I *heart* Dick Blick. Why? Because, like Amazon, your shopping cart stays put until you push “Place Order”. I’ve ordered from other places where your stuff only stays in the cart for a set number of hours, and then it’s gone and you have to start over. Not at Dick Blick. This order has been sitting in my shopping cart for over two weeks. I tweaked endlessly while continuing to organize our school room (which we just decided last night, is being MOVED to another part of the house LOL). One thing I did differently this year: organize first, then shop. In previous years I wasn’t organized enough and just placed an order guesstimating just what we’ll need for the year. I usually place another order mid-year to replenish and that’s when I adjust things. This year, I took careful note of what we still have in stock, so I don’t end up with too much. We’re trying a few new things and going with some tried-and-true.

Armada Wire Scissors Rack
Tracing Paper
30-pack of Sculpey III
Derwent Coloursoft Pencils — a change from our usual Prismacolors
Body Crayons from Klutz
Pacon Peacock Construction Paper
Blick Modeling Clay
Hardwood Modeling Tools
Daler-Rowney Wirebound Sketchbooks
X-Acto KS Pencil Sharpener — I am tired of having to de-clog our electric one!
Richeson 8-well Slant Mixing Tray
Blick Liquid Watercolor — I really want to go back to tubes, but not this year — thought this would be easier with a baby in the home
Kneaded Erasers
Vinyl Erasers
Palmer Prism Acrylic Craft Paints in Regular and Metallic/Pearls
Staedtler Calligraphy Pen Set — this one’s for me as my two oldest kids have their own sets
Royal Soft Grip Golden Taklon Brushes

From Amazon, I’m getting

Moleskine Ruled Notebook Large
Fiskars 12-93007097 Paper Edgers Set Classic
Dixon Ticonderoga Wood Cased Black Core #2 Pencils, Soft, Pre-Sharpened, 12 Count, Yellow (13806)

and from Costco,

Sharpie Permanent Marker Fine Tip Assorted 24 Pack
gel pens
Scotch® Magic Tape, 3/4 in x 1000 in , 16 Rolls per pack

I still have drawing paper, watercolor paper, tempera paper, and would you believe it, some special Arches and Fabriano watercolor papers in the jumbo sizes, from an order I placed 19 years ago when I was pregnant with my 18-yo? I was doing watercolors at the time, and got distracted with the pregnancy.

Gotta go, baby needs me. I’ve been trying to find my organizing post on art materials a few years ago, but no luck so far. Will try again tomorrow.