Worth the Wait

Have you every found your self saying "I wish that I had a tool that did this, or I wish that I had a tool that did that?"

As you already know, last week I had the opportunity to work at the Fiskars booth at CHA. This trade show gave retailers the opportunity to see the new winter releases from major crafting companies. It was great to see all the new treats being released, but the downside as a consumer, it was all eye candy to just to drool over. Unfortunately this wasn't a show where consumers could purchase these delicious items right then and there. We have to wait for these items to arrive in our local stores.

Fiskars has some new exciting additions to their impressive tool line this year. (see photo) My favorite of these new additions are the new Border and Corner punches. It's actually two punches in one. A must have tool gives the user the ability to produce beautiful continuous borders with the added feature of a corner punch to create a perfect frame around photos on any scrapbook page or handmade card.

One thing that I love about Fiskars is their ability not only to create tools that allow me to create wonderful handmade pieces of art, but the company also has a great sense of humor. Really, it's true. Instead of being boring and bland, Fiskars gives their new tool designs cute and cleaver names. Take for example the new punch that resembles a basket weave image. What did they call it?..."A Tisket A Tasket". The beautiful rose border punch is called "Commin' Up Roses", the new lattice punch has been given the name "Lattice Entertain You" and a cute flower and leaf pattern is "Read Between the Vines." See what I mean? Don't you just love it?

I love the fact that crafting companies like Fiskars is always thinking out of the box. Grabbing the attention of the purchaser in more ways than one. My local scrapbook store Scrapmania has ordered all of these new punches which should be arriving shortly. I found myself working on a project last night wishing I already had one of these punches in my stash. But trust me...it will be worth the wait.