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Craft Product Review: Free Style Mouse by Purple Cow

Posted on 11. Mar, 2010 by Jenny.

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I love my rotary cutter for cutting fabric. And I love my paper trimmer for cutting paper. If those two tools got together and had a love-child, it would be the Free Style Mouse by Purple Cow- and I would adopt it and take it home!
As you can see from the picture, it looks a [...]

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Shamrock Yo-Yo Maker by Clover

Posted on 10. Mar, 2010 by Jenny.

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If you’ve been around CraftTestDummies a while, you know I’m a huge fan of Yo-Yo makers by Clover. (Read my review of the heart-shaped yo-yo maker here.) This year I saw that they came out with the “shamrock” shape and I had. To. Have. It.
Like the other yo-yo makers, the Shamrock Yo-Yo Maker set consists [...]

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Kid’s Craft Kit Review- Total Class Creative

Posted on 09. Mar, 2010 by Jenny.

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Total Class Creative is a totally new company for me- I have to admit that I’d never run across their products in a store before. However, one look at their product line and I was intrigued. The wood toys, storage items, and decorative products are really appealing and high-end, and I was so pleased when [...]

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Glitz-Up Hot Fix Crystal Review up on Craft Critique!

Posted on 04. Mar, 2010 by Jenny.

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Yeah, I’m crafting like a fiend these days…and my latest crafty play date and resulting review is on a vacuum-powered hot-fix crystal setter by Viva-Decor called the “Glitz-Up.” While I loved the idea, but it had a few issues. It didn’t knock my socks off, but still it’s a pretty cool tool.
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Craft Product Review: Elmer’s Painters Paint Markers

Posted on 03. Mar, 2010 by Jenny.

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I hate to admit that I’ve never before used paint markers- must be something to do with the fact that I was never in a sorority! However, my world has opened up to paint markers, and I’m glad!
Elmer’s Painters, in particular, are opaque colors in a convenient marker form. To get them started, you need [...]

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Craft Product Review: Precious Metals Colors by Viva-Decor

Posted on 02. Mar, 2010 by Jenny.

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I’ll start off by saying that I love paint, and have a deep-in-my-soul love affair with glimmer and shimmer. For those reasons, Precious Metal Colors by Viva-Decor is my new g0-to paint.
When the paints arrived in the mail, I couldn’t wait to try them out. The paints can be used for many surfaces, but for [...]

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Craft Product Review on Craft Critique: Perfect Pearls

Posted on 23. Feb, 2010 by Jenny.

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I admit- I’m a Pearl-Ex junkie! But the fabulous Suze Weinberg HERSELF gave me these, so I had to try ‘em out. And you know what? I LIKES ‘em!
As a polymer clayer, I really like the fact that Perfect Pearls have a built-in resin, which helps it bond to the clay during the baking process [...]

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Kid’s Craft Product Review- Bendaroos

Posted on 22. Feb, 2010 by Jenny.

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I’ve got a crafty household, and my kids like crafting, too- especially my 5-year-old daughter, who put Bendaroos at the top of her Christmas list. I wasn’t so sure this would be a successful  product for a pre-Kindergartner, but as it turns out, the are AWESOME. Let’s discuss, shall we?
Despite my hesitancy, we got these [...]

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Ice Ice (Resin), Baby!

Posted on 15. Feb, 2010 by Jenny.

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Ok, only a few of you will actually get the Vanilla Ice reference in the title- but I couldn’t resist! Today I’m talking about Ice Resin, a 2-part epoxy resin that is jewelry grade. The beautiful people at Objects and Elements told me it will never yellow, and the best part is that it’s labeled [...]

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Sweet Treats for the Class Party

Posted on 11. Feb, 2010 by Jenny.

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(Subtitle: Or,how the wrong adhesive can sink a great craft project!)
My son was gearing up to make his class Valentine’s cards- hand made, of course- and we decided on a compromise: make decorated juice box sleeves that would double as his cards for his classmates. (For you new readers, I’m big on juice box sleeves- [...]

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