Beautiful choices, would love to hear why Valentine's Day is your favorite holiday. :) And yes, I also concentrate better when I can be doing something with my hands at the same time.
Omg! I love your reactions! You could always do a green and brown in the eye and make her part original artwork and part your twist! I have a weakness for the holiday kits. I have quite a few of them! I’ve been trying to be better! And as you can see by my spastic comment that we could be best friends! Lol! Thanks for sharing these kits!
All of these paintings are beautiful. I love DAC. Great quality drills ,canvases and tool kits. Since I work from home. I also do my paintings and crochet while on conference calls.
I agree, they are definitely the gold standard for overall quality for the price! 💖 That’s amazing that you can crochet while on a call. I feel like I wouldn’t be able to pay attention to both if I had to count in my head! 😂
These are my favorite kind of videos (along with stash videos), but they always get me in so much trouble! I’m just going along, sticking to my no-buy….and then I see an unboxing video & suddenly I’m checking my bank account after I fill my cart (and my wishlist)! 😂
Oh my gosh, I’ve been there so many times! 😂♥️ My dream is to be a sneak peaker for Diamond Art Club one day, and then I will have officially evolved into the whole problem!! 🤣💎💖
I love your videos!!!! ❤ I love how excited you get over the reveal of the canvases! 🤩 I’ve never really had a craft that I LOVE LOVE LOVE until I found Diamond painting!! And girl….I get ALL kinds of excited when I open my kits! And the best part my husband just sits there smiling at me cause he’s like,”I love how exited you get when you get these kits! “ :) Oh and I like this new angle/view :) ❤ enjoy your Christmas 🎄 canvases!!
I did one event it was my first and last. I was totally stressed mainly because I wasn't finished with the kit I was working on. So, I decided no more for me. Like you said, this is suppose to be fun and stress free. Enjoy your videos. Katie caused me to buy Cozy Christmas too.
I think I like the idea of a “paint along” where we have a group theme but then everyone just goes at their own pace. Maybe I’ll do that instead of an official event one day…🤔💎 Katie is the best, honestly, DAC needs to cut her a real paycheck for all the kits I’ve bought because of her alone! 😂♥️
I am currently working in Clara's Christmas. I also got Marie Christmas. They both are beautiful and the drill colors are vibrant and beautiful as well.
I’m going yo love both for sure, but I’m really excited for Clara’s Christmas because I’ve never worked on a perfect square dimensional diamond painting before and I’m excited to not have to struggle to reach the middle of the painting! lol
Loved the unboxings Ashley! I love your take on unboxing of kits the standing up approach really works! Let’s see my favorite was Cozy Christmas! Events I only participate if I’m into doing the material they want and usually I have a laid back sense of finishing I can’t always finish but have fun joining in for the community aspect. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much for watching! 💖 Cozy Christmas seems like the holiday kit of the year! The witch Christmas kit from the mystery box would display so well next to it!
@ yes those two would look really nice next to each other! I was really feeling the beachy Christmas kits. They make me think of my mom she loves the beach.
Hi Ashley ❤ I agree with you about the events, I don't mind if they have specific rules and ending times, but I think there should be more events that are simply relaxed. People are stressed enough in their lives to be given deadlines to complete something where it should be a joy and not a race. I'm so jealous that you have a painting by Rita Cozy Christmas, I didn't have time to buy it 😭 but when it comes back to stock it will definitely be mine. I'm a brunette with green eyes 😍✨ if you want to change her eye color, do it, it will definitely be a nice personalization for yourself
Hi Ashley X Thanks for the many Unboxings. I have the last canvas you showed (I'm terrible with names) I also love a few others that you have unboxed but like alot of people I'm limited with finances. I'm hoping you do the girl with books as a wip lol. Thanks again. Have a great weekend x Ellie x
Thank you for watching and supporting!! I’m glad you like all the unboxings 😂😅 I think it helps those with limited funds make a more informed decision if they see what a canvas looks like out of the box! ♥️
I agree with you about events. Dakotathon is a good one because there is no new start or finish requirement. You just need to show consistent progress and need to do a 30x40 square in 2 months. No new start is required for Winter with DAC either. I found Drills & Chills ok even with the new start because you have 2 months. What I’ve realized is that you need to be smart and choose a snack size as your event kit and then do a bigger kit second. 😂. Yet here I am trying to do a massive kit for Jingle Drills with the short 6 week time frame. I keep telling myself that I might not finish so I get myself out of that MUST FINISH head space.
100% ♥️ I enjoyed Jingle Drills because it was 2 months also! I think I’m on the same page as you about just doing a snack size to submit for prizes but then work on whatever else after! I entered Winter with DAC because I was able to submit the kit I was already working on and that felt good. Working on Christmas Kitty for Jingle Drills now, but I think I’ll take an event break after this one. I do want to participate in summer with the masters next year though!
I picked out Christmas tree from Make Market to do for Jingle Drills. Problem, I am severely ADHD with Clinical Depression. I got overwhelmed, want to do a smaller one, but my owner( Personal Assistant) said no, you will do Christmas tree! I want to quit now!
I did buy that bright Christmas tree scene by Peggy Collins (Christmas Tree Celebration). I waffled on Good Tidings Fox and On Duty for Christmas… I wanted to kind of see sneak peeks of those and the kits sold out before I decided I wanted them. All good though. It’s not even December yet and who knows what’s in store for us? I’m basically an only child as well and loved puzzles and solitaire growing up. Now it’s diamond painting with a little bit of cross stitch and video games thrown in. Definitely looking forward to two extra days off next week for hobbies
I was doing puzzles back in '21 and '22 and I framed most of them. However, some of them are definitely going to be replaced with diamond paintings. Also, I didn't buy any of the holiday kits released by DAC. I only have a few from Make Market and I completed them in time to have them hanging during the holidays. I plan to work on my one big kit from DAC called "Long Distance Coven". I do a lot of video chats and it was just too cool to resist! TONS of blues, purples, and golds! 😀💙💜💛🔮
Totally agree with stress free events. I sectioned off my WIP when I kitted it up specifically to be able to keep me on track to finish in time and I am stressing about falling behind! I loved watching you open these so I can see them along with you. I purposefully didnt buy any because I finally broke down and ordered that J Wall from TOWTDA that I have been drooling over along with some new accessories from a couple of Etsy shops I like. I must stay strong and at least pretend to be a responsible adult! The struggle is real yall! 😛
@@messygirlcrafts The little fairy girl that is blowing bubbles and you can her reflection in each reflected bubble. It is huge and has over 200 colors. I may have lost my mind.
@ I’ve seen that one!!!! So cute! Please report back as you work on it! It makes me nervous that they don’t have render pics on their site for some kits and I don’t know what size is best. Overall very anxious about it because those ones are expensive lol.
Thank you so much! 🥹♥️ I’m seriously considering one myself. Do you know the length and width of yours? I’m trying to go as big as possible so large diamond paintings fit.
DP With Sparklers actually has an FAQ page with free pdf links to print out that allow you to swap and change hair/eye and skin colors with the DMC color ranges including shadows and highlights!All of their references documents are really helpful. Especially if you get a destash kit that maybe is older with less desirable skin color options. Charting out swaps becomes easier with references. 😊❤
Beautiful ones, I love the landscape types the most from this haul😍 Lucky catch! And about hair and eyes... you are beautiful the way you are 😄 I was always complaining about my red hair and brown eyes...yes, not blue.. but I think everyone is beautiful as they were created☺️ However, I would also love to have blue eyes..😅🤣 Nice video👌
I feel you about the events!! I’m participating in Jingle Drills and I have been stressed out since before it began. I have a full time job, 4 kids and taking college classes so my time is very limited. So when I see all these people more than half way through their paintings , I be feeling like man what’s the point 😩
You’re a superstar for managing your time so well! I was saying it to someone else, but I think a “paint along” might be more stress free. My wheels are turning for sure 😏🤓
I think that could be fun! I recently joined a retreat group on Facebook just to lurk and find out more, but I would be so down to hang out with other crafty friends!!
Hi! I had a question about the cards you get - I though that they are only supposed to come with certain releases? But I feel like every single unboxing I have seen (from multiple creators), every single kit has a card with it. Is that just me? Or do you think that DAC is just so excited about the cards that they are putting them in all of their new releases rather than only some?
I think they come in all of them now unless it’s a special licensed art like Disney, Harry Potter, Marvel, etc. When the cards were first introduced some kits had them and some didn’t based on when they went through production, but at this point any new releases are probably going to have them! This is my best guess of course ♥️
1:40:01 you're so cute😭 I always enjoy your unboxing videos, all the kits are beautiful🌟🌟 I'm musilm and I don't celebrate christmas or Hanukkah but I love the vibes, decorations and ngl I love everything hehe, and love when people celebrate and just be happy. Also I got Clara's Christmas by Miss Holly🥰🥰
Beautiful choices, would love to hear why Valentine's Day is your favorite holiday. :) And yes, I also concentrate better when I can be doing something with my hands at the same time.
I will have to share soon! Nothing earth shattering, but it’s a favorite nonetheless ♥️ Thank you for watching!!
What a fun video. I absolutely think you would do a great event!!! Agree with the stress free approach.
Thank you so much! ♥️🥰
Omg! I love your reactions! You could always do a green and brown in the eye and make her part original artwork and part your twist! I have a weakness for the holiday kits. I have quite a few of them! I’ve been trying to be better! And as you can see by my spastic comment that we could be best friends! Lol! Thanks for sharing these kits!
Heck yeah bestie! ♥️ I thought I was going to be chill for the holiday releases, but I was so wrong! 😂♥️
I love your your comments regarding the events and totally agree. ❤
My unhinged brain thinks I should do one my way but I know I don’t have the bandwidth for it just yet…but maybe next year 😈
All of these paintings are beautiful. I love DAC. Great quality drills ,canvases and tool kits. Since I work from home. I also do my paintings and crochet while on conference calls.
I agree, they are definitely the gold standard for overall quality for the price! 💖 That’s amazing that you can crochet while on a call. I feel like I wouldn’t be able to pay attention to both if I had to count in my head! 😂
These are my favorite kind of videos (along with stash videos), but they always get me in so much trouble! I’m just going along, sticking to my no-buy….and then I see an unboxing video & suddenly I’m checking my bank account after I fill my cart (and my wishlist)! 😂
Oh my gosh, I’ve been there so many times! 😂♥️ My dream is to be a sneak peaker for Diamond Art Club one day, and then I will have officially evolved into the whole problem!! 🤣💎💖
Wow the fall canvas is stunning!!!!!
Right?! I would work on that one ANY time of the year! 😍♥️
I love your videos!!!! ❤ I love how excited you get over the reveal of the canvases! 🤩 I’ve never really had a craft that I LOVE LOVE LOVE until I found Diamond painting!! And girl….I get ALL kinds of excited when I open my kits! And the best part my husband just sits there smiling at me cause he’s like,”I love how exited you get when you get these kits! “ :) Oh and I like this new angle/view :) ❤ enjoy your Christmas 🎄 canvases!!
Thank you! I swear, it really is like Christmas every single time!! Thank you so much for watching! 💖🥰
I did one event it was my first and last. I was totally stressed mainly because I wasn't finished with the kit I was working on. So, I decided no more for me. Like you said, this is suppose to be fun and stress free. Enjoy your videos. Katie caused me to buy Cozy Christmas too.
I think I like the idea of a “paint along” where we have a group theme but then everyone just goes at their own pace. Maybe I’ll do that instead of an official event one day…🤔💎 Katie is the best, honestly, DAC needs to cut her a real paycheck for all the kits I’ve bought because of her alone! 😂♥️
Omg love ❤ all those beautiful canvas.
I love them all so much for different reasons! I can’t wait to see which I’ll do first! ♥️
I am currently working in Clara's Christmas. I also got Marie Christmas. They both are beautiful and the drill colors are vibrant and beautiful as well.
I’m going yo love both for sure, but I’m really excited for Clara’s Christmas because I’ve never worked on a perfect square dimensional diamond painting before and I’m excited to not have to struggle to reach the middle of the painting! lol
Loved all of these!!! My aesthetics ☺️
Twins! 👯♀️ ♥️
Loved the unboxings Ashley! I love your take on unboxing of kits the standing up approach really works! Let’s see my favorite was Cozy Christmas! Events I only participate if I’m into doing the material they want and usually I have a laid back sense of finishing I can’t always finish but have fun joining in for the community aspect. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much for watching! 💖 Cozy Christmas seems like the holiday kit of the year! The witch Christmas kit from the mystery box would display so well next to it!
@ yes those two would look really nice next to each other! I was really feeling the beachy Christmas kits. They make me think of my mom she loves the beach.
I’m
Doing Cozy Christmas for my Winter with DAC! My first event. I LOVE this kit
It’s sooo pretty! What’s been your favorite part so far?!
Hi Ashley ❤ I agree with you about the events, I don't mind if they have specific rules and ending times, but I think there should be more events that are simply relaxed. People are stressed enough in their lives to be given deadlines to complete something where it should be a joy and not a race. I'm so jealous that you have a painting by Rita Cozy Christmas, I didn't have time to buy it 😭 but when it comes back to stock it will definitely be mine. I'm a brunette with green eyes 😍✨ if you want to change her eye color, do it, it will definitely be a nice personalization for yourself
I hope you get it on a restock!! Thank you for watching ♥️💖
Hi Ashley X Thanks for the many Unboxings. I have the last canvas you showed (I'm terrible with names) I also love a few others that you have unboxed but like alot of people I'm limited with finances. I'm hoping you do the girl with books as a wip lol. Thanks again. Have a great weekend x Ellie x
Thank you for watching and supporting!! I’m glad you like all the unboxings 😂😅 I think it helps those with limited funds make a more informed decision if they see what a canvas looks like out of the box! ♥️
I just typed a reply and an error occured 🤦♀️. I hope you had a dun friday night if you were at your friends x @@messygirlcrafts
@@elliet68 oh no! I hate it when that happens 🙁 I’m hangin with the homies tonight ♥️
I agree with you about events. Dakotathon is a good one because there is no new start or finish requirement. You just need to show consistent progress and need to do a 30x40 square in 2 months. No new start is required for Winter with DAC either. I found Drills & Chills ok even with the new start because you have 2 months. What I’ve realized is that you need to be smart and choose a snack size as your event kit and then do a bigger kit second. 😂. Yet here I am trying to do a massive kit for Jingle Drills with the short 6 week time frame. I keep telling myself that I might not finish so I get myself out of that MUST FINISH head space.
100% ♥️ I enjoyed Jingle Drills because it was 2 months also! I think I’m on the same page as you about just doing a snack size to submit for prizes but then work on whatever else after! I entered Winter with DAC because I was able to submit the kit I was already working on and that felt good. Working on Christmas Kitty for Jingle Drills now, but I think I’ll take an event break after this one. I do want to participate in summer with the masters next year though!
I picked out Christmas tree from Make Market to do for Jingle Drills. Problem, I am severely ADHD with Clinical Depression. I got overwhelmed, want to do a smaller one, but my owner( Personal Assistant) said no, you will do Christmas tree! I want to quit now!
@ oh no! Make them do it! 😂♥️
@@messygirlcraftsyes, girlfriend my Personal assistant is making me. I am 68 years old.
@ 😂😂😂
I did buy that bright Christmas tree scene by Peggy Collins (Christmas Tree Celebration). I waffled on Good Tidings Fox and On Duty for Christmas… I wanted to kind of see sneak peeks of those and the kits sold out before I decided I wanted them. All good though. It’s not even December yet and who knows what’s in store for us?
I’m basically an only child as well and loved puzzles and solitaire growing up. Now it’s diamond painting with a little bit of cross stitch and video games thrown in. Definitely looking forward to two extra days off next week for hobbies
I’m hosting Thanksgiving this year so Thursday will be chaotic but I’m looking forward to a cozy weekend and slowly putting up my Christmas decor. 🥰
I was doing puzzles back in '21 and '22 and I framed most of them. However, some of them are definitely going to be replaced with diamond paintings. Also, I didn't buy any of the holiday kits released by DAC. I only have a few from Make Market and I completed them in time to have them hanging during the holidays. I plan to work on my one big kit from DAC called "Long Distance Coven". I do a lot of video chats and it was just too cool to resist! TONS of blues, purples, and golds! 😀💙💜💛🔮
I love that one! It got discontinued before I found diamond painting 😭
@messygirlcrafts Oh no!! Hopefully you can find it in a de-stash group!
God yes!! I get sad when I hear songs about blue-eyed girls, or blond pony tails. I Want Love Too!! (Brown-Eyed, Brown Hair here) 💎
YES! You get it. ❤️🩹🥰
I got Marie Christmas coming next week. She is beautiful
Yay!!! Great choice. 💖
Totally agree with stress free events. I sectioned off my WIP when I kitted it up specifically to be able to keep me on track to finish in time and I am stressing about falling behind! I loved watching you open these so I can see them along with you. I purposefully didnt buy any because I finally broke down and ordered that J Wall from TOWTDA that I have been drooling over along with some new accessories from a couple of Etsy shops I like. I must stay strong and at least pretend to be a responsible adult! The struggle is real yall! 😛
AHHHHH! I’ve been looking at that shop’s JWall collection for over a month!!!! Which one did you get?! ♥️👀👀👀
@@messygirlcrafts The little fairy girl that is blowing bubbles and you can her reflection in each reflected bubble. It is huge and has over 200 colors. I may have lost my mind.
@ I’ve seen that one!!!! So cute! Please report back as you work on it! It makes me nervous that they don’t have render pics on their site for some kits and I don’t know what size is best. Overall very anxious about it because those ones are expensive lol.
I had a good giggle when you said you have to pick one hobby at a time... I'm exactly the same 😂
My mind wants to hobby switch daily but I know better!! 😂♥️
By the way. I love love your channel. I have a stand up work desk and do my smaller paintings on it
Thank you so much! 🥹♥️ I’m seriously considering one myself. Do you know the length and width of yours? I’m trying to go as big as possible so large diamond paintings fit.
I do the same with hair color, n eye color.. especially Hannah Lynn.. I buy brown hair brown eyed ones
Yes! I knew it wasn’t just me! 😂♥️
DP With Sparklers actually has an FAQ page with free pdf links to print out that allow you to swap and change hair/eye and skin colors with the DMC color ranges including shadows and highlights!All of their references documents are really helpful. Especially if you get a destash kit that maybe is older with less desirable skin color options. Charting out swaps becomes easier with references. 😊❤
@ 😮✍️♥️
@@amandakuzdas4939 thank you…I had no idea 🙃
Beautiful ones, I love the landscape types the most from this haul😍 Lucky catch!
And about hair and eyes... you are beautiful the way you are 😄 I was always complaining about my red hair and brown eyes...yes, not blue.. but I think everyone is beautiful as they were created☺️ However, I would also love to have blue eyes..😅🤣
Nice video👌
Aw, thank you so much! 🥹💖
I feel you about the events!! I’m participating in Jingle Drills and I have been stressed out since before it began. I have a full time job, 4 kids and taking college classes so my time is very limited. So when I see all these people more than half way through their paintings , I be feeling like man what’s the point 😩
You’re a superstar for managing your time so well! I was saying it to someone else, but I think a “paint along” might be more stress free. My wheels are turning for sure 😏🤓
If I did Christmas kits, I would 100% get Cozy Christmas. I am Jewish and wish we could get a kit just like that but Hanukkah.
That would be INCREDIBLE!! With a menorah in the window and a Chanukah bush! 🥲♥️
Another awesome video! I’m curious how do you feel about diamond painting retreats? They sound like so much fun but they book up so fast.
I think that could be fun! I recently joined a retreat group on Facebook just to lurk and find out more, but I would be so down to hang out with other crafty friends!!
Hi! I had a question about the cards you get - I though that they are only supposed to come with certain releases? But I feel like every single unboxing I have seen (from multiple creators), every single kit has a card with it. Is that just me? Or do you think that DAC is just so excited about the cards that they are putting them in all of their new releases rather than only some?
I think they come in all of them now unless it’s a special licensed art like Disney, Harry Potter, Marvel, etc. When the cards were first introduced some kits had them and some didn’t based on when they went through production, but at this point any new releases are probably going to have them! This is my best guess of course ♥️
1:40:01 you're so cute😭
I always enjoy your unboxing videos, all the kits are beautiful🌟🌟
I'm musilm and I don't celebrate christmas or Hanukkah but I love the vibes, decorations and ngl I love everything hehe, and love when people celebrate and just be happy.
Also I got Clara's Christmas by Miss Holly🥰🥰
You’re so kind, thank you! 😂♥️ Do you celebrate and traditional Muslim holidays during this season? ✨
not really.
Islam just has two holidays: Eid Al-Fitr and Eid Al-Adha, and we celebrate them after Ramadan🤗
@ very cool! I love learning about how others celebrate! Thank you for watching! ♥️
Use bowes, girl❤❤❤
Thank you for supporting the bow! 🎀😂♥️
after 10 minutes I have the impression that it's not you, where is the real joy? you are not yourself :(
I didn’t notice. She seems fine to me!
The joy is real, I promise! 😌