Hobby Lobby Deal and Updates!

Hey gang! Hobby Lobby now sells fabric on their online site! And until Midnight (central) on Oct. 23rd they are having a special of 2.95 shipping on ALL orders! Wow! Check out their site for details. I looked at the fabric selection and it is pretty close to what is in the store, so that is another good resource for those of you without supply stores nearby!

To Check out Hobby Lobby Online CLICK HERE!

More Yarn

Ok so you remember my picture a few weeks ago of all that yarn.. well I did it again. I went to Hobby Lobby and bought 12 more skeins of yarn, oh no wait it was 14.

Let me tell you the adventure I had to go on to get those 2 skeins (the only ones I NEEDED)....

So Friday I headed to my "local" Hobby Lobby (it's about 25 min. ride). I stopped by the fabric section because I'm adding another product and I needed some cute cotton prints. I then decided that it was time for me to find the pattern for the apron I've wanted to sew for some months now. I found the pattern and then got the fabric I needed. Fifty dollars later I was headed out the door. I got all the way to the exit for my house and realized I didn't get the yarn I needed. It was almost time for the store to close so there was no going back.

The next day I write a list of what I need at the 3 stores I'm going to go to in the area to make my 2nd trip in two days worth it. I get to Target and look for my list... NO LIST! Don't you hate that? I do remember what I needed there, good thing it was only one thing. LOL! I head to Hobby Lobby and get more yarn, I guess I really did need some of it, but maybe not 12 skeins. I go to the grocery where I can find some of the food my boys can have (they have major food sensitivities), I finish up there get on the interstate in hopes of getting the boys home before they fall asleep so they can eat lunch. I was running my "list" in my head and 5 min into the trip I realize that I forgot the 1 yarn color I needed the most. AHHH! I'm so glad I was about 1 mile from the next exit so I could easily turn around and go back.

So I finally get what I needed and the boys got to eat Wendy's. I felt so funny asking for two hamburger patties with nothing on them. I have no clue if it was completely safe, but at that point it was too late in the day to worry about it, I had to feed them something.

Giveaway Winner!!!

Congrats Beth of Wolflinx Jewelry! You have won Mr Caterpillar Pendant!! Thanks all for playing...Ironically said pendant is made to order so I actually need to MAKE it Beth before I mail it, but while I'm at it I will make more and just keep giving those away BECAUSE I CAN Mr. Carle.

Congrats!!!!!!!!!! Thanks all for entering!!

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Now on the Supplyaholic front....

I have been severally deprived of my supply use since I began working full time. You would THINK this would slow down my supply BUYING right?

NO! Silly me! In the past few weeks I have purchased:

4 orders from fabric.com (damn sale emails. I really must unsubscribe)
Badge reels ID holders and Badge reels with keychains.
Little tiny chinese food containers for me to package my fabric fortune cookies in...which turned out to be way smaller than I thought..but it's okay, we'll work with it...

And I have yet ANOTHER cover button buy in the works. That one is totally not my fault. Okay, so it's a lot my fault--I have created button making addicts.

What can I say? I gotta share my addiction!

~~Amy

Now for your drooling pleasure:

My buys:

What to do, What to do... Buy more Supplies!

I think I seriously need a 12 step program. As if its not bad enough that I don't have enough room for the supplies I have now....

Okay actually, lets stop there and examine that statement. I have a 6 foot bookcase that is filled up with fishing tackle boxes. I have boxes stacked up in the bedroom too. So it's really anyone's guess as to how many boxes I really have. And to think that I still don't have enough room or boxes to put away the bags of supplies I have left.

Now, one would think that the rational person would use up some of these supplies before buying more. Right? Ha, wrong! Yeah, as if it's not bad enough that I still haven't found homes from the supply run 2 months ago, and all those in between then and now, I am still buying more supplies.

Now you may ask if I am buying the supplies for a custom piece or for an order. Well, technically yes and no. Some of what I have picked out are for special projects but most of it is just random things that I just can't live without.

So, what's the damage? You would think that it wouldn't be that bad except I just had to cut an order down that was over $1000! Yikes, that was a bit more than I could handle. Not to mention the 50 some dollar order that I am about to place for jump rings for my chainmaille. Plus, lets see... Cool new supplies that my local craft store got in, can't live without those. Another craft store is going out of business, so they are having a sale. Did I mention, SALE! And I'm sure there are some things that I am forgetting, but I think you get the point.

So why oh why am I still looking for more supplies. Plus the fact that I actually said to myself earlier, "I don't have enough supplies. I don't have what I need." What the heck was I thinking?

Oh yeah, I need to buy more supplies. Yeah, I think I need help. Yes, I am addicted to supplies. And oddly enough, I'm okay with that.

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Who's Your Fave Supplier?

Do you have a favorite supplier of all things handmade? We want to know! Of course if you want to keep it quiet, that's cool too, but a true supplyaholic shares their supply hoarding knowledge with others! :) So if you have a fave supplier of handmade/craft items, please let us know in the comments (if they're not already in our list on the sidebar) and we'll gladly add them.

Again, nope, we're not compensated in any way for listing these suppliers, we're just sharing resources!!

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SAH

To Officially be a Supply-a-holic...

Please repeat after me.

"My name is _____. It has been ____days (months/hours/minutes) since my last craft supply purchase. I realize I buy too many supplies. I promise to try to USE some before I buy more. Unless it's a really good sale. Or a discontinued item. Or on clearance......"

Ahh to heck with it..what did you buy today?

If you need some help actually USING your supplies, please visit our good friends over at the O.U.S.--Operation Utilize Supplies. See, if you actually USE your supplies then it's an excellent excuse to BUY MORE!

Supply-a-holics has a nifty new shorter URL, just go to www.supplyaholics.com and you'll end up here :) (Of course you're already here, so that is kind of a moot point, but should you NEED that URL..there you go.)

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SAH

You Might be a Supply-A-Holic When...

1. The staff at your local craft supply stores know your face.
2. The staff at your local craft supply stores know your name.
3. The staff at your local craft supply stores are on your Facebook, Twitter, and come over for Thanksgiving Dinner.
4. You dream about fabric, beads, soap or _____ (fill in your craft here).
5. You invest in more house insurance just to cover your supplies should an emergency occur.
6. You have or have contemplated adding a room to your house for supplies.
7. You cry out "But it's on SALE" in your sleep.
8. Those nifty reward points some suppliers provide? You're in the 6 digits.
9. Tax Return? TO THE SUPPLY STORE!
10. You follow or are part of this blog!

What else makes YOU a supply-a-holic and what is your given addiction? Fabric, beads, yarn, soap?