Summer 2010 CHA Day 3 Recap..Packed Up & Ready To Head Home In The Morning

(we saw this sea of suitcases in the atrium this morning, they went on around the corner...we chuckled thinking that I need a few of these for all the catalogs I am bringing home)




We just got back from dinner and non stop final hours of CHA ordering.I think the total floor hours the past 3 days is 22/23 hours plus an additional 3-4 hours each night going thru catalogs and samples. We have had a blast but are all ready to head home to Atlanta.

Today we placed orders with so many companies I can't remember them all.
I need my notebook but it's already packed.

I remember
Echo Park
Cosmo
Bo Bunny
October Afternoon
Prima
Maya Road
Studio G Acrylic Stamps By Hampton Arts
Ranger-New Stickles & Liquid Pearls

Once we get home I will get a few slide shows up of all the cool lines, samples and ideas we saw at the show.

First stop tomorrow is Dunkin. It has been 4 long days without any of my DD Coffee :)

Summer CHA Chicago Day 2

It's been another long day of fun activities at CHA.
We spent 8 hours on the show floor doing make and takes,
orders, talking with other store owners, watching Suzy tape
a Live With Prima web cast, going to Summer Fullerton &
Kimber McGrays book signing, watching Tim Holtz demos,
plus another 4 hours in the hotel atrium going thru catalogs and
filling our yet more order forms.

Today we did orders with

Lily Bee
Jillibean Soup
Studio Calico
Basic Grey
Bo Bunny
Bella Blvd
and a few others

At this point during the past 2 days we have spent 16 hours on the show floor and another 8 hours going thru catalogs and samples so things are becoming a blur.

Here are a few pics from the 100's I took today. We will get slide shows up over the weekend showing all the CHA news. For now this gals gotta get some sleep
all the fun starts again in 8 hours.








book signing


Suzy doing a class with Prima

Sharing A Few Pictures From The Fancy Pants Designs CHA Booth

CHA Summer 2010 Day 1 Recap

We are just getting back to our room after a full day (8 hours on the
floor) I took +400 pictures so far and will sort them by company and
post them through out the night. We placed several orders and
also did quite a few make and takes. I will work on a link to what
all we ordered after we return home this weekend but for now here's
a partial list for day 1

***Teresa Collins***
Celebrbate
Freestyle
Giving Thanks
Noel

***Fancy Pants Designs***
Happy Together
Tradition
Lilac House
It's your Day

***Pink Paislee***
Shipping Mid August
Old School
Hocus Pocus
Sweetness
House of Three
Artsian items,
since we were one of the first 75 orders we
won a class with Heidi Swapp which Suzy attended :)

***My Mind's Eye***
Shipping Mid August
every single item they released.
This was a HUGE HUGE release and it is incredible.
There are 2 Christmas releases, 2 Halloween Releases,
the huge Lost & Found Collection and Alphabet Soup.
Lost & Found is made up of 4 sublines and they are
packed with embellies. There are 10 double sided papers,
brads, trims, glittered die cuts, stamps, alphabet
glitter stickers, buttons, titles, layered stickers, chipboard
album cover kits and more. Alphabet Soup is made up of a boy line
and a girl line that contain 9 papers, playing cards, brads,
chipboard elements. One of the Halloween lines is made up of 9
styles of black flocked kraft papers, decorative brads, stamps and
flocked vinyl accessories.

***Girl's Paperie***
Tinsel & Twig
Toil & Trouble
Love love love both of these releases
We also made a cute little trick or treat
bag with Margie at her booth :)

***Crate Paper***
Restoration Collection
School Spirit Collection
Snow Day Collection

***Graphic 45***
Halloween In Wonderland
Christmas Past--the new additions
Steam Punk Debunate
Staples

On the list for tomorrow is
Lily Bee
Basic Grey
Bo Bunny Press
Glitz
Making Memories
Shimmerz
Websters Pages
Kaisercraft
Echo Park
Jenni Bowlin
October Afternoon
Prima
and more :)

Heading down to the atrium for some caffeine and then going
to start sorting thru booth pictures :)

CHA Pre-Show Class With Teresa Collins Monday July 26th 2010

We had a blast meeting and creating with Teresa Collins tonight.
She is by far one of the most genuine people in the scrapping
business I have met. She remembered seeing pictures of a mini album
Jen created months ago and I shared some more pictures with her
after the class. She had the nicest comments about the books Jen designs.

Of course with the 4 of us it involved many laughs even getting there.
We are staying at the Hyatt, Teresa's class was at the Marriott which
the server at the bar said was half a mile away. So instead of waiting
for the valet to get the car and driving there. We decide the temp is
nice out (10 degrees less than Atlanta) we will walk the 1/2 mile. Yes well
it involved me so it cant be so simple.... We start walking
...hummm are we heading the correct direction????....the server said right 1/2 mile...Well after Maggie running down the sidewalk checking street signs
at the intersection to make sure we are going the right direction,
us walking a good bit, I see the Marriott in the distance...definately
not a 1/2 mile and the event starts in 10 minutes. Thankfully I also see a taxi close by...We all run...jumped into the taxi and get to the event just in time
to get started. Everyone had a pizza box of goodies from one of Teresa Collins new Celebrate Paper Collections & Embellishments sitting at their place along with Yummy punch, chocolates and cute cupcakes. The project was a cute mini album
using the papers, embellies, new stamps, fabric twirled flowers and more.

She had a work station set up with her new Stamp Machine and we all went up and took turns watching demos on how to make stamps, stencils, embossing plates, necklaces and more. It is a very neat little machine and I cant wait to get my hands on one to play with back home.

We saw all 4 new paper lines, stamps etc and my favorite has the be the Christmas line. I love love love it. She used the thicker weight papers for this line and the usual weight for the girl, gratitude and celebrate lines. We will be getting all the papers, stamps, blingage and the machine. The collections will be shipping
the 4th-5th of August :)

I took a ton of pics but will post just a few for now. This gal is one tired
gal and the show fun starts at 7am for me :) On the list for tomorrow
ordering from Teresa, Pink Paislee, My Mind's Eye, Crate Paper, Echo Park, Websters,
Graphic 45 and a few others. I will post pics from all the booths late tomorrow night.

Road Trip To Summer 2010 CHA In Chicago

We arrived safe and sound in Chicago this afternoon. We had
a great time and many laughs along the way. Especially along the
roads in Kentucky and Indiana. We checked into the
Hyatt and its a great hotel (not the Peabody like last
summer) but nice spacious rooms with great work stations and laptop
desks, comfy beds, cozy chairs/sitting areas in the atrium and
a covered sky walk to the convention center for CHA.
No Dunkin but there's a Starbucks
open late and then again super early at 4am.
Here are a few pics of the road trip.


The SUV at my house before we left.


After the 4 of us loaded up :)


100's of windmills in Indiana


We made it to Taylorsville late last night, checked into the Marriott for
a little shut eye before heading out this morning the rest of the way
to Chicago.




Lesson learned there are very few Dunkins between Georgia and Chicago so if you
see a Starbucks you better settle for it :)


Suzy, Patti and Maggie heading to the bar for a quick dinner before our sneak peek
class with Teresa Collins tonight.

CHA Summer 2010 Chicago Count Down

We are getting ready to head to Chicago this weekend for
Summer CHA.

We are going to CHA a little early so we can play with one of my
favorite scrapping people. Those who know me know
it has to be none other than Teresa Collins. I have
loved everything she has designed going back to her
Junkitz days. She is having a special celebration
Monday including a class, treats and other fun. It was
limited to 70 people and sold out quickly but
we got in. This is the cover of the album using
her new Celebration Product Line.



Instead of doing a separate CHA blog this time I am just
going to post the highlights and new product pics on
the store blog. Last time I took +1100 pictures and
it was crazy trying to keep up with another blog, orders,
catalogs, meeting with reps etc.
I should be posting several times a day since from
what I can tell this CHA is FULL of incredible
new releases and products. My favorites that
come to mind so far
Teresa Collins Lines
Teresa Collins Stamp Machine
Tim Holtz Sizzix and Folders (love the flower)
October Afternoon all of it
Graphic 45 Halloween
Pink Paislee All of it including the
new Heidi/Rhonna Items
Girls Paperie
Echo Park
Fancy Pants
My Minds Eye
and on and on and on
:)

The new store will be opening the first week of August and
we will have a grand opening celebration then also.

Look for details after CHA
:)

We Had A Blast Creating With Donna Downey This Past Weekend

I hope everyone had as much fun as I did this past weekend.
I will post a few more pics from the weekend later this week.
When she and Bill were leaving Saturday they mentioned they
would love to come back in January again :)

Spots Remaining In The Donna Downey Classes This Coming Weekend

Here's what spaces are left in the classes for this
Friday and Saturday the 16th & 17th

****All Classes Will Be Held At The New Store****
3670 Hutchinson Rd Suite C-1
Cumming Georgia
770-888-2417
This is the Tuesday Morning, Stars & Strikes, Porter Paints, Mega Tools, Heavenly Dove, Liquor Barn & Goodwill Shopping Center.
We are next to Heavenly Dove (the sign for the front of the store won't
be installed before the classes)

Friday Night
6:30-9:30pm
Pressed For Success Album Class
$65
3 spots are open




Saturday 9:30-12:30pm
Irresistible Tags Technique Class
$55
2 more spots opened


Saturday 1:30-4:30pm
Pressed For Success Album Class
$65
1 spot open

Saturday 5:30-7:30pm
Elegant Garden
$35
2 spots are open

Since we are still in the process of moving to the new
location ****PLEASE EMAIL US IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN
ANY OF THE CLASSES****

********NEW STORE UPDATE/INFO*********

We are going wait to re-open the store officially until
after we return from CHA the end of July. We have worked
non-stop everyday for 5 weeks but we still have
several touches we want to add to the new store. We
are going to join in the classes this weekend with Donna
and all you gals. Then spend one last week getting things
finished up before we head out to Chicago.

The 1st of August we will have our grand-reopening celebration
crop, have new CHA goodies in stock in the store, snacks,
prizes and more. We will post details soon.

Here's a before/after picture of the latest addition to the
new store. Mom, Jen and I re-did all the cropping area chairs

Donna Downey Elegant Garden Class Supply List

students will need to bring:
• 4 x 6” landscape photo
• needle and thread
(white or light color, it will not be seen)
• Aleene’s tacky or Beacon’s tacky glue
• spray bottle
• 1/2”-1” paint brush
• washcloth or rag that can get messy
• big bite or eyelet setting tools
• heat gun

Donna Downey's Pressed For Success Mini Album Supply List

Iron (this can be shared)
Bone Folder
Aleen's Tacky Glue
Scissors
Ranger Distress Inks (Browns Recommended)
Foam Ink Applicator
Water Color Palette Of Paint (Cheap Set)
Water Color Brush Or Water Pen Brush
Apron (optional)
Spray Bottle Or Mister
Magazine (Optional Work Surface)
10-12 Photos Size Optional

Donna Downey Simply Irresistable Class Supply List

students will need to bring:
• 2 paint brushes (about ½ to 1”)
• glass jar or mug for water
• heat gun
• small soft cloth or small piece of t-shirt
(for a technique not to wear)
• favorite liquid adhesive
(ie. Zip dry, tacky glue, tombo, etc)
• glue stick
• White acrylic paint
• favorite pieces of emphemera, old book pages, trims, papers or embellishments
(NO MORE THAN WHAT CAN FIT IN A SANDWICH BAGGIE. Yep a sandwich baggie!, You can do it, I know you can!)
• Favorite colors of acrylic paint
• Non-Stick Craft Sheet (optional)
• baby wipes and/or paper towels – (I am messy, I use a lot!)
• Ink applicator tool
(if you have one/optional)
• Favorite ink pads/colors (optional)
• 5-10 of your favorite stamps mix of words and images (optional but recommended)
• 1 favorite foam stamp (optional)
• spray bottle/mister (optional but recommended)
• pop dots (optional)
• old magazine (to use as work surface)

Here's Another Peek At The New Store

We have been working non-stop getting the new store ready.
We are still aiming for re-opening mid-July (13th/14th) and
will keep posting updates as we get closer.
For today here's a peek at part of the front of the store decorated
with some of the sun bursts Jennifer made.


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