Upon arriving at the American Crafts booth we met Michael and Grant ….. these two guys were so much fun!
We had a quick little chat and a few giggles, and then they brought out the new Clothesline line to show us. I honestly didn’t think I would like it - but it is fabulous. After investigating through these papers, I asked if I could take a closer look at the things behind them.
Clothesline line
Gorgeous albums.
If I remember correctly, these things match the Clothesline line.
Cool embellishments.
New ink pads from American Crafts - these are SO smart. You know how we store our ink pads upside down? Well, these ones, the pad is actually in the lid, so they are really upside down when they are right side up. Fabulous colors, and I love that they are stacklabe and you can see what color they are when they are stacked.
The brads that he is holding - gorgeous! The new detailed layered embellies - love them - smaller packaging but oh so cool.
A closer look at the details embellies.
Now that American Crafts has taken over Pebbles, it's nice to see them keeping some of the favorites from Pebbles.
Love these new remarks.
Very cool new page protectors to put right on your scrapbook pages.
Next we got to the “Thickers” and I had a question for them. “Why do companies put adhesive on the back of their product if it doesn’t always work?” I explained that I am often asked this question about “Thickers” and many other “self-adhesive” products - not just “Thickers.” It was so nice to get an answer that makes perfect sense. I will try and explain.
When they cut the “Thickers” they are cut out of one big piece of adhesive backed chipboard, felt, etc. The pieces that are in the centers of the letters and around the letters - are hand-picked out of the alphabet sets. So really the adhesive is there to keep the letters in place on the packaging so we can see the individual letters instead of one solid piece. (I hope I am making sense here). They are self-adhesive, but they are not meant to be used without another adhesive.
Okay, I give them that - it makes sense - yes. And to know that each package is individually done by someone - that was pretty amazing. So, I did reply - that the packages and/or their description should state - yes, that they are self-adhesive - but it is advisable to use extra adhesive to adhere to your project. That way, us - as consumers would be happy, and they would not get complaints that they do not stick. They said that made sense too.
So, we’ll see - do I expect American Crafts to change their “Thickers” packaging because of something I told them - no. But - I do think it’s important that I could bring your concerns to them, and I was very pleased with their response. I was also happy to know that whether there is adhesive on them or not - the price we pay would not change.
With that ….. check out the new “Thickers” and colors.
We had a lot of fun at this booth, and spent a lot of time there. I really want to thank Michael and Grant for taking so much time to talk with us, listen to our concerns, and talk to us about their products.
And after seeing all of this, I said an awful lot more of these ….. “uh huh” “uh huh” “uh huh”
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This post was written by Lori on February 25, 2010
