Sizzix Dies and Embossing Folders Clearance at JoAnn!!

I am new to Die Cutting!  I want to get a die cutting machine for a while, I mainly want it for cutting fabrics.  I am not really into paper crafting.  After all the research I did, I decided to get Sizzix Big Shot or Big Kick.  I just waited for it on sale.  Anyway, I found Big Kick on sale at JoAnn.  It is only $49.99.  But my local JoAnn is out of stock.  So I ordered it on JoAnn.com.

Since I ordered my Big Kick, I started to look for Sizzix Dies.  And I found JoAnn are clearance some of Tom Holtz Dies and the other lines of dies, embossing folders as well.

Sizzix Tom Holtz Dies are $4.97 each, Hero Arts Stamp and Dies Set is $5.xx (Don't remember exact price), the other dies are $3.97 each.  Embossing folders are $2.97 each.

Let's see what I got!!

Sizzix Tom Holtz Dies

Sizzix Dies and Sizzix Hero Arts Stamp and Dies

Sizzix Tom Holtz Embossing Folder

Not all the JoAnn clearance out Sizzix Tom Holtz Dies.  My closest JoAnn sell the same dies, but at the regular price.  In order to buy the clearance dies, I went to the other JoAnn which are 30 and 45 mins away from my house.  But I think it is worth it.  Because it is like 75% off. 

I can't test out these dies yet.  Because I am still waiting for my Big Kick.  I really don't recommend to order from JoAnn.com.  It takes forever for them to ship.  It has been 3 business days.  Finally they shipped out my order.  Amazon has Big Kick for $57 or so, but I tried to save money, so I decided to order from JoAnn.com instead.  I have prime membership with Amazon, I got free 2-days shipping.  If I ordered from them, I would get my Big Kick yesterday. 

I can't wait to play with all these dies, I have a lot of ideas for my coming projects.  Hopefully I would receive my Big Kick by the end of this week.

Fabrics Shopping!

Today I go to fabrics shopping with Lukie. I found some cute fabrics that I really like at Chez Ami website, then I found out that they are Patsy Aiken which is a mile away from my house, and they have a attic sales from today to next Thursday (not sure). So today I go there, some fabrics I like, they don't have, but some fabrics are not on sale on the website, but they are on sale in the outlet. I bought a very cute doggie print jersey for $5 a yard, but you have to buy minimum 2 yds. On their website, it is $11 a yard. And I got some rib knit and stripe jersey for $3.50 a yard.

After Chez Ami, we went to JoAnn, I bought some really cute flannels, they are half off, only $2.99 a yard.

I buy too many fabrics recently, I better start to sew!!! Too many fabrics, too little time!! hahaha....

This is the doggie Jersey I buy at Chez Ami.

The other two from Chez Ami, the look better in person than the pic.

From JoAnn

from JoAnn

I didn't know it said "I love grandma" until I took the pics, I bet my mom will love it.

Another Katrina's Sew Easy Soaker

I just sewed another Katrina's Sew Easy Soaker 2 days ago, I bought some Blazzard Fleece from JoAnn, it was 50% off.  It turns out very cute, but I don't think the fleece is the right type of fleece, it seems too thin.  And I ordered some Malden Mills Fleece, it is waterproof, and everyone recommended it, I can't wait to get it.

My new toy "White Super Lock 534"

I finally got my new toy "White Super Lock 534".  I have been thinking to make some baby clothes and diaper to sell, but I hate that the seams look so unprofessional, I really wanted to have a serger.  I have been looking for serger for a while, I planned to get a vintage serger, coz I have more confident in the quality, just like my old Singer sewing machine 15-91, it was made in 1949.  But I love it.

I looked at Craiglist and Ebay, my budget is $75 (after shipping), I found several vintage sergers like Juki, White, Singer etc.  Of course, I lost the auctions.  But then 2 days ago, my hubby told me that he found one serger for sale in Craglist and it is White 534 and for $75.  So we called the lady immediately, and my hubby picked it up yesterday on the way home from work.  I am very excited about my new toy, I don't know much about sergers, I don't even have threads to test the machine now.  I requested some books from library.  So I can learn more about how to use the sergers and what can I do with sergers except hemming.  Tomorrow we will go to JoAnn to get some threads and some Simplicity Patterns (they are on sale now 5 for $5).