Wednesday 15 September 2010

WOYWW- what isn't?? {Shhhhh}

I am so excited about what's on my desk...but I have to act like I'm not because I tried to scupper Mark's plans to get it on more than one occasion.... much to his disgust...but now that it's here I quite like it...but I haven;t actually told Mark that yet.....and when I said to Mark that's my WOYWW post his face lit up and he said 'WHAT???' and I think he was not only quite chuffed that i actually like the little thing, but really surprised and pleased that he won me over. He's quietly grinning over there while pressing rubber....shhhh don;t tell him....You don't know what I'm on about do you???

Nope it's not all the paperwork, after 2 days of spreadsheets I am ready to leave all that Essex Lynne to get her teeth stuck into, totally her bag.
No, it's a new toy at PA world HQ. Mark does love his gizmos and gadgets, and we now have a paper tape machine, one wot licks the tape for you. See, I know what you're thinking...exactly what I said.......why do you need that when you can use the regular packing tape....that's exactly what i said...for ages....anyway, now it's here I can honestly say it's really cool. Not only is the tape stronger but you dial up how much you want, do a cha ching action with the arm lever (like you would on a casino pokey machine thingy...hence the cha ching sound effect), and it literally licks, spits and then cuts the piece of tape!! How cool is that!!
No noise, no tape getting stuck to the rest of the tape, no super strength required to man-handle the tape off the rest of the roll, just smooth quiet, pre licked cha ching.

Should I be worried that I find something like this quite cool???

Oops...almost forgot...To cover up my surreptitious photo-taking-activity of the tape thing, I had to also take one of Mark's desk......he has 2 new stamps that he is putting into packs for a Craft Stamper subs offer at the Artisan show...so if you are thinking of subscribing at the show you will get this as a free gift when you subscribe. They are both new, and the only way to get them is on the Traplet Subs stand at the show. I think they also have other shows they will have them at but not sure exactly when and where.

Don't forget to swing by Julia's and get your weekly snoopy-treats. If you have made it thru to me after the 3000 other names on the list, then well done!
Catch you next week!

Leandra

25 comments:

Suze Weinberg said...

I am freakin' impressed I say as I divest myself of 25+ years of clutter !!!

donnalouiserodgers said...

hahahhhahaa

I'm gonna make Niall lay on the desk with his tongue out ( ooh err mississ) until I get me one of those gizmo's!!!!

PaperArtsy said...

yeah suze, but yours is tidy clutter...you can let people into your craft room. I die of shame when people go in mine...aske Linda E, Lin and Karen who actually saw THE SHED on Monday night.LOL

Sunshine Girl said...

Love those new stamps - shame I already subscribe to CS! Love the look of the new gizmo. Am very excited to have a ticket to THE event in Feb! and am also going to Artisan - its all go isnt it!

massofhair said...

Love the new stamps too! When will they be on general release please? Loving your new gizmo should save £'s on packing costs, all good:-)

Scrapcollectr said...

Looks like a really cool machine! And the stamps are tempting, TFS
Scrapcollectr (Linky #148)

Helen said...

Hope CS lets us renew and get them.... sure you have some influence over that!!
Re your comment to Suze re your shed - I thought it looked ok on twitter t'other night... come on, show us!!!!

Dragon said...

That gizmo looks fab but cool? Not sure about that tee hee... Love the stamps... Oh my, I really am an addict!!!
Frankie
xx

PaperArtsy said...

Helen - the twitter pics were of a small corner of the MAIN workshop...that one is fine...I also have a portacabin that is supposed to be my 'studio'/ storage...that is the one which is the total bomb site...OMG nightmare!!!

Kay said...

Love the stamps, but already subscribe to CS.... they will be on general release sometime, won't they?!! When can I get them?!!!

Sue said...

Hi ya
oh lovely new stamps, like the gismo, happy WOYWW, sue,x (1)

Liverpool Lou (Anne) said...

Fab new toy ;-) Love those stamps, text stamps are always good
Anne x

Sarah said...

Those stamps look fab. Not sure about the new gadget but having had enough experience of regular packing tape anything that makes the job easier must be good

Yvonne said...

Oh just love little gadgets ( and big ones) loving this pic so much .. thank you for sharing xx #152

Siobhan Brignull said...

hmmmh a tape cutting machine, assume you have to see it to love it, you could always use it to dispense enought tape to wrap the cabin up, send it to me and Ill tidy it for you, LOL :)

Bettythebaglady said...

I'm so impressed that Suze comments on your blog-could you get any cooler? I love office machine type stuff (sad but true) and still remember fondly the addressograph machine we had in an office I worked in.It had metal pates which dropped into place (yes ca-ching)and printed the labels. All now totally redundant now we can all do it on our home computers. Hugs BettyXXX

Bleubeard and Elizabeth said...

I used to work in a factory that also had a warehouse and shipping area. You should have asked me. This is one very useful tool for the very reason you mentioned. And because the tape is paper, it doesn't stick to itself at the most inopportune times, either. A very smart investment. I believe it will pay for itself in time, providing you factor in frustration.

I was here earlier, and tried to leave you a comment. I keep getting a 503 error. Not sure what's wrong with blogger, but it's making it hard to get through the 3000 previous bloggers this week!

CRAFTY WOMBLE said...

ooooooh - I like most gadgets but levers are definately good :) Of course those of us that are already subscribed to the craft stamper are now buggered, sigh.........

Morti said...

Nice one Leandra - welcome to WOYWW!!!! Really wish I was coming to Artisan now!

Anonymous said...

Hey, whatever floats your boat! Wish we could get Craft Stamper in the US, I picked one up in England in May and love it. You can subscribe but it costs a packet and you don't get the free gifts, lol!

Hugs
Brenda

craftimamma said...

Hmmm, definitely a gizmo you could grow to love.

Like the other desk better though or at least what's on it.

Hugs
Lesley Xx (#87)

MadeByKarla said...

I think that tape gizmo is really cool! and the stamps too!

Daniele said...

I was thrilled to bits that you are putting up the stamps fro the Craft stamper magazine as my subs due again...a treat to look forward to thanks for the peek
hugs

Alisonw30 said...

Great tape gizmo, happy playing!

Alison (44)

Ciara said...

That tape thing does look pretty cool! Maybe we're all geeks ;-)

Ciara
xx

ps - sorry I'm late