Celebrating 45 Years…

Jan 25, 2012

Fiskars is cel­e­brat­ing 45 years of mak­ing their awe­some Orange Han­dled Scis­sors. I can­not remem­ber our house not hav­ing a pair of Fiskars scis­sors in it while grow­ing up. And I can hon­estly say they are still my all time favorite scis­sors. I cre­ate with sev­eral dif­fer­ent styles Orig­i­nal Orange Han­dled 8″, Micro Tip Com­fort Grip #5, Micro Tip #5 and Non-Stick Fash­ion Detail #5 but the pair I seem to wear out the most are the Micro Tip #5 pair. I use these every sin­gle day as they fit per­fectly in my hand and cut so precisely.

To help Fiskars cel­e­brate the 45th anniver­sary of their iconic Orange-Handled Scis­sors, check out their page on face­book . This cel­e­bra­tion is going to be a fun-filled 45-day count­down lead­ing up to the first day of National Craft Month on March 1. Like them on Face­book to join the cel­e­bra­tion and check out all the con­tests, prizes, fun facts, artist fea­tures and more.

AND Fiskars was gen­er­ous enough to give me a pair of their awe­some scis­sors to give­away so, if you want a chance to win a pair just leave me a com­ment telling me about your favorite Orange Han­dled Scis­sors.

And now for a Maya Road sneak peek. When I found out Maya Road was releas­ing an Alter­able Coin Purse it instantly brought me back to when I was lit­tle sit­ting on my grandmother’s lap open­ing and clos­ing her coin purse. This photo of the two of us was taken in 1966 and I remem­ber this day like it was yes­ter­day. I thought her coin purse was the best thing ever. And if I’m real quite and still I can hear the click it made each time it opened and closed.

And one new flower Maya Road is releas­ing the I am super excited about are the new Linen Burlap Roses. The con­trast between the burlap and the vin­tage doily on the coin purse looks amaz­ing. You will see me using this com­bi­na­tion more often for sure. I really like it.

Okay, it’s time for me to start pack­ing or at least get­ting all the piles I have of things to bring in one spot… copies of Delight In The Sea­sons, last minute projects, small hand­made gifts, tags to hand out stamped with an Anti­quated Col­lec­tion Soci­ety Lady image, busi­ness cards (can­not for­get the busi­ness cards), then I have the what clothes to bring… good thing I keep it sim­ple there… jeans and t-shirts. I’m all for comfy. Actu­ally I’m worse than a 2 year old when it comes to any­thing pulling on me. I can­not stand that for one second.

Nearly CHA bound and can’t wait!

Hugs!


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  • santa

    Damn your cute.

  • Patti

    I love all my fiskars scis­sors but my favorite pair have to be the ones I got in San Anto­nio not only did I get them but I got to meet you! Good luck at CHA and I keep look­ing for your book in the stores by me, can’t wait to find it.

  • Aunt Brenda

    Yes, you are cute but, oh, so serious!

  • con­nieme­lan­con

    My favorite is my orange/green han­dled scis­sors with my fiskar # engraved on them. I still have my burlap bag they came in and also put them back in there when fin­ish cut­ting with them! Love the coin purse too.

  • LoriC

    I remem­ber when my Aunt was teach­ing me how to sew, she had a pair of the “orange han­dled” scis­sors. She taught me not to use them for any­thing but fab­ric. It was my 13th birth­day and I had asked for a pair of the “orange han­dled” scis­sors. To my dis­ap­point­ment when I opened the present, they weren’t the “orange han­dled” scis­sors, they were yel­low and another brand. Granted they were good scis­sors and I still have them, but they never were the “orange han­dled” scis­sors. Fast for­ward 30 years, when I reach for my fab­ric scis­sors, I think of this story. Every cut­ting tool or smaller scis­sors I use today are Fiskars, but I have never pur­chased a large pair of “orange han­dled” scis­sors to replace my “yel­low han­dled scis­sors”. Maybe because I don’t want to for­get this won­der­ful mem­ory of my Aunt teach­ing me to sew, but deep down I have always wanted a pair.

  • Tiffani

    I have sim­i­lar mem­o­ries of the orange han­dled scis­sors at our house grow­ing up. They were just for fab­ric. One day I was given my own pair! Great tool!

  • Robyn Lynn

    Remem­ber when there was only one or two scis­sors to choose from? Ahhh…simplicity! But,I do like the new col­ors & designs they come in now-a-days — very pretty.

  • Nancy Kisiel

    Fiskars were the first pair of scis­sors that I pur­chased when I estab­lished my own home and I have never been with­out a pair in my home since.

  • Johanne L.

    Love that pic­ture of you and your grand­mother. And I love the color orange. I would love to win those scis­sors because the pair I have at home doesnt cut any­thing. I know the Fiskars ones are the best.. Thanks for the chance.

  • http://somewouldevensyitglows.blogspot.com Leann

    Hi Lisa

    Just got my Delight in the Sea­sons and wanted to tell you how much I’m lov­ing it. I’m not read­ing it all at once though — I’m giv­ing myself a chap­ter a night:)

    Let’s see I have (3) pair of the small non-stick fiskars on my stu­dio table as write this and would have to say that they are y fav’s for craft­ing just becuas of the non-stick fac­tor. But i do love my large pair for fab­ric. No one and I mean no one bet­ter touch my fiskars:)

    Leann

  • Jacque­lene L.

    My favourite orange han­dled scis­sors are my lit­tle micro-tip ones. One time when they went miss­ing, I quickly went out and pur­chased another pair. They snip lit­tle details the best of all. If I were going to a remote island I would have to take these with me!!! I didn’t grow up with fiskars at my house, they have lived in my home since 2003. Thank you for shar­ing the story of the change purse with your grandma I really like the idea of the alter­able change purse. That click of a change purse is so sat­is­fy­ing a sound.

  • http://www.thetamarisk.blogspot.com Teresa

    Yep — Fiskars have always been “The Good Scis­sors” at my house :)

  • Kate

    I, unfor­tu­natly ‚do not own a good pair of scis­sors. Right now I have a large and small pair of grey han­dled scis­sors by Wescott by I sure would love to get a pair that is non-stick and durable. I seem to replace my scis­sors every year. Your change purse is gorgeous…love that flower.

  • Sue A

    My favorite Fiskars scis­sors are the 5″ micro tip scis­sors. My mother-in law gave them to me for Christ­mas one year. She did a lot of craft­ing and thought I needed a pair of these great scis­sors. That was prob­a­bly 25 years ago. They are still sharp and going strong. I use them for small detailed cut­ting. Thanks for the chance to win a pair!

  • Rox­anne Allen

    I love the pleated tulle! So many ways to use. I so need a pair of scis­sors for cut­ting rib­bon and fab­ric! The 5″ Fiskars look like a per­fect option! Beau­ti­ful flowers!

  • Donna Shaner

    Love all my Fiskars prod­ucts. I just replaced my old pink­ing shears with a pair of Fiskars brand. You always know what you are get­ting with Fiskars-a depend­able, last­ing product!

  • Cindy Leaf

    With out a doubt the mini organza rose rib­bon, you can use it on about any­thing and you can you just one if you want, or you can use as long as you want. The col­ors are also wonderful!!

  • Cindi

    45 years of Fiskars! How amaz­ing and what we would do with­out
    their great cut­ting abil­ity?!
    Your pic­tures are adorable…
    Thanks, Cindi

  • Pam

    We always had those orange han­dled scis­sors in my house when I was grow­ing up, too. My mother would never let us use them because they were for sewing only. Of course, even­tu­ally, she taught each of us to sew, and then we could finally use those spe­cial scis­sors. I have my own pair with my sewing now. I also only buy Fiskars cut­ting tools. The best!!!

  • Cindy Leaf

    i got mixed up and put my favorite Maya Road rib­bons and trims in my com­ment above. That will hap­pen when you get over that num­ber 50, but any­ways, I know this is ter­ri­ble but I really don’t have a great pair of scis­sors because my kids and hus­band man­age to find them and trim bushes, cut wire, etc — you get it. I would love to have these — I will sit all of my fam­ily down and tell them if they touch these scis­sors I will take away their phones, I mean third hand, no the phones that they never let go of.

  • Susan Stim­son

    Love the orange It’s hard to remem­ber when we didn’t have it!

  • SuZeQ

    I’m a Fiskar’s fan, too. There are sev­eral orange-handled scis­sors in our home but my favorite pair is your fave, too. LOVE them!

  • http://www.susan-artfulmusings.blogspot.com Susan Tid­well

    I’ve had my orange Fiskars sewing scis­sors for­ever and they are still awe­some. Have no idea what style num­ber they are! These micro scis­sors look fan­tas­tic. If I don’t win, I might have to go buy them.

  • Rhonda

    All my orange han­deled scis­sors are off lim­its to every­one except me in my house hold.….back away.… back away.…