Crafty Creatives box 8 and Dream Themes

I spent a little bit of time last night writing up part of today's blog post. I knew I wanted to digress from this month's Crafty Creatives box for a little to talk about something I've been thinking on for the past week or so. As it turns out, a large part of what I wrote is now irrelevant! 

Thank you Postie!

This month's theme is Spots and Stripes! 

For the original delivery date, I half expected hearts and pink, but when the box was delayed, I began to wonder about all the themes it could be, and also, what my "dream theme" would be. Last month's woodland is a theme pretty high up there for me, and I really loved that box. Looking back, the oriental theme should have been a big one for me, but in reflection it's closer to the bottom of my hypothetical box rankings. To the future- a steampunk theme might be overdone, but it's almost a must at some point- I know I'd love to get one. And, a theme based on peacock feathers- blues and greens and a splash of purple would be one to win my heart. But, a theme I was thinking about a few weeks ago which has been cemented as my highest "dream theme" after seeing the film Wreck-it Ralph, would be a sweet shop theme. Pinstripes and paper straws and pastels would work even better with CC's trademark paper bag kit! And then, this morning, almost exactly what I imagined to be in a "sweet shop"-themed box turned up at my door. Minus a few sweet-oriented charms or cabochons maybe, but everything else is pretty much spot on.

The art card is super funky, definitely one that will go up when I finally get around to decorating my walls a bit (one of my 100 mini-goals). Love the colour and the style a lot.

And again, I opened the kit and laughed out loud. The other thing I was wondering about last night while writing up my dream themes was when polymer clay would come along- this is my main crafty area and I was curious as to how they'd approach it. I may have to add my own personal touch to this one, though! ;)

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So here we are- what's in the box? (Pardon the knolling, I've been introduced to a tumblr called thingsorganizedneatly today- check it out!)

• Art card by Paul Heard
• CC Kit- polymer clay heart pendant
• roll of washi tape- I got multi-coloured stripey! Love this so much!
• a bundle of paper straws
• 24 spotty cupcake papers
• a spotty lampwork bead- maybe I'll name mine Argus as it looks like he's got little eyes all over!
• 3m of stripey string
• 20 striped resin beads (these have been on my to-buy list for a while)
• 50cm strip of spotty green PVC fabric
• fat quarter of stripey cotton fabric
• pack of foam pads by Stix2 - great for paper crafts!
• a sheet of stripey purple tissue paper
• 15 silver-plated head-pins
• round nose pliers

 What would be your dream theme?