I have nothing but positive things to say about my experience with this fun new craft. I had a custom canvas made and it was so much fun. I ordered mine on a sale day and got BOGO. My friend and I both do them together with our custom prints. I did a black and white photo and some of the gems were light pink, lavender, and navy blue. I was scared it wouldn’t look black and white but the gems reflect the colors around them and it couldn’t be more perfect. It is so cool and it looks black and white. You wouldn’t even know that there are little specs of color in it. I am completely addicted. I timed mine and it took me about 55 hours to complete. The little pen you can buy didn’t really work and slowed things down. I highly recommend just using the tweezers that comes with the kit. If you can buy more sorting trays, I would recommend doing that so that you don’t have to keep changing out the colors in one tray. The delivery for our kits was pretty slow, it took over a month to get to us. However, we were in no rush and when they came we were pumped! Just beware that the gems are very very small. If you are not a detail oriented person, this is not the craft for you. I love this new hobby and can’t wait to buy another one. They are so much fun!!!!!