Adventures in California

Hello from not so sunny California!

We are here...a little tired....but having a great time!

We are sorry we are behind in blogging but it has been go, go, go here and not a lot of time spent in the hotel room! Our first morning here we were woken up by a little earthquake so that got us off to a bit of a shaky start....pun intended!  It was a nice treat to have so many friends from home this year join us in California (a lot of the gals were here for Art Venture).

We had a fabulous two days with Prima at Art Venture.  We made some beautiful projects but need to finish a couple of them before we can take photos and share them with you.   We are worrying just a little bit about how to get all the goodies back home as 50 pounds adds up fast in a suitcase!  We are also worried that the hotel cleaning staff may think we are shopaholics ;)

CHA has been very busy - we took some great classes on Friday, spent yesterday window shopping, but got down to some serious business today!  Some of our favourites so far have been

• The new releases for the Minc Machine that will take it to a whole new level...including some Mixed Media possibilities (Cori-Lyn got a little excited over this!)
• super cute new shaker cards, dies and stamps from Jillibean Soup
• Simple Stories planner goodies
• All things Tim (yep...ALL)
•  Graphic 45 releases 
• Lawn Fawn new releases (SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO cute)
• a new stamp company that we are really excited about

Tomorrow we have American Crafts on the agenda - that is a whole lot of stuff to look at so we are going to take our time :)

We were really lucky to get to meet up with some of our scrappy friends down here - including Frank Garcia and Jim Hankins.  We have made some plans for their upcoming classes and we are really excited to open that up once we get back!

Be sure to check out some of our photos on our Flickr Album - we haven't had a chance yet to label the photos but knew you would love looking at them anyway!  Leave us a note and let us know what you love - we have a ton of stuff to bring back with us and you just might win a little something something!!!

 

It's the most wonderful time of the year . . . CHA 2016!!!

A brand, spanking new year!!  Don't you just love new beginnings?! 

In the craft world there really is no better way to kick off a new year than with CHA Mega Show!  That's right folks, it is that time again - can you feel your left brain tingling?!  ALL those wonderful new products are being announced, demonstrated and made available for order and our lucky ladies, Cori-Lyn and Ivy will be right in the middle of it all! 

Stay close to your computers from Jan.6 -12 as Cori-Lyn takes over the blog posts and brings us daily updates on all the hot, happening news from CHA 2016 in sunny Anaheim, California.

Click HERE to check out the CHA website - find out what it's all about!  

And if that wasn't fantastically amazing enough - our travelling crafty gals will also be attending ART VENTURE hosted by Prima Marketing!!!

This event is their 6th and promises to be the most creative, inspired, technique filled event they have ever offered!  Cori-Lyn will be sharing with us here all her and Ivy get to experience in those two jam packed days - it feels like Christmas all over again!

If you're a crafter than I'm sure you'll share with me in saying, this is the most wonderful time of the year!  So stay tuned, all the fun begins Wednesday, Jan.6th!