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Pier Street Pebbles
News from the Needle & Arts Centre and Pier Street Gallery
February 15 2007 - Vol 2, Issue 3
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Cruise Ships in Campbell River

We feel that we have an exciting 2007 ahead of us and want to share this excitement with you.
Not only are hundreds of cruise ships passing by Campbell River each year as shown in this 2004 photo, but starting in June, the first ones will actually stop here. The Cruise Ship Dock is ready, and we are ready as well - to receive their passengers.
Plus, we will have many visitors and locals alike walking our Pier Street Historic Mile this year, which we just finished. Download your walking tour guide and start right from our store - and end here again to take in our newest products!

Find more exciting news in this newsletter.
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Needle Art Show 2006
For Friday Feb. 23 and Saturday Feb. 24 you are invited to take in the North Island Sewing & Needle Arts Show 2007 in Campbell River; click this link for the program.
The show features a large Merchant Mall and many Seminars plus several Stage Shows. Open Friday 12pm - 5pm and Saturday 10am - 5 pm at the Campbell River Community Centre.

We will have a booth with our yarn products, knitting accessories and display of some finished projects in the Merchant Mall plus we'll offer three knitting classes. You may sign up for them by following the instructions on the program.

If you are not living here: make it a retreat weekend in Campbell River and swing by our shop!
John Gillespie: Tug Boat
Check out the NEW arrivals in our Pier Street Gallery.
John Gillespie's misty paintings are well liked by our customers. So far we only carried his Giclee prints on canvas, now we just received two wonderful Giclee prints on paper. The image of this dramatic Tug print is 30" x 15".
Get more information on John Gillespie's work in our Gallery Blog and see his products listed in our Gallery Page.

Please also note that we have been selling Irene Klar Etchings, Posters, Gift items and Textiles for many years now. We just met her in Edmonton again and ordered wonderful new Etchings and a big selection of her Art Cards. Check our Irene Klar Web Page and our Gallery Blog for information on the new products!

New to our Gallery: A good selection of Emily Carr Posters and Art Cards!
Salmon Run Scarf
Thanks for your great participation in our Yarn Winter Sale in January. Not only did our customers experience huge savings - we are grateful that this Sale brought us new customers for one.
But, we also could clean up our inventory and eliminate a number of discontinued yarns. Find the updated assortment (most of them now with shade card links!) in our restructured Yarn Page. We also updated our Yarn Price List by Manufacurer and the Price List by Yarn Name.

Please keep in mind, that we have an Ongoing Sale with quality yarns for 20% off. Check availability before ordering! And - we still stock some yarns which are discontinued by our suppliers. Expect the next huge Sale in Fall.
In the meantime we received a number of Spring Yarns - expect more to come. They are marke NEW in our Yarn Page. Just to mention a few most beautiful new yarns:
  • Skacel: Urban Silk
  • Schulana: Feeling
  • Trendsetter: Tiffany and Yosemite
  • Naturally: Bella and Vero as well as Vero Tweed
  • larger selection of Rio Dela Plata Handspun - dream colours and qualities!

Also, please have a look at our Knitting Kits: After the successful Pullover Kit (Zitron Yarn), we introduced the funky Trendsetter Scarf Kit. "Get a Taste of Trendsetter"!
Last not least: if you read all this, you deserve this free Salmon Scarf Pattern (see photo above)

For a year now we offer several Blogs for you where we communicate news, tips and events for our different themes and look for your feedback.
You should visit our Gallery Blog and our Yarn Blog often!

Now we made it easier for you to find postings in our Blogs for themes of your interest, by adding "Labels" to each posting. If your are looking for a Shrug Patern for example, click "Shrug" on the keyword list at the right Blog panel, or just click "Pattern" to browse through all our patterns which we have published in the Yarn Blog so far. In our Gallery Blog, select the artist of interest and you'll get all postings regarding this artist!
Enjoy, and visit our Blog often for News, Tips and Events!
Gardeners Body Care
Inge and Jurgen went to the Alberta Gift Show last weekend and came back with many great ideas - and orders. Wait for the arrival news in web site and blogs! Here come the first announcements:

- We ordered Irene Klar etchings, posters, cushions, scarves, art cards, coasters and fridge magnets and will have an extra Irene Klar Page in our web site.

- NEW from Artables: first, a complete new stoneware line called "Earthart Pottery"; we ordered the Handpainted Leaf line. We also get two lines of the new lower cost wildlife "Silhouette Series": Fishing Bear and Swimming Moose - see the announcements in our Pottery Page!

- The photo above shows a complete new line of Bath and Body Care which we will carry: Gardeners Lemon Verbena is made from delicately crushed leaves of Lemon Verbena, combined with papaya and bergamot to create a revitalizing and uplifting fragrance. The Gardeners Herbal Mint scent is a combination of fresh balsam leaves and greens with mint and a touch of sage ... for the true gardener. Find more on our Gift and Decor Page.

Let's stop here for today: there is much more to be announced in the next newsletter.

Mothers Day is coming up! Check out our online service for your Shopping - including free gift wrapping!
And if you like our Newsletter and Web Site, please tell your friends.
Now, meet you in our store or over in our Needle & Art web site.

As always:
Come in - Relax - Enjoy!

Inge
Inge, for the staff of the

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