Christmas stitching inspo to get you feeling festive 🎄🎄

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SHOP OUR PRODUCTS Hey, it's Julie here,   I hope you are enjoying your week so far! Here's what's new this week at Clever Poppy. In today's email: On the Blog: 4 Steps for preparing your thread More details on our Amazing Creative Bundle Deal  Member's adorable version of 'Festive Friends' Cute fiber animation of making a PB & J sandwich Hilarious halloween dog costumes In our world: Feels like summer ☀️ Amazing Creative Bundle Deal... We are so honoured to be a part of this year's Creative Bundle! With this bundle you can access 68 online courses and resources (worth over $3,400) for only $75 USD! Say what?!   You might be wondering how on earth this is possible? Well the Creative Bundle is an annual event where artists and content creators each add an online course, ebook, or virtual class to this bundle. Some are popular products regularly available for sale, and some are exclusive content only accessible through the bundle.    If you see even a few courses that you want, it's worth grabbing the bundle - it gives you an overall 97% off them all!   To purchase – we are an affiliate for this bundle, so please use our link here. Don't miss out on this – the bundle is only available for a few days!  GET YOUR BUNDLE HERE On the Blog... 4 Steps for preparing your thread  If you are a beginner to embroidery, or are relearning this craft, then one of the first things you will want to know is how to prepare your thread.   It can be confusing when you are learning - you may have many questions like do I separate my threads? Which end of the skein do I pull the thread from? Or, how do I knot off my thread?   Well, to make it easy for you I have put together a summary of four tried and true steps for preparing your thread in this blog article here. These steps are all essential to ensure your stitching goes as smoothly as possible.    I hope these steps help you on your journey, and make things a bit less daunting! GO TO BLOG What have our Makers been up to? If you are in need of some Christmas stitching inspo, then check out these adorable versions of our 'Festive Friends' pattern shared by member Kayla.   She said: "Finished up all the #FestiveFriends.  These are so cute and fun to stitch. I want to make more for gifts!"  What's inspiring me on the creative front... I just had to share with you this incredibly cute fiber art animation by Andrea Love (@andreaanimates), featuring a PB & J sandwich being made! Andrea is a talented stop motion animator and fiber artist based in the U.S. who creates super fun, detailed little videos with scenes from everyday life. Her work is absolutely mesmerizing to watch - but make sure you have the sound on too! If you'd like to check out more of her videos you can find her page here. Have fun diving into the world of fiber animation!  Something funny... This funny little reel shared by @theshihtzusophie popped up on my feed around Halloween and I couldn't help but laugh at how hilarious these dogs look in their costumes! Hit reply and let us know which one is your favourite?!  In our world... It feels like Summer is not too far away here in NZ, after we spent a nice day out on the water over the weekend. Bring it on!   Here at Clever Poppy HQ, I've been working really hard on some new beginner kits we are launching in the next few months. I filmed a full video series to go along with our super popular Butterfly Blooms pattern. It takes a lot of energy (gotta bring my A-game to every video!) and time to create an experience like this, but it will be worth every second once it's ready to share.   Have a great rest of your week xx   No longer want to receive these emails? Unsubscribe. Clever Poppy Ltd 39 Woodside Ave Northcote, Auckland 0627