Showing posts with label craft die. Show all posts
Showing posts with label craft die. Show all posts

Monday, 6 April 2015

Bank holidays...



Here in the UK we have 6 Bank Holidays a year, a day where most of the country enjoys a day off work. Though not every one is lucky enough.
There are lots of people who have to work, Nurses and hospital staff, Police, Firemen, and other public service staff.
What about some of the others, people who work in call centres? retail staff? public transport workers, there's a whole host of people we need to applaud for their hard work 7 days a week, without whom we'd not be able to get things done on our days off (this year I'm lucky enough not to be working on Bank Holidays, but I've been there on Bank Holidays working, so i do genuinely appreciate every single person who has to work them.



So to anyone who's had to work over Easter and the Bank Holiday, thank you, we'd be lost without you. This also include our Boss shaped Man too, who works tirelessly over the weekend, as he does everyday and every weekend, keeping up with trends, requests and countless other things you do without anyone noticing, well we do notice , so Serf thank you too, we really do all appreciate your dedication and hard work, were it not for you, where would be? And from me personally, we need an office meeting, up by the whale bones on a day like today.

I've taken about an hour to write this, sat at home, kids running in and out, enjoying their day, me catching up with e-mails and web contacts, my Wife at work, and my mind naturally wondered onto thinking out our dies that say "Thank you", and thinking I should make my better half a little thank you card. I appreciate this may seem like a long winded highly tenuous ramble to point out our range of dies which say thank you, I assure you it isn't.

Wednesday, 1 April 2015

CottageCutz dies at IconUK

CottageCutz have been busy preparing a new range, this one has a Victorian theme to it.
We're adding them to the site right now, but though you might want to have a little preview of what's coming out shortly.

More information can be found at CottageCutz page on our web site.

Victorian bench die from COTTAGECUTZ
CottageCutz CCE246 Victorian Bench

Victorian Bird die from COTTAGECUTZ
CottageCutz CCE247 Victorian Bird

Victorian Birdcage die from COTTAGECUTZ
ConttageCutz CCE248 Victorian Birdcage

Victorian Butterfly flourish die from COTTAGECUTZ
CottageCutz 
CCE249 Victorian Butterfly

Victorian Chandelier die from COTTAGECUTZ
CottageCutz CCE250 Victorian Chandelier

Victorian Floral die from COTTAGECUTZ
CottageCutz CCE252 Victorian Floral

Victorian Frame die from COTTAGECUTZ
CottageCutz CCE253 Victorian Frame

Victorian Hat with hat standdie from COTTAGECUTZ
CottageCutz CCE254 Victorian Hat & stand

Victorian house with tower die from COTTAGECUTZ
CottageCutz CCE255 Victorian House

Victorian Lady die from COTTAGECUTZ
CottageCutz CCE256 Victorian Lady

Victorian lock with keys die from COTTAGECUTZ
CottageCutz CCE257 Victorian Lock&Keys 

Victorian rose die from COTTAGECUTZ
CottageCutz CCE258 Victorian Rose

Victorian Rose vine die from COTTAGECUTZ
CottageCutz CCE259 Victorian Rose Vine

Victorian row house die from COTTAGECUTZ
CottageCutz CCE260 Victorian Row House

Victorian teapot die from COTTAGECUTZ
CottageCutz CCE261 Victorian Teapot

Monday, 2 March 2015

Oh Monday morning, you're back I see

Monday morning brings snow and a heap of contact e-mails, and not a single one of them a complaint. This is why I/ we love our customers, if there's any problem let us know, and we'll do our best to sort it out, and I am absolutely overwhelmed by the kindness of our customers in what they say, I/ we are are in a very envious position, we have YOU LOT!!! as our customers, so thank you :o)
Oh and seeing how quickly this page is growing too, astonishing, the power to social media, and I absolutely love the fact that you lot are now string to add info about local groups and chatting with each other, carry on, lets grow this page, and remember it's not just IconUK it's IconUK Customers, and what now feels like friends :o)
Again, thank you for all your contributions, kind words and compliments (we love compliments by the way, you can definitely keep those coming)
Just a little post today, trying to get caught up with all the contacts.
Have a great day!

Friday, 27 February 2015

Ooohhhh, look, it's the weekend again

I say that like it's a surprise, Friday follows Thursday, just like it's been for the last 104736 weeks (I have just worked this out from 0 AD, or rather 0 CE (Common Era) as it's now known, and BC is now known as BCE (Before Common Era) either way, that's an awful lot of Fridays.

Which then brings me quite nicely to those of us who don't have to work weekends (I used to have to work 7 days a week, and the concept of a weekend was vague at best, I only really used to be able to tell what day it was if I the kids had to go to school, a mental flow chart of Do kids need to be up? Yes - it's a weekday, No - either holiday or weekend.

Forgive me I'm rambling somewhat, the point of this particular post is: Is there anything you'd like to see on our site, and particular designer, style, brand etc.
The reason I ask, I had an e-mail from a customer asking if we could show some bigger pictures of some of our dies, there are 160 of these dies in stock, and many many more to come from the Manufacturer, so now faced with a difficult choice, do I grab 1 of each die and take an enlarged picture of said dies, or try and grab them from the Manufacturer???

Choices, decisions etc...

Tuesday, 24 February 2015

As I'm staring out of the office window, I notice ...

That today, truly is 4 seasons in one day, not the Crowded House song, but the actual weather, it's currently bright and sunny, but 10 minutes ago it was grey, sleet and miserable, before then we had howling winds.

Lunch devoured, pondering on the very British weather I started searching through our site for dies and stamps relating to Seasons, and was surprised (I really shouldn't be by now) at the vast array of choices available, and that's not to mention holiday specific ones, Christmas, Easter (just round the corner) and any others.

Have a look here at some of the season themed dies we have available.

And I have no idea who I need to mention about the picture above, cannot find any copyright information for it, whoever created it, thank you :o)

Monday, 23 February 2015

Anddddd it's the start of a new week...

Which means it's a brand new week, full of  endless possibilities, opportunities and excitement.

They say a change is as good as a rest, a tonic for the soul as it were.

Well, great news we've just launched an extensive range of new products for us.

Click here to see the range





Tonic Studios Dies have Twenty Five collections including Affections, Bow, Butterflies and Blooms, Christmas, Circle, Corner, Decorative Envelope, Doily, Embossing Folder and Dies, Floral, Frame and Insert, Header Fold, Keepsake, Layering, Oval, Rings, Rococo, Round Window, Semi, Sentiments, Silhouette Scenes, Square, Strip, Tag and Topper.

Their elegant collections of high quality steel dies designed to co-ordinate with each other.

Tonic Studios Dies can be used in most leading die cutting machines; Grand Calibur by Spellbinders, Cuttlebug by Provocraft, Big Shot by Sizzix and eBosser by Craftwell.

Friday, 20 February 2015

The weekend hoves into view ...



If Friday's aren't on your calendar, then they really should be!

Make a new calendar, lots of resources available to make one by hand which brings me nicely to these, a couple of dies which have Months and dates on them.



We have both of them in stock, we also have 1000's of other dies too, have a look at these and the rest of our dies.
AND!!!!!!!!!!! ignore the prices in the picture above, they're now actually only £4.95 each and all our orders are free delivery too.



And all that's left to say is....

Thursday, 19 February 2015

I'm back! Well, sort of


Years ago, I used to be IconUK Idiot Web Master, a title bestowed on me by a customer who couldn't quite manage to work out how to do something, and them blamed me for their own failings.
Thus, they left a review saying ... I blame the idiot Web master, it's all his fault.

Thus a blog was born.

I've found the blog again, but can't get back to it for some reason, well it has been about 7 years since I wrote that particular blog.

But I'm back with IconUK and better than ever before, there's been some huge changes, a change in products is a complete opposite of what we used to do, from PC building, mending and peripherals, we're now a leading light in the craft die market.

Back to there here and now though.

A new site beckons, a new set of products in the shop, a new challenge and best of all, new people to connect to and with.

We source paper cutting dies from around the world, and associated products likewise.
When a delivery arrives, it's with a great amount of interest, where was this packed, who packed it etc etc etc.