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Hey pretty people,

   So I, and Im sure a lot of others, are gearing up their DIY projects and I thought it would be helpful to have a master list of supplies (in addition to the master list of projects thread) other Bees used or found essential to their DIY projects.

I feel like I am drowning in a sea of paper products, bone cutters, paper cutters, edge rounders, magnetizers, making paper sticky machines, glue guns, etc etc etc. 

What DIY supplies did you find essential or generally used for your DIY projects?  I know scissors and tape are the most essential likely.  Any else?

Absolutely agree with Deaconbride. I'm a designer, so luckily I'm saving in the area of all stationery (StD, invites, programs, etc.). Others have already mentioned some of these, but I'll add some thoughts.

- Self-healing mat (get one bigger than 8.5x11 and you'll thank yourself)

- Xacto blade holder and extra blades

- Steel ruler (18")

- Bone scoring tool

- Ink jet printer, you can go with a cheaper one if you don't already have one. Some of the $50 ones actually do a really good job nowadays.

- Good ink jet paper, the great thing about this is you can match ALL of your paper and envelopes if you go to a paper store like XpedX, Kelly Paper, etc. or get it online like at the Papermill - but make sure it will work on an ink jet since these are commercial papers made for a press and many will smudge ink jet ink.

- If you are going to do any gluing of papers together, I really recommend spray mount, and possibly removable spray mount as you're testing things out (then super permanent for the final).

- If you are gluing objects to paper, a glue gun has already been mentioned. :)

Oh, and if you are doing any folding, you may want a bone scoring tool (can be found in any art supply store). Works with your ruler and makes a really nice score so that the paper doesn't break when you fold it (and to get your fold straight).

Edit: whoops I added it to my other post since it was still editable. ;)

Thanks guys!! bumping for more responses.

The first thing that popped into my head for this was GLUE GUN! So very important!

I would also say:

• cutting mat - the biggest you can fit on whatever surface you are crafting on
• a good knife - I have an X-acto knife that I use with my ruler for cutting paper, and it works just fine. I actually don't own a paper cutter with a chopping arm.
• a ruler. 18" is good.
• if you are doing any sticking of paper to paper, a good "dry" adhesive (as opposed to goopy glue). I love Sookwang (I think it is sold as Scor-Pal) double-sided tape (I buy it at a scrapbook store), but you can also get the stuff in rollers.
• nice sharp scissors and if you're going to be doing a lot with fabric, I'd get a set of fabric scissors and use them ONLY FOR FABRIC! (I learned as a very small girl that you never EVER used mummy's fabric scissors for anything else!)

And really, the rest is icing on the cake, and/or timesavers. I have a Silhouette for when I want complicated cut outs that I could have traced and done by hand, but it is way easier for a machine to do it. If you've gpt specific things, like if you thought you'd do a lot with rhinestones, it might be worth it to get a rhinestone setter, or you could just use glue etc etc.