Home again, home again, jiggety, jig!!

Hey Scrap fans!! I stole that title from Keathe's Facebook status. So here we are, back in PA with CHA behind us. It's hard to believe we were actually there, but I'm pretty sure my credit card is evidence of the trip :) We have a lot of cute new stuff coming in and I can't wait to share it with you. I am still uploading all our photos to Photobucket, which you can access here:

CHA Summer 2012 Pics

Be sure to check back for more photos and updates as we have a lot of exciting projects in the works. Until next time, Happy Scrapping!!

~Patrice

CHA Summer 2012 Day 3

Hey Scrap Fans! It's the end of day three already and I'm wearily typing this from my iPhone. I had every intention of keeping you updated with pics throughout the show, but technology is not cooperating. I did manage to upload a few instagram photos, but I promise as soon as I'm home and have a good stable connection, I'll give you a full report.

Tomorrow is our last day on the show floor and we'll be placing orders and trying to finish up our research. You just can't imagine the enormous amount of information we have to sort through, and all of the ideas we have for you, our customers. Look forward to an open house in the near future so you too can check out all the latest.

If anyone is seeing anything you especially love, let us know so we can get it in for you. Today we placed orders with Jenni Bowlin, Scrapbook Adhesives and Life Style Crafts. Tomorrow we're meeting with American Crafts, Tattered Angels, 7 Gypsies, Canvas Corp, Fancy Pants and Heidi Swapp. I can't wait to get back so I can share all the wonderful scrappy goodness with you all!! Until then, Happy Scrapping!!

~Patrice

CHA Summer 2012 Day 1

Hey Scrap Fans! Oh my gosh you guys, what an exciting day! And the show floor hasn't even opened yet. Unfortunately, the wifi in our hotel is less than desirable, so I'm forced to try to post from my iPhone. (which I wouldn't have to do if I had 3G for iPad~hint hint Andy~) But in any event, I'll do my best to try to keep you updated.

So today we took two workshops and a number of seminars (one of which was how to build a better blog, so there's hope for us yet). At one of our seminars, I sat down and holy cow, Shimelle Laine was sitting right next to me! For those of you who don't know Shimelle, she is a former editor for Creating Keepsakes Magazine and a Garden Girl at Two Peas in a Bucket. She also has an "in" with one of my favorite super heros, Glitter Girl. She was incredibly lovely and took the time to not only talk to us, but posed for a few pics as well. I'd love to post them, but am finding it quite impossible at the moment, so....

We also attended a seminar featuring the top twenty most innovative picks of the season, where we saw demonstrations of these products. There was some exciting stuff that we can't wait to bring to you! If you click the link below, you can watch Tim Holtz demonstrate his new metallic distress stains.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fv_4nNrUytE&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Well Scrap Fans, it's getting late and tomorrow is another busy day, so I'd better get some rest. Can't wait to (hopefully) bring you some more exciting news! Until then, Happy Scrapping!!

~Patrice

Destination Chicago!!

Hey scrap fans! We're checking in at the Pittsburg Airport on our way to our connecting flight in Cincinnati, destination Chicago for CHA SUMMER 2012!! Whoop whoop! Be sure to check for updates on all our great finds and let us know if there are any companies who's booths your are particularly interested in!

Happy Scrapping!!

CHA bound

It is that time of year.  The CHA summer show will be starting in Chicago one week from now! 

This is Patrice and my first time ever going to a CHA show.  We usually spend the days of the show sitting in front of our computers looking for pictures, videos, or anything else we can find and texting each other madly to say 'Oooh!  Did you see what October Afternoon has this year?  Look what Tim Holtz has coming out!'

This year we are extremely lucky to be able to actually attend the show ourselves.  Seeing as how we have always been the ones searching everywhere for pictures on the internet, this year we will be the ones taking tons of pictures for you and uploading them as soon as we can each night to our blog.

So keep watching for posts next week, as we try our best to make you feel like you are right there at CHA with us!