CHA Preview Party Scheduled

I mentioned we were planning a preview party to show you all the goodies we ordered from CHA. We chose a date, and it's on! Join us this Thursday, 2/5 between 6-8pm. We'll have catalogs and samples out for you to drool over (just like we drooled over them last week - they're dry now), refreshments, giveaways and demos of new products. We're very excited about what we purchased, and want to share the excitement with our amazing customers!

Superbowl Scrap Anyone?

We've had a couple people ask if we have anything going on Sunday during the Superbowl... we do! It's our crop! I know, it's nothing out of the ordinary, but here's my suggestion: If you plan on coming Sunday to crop, feel free to bring a dish to share! It can be our own SuperScrap Party! We'll be open from noon to 6pm - hopefully we'll see you then!

Think Spring!

I think we're all thinking Spring by now... Get in the mood with Making Memories' new line, Flower Patch! These adorable Spring-y colors will get you in the mood for scrappin'!

New Products already arriving!

We placed several orders before leaving for the show, so I wasn't surprised to see some had already arrived while I was away. We got the new Summer line from Imaginisce, including several new $1 stamps - flip flop fun! We also received a portion of the new 7 Gypsies line, Gypsy Market.

Keep an eye on our sales and clearance section over the next few weeks, as we'll be moving out merchandise to make room for the new goods. Some major product changes will be in the baby, travel and branded paper sections.

Homeward Bound

We're sitting at the airport enjoying a glass of wine (mine without a bug) before we board our plane back to Detroit. Speaking of bugs, Hailey had her photo taken with the Cuttlebug (and Cricut, too) at the Provo Craft booth today. I said I'd try to post again today, and I did (at least on pacific time). We are happy that we were able to place all of the orders we planned to, and ordered from four new vendors.
Hailey is excited about the upcoming classes, and I'm geeked about all the new products. We're planning a CHA Preview Party featuring the new things (and techniques) we picked up here. Keep an eye on the blog and our calendar for the date, but it will be the first week of February. Everyone is invited, and we're planning on giveaways, demos, sneak peeks and at least one make & take, along with refreshments! We're so excited to share with you! See you all soon...

Day Two of CHA

Sore and glad to be in our pj's already (it's only 7:15p here in CA), we had a long day at the show today. There was a fire in the convention center. When the alarms went off, everyone stayed where they were (everyone was waiting for the drawing, including me). Nobody wanted to lose a chance to win some great prizes, but security came through and assured us it was time to move - it was an actual fire. Fortunately, we didn't have to wait outside too long, and the drawings resumed (although I didn't win). We placed tons of orders, a couple from new vendors. We have some great class ideas, a few venturing into more mixed media that we think you'll love!

Tonight we went to the 2 Peas Ice Cream Social. There were some delicious gourmet cupcakes (mocha caramel, to name one... mmm). Hailey and I participated in some trivia and each won a cool prize (even though I had to get help with the answers). Hailey's involved finding specific people in the room (one of whom was in the middle of eating her cupcake). It was a nice wind-down after the show. Tomorrow is our last day of the show, since we're leaving a day early. I'll hopefully have another post for you tomorrow before we leave.

Does Paris Hilton Scrapbook?

We'll see... but she did release her own line of scrapbooking products. I haven't seen them yet, since we waited in line for over 2 hours only to wait for her to show up (over an hour later than advertised), allow about 10-15 to take photos with her, then leave 20 minutes later. I guess you could say we saw her, with 10 feet and several security guards between us.

We made good progress today. Between the two of us, we covered the entire show floor. That doesn't mean we placed all of our orders, but we picked up catalogs, which we're looking through while we wait for our Chinese food delivery. I was going to see Deborah Norville's keynote speech tonight, but my feet just couldn't take any more, so we came back to the hotel early.