Favorites & Hate it's Craft Tools/Supplies

 Hey Y'all!

I wanted to share a few of my favorite (and not so favorite) craft things. I try not to "hate" on any brand, but if something doesn't work I have to be honest about it. This time I'm just going to do a general fav/fail blog, but if you want something more sub-category specific let me know in the comments below.

I'm going to do the two "Hate it's" first, then we can do the four favorites and end on a positive note!

1) American Crafts Adhesive Vinyl~ This is glitter vinyl specific, the others seem to do fine. The glitter doesn't cut well. On my many attempts, when I did get it to cut it was a pain to weed. It sticks to pretty much nothing but itself, and is crazy thin. I had purchased several rolls, and had so much issue working with it I gave them away. After such a hard time I tried the others (foil, and holographic) that I had also purchased, and luckily they work just fine. Not my favorite, but easy to work with.

2)RoseArt~ Crayons & Colored pencils, both of these suck. (I had enough bad experience with these, I've not tried the markers.) The crayons are too waxy and don't leave much else behind. The colored pencils have poor pigmentation, and dull quickly. Spend the little extra and get higher quality!

Those are the only products I've really not liked recently!

Favorites:

1) Gildan Tees~  An endless assortment of colors, affordable, easy to work with, comfortable, true to size. What's not to love?

2) Craftables vinyl~ I like several others, but this is my favorite place to get vinyl. (I'm really eyeing the glow-in-the-dark COLORS {can be seen online}, but haven't ordered yet.) This vinyl is insanely easy to weed and adheres like a dream! When I wanted a peach HTV that wasn't pink this is the only place that I could find it.

3)Dorhui Vinyl Scrap Collector~ Prior to this I was using a mini cup, and it wasn't working well. This speeds up the weeding process by leaps and bounds. It just suctions right to my desk and the petals grip all the scraps. Game Changer!

4) Goldoro Pro 5 in 1 Heat Press(12x15)~ So much more even heat and pressure with a heat press! I love the versatility, and price, of this model.  Much larger work space 12x15, as opposed to my easy press which is 9x9. I needed something larger. It fit's nicely in the space where the Cricut Easy Press was, I was afraid a heat press would be too big for the space, but it works well there.  The only negative I have with this heat press is it doesn't have an auto shut off feature, I'm used to shutting it off when I finish, but if you've relied on an auto shut off before it would take some getting used to.

What are your current must haves? Do you disagree with my hate it's? Let me know in the comments below!

Have a great day,

Craftin' Wife