I bought a lovely Pride and Prejudice kit from Serenity Designs recently, and as Anna's making and selling her own kits I thought I'd put a review up and try and get her name (and thus some of her gorgeous kits) out there.
You can either buy direct through her websitse - http://www.serenitydesigns.org.uk or her ebay store - http://stores.ebay.co.uk/serenitycrossstitchdesigns depending on which you prefer.
Her kits are fabulous, especially if you're a bit of a geek, but even if you're not I recommend going and having a look. She's got kits of CSI, Twilight, Buffy, Merlin (which I want!) Game of Thrones, Serenity, Lord of The Rings and so many other things - I was basically in geek heaven, there are so many that I wanted, it took me absolutely ages to narrow it down to just 1, and even now I'm wavering towards a couple of her others. She also does threads packs for HAEDs and also some HAED charts (authorised retailer, don't worry!).
I ordered through ebay, because I hadn't discovered her own site at the time and received excellent service. The kit was dispatched really quickly and I got message telling me that it had been dispatched, and it arrived I think 2 days later. The kit itself is great, comes with a front cover picture, a chart (obviously) over 6 pages in this case, all your threads pre-sorted and labelled (I photographed it the wrong way up, so you can't see the labelling, but it's all really clear!), a key and a needle. The chart's really clear, and I'm itching to start it (but seeing as I've got 7 on the go at the moment, I'm trying to resist for a while).
Service was great, excellent communication and arrived in great condition and good time. On an additional note on communication, Anna's also got a facebook page for Serenity Designs, making her even easier to contact, and it also means that you can see other progress pictures as well.
I love Anna's stuff so I hope a few people pop over and have a look, and hopefully are maybe even tempted by them! If you do make sure you post on your blog so I can see what pretties you've bought and I can stitch the others that I love vicariously through all of you!
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Will have a look.x
Great review. I will go and have a look.
oooh I love the kit you got! Will definitely be having a look :)
I have heard of her and seen her designs on E-bay. I've always been very wary of buying kits like this that are self charted as I worry about the quality and how it will turn out, I'd hate to spend so much time stitching it up only for it look a bit blurry!
I'll have to check out her FB page a look at the photo's. I'd be very interested in seeing your progress as it's a lovely picture!
I'll have to check her out!
ohmigawd, ohmigawd, those LOTR charts! And DW! And the Labyrinth! And House and Sherlock and!
You know, I really AM trying NOT to spend money XD
Anyway you kit looks awesome and I can't wait to see some wips !
I don't do the photo-converted charts at all but there are some very tempting designs there! Lost Boys, Freddie Mercury, Jim Morrison to name but a few. I saw House and thought WTF but then saw Topcho listed it as one of her faves so I guess it must be popular. I can't get past him being in Blackadder...
Off to tell Virpi about the wolves now.
I'm definitely going to have to check her out. Thanks for the recomendation!
Do I see cross stitch from my favorite movie? Eekkkk! I will have to look at the link! Thanks!
Thanks for sharing! I think I'll order one to stitch for my friend. They are truly unique!
o wow, I'm with Topcho, those LotR charts...!!! Even the Harry Potter ones are kinda cool although the Dobby one is a little creepy (lol).
And once again I am reminded I am the only human on Earth that likes Matt Smith more than David Tennant, ahaha.
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