cha fun people fun time part......whats my name again...???

well i am home now - so sorry for the late post but i came home to a super sickie little pez-a-doodle. she is all stuffy, and coughy and her eyes are watering and just a big mess poor baby!

so day 4 was a total blur. i realized i had left my cell phone somewhere the day before so i did a bit of the re-trace my steps thing but never found it. so hubby just told me he got me another one and it's PURPLE - YUMMO!!!

i will be working on getting the new goodies posted to the store so y'all can order away but keep in mind it is not all in stock so i will try and do a run down:

acetate boxes in stock now except the A2 size - those should be here in a couple days.

flower soft kits - about a week until they arrive but they are already up in the store to order

all things tim/ranger - late march-early april

zva bling - about 2 weeks maybe less

MINI KITS:

in stock right now - bittersweet and sweetie pie - RUN don't walk over and get them before i run out!!! Once it is gone i won't be ordering more!

new kits are coming:

the felties i showed you..... - those will be one of them

also mimosa by SEI

a very sparkly glittered easter collection of goodies

and some new doodlebug mini kits

these kits will be FABULOUS!! as an added bonus i will also be making clay and/or crocheted embellies to include with them to give you lots of new fun unique goodies to play with!

many of you already saw the handmade clay embellies on the Polkadot Pie samples and here are some crocheted ones to give you an idea (totally unfinished - been busy lately):

also i will have some super secret DEElish embellies coming but it could be a couple months on those so i will keep that under wraps for now!

i spent a good bit of my last day running around to some non papercraft booths and playing - i did one stroke painting with donna dewberry - i have been following her for decades i think and always wanted to try that technique. i also played with some different types of clays and checked out some yarn and crochet patterns.

spent alot of time at the clearsnap booth at the request of my studio G rep and jenny really gave me the grand product tour - so thank you to jenny.

on our last night i had set up a dinner with anyone from the cricut board who would be at cha. we met up at bubba gumps:

had a BLAST girls!! it was SO good to meet y'all!!!

and here we are the three muskateers:

by the end of the night we were all so worn out! no wonder cha is only 4 days!!!
well i have a sick lil pezzy on my lap and still loads of work to catch up on!

********this will be the last CHA post you need to comment on to enter the drawing for the new alcohol inks. BUT don't miss tomorrow - a lil somethin extra might just pop up for ya!******

hugs!

cha fun people fun time part 6

little something different today....

we are all trying to get packed up and all the pics are on catherine's camera but she is sleeping (shhhhhh) SO not alot of time to post BUT do not despair - i have something exciting instead - how about a free flower soft boxed set?????? yeppers separate from the general cha giveaway - this post ONLY

i am trying to decide on whether or not i will continue the pezzy's picks mini kits - SO i want your opinions - for those who don't know i came up with the idea for pezzy's picks when basic grey released bittersweet. i knew i wanted it ALL so i threw it all in my sart and then looked at the total and thought EEK - it adds up and i know FULL well i won't come close to using it ALL. and so the idea was born to put together kits of smaller amounts so you have everything that coordinates but in smaller quantities for cheaper price.

i have an very adorable glittery easter collection in mind, the felt embellie sassafrass lass collection and the SEI mimosa - and if i wasn't dieing i would have pics so please forgive me. also currently looking for a good bday collection that is unisex.

collections will also likely include my very own handmade clay and crocheted embellies - SO tell me your thoughts on the whole idea and i will draw a random winner...

and i just want to say you have all been fabulous coming here to read my blog - i feel so special that you take the time out of your day like that! i have read EVERY single comment every day and you guys really crack me up. my final cha post will probably be an answer list to all the questions that came in - and of course i will have one more fun filled pic filled post for you of yesterday's adventures. anaheim will likely be relieved to see us go. (but look out orlando......)
hugs!

CHA fun people fun time part 5

so we walk in day 2 and the first thing we see is this:

now seriously folks HOW cute is this little (big) guy?????? i totally have a thing for bugs (not the real one mind you the fake cute kind) and so i am in love with him!

the next thing we saw was a booth covered in feathers - of COURSE i immediately had to go roll around in them:

then catherine was throwing them up in the air:

the booth owner (thank god) thought it was hilarious and even snapped some more shots of us :) i'm tellin ya - fun people fun time!!!

so i did actually do some business - wanted to show y'all a couple ne witems i will be adding to the store - have you heard fo zva creative?? self adhesive rhinestone designs - gorgeous, acrylic and very inexpensive:

they also have these fun fabric flowers - the petals have just a bit of puff which is reall nice....


and fabric covered brads:
what does everyone think??

next up - very exciting - some flower soft news for ya!

recently, some of you may remember - i used some flower soft on a project with the new polkadot pie stamps and i i used it to represent cake. well y'all all wanted to know where i got my flower soft and to be honest i have been playing with it for nearly a year since catherine had given me some for my birthday and had gotten more in the UK because that was the only place you could get it. well i started trying to hunt it down for you and couldn't find the handy little sets of smaller pots with several different colors. SO i will now carry them myself!!! only in the boxed kits:

this is the beginners kit - everything you need to get started - flower soft, glue, wires and paper accents, etc.

next up a few add on kits - pastels:

primaries:

and the gorgeous bouquet mixes:

so be on the lookout for tutorials on those coming up on my blog!!! the rep also said they have a flower soft certification course in the works for july cha woohoo!!!

switching gears - i am pretty sure i am part raccoon because bling just DRAWS me - i about fell over myself when i saw this - an entire tree covered in MS glitter and seriously folks is there anything better than MS glitter??? i think not!!!!

pic of course does nto do it justice....

OF COURSE i had to run over and see what tim was up to and meet with my ranger rep:

the man is a trooper and SUCH a good sport!!!

and now i live you wth images from the booth i hung out at all morning:

these are impressibilities - yes it is embossing without the hassle of the folder. they are more fabulous than words can convey. i had spent the better part of a day with mary over the summer - her daughter adn son-in-law invented the wizard and dies. she is so so very super sweet and i just couldn't wait to see her again. then we hung out and watched wendy (SCS-wendy bell) and some of the other DT members workin their magic with the new dies - wendy was very fun and i was her sidekick for a bit to ooooh and ahhhh at the appropriate time. SUCH a fun bunch over there! the best thing they came out with - a magnetic spacer so your die doesn't shift - can i get a OH YEA!!!

now while i have no intention of carrying spellbinders - enough folks already do that well - i WILL have something coming out in connection with the new dies that you will not want to miss!!! i ran the idea by mary and she loved it!

we have been teasing suzanne unmercifully and refer to her as queen shwazanne (long story) so we had one of the girls make her a crown:

here we are at the end of the night for a stop at target - at this point our bags were so stuffed and heavy we could barely carry them so we had to get a cart - it was FILLED (and yes her highness was STILL wearing her crown)

well my cha buddies will be so glad i did my post so early so they won't have to wait on me to leave today :)

for your comment today i'd really love to hear your thoughts on the new stuff.....

CHA fun people fun time part 3 - or whatever i am on - little exhausted...

oh my gosh oh ,y gosh - fun people fun time has already begun but i just HAD to post some pics to entertain you before i leave - cuz y'all know i just love you and am truly so honored that you come here to see what i am up to all the time. anyway this is one of my most fave cha-ers:

DO notice my pink pigtails thank you very much!!! i don't know who she is but i love her - whenever we pass by her she will stop talking, wave and yell out HI FRIEND!!! ROTFL!!

next up some things from sassafras i am seriously considering bringing in as a pezzy pick mini it - what do y'all think of it???? i mean ADORABLE felt embellishments - does it get any better???

next up - tim's ideology make n take - luggage tag using the new floret mini mask, paint dabbers, metal embellie and grungeboard of course!!

here's me:

me n cat:


the ideology booth was FULL of good ole yummy tim stuff so i wanted y'all all to see:






and yes apparently star wars is here (and luke skywalker is now a girl........)and on that note i am off - full night's sleep this time (sort of) and still LOTS and LOTS more to post and show y'all tonight (may just have to make slide shows...) - MAKE SURE YOU CHECK BACK.

one of the biggies - ALOT of new and i do mean NEW studio G $1 goodies going up for pre-order immediately!!! ok immediately in cha time which may mean tomorrow or wednesday BUT the preview pics will BE HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and i'm off!!!! be sure to leave your comment here AND run over to check for more pics and leave a comment with catherine - she's got paris....!!!!!

fun people fun time (part 2)!!!

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here's the front of the convention center

All of the classrooms are on the second floor - which was WAY higher than the normal second floor - which was a wee bit of a problem because i have this irrational fear of escalators but we were too lazy to take that many stairs or find an elavator so here is the escalator i kept having to ride up on:

i start off standing up but by the top i am literally crouching on the step in full blown panic mode - thank god cat can put up with me!!!!!!!!!!!! but it was ALL worth it because THIS is what was waiting for us at the top!

YEP that's catherine on the left and me on the right with t!m!!! he was BEYOND fabulous - he lived up to his reputation and then some as a teacher and a great and funny guy and his products and project were outstanding!

and here is me with mario who was also FABulous!

and our project - use the new alcohol inks, new refillable pen, some super cool tin tape and one of his new stamps sets - detail pics below.









and the BEST part - the back! LMAO!

here's cat's with a different mix of colors.



that evening we went to the splitcoast cupcake reception:
hoe luscious are THESE:


we spent a good bit of our evening (when we weren't runnin around finally connecting humans with blogs) with dianna crick of scor-pal noteriety:

i just fell in love with her....maybe she will adopt me......she is a super fabulous and fun lady and we "talked shop" quite a bit and did a little scheming so be sure to stay tuned for that!!!

and then of course the highlight of my evening:

the three loudoun VA girlies!! suzanne dean on the left (of poprock infamy) - of course i flew here with her and we've been roomies but the girlie on the right is my buddy amy sheffer of pickled paper designs. she lives just a mile from me but we just NEVER have time to hang out - i know how pathetic right????? so we flew across country to see each other! (ok helps that we both left the hubbies and all the kids behind) we'll be spending the day together tomorrow HOORAY!!!

ok no more time to post as the door to the floor is about to open and cat and suzanne are going to LEAVE ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hey share the internet cord more often girls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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