We are so excited to share this post with you about our recent order from JoAnn craft store in the USA. About a month ago we found out that we could order from the JoAnn website and have it shipped to the UK for a reasonable price! I'm sure you all know as well as us that buying from the USA is never usually cheap with shipping rates at a crazy price which doesn't make sense for what may be a low value order in comparison. Alternatively a lot of USA craft stores and brands don't offer shipping to the UK which then makes it impossible to get hold of these lovely items!
Since we had been looking at USA haul videos lately we couldn't wait to start perusing the Fall and Halloween shopping category on JoAnn's website to find out what goodies we could buy! There were pages and pages of lovely home decor, craft items, fabric and more - so much to take in and choose from!
We did manage to restrain ourselves quite a bit and didn't end up purchasing as much as I thought we would, however this is only the first order!!!
So let's start with my purchases, I got a couple of kitchenware items and a home decor piece...
These mugs are lovely and chunky and can definitely contain a lot of your favourite hot drink come the Autumn time. They also look beautiful displayed out on your counter top ready for guests when they come over.
This set is excellent for those bakers out there when you want to whip up an autumnal treat. Additionally they look wonderful sat inside your utensil pot on the counter top.
This small light up pumpkin is an excellent piece of home decor and looks great sat on top of a shelf or windowsill. When night time comes, switch on the lights and let this little pumpkin create a wonderful Autumn ambience.
So that's all that I included in my part of the order, let's move on to my sister's Autumn stash...
As well as the same pumpkin spatula set that I bought, my sister also picked up this Hello Pumpkin Spoonula, excellent for cooking and baking this season.
If you love baking cakes then these mini baking cups are a must for the Autumn season!
As you will see below, my sister has already put these to good use!
For home decor, my sister picked up the following items....
This pumpkin is beautifully decorated around the outside with an embossed leaf pattern and also contains LED lights which you can switch on at the bottom to light up your room at night.
As you will see in the picture above, my sister also picked up a decorative sign to display...
This small sign looks great displayed amongst your autumn home decor and creates a cosy atmosphere.
A fantastic piece of storage that you don't mind displaying around the house. It also provided a great space to place our glass light up pumpkins during the packing process and kept them from getting broken! Unfortunately the box did have a couple of tears around the edge of the lid but easily fixed with a bit of tape to secure in place. Not sure if this was caused during shipping or if someone picked a slightly damaged box in the first place!
This beautiful autumn throw measures approx. 50 x 60 inches and creates a wonderful backdrop across your sofa for a cosy autumn feel.
So moving on to a few pieces that mum ordered...
First up is a couple of pieces of Christmas check fabric...
As I'm sure you can imagine, this fabric will come in excellent use for Christmas sewing projects and I'm sure we will share with you any makes we have made with this fabric nearer to Christmas.
It's worth noting that the minimum order quantity for fabric is 2 yards.
Lastly mum ordered an autumn wreath that matched in with the colour of her front door.
However, unfortunately the wrong wreath was included in our delivery and therefore we are still waiting for the correct wreath to arrive, but I'll include an image and link below so you can see what it will look like. Once it has been delivered I will include a picture below, with it displayed on mum's front door.
So that sums up our first ever order from JoAnn in the USA. It is definitely worth checking out if you want to get something a bit different for your home and also it seems to be an area which UK shops are still struggling to provide. And if you do find shops that are selling these cosy autumn home decor items, they seem to be selling out in just days of discovering them! JoAnn is always offering great discounts on their products and even extra discounts at the checkout so make sure you look out for those offers to save even more money. In total it took just under 3 weeks for our order to get to us and we were updated every step of the way so we knew whereabouts our parcel was at all times.
We definitely think it's worth making an order, especially at this time of year when you want to get your hands on some lovely Autumn/Halloween and Christmas goodies!
