4/15/2023

Limnyves Purple Butterfly Birthday PopUp Card

This is a great whimsical pop-up 3D card. It has a beautiful flower & butterfly scene inside and the colour of both the card and the envelope are wonderfully elegant. The card has gold accents and is made of good quality card stock. It has a inner tab that you pull out and it has a large note to write the message. In this way the beautiful card is not damaged but I can still write something meaningful for the person I give it not just a short congratulation. As the card comes without added text I use this for both birthdays, farewells from work colleagues or any other sort of congratulatory event in my life.

Desk Pen Rotating Holder

I have several rotating pen holders and this is the roomiest of the lot. It is made of good quality sturdy plastic in a lovely ivory colour that fits in perfectly with my Scandy studio. The different compartments are taller than other pen holders so I've been able to fit in all my paint brushes, small or tall, spatula, water brushes and scissors. It rotates 365 degrees beautifully. Very happy with the purchase, as it has tidied up my brush mess in the best possible way.

4/02/2023

Clairol Nice 'N Easy Permanent Hair Colour 4G Natural Dark Golden Brown

This hair colour is really great. Easy to apply, good quantity to fully cover my roots and part of my hair, and the results always get me compliments on how healthy and shiny my hair looks. The package includes a treatment that really rounds up the process of colouring and gives me the shine that I love so much. The golden bit is great because, although it doesn't show when I first apply the colour, and what you see is a nice dark brown, it shows when the colour fades away. This is good because it holds on to my greys and they look light brown not white. The colour lasts me on about 3 weeks due to the fact that I have very white grey hair and I don't wash it every day. Although my hair looks super healthy and shiny after application, the truth is that this colouring makes my hair quite dry due to the fact that it has hydrogen peroxide as one of the ingredients. For the rest, this is my dyi colouring between salon colouring.

3/19/2023

Needle Threaders Hollow Rose Flower Head Wire Loop Needle Threaders

This is a pack of 10 individually-wrapped threaders. I use different thread thicknesses, which I've tried with. This threader is wonderful for average sewing and embroidery threads and large or largish needle eyes, not as much for thicker threads or small eye needles that require of a bit of pulling through the needle eye; if this is the case, the tip wires break easily as they're too feeble. This is the main issue with the threader, its wires. The metallic head is absolutely beautiful and good quality; when the threader wires get broken, I keep the head to use it an embellishment in my artwork. 
 

SASHIKO Thread Thin 40M Card - Yellow 204

I love this thread because of its quality and strength. This is the thin version of the thread; having used this brand thread in both thicknesses, I can say that I prefer the thicker version over this one. However, this is still an excellent thread, perfect for stitching and mending in general, and for Shashiko stitching in particular. I bought it to use it in my artwork on paper or small pieces of fabric and does the job; it's great for flat stitching, not as much as as for embroidery as it doesn't have the volume and thickness necessary for that. I love the flat bobbin format, as it's easy to put away, the thread does not get entangled and it has a rabbet to hold the thread tip neatly. Needless to say, I love this thread bright intense colour. 
 

3/12/2023

SASHIKO Thread Thick 30M Card - Grey 217


I love this thread because of the quality, strength and thickness of the thread. It's great for stitching in general and for stitching on paper particularly, something I do often in my artwork. I love the flat bobbin packaging, as it's easy to store away and the thread does not entangle. This thread is perfect for Sashiko stitching and any other decorative flat stitching, but not for embroidery stitching.