There are never enough enamel dots/shapes in a package.

Glue sticks.

I mean I understand it's largely a limitation of how big you can make the tube before it's unwieldy to hold, but they never seem to last long enough. I've mostly stopped buying them because I was going through a ridiculous number of (large) tubes a month. I wish they'd sell refill packs that didn't generate as much plastic waste.

I'm with you about enamel dots. I love them but I think they are kind of expensive for that amount that comes in a package.

I completely agree! And too MANY big enamel dots, too FEW small/medium!

Thickers: re-evaluate letter "E" distribution! "Pebbles" cute thickers...I'm looking at you! 4 Es, 4 Js, 4 Zs... I have a problem and I'm not buying! I insist on 6 Es to buy a package... (and there are often 4 E's and 5 A's... what is WRONG with E?)

This is why I originally got a diecut machine & alphabets

So why do I have a stack of letter stickers/thickers? A Recently bought stack?

In my defense they were all cheap $3 or less so 2 titles and I can throw them out. The big question is WILL I? Or will I hoard them even though I can’t really ever use them?

Yes!!  I should pay closer attention to vowels when I buy them...great tip!  I do check for numbers though.  I don't need 40-50 number thickers (except to MacGuyver them into a letter I need).  

I totally agree with you. And here in Canada I pay anywhere from $6 to upwards of $7 for a regular size package. It's way too much. But I am also messy with mixed media, so hesitant to try Nuvo or Ranger Enamel accents for fear of smearing it across my layouts.

I was worried about this too so I make my Nuvo drops in bulk on waxed paper and then I glue them down onto cards later. I never EVER know where to put them so I move them around a zillion times before I commit. Doing the dots straight onto my project would be a disaster. But seriously, try it on waxed paper. You can make dozens (as many as your hand strength can take) and then leave them somewhere safe to dry for several hours or a few days.

I agree with everyone on enamel dots, especially the tiny ones. The huge ones are useless to me, and I need 5 times more tiny ones. Nuvo drops have solved that to some extent but I don't have enough colors and I'm not keen to buy them since I don't use them very often any more. I'd rather just buy a sheet of shades of a color with tons of little dots. Freckled Fawn used to have some good ones but I didn't buy enough.

And vowels. I don't use letter stickers much now but when I did I needed vowels, days of the week first initials (M T W F S), and a LOT more 1s and 2s to make week numbers and dates. Also, if you ever want to spell Japanese words/place names you'll very quickly run out of vowels, especially As and Os.

I completely agree about the shrinking packages of enamel dots. I’m trying to figure out how 60 enamel dots were $2.99 in Shimelle’s Head in the Clouds collection, yet 36 enamel dots are $3.99 in Field Trip.

Honestly the only way I can use the bigger ones is to mostly hide them under layers so you only see a little bit of it. I would love packs of only the smaller sizes.

Every time I look for all the same size enamel dots my search ends up with UK sites. I think little fawn & friends have pages of same size enamel dots in a range of colors but I haven’t found them here

St.inkedMade     www.eyeletoutlet.com/enamel-dots-60ct.html

Me too. Plus I stock up on their Mickey ears enamel shapes. Love their stuff.

Oh dear. I never went to that site because eyelets are so dated but oh my gosh, so many cute brads and so much washi tape. I filled my cart. Now I need to start deleting things to get my total down to a reasonable price....