Small Business Saturday

Once again, Needle Nicely will be celebrating Small Business Saturday.  It is November 25, 2017, from 10am to 5pm.  All in-stock merchandise with be 20% off.  Remember to register with American
Express to take advantage of any discounts they may be offering.  Also, please remember that I will mail things ordered on that Saturday.  The sale is 20% off ALL in-stock inventory.  It can't hurt to ask if we have it in stock.  I look forward to hearing from you.

I wanted to share a Christmas stocking for which Needle Nicely completed the stitching.  The original stitcher did the cowboy hat in suede and then discovered that she had macular degeneration.
Macy and I combined to do the remainder of the stitching.  I think it turned out beautifully.  It is a Jalapeno pepper Santa by Liz of Tapestry Tent.  It finished up beautifully.

Jalapeno Santa

This is going to be excrutiating to watch happen.  I am stitching this at home and Wednesday I will show the customer's canvas that I am stitching in the shop.  My projects have been tucked away for another day!

Stitching for Customers

My business plan is intent on depriving me of stitching time.  Recently, I've been selling items on Facebook's NNSE (needlepoint nation stash exchange) and the care and feeding of the entries is time consuming.  I'm allowed to have listed 25 items at a time.  They stay listed for one month, being reduced after 2 weeks and further reduction after 3 weeks. Their lifetime is one month, then they are removed.  The sold items stay listed until payment is received.  Then the process begins to list more items.

I also do Needle Nicely's daily bookkeeping and report filing.  My accountant takes my figures for the yearly tax returns.  I enter the weekly sales each weekend.  And one weekend a month I balance the checkbook.

All this is an attempt to gain your sympathy as to why I have managed to stitch so little this week.

You can barely see my progress.  The outer rows are basketweave.  Then there is a slanted gobelin over 2 threads.  It's going to be gorgeous when it has been stitched--and the deadline is the end of August.  Cross your fingers for me.

Edit:  Anne's comment reminds me to re-post the original photo of the Christmas stocking I am in the process of stitching for a customer.