Flip-Pal Giveaway!

Win a Flip-Pal here: http://www.vickiodell.com/i-love-my-flip-pal-mobile-scanner-giveaway/

You have to enter by February 29th!


Yours truly,
Julie :)

Giveaway - February

If you go back to my earlier post about CHA, you'll see I offered a box of "goodies" from the show for the giveaway for February.  Up to now it's been a "mystery" box, so here's a photograph of everything that is in it.  Can you spot the product that was one of the Top 3 most Innovative Products for Winter 2012?  If you can identify it, comment below (I won't publish the comment until later) and I'll add your name to the drawing.  The winner will be announced next week, February 29th, so don't forget to check back here.  This is what's in the box and what the winner will receive:

 

Y'all come back now......

Yours truly,
Julie :)

Happy Valentine's Day!

I used to love Valentine's day!  It was all about romance and secret admirers.  In England you never signed the cards you sent; at least that's how it was "back in the day" (sounds so much better than "the old days").  This was the day to send a card to someone you really, really liked - anonymously.  I remember getting my first Valentine's Day card - unsigned of course, so I wondered and wondered for days who had sent it.  Could it have been John who lived at the corner house?  Or maybe it was Roger?  Turns out it was my granddad!  That's okay, I sent him one too.

Commercialism has changed all that, but I still like to think that Valentine's Day has an air of mystery around it.  Here's a little love and inspiration using Smoothfoam™ shapes.

Have a wonderful day and enjoy!  Y'all come back now.........

Yours truly,
Julie :)

Designer Crafts Blog Ring

If you get "stuck" while hopping forward, click "DC Connection" which is right above "Hop Back" and "Hop Forward".  This will take you to a list of all the participating designer bloggers in the same order as the ring.  Simply click the next blog on the list.........  Now keep on hopping to see all our CHA photos and reports.  You can also see lots more photos from CHA Designers on Pinterest.  Y'all come back now.....

Yours truly,
Julie :)

CHA Winter Trade Show - 2012

Here at last are photos from the trade show floor.  Enjoy!

 

 

No matter how many photos I take of the displays on the show floor, it's impossible to convey the magnitude of the creativity seen at every turn.  To say that it's overwhelming is a gross understatement. Styles are as varied as the designers who create for the manufacturers - from cute and whimsical to shabby chic and vintage, artsy and traditional all represented in paper crafts, yarn, fabric, jewelry, wood and more.  You can check out even more photos from the show on Pinterest. 

If you could pick one product from the Top 20 most Innovative Products for Winter 2012, what would it be?  Comment here and you might just be the lucky winner of a box of samples I brought back from the show!   See the list of products on an earlier post this week.   Y'all come back now...... 

Yours truly,
Julie :)