Happy New Year – I do trust that you’ve had a wonderful Christmas and New Year’s break.
We had a great time with family and friends visiting from around the place and, between the storms, have had BBQs, dinners outside and other summery delights.
Some of you are Facebook friends ( http://www.facebook.com/pages/Goldings-Craft-Supplies/102213803088 ) and may have noticed that I’ve been mentioning Trade Me auctions. The items featured are end of line items and offer chances to pick up some absolute bargains.
It may be holidays but deliveries continue to roll through so a few items to highlight for you from the past few weeks:
ICING & CLAY ROLLERS:
Some years back we had a very popular range of rollers for icing and polymer clay however our source dried up
When I was in the US last year I found a new supplier and our first delivery has now come through. I’m still working on pictures of the range so they haven’t been added to the website as yet but if these are of interest, drop me a note and I can e-mail you the details.
They are 6” long and $ 39.90 each.
3 to whet your appetite:
Number 11
Number 46
Number 50
AIDA CROSS STITCH FABRIC:
We carry a French Aida fabric which is lovely and soft to work with. This is 14/ “ and available in white for $ 64.30/ m (1.6m wide) or cream/ ecru for $ 76.90/ m (1.5m wide)
In addition, there’s Soudan which is a canvas, 5/ “ , for $ 67.80/ m and Smyrna, 3.25/ “, for $ 77.80/ m. Both the Soudan and Smyrna are 1m wide.
PIN FROGS:
Way back in the mists of time florists relied on Pin Frogs which are heavy lead weights with pins in them.
Put them in the bottom of a vase to hold the vase stable and them ram the flower stem onto the spikes so that they remain in position for display.
I have these in:
1.125” $ 15.90
2” $ 29.90
3” $ 44.90
4.5” $ 58.70.
There’s also a good selection of Florist Wire with a large delivery of white in 18, 20, 22, 26, 28, 30 and 32 recently arrived - http://www.goldingcraft.com/floralart.htm
SCALPELS:
These are the real thing from Germany and are used for polymer clay work, cake decorating and surgery although I won’t go down that latter path…
I have 2 blade sizes – fine and not-so-fine (how’s that for a technical term) for $ 29.90 each.
SCISSORS:
Just the other day I unpacked a new delivery of scissors and I now have all sorts available - 3.5” Embroidery ($ 11.90), 2.5” Straight and Curved in gold or silver ($ 10.50), the ever-popular Stork scissor in gold ($ 14.90), Utility Shears which have a duck-bill on them and are used for cutting plaster casts or, in our case, metal sheets ($ 14.90) as well as Floral Scissors which have a rounded bottom for sliding into flowers to select the stem before cutting ($ 22.40).
Most of these (and more) are pictured at http://www.goldingcraft..com/scissors.htm
Last month I wrote about opening jars and Don, one of your fellow readers, sent through information about a product he likes called JarKey - this is especially designed for opening jars so perhaps look for it on a search engine and give it a whirl.
Remember that Valentine’s Day looms so get your thinking caps on – perhaps a chocolate mould ($ 8.40) for individual chocolates and then put them into Noodle Boxes ($ 9.90 in gold, silver and red, 5/ pack), a dipping swirl set ($ 16.20/ set of 3) to dip ginger and other fruits into chocolate, a special cross stitch for your loved one or even a biscuit decorated with a candy writer ($ 10.90) - http://www.goldingcraft.com/candywriters.htm A few thoughts to get those creative juices working.
Well, I think that’s about enough for now – please remember that, in most cases, delivery is free.
Also – Golding Handcrafts (the shop in Marion St) and Golding’s (mail order through yours truly) are now different companies so prices may be different if you visit the shop.
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As the designer George Lois said ‘Creativity can solve almost any problem. The creative act, the defeat of habit by originality, overcomes everything’ - so, set to and get crafting, as they say.
All the best,
Peter
Golding’s Craft Supplies / Little Tom Clothing for Prems
Ph/ Fax 04-235-7771
