to have been able to get back to normal after the pandemic and we can't work out why!
Kreinik has published a list of metallic flosses which are no longer being manufactured.
As with Mill Hill and Wichelt the problems in obtaining many of the more popular #4 braids started three years ago and continue.
One of the most frequently requested is 9294 which we haven't been able to obtain since last August.
And Finally
«The first blossom was the best blossom
For the child who never had seen an orchard;
For the youth whom whisky had led astray
The morning after was the first day.» - Louis McNiece, Irish Poet, 1907-1963
We'll be rejoicing soon as our new King is crowned and this will be a first for most of us. We'll all treasure the experience and we wish the King, Charles III, well.
We're taking a few days off over the coronation weekend so we hope you enjoy the pomp and circumstance that make up this unique ceremony.
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| by Arts and Designs on Fri, 28 Apr 2023, 18:25 |
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Earlier Stitchcraft News ... |
| Whan that Aprille ... ... Greetings, dear reader, and welcome to our April '23 newsletter! |
| Dear March - Come in ... A very warm welcome to our March newsletter! |
| See a Pin ... Greetings and a Happy New Year! |
| I'm wishing at this Christmas time ... ... Greetings and a Christmas cheerful welcome to our December 2022 newsletter! |
| How well I know what I mean to do ... A fiery Welcome to our November newsletter! |
| Sing a song of seasons! ... A hearty welcome to our October newsletter. |
| No spring nor summer beauty ... A very warm welcome to our September 2022 newsletter. |
| Thought Makes Man Wise ... Greetings and a sunny welcome to our August newsletter! |
| Six Impossible Things before Breakfast ... Greetings, and welcome to our slightly delayed June Newsletter . |
| When May was young; ah, pleasant May! ... Hello and a warm welcome to the May '22 newsletter! |
| April golden, April cloudy ... A warm welcome to our April 2022 newsletter! |
| Have some wine ... Greetings and welcome |
| By Which You May Know ... Hello again and welcome, dear reader, to February's newsletter. |
| May each day bring thee something fair ... A Happy New Year to you and yours and welcome to the January 2022 newsletter! |
| December's smile ... A warm Christmas pudding welcome to our Christmas newsletter. |
| Fall, leaves, fall ... Hello and |
| When the witches go riding ... Greetings and welcome to our October edition in which you will find ... |
| Thirty days hath September ... Hello dear stitcher and welcome to our September newsletter. |
| One day you discover you are alive ... A summery welcome to our August newsletter |
| Three Things ... A hearty welcome to this midsummer (or midwinter if you're in Oz, NZ or Antarctica) edition of our needlecraft newsletter.
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| My heart is like a singing bird ... A summery welcome to our latest newsletter in which you will find news about
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| Oh the cheerful Budding-time! ... Hello and welcome to our May 2021 newsletter with a jaunty air and a spring in our step! |
| Like a Burnish'd Throne ... Hello wonderful person and welcome to April's newsletter! |
| the Hope of what will be ... Hello and welcome to our March 2021 newsletter. |
| Thorough bush, thorough brier ... Hello and a very warm welcome to February's newsletter. |
| So let us melt, and make no noise ... Hello and welcome to our January newsletter. |
| A Thousand Christmas Trees ... Hello and a hot chestnuts roasting on an open fire welcome to our December newsletter! |
| To bring man nearer unto man ... Hello and welcome to November's newsletter. |
| Your corn is ripe today ... A big howdy-do to our October 2020 newsletter! |
| Learn little Maid, each useful Art ... Hello and and a warm welcome to September's newsletter. |
| Hope is the Thing with Feathers ... ... Welcome to our August newsletter. |
| We'll talk of Sunshine and of Song ... Welcome to our July 2020 newsletter! |
| Afoot and light-hearted ... Greetings and welcome to our June newsletter. |
| Reasons to be Cheerful ... A stir-crazy welcome to May's Newsletter.
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| Seeking refuge with needle and thread ... Welcome to our April Newsletter! |
| Summer in the Light ... Hello and a windy welcome to March's newsletter! |
| What a Tangled Web ... A wet and windy welcome to our February newsletter! |
| A Guid New Year to Ane an' A' ...
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| Awhile no cares encumber ... Welcome to our December 2019 Newsletter
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| Treasure your legacy of skills ... Welcome to our November Newsletter! |
| Here's to October ... A warm welcome to our October Newsletter! |
| All in the golden afternoon ... Hello again and welcome to our September newsletter. |
| In the blue and glowing days ... A sunny welcome to our August newsletter! |
| Sing Oak, and Ash, and Thorn, good sirs ... A hot and sticky welcome to our July '19 newsletter! |
| We shall get there some day ... A warm welcome to our June newsletter |
| Dance upon the mountains like a flame ... Welcome to our May 2019 edition! |
| The First of April ... Hello and a warm welcome to our April 2019 newsletter. |
| Many are our Joys in Youth ... Greetings and welcome to our March 2019 Newsletter ... |
| Winter is the Better Season ... Welcome to freezing February - or feverish February - depending on where you live.
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| As sleeps the patient rose ... Happy New Year and a Hearty Welcome to our January 2019 Newsletter! |
| Ring every day the chimes ... A very warm welcome to our December 2018 newsletter! |
| November comes And November goes ... Welcome to the November 2018 newsletter! |
| Summer has two Beginnings ... A Windy Welcome to the October 2018 Newsletter! |
| September days are here ... Welcome to our September newsletter ... |
| Remember to be Gentle ... A warm welcome to our sultry August newsletter ... |
| Answer July ... In this month's Issue ... |
| Knee-deep in June ... Welcome to June's Newsletter! |
| In the Cherry Blossom's shade ... ... In the Cherry Blossom's shade
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| See the land, her Easter keeping ... ... Welcome to our Easter 2018 newsletter |
| The winds of March were wild and drear ... ... A warm (especially if you live in Britain) welcome to our March newsletter. |
| Fair Maid of February ... A very warm welcome to February's newsletter! |
| The New Years Come, The Old Years Go ... ... Welcome to our last newsletter of 2017 (and first of 2018). |
| I heard the bells on Christmas Day ... A warm, festive welcome to our December newsletter! |
| The Black Cat and The Philosopher ... Hello and welcome to our Halloween newsletter ... |
| O wad some Power ... ... A warm welcome to our Autumnal newsletter. |
| Faith is the Bird that feels the light ... Welcome to September's Newsletter! |
| If ever any beauty I did see ... ... ... |
| She sights a Bird ... Welcome to our July 2017 newsletter
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| There are Moments ... ... "There are Moments, above all on spring evenings, when the lakes that hold our moons are sucked into the earth and nothing is left but wine and the touch of a hand." |
| Ne'er cast a cloot 'till May be oot ... A warm Spring welcome to the May 2017 newsletter! |
| Paint the Meadows with Delight ... A warm welcome to our April 2017 issue ... |
| Each minute sweeter than before ... A warm welcome to our March 2017 newsletter! |
| I wonder if the sap is stirring yet ... ... A warm welcome to our February 2017 newsletter! |
| One Little Person ... «One little person, giving all of her time to peace, makes news. |
| Warlocks and witches in a dance ... « Warlocks and witches in a dance;
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| Let Love Take Root ... ... ... |
| No Man Needs a Vacation ... ... ... |
| A Fur Coat in Texas in August ... Hello and welcome to our August newsletter! |
| If there is a limit to all things ... Welcome to the July newsletter! |
| Lux Tua Via Mea: Your Light's My Way ... Greetings and a warm welcome to our June newsletter. |
| Love, whose month is ever May, ... ... Welcome to May's Newsletter
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| Shamrocks, Walls and a Touch of the Blarney ... Welcome to your April 2016 newsletter! |
| Zen and the Art of Stitching ... A warm welcome to our March Newsletter. |
| Year of the Monkey ... We hope you enjoyed your Christmas and New Year celebrations. |
| It's Raining Cats and Dogs ... Happy New Year |
| The stockings were hung by the chimney with care ... ... ... |
| Treacle Scones ... Welcome to our November newsletter ...
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| Drawing the Impossible ... A warm welcome to our October newsletter.
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| On a bank of flowers, in a summer day ... Perhaps summers were better when Burns wrote the poem whose first line forms our title this month. |
| Imagination Rules the World ... We were inspired by the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo on the 18th June 1815 and so this month's title is a quotation attributed to |
