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Pinks & Needles

Jenny Ryan is an artist, crafter, and maker of things. She lives in Los Angeles with a pack of various animals (including her husband) and writes about her adventures in creating at Exit Through the Thrift Shop.

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By Jenny Ryan

Jenny Ryan

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August 21, 2008, 12:00 pm PDT

I’m bowled over by the cuteness and attention to detail that runs rampant in the Pinks & Needles Etsy shop. She offers an array of tea-and-egg cup ensconced pincushions which are accompanied by decorative pins with handmade toppers in all sorts of themes: Red Riding Hood, Happy Forest Friends, Kawaii Animal Town, etc. These would make such great gifts for the crafter in your life…or for yourself!