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Post by pas2 on Feb 13, 2019 21:21:53 GMT
They have always been reliable and easy to work with as long as you’re not in a hurry for the order and understand how their ordering system works. I like their prices and free shipping.
I believe they are a small operation and have had a unfortunate series of problems to deal with over the last year or two. I hope they can get back to business as usual very soon.
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Post by pas2 on Feb 12, 2019 13:39:56 GMT
If anyone shops there, I inquired about how the unexpected warehouse relocation was going. The latest update is that they anticipate another 2-3 weeks before they can start taking orders again. I do hope so because I still have a few items that hadn’t shipped yet. I know they were doing a full inventory and trying to ship items ordered after Christmas.
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Post by pas2 on Feb 12, 2019 9:00:19 GMT
Question for those of you who are seasoned WDW visitors - How many days do you feel are necessary to enjoy the parks? Especially for first time visitors? I don't mean experience everything. There are plenty of things we skip at DL and don't feel like we're missing out. I mean seeing and experiencing most things and moving at a relaxed pace. I haven't done any research for WDW but it's in the back of my mind for 'someday'. We've done two, three, and four day trips to DL. The two day trip was a very low attendance day with shorter hours. It was great! Most rides were walk on or 5-10 minute waits. Three days was nice because we had two full days at each park and a third, more relaxed day at DL. The four day trip was awesome because we were able to spread out everything in each park over two days making for a slower pace with plenty of rest in the afternoon. We've never used park hoppers or max pass. I don’t think you will ever get wait times that short at WDW. I think 5 days would be the minimum for WDW, I go for 10 myself, but as I said before I am crazy, no one else will go that long with me! Ithink you absolutely need a day at each park. AK is great, the safari ride is amazing and Everest is not to be missed. The Lion King and Finding Nemo shows (if they are still running at AK) are truly wonderful and quality productions, I don’t love the stage shows at DL, but always make time to see those two at WDW. WDW is much more spread out the DL. I don’t think there are that many more attractions at MK in WDW compared to DL, but MK is so much bigger, it takes a lot longer to get from point a to point b which makes it less coverable in a day. I think you could do most of DL in a day if you hurried and had short lines, I don’t think you could in WDW due to crowds and sheer size. Also when you want to run over to California Park from DL it takes less then 5 minutes to scoot across, if you park hop at WDW it will take you probably 30 minutes to get from park to park. It also takes awhile to get to the parks unlike the 10 minute walk you probably had at DL. When you go make sure you have ample time to snack around EPCOT, there are such amazing snacks and restaurants in the world showcase. The Karmelkuchen store in Germany is just delightful treat after delightful treat. The French Patisserie is scrumptious and the ice cream there is wonderful, I love getting a scoop of ice cream with whipped cream vodka poured on top, it is a grown up float that is incredibly refreshing! School Bread in Norway is a great breakfast treat as well, and if it is hot grab a shaved ice from Japan. AK still has both shows. Lion King has been moved closer to Africa since Pandora took its location. Nemo show has just renewed their contract for a few more years. I recommend the Nemo show. Wink wink
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Post by pas2 on Feb 11, 2019 9:04:41 GMT
sleepingbooty My sister and her family are coming to visit in July. I have never been to Disney Paris but we purchased tickets and hotels to go as a surprise for her 2 children. I would love any tips that you could share. My French is limited to very basic pleasantries but I spoke with several of my co-workers who told me it is not necessary in the parks. DD has a friend who works as a face character and actually gets flown to DLP to work on and off.
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Post by pas2 on Feb 10, 2019 13:46:56 GMT
I picked up a pack of Michaels 110 lb. card stock (100 sheets) this week. It's listed on the package as 300 g/m. It works well for card bases and for stamping on. I don't use it for Copic coloring, however. That's a job for Neenah. Good to know, thanks.
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Post by pas2 on Feb 10, 2019 13:38:46 GMT
I love WDW and found that my family is much happier if we go when they are having one of their festivals at Epcot. We park hop and mainly plan to do our eating there at the festival food stands. We are foodies so doing tastings and sharing food is our cup of tea. I haven’t preplanned a meal in the last few years. We stay on property and use their transportation. Now I go down several times a year since my DD2 is working in AK. Sometimes that makes planning harder since we work around her schedule and if she will be able to admit us to the park that trip. She is our transportation to other area parks too. My last trip was solo and I loved it. I wandered around various resorts and the parks to view their holiday displays while DD was working. It was really fun to go at my own pace, i saw and did things that as a family we tend to skip over. I highly recommend it. At this point I’m not sure which I have more of, disney themed scrapping items or Disney trips to scrap! Last time we went it was during the Flower and Garden Festival, but next time we are going during the Festival of the Arts. We are so, so excited. There doesn't seem to be as much food (for us), but we are definitely into the art. It's also our first time planning to park hop, so hopefully that will give us a little more flexibility to go back to EPCOT if we want. Wow! That's awesome your DD works there! A solo trip? I would so do that, but my family would freak. Maybe in a few years. I was suppose to go to the Flower Festival and stay in the AKL the first week of March, but we had to cancel due to DD's work conflicts. I have only been to the Food & Wine festival and at Christmas time which EPCOT now has numerous food stalls too. Hopefully next year I can do both the Arts and the Flower festivals. I won't go to Florida between early April and early Nov because I can't take the extreme heat and humidity. Park hopping is the best, if it is too crowded in one park then just switch to another. The only problem is that you can only get FP to one park per day. The solo trip was a short 3 day trip to visit DD before Christmas since she couldn't come home this year. The family had just gone in Nov so they couldn't take off again. I was nervous about going solo but it was wonderful and very relaxing. Noone could argue about the plans I made!!!! I even took my christmas cards with me to fill out and mail from there.
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Post by pas2 on Feb 10, 2019 11:47:42 GMT
I love WDW and found that my family is much happier if we go when they are having one of their festivals at Epcot. We park hop and mainly plan to do our eating there at the festival food stands. We are foodies so doing tastings and sharing food is our cup of tea. I haven’t preplanned a meal in the last few years. We stay on property and use their transportation.
Now I go down several times a year since my DD2 is working in AK. Sometimes that makes planning harder since we work around her schedule and if she will be able to admit us to the park that trip. She is our transportation to other area parks too. My last trip was solo and I loved it. I wandered around various resorts and the parks to view their holiday displays while DD was working. It was really fun to go at my own pace, i saw and did things that as a family we tend to skip over. I highly recommend it.
At this point I’m not sure which I have more of, disney themed scrapping items or Disney trips to scrap!
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Post by pas2 on Feb 9, 2019 9:34:30 GMT
I love antiquing. I grew up antiquing with my parents, and the older I get, the more I love it. Anyway, I bought a 2-drawer library card catalog for $32 a few months ago, and I love it. And yesterday I found this beauty for $3. It will be great for mixing paints and using as a palette. I am thinking of getting a few more to use in classes. Do you like antiquing? Do you use your finds in your creations? Just saw a whole stack of these for sale on FB market place.
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Post by pas2 on Feb 8, 2019 19:10:23 GMT
I love antiquing, went just the other day. I use some of my finds for tabletop craft storage. I just picked up a few books to use for ephemera that were dirt cheap. My favorite possessions are all antiques.
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Post by pas2 on Feb 8, 2019 9:02:51 GMT
I like to use background dies over glitter cardstock or inlaid with cardstock of a contrasting color. The designs are geometrics, hearts, etc but the colors are femine. Then I top with a die cut sentiment or panel with a stamped sentiment. They are pretty yet simple.
Don’t forget llamas for the teens.
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Post by pas2 on Feb 8, 2019 8:55:05 GMT
I haven’t felt the 110 at J’s but their 65 is extremely flimsy so i passed on their 110. I Iam guessing it must be index not cover weight.
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Post by pas2 on Jan 31, 2019 16:07:23 GMT
I picked these up at the HL clearance sale but I’m having second thoughts about keeping them. I do like the oxides and distress inks and even have a few paints and stains but I rarely use these. I also have gelatos
Does anyone actively use their markers and crayons? I’m thinking of returning them and buying a set of mini gel plates instead.
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Post by pas2 on Jan 29, 2019 10:38:27 GMT
I use a few storage methods for paper pieces. The tiny items I keep in a bead sorting box, by rough category. Most of mine are white so I sort by theme, but you may prefer sorting by colour. Any kind of container that's mostly flat and has individual compartments would work. For bigger items, I use a binder with trading card pages (9 pockets). Card sleeves conveniently fit in these pages, which make getting all the bits in and out or reorganizing a breeze. Unfinished paper piecing projects go in their own baggies, and into a box. Thanks for the sleeve in the pocket tip! It’s better than resorting to twizzers because my fingers are to fat.
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Post by pas2 on Jan 29, 2019 10:28:57 GMT
If they are fairly small you could easily store them in baseball card sleeves in a 3 ring binder. You could also get sleeves with pockets that fit standard sized photos for a 3 ring binder for larger ones. I still use my old PSBs and this method. I seperate by theme. When I do a layout i often start here for inspiration then work backwards to choosing papers.
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Post by pas2 on Jan 29, 2019 10:21:39 GMT
I bought myself a big box of 4x6 ziplocks, and I'm in the process of putting all my miscellaneous flat stuff (die cuts, stickers, flowers, you name it) into those, along with a paper or plastic card to keep the bag rigid. They all have a home filed in a pretty shoe box. I use ziplock bags for everything i bought some small and tiny bags in the jewelry section of M’s to seperate some chipboard letters by letter. Its much easier for me to pull only the baggies of the letters i need than pick through a whole set.
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Post by pas2 on Jan 27, 2019 22:31:04 GMT
Really makes me wonder if anyone actually buys these dies and WHY? well the die does have positive feedback so someone is buying it. OMG🤣
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Post by pas2 on Jan 27, 2019 22:28:48 GMT
Really makes me wonder if anyone actually buys these dies and WHY?
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Post by pas2 on Jan 27, 2019 22:26:24 GMT
As of Saturday my store didnt have the clearance tagged yet and the clerk said I could just call the store and ask. I’ve been watching YT videos and making my shopping list.
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Post by pas2 on Jan 27, 2019 11:22:47 GMT
I started out with little money for supplies. So I've attempted/made so much: patterned paper and transparencies, journaling cards, designer ribbon and tapes, embellishments, glimmer mist, stencils, stamps, etc. But I find I am lazier. Or maybe now that I have a stash I like the ease and quickness of grabbing it and getting it done. pas2 , I've never attempted rubons. But I will say I if you made a gelatin plate out of gelatin that I personally think that is the "REAL" one. Although I was too lazy to make my own and bought one. @amayalylac , you are awesome. I still use the homemade gelatin plates to apply a coating to inkjet printed pictures to use in decoupage and as a pad to brayer paint on. The rubons are made by printing in best quality on smooth side of a transparency (using transparency setting) and letting it dry for about 10 min. I can make custom rubons in every color but white. I haven’t done this in a very long time. You can also make overlays for photos.
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Post by pas2 on Jan 26, 2019 11:24:18 GMT
Everything. I am not joking. I will not buy it unless I can make it first. I am really hard core. I think it's a geek thing too. I do make my own embellishments. My whole room is set up for embellishment making. I make a lot of my tools, especially the trendy ones. If you are interested in making something just write it down. I will probably have a recipe for it or how too. Awesome!
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Post by pas2 on Jan 25, 2019 23:18:13 GMT
I just saw a YT video so it has begun. Guess I need to start stalking my store too, lucky its 2 miles from my house. I’m in envy of the YT hauler, their store has tons of dies, mine only has about 2 dozen.
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Post by pas2 on Jan 25, 2019 18:04:26 GMT
In an attempt to curb my supply buying addiction I am trying to make some of my own supplies. So far I’ve made:
patterned envelopes rubons printed tissue for collage prints for collages supply storage wreath builder templates (super easy with cameo) stencils/masks stamps gelly plate (great to see if I liked technique before investing in real one)
so what have you made, and do you still use them?
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Post by pas2 on Jan 25, 2019 10:50:42 GMT
This time last year HL was having a big clearance in the SB section. Has anyone spied clearance sales at any of the big box stores this year? My HL just finished inventory and wondered if clearance would follow soon afterwards?
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Post by pas2 on Jan 24, 2019 11:38:47 GMT
Oh my, I need to purge because I still have all of these in my stash including the HOTP,
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Post by pas2 on Jan 23, 2019 21:52:55 GMT
Thats what I needed to hear. Out it goes!
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Post by pas2 on Jan 23, 2019 19:12:36 GMT
I have been using the Evernote catalog system someone mentioned before. I also keep a notebook of stamped images by theme. I am very tempted to chuck it all.
As for my basement, the carpet needs to be replaced because it was salt water from the softner. It was old and due to replaced, just not at this time , and the room is large. Its the 2nd flood in 2 days. Yesterday the UV lights glass insert broke causing it to leak also. The flood was contained to the utility side of the basement When it rains it pours cuz My FIL also had a heart attack yesterday.
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Post by pas2 on Jan 23, 2019 16:49:41 GMT
For all of you that store your dies or stamps in a system like Jennifer McGuire, what do you do with the original packaging? I have been tossing them in a box incase I want to resell them? So what do you do with them, keep or toss?
im asking because our basement flooded this morning so as I clean up and move furniture from my SB area it seems like as good of time as any to purge.
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Post by pas2 on Jan 22, 2019 13:56:01 GMT
Wonder if it will work with the older Cameo model?
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Post by pas2 on Jan 20, 2019 20:31:22 GMT
My finnabiar silicone brush for using for mixed media. I picked it up at M’s on clearance. It’s so easy to clean.
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Post by pas2 on Jan 20, 2019 20:26:43 GMT
the only items I’m interested in are some ideology items and the Decofoil metallic paste. I can hear my wallet breathing a sign of relief.
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