CHA Day 2, Part 2!
The Lion Fashion Show
The following grouping of photographs is from the Lion Yarn Company who puts on a fabulous fashion show every year at CHA, the host of the show is the one and only Vanna White, who fabulous videos, patterns and her signature Vanna's Choice Yarns can be seen on the Lion Brand Yarns Website, including this amazing scarf pattern, perfect for the winter blues:

Paint the Town Scarf FREE PATTERN!Here's a quick glimpse at Vanna hosting the show! I was lucky to have front line viewing!These outfits are all so chic!Here even more beautiful designer wares!How cool is this throw, love the color choices in it!This following outfit was one of my favorites in the show, very eclectic and mid 1920's early 1930's look, a bit of Theda Bara and Vampy with a touch of Egyptian exploration as well!This next one was very Greta Garbo, what do you think?Love this vest, would look great over a long white or grey shirt! Again another 1920's looking piece, very elegant and vintage in style!This outfit resembled a flapper bathing suit style dress, I could see a 1920's era bathing beauty pageant, and this would be my number one vote, another favorite in the show! What were your favorites that I posted? There were so many to choose from to post for you, so I picked my favorites out of the grouping of photos which best showed the versatility of the Lion Brand of yarn colors, yarn textures and designs For more fashion ideas, yarn colors, over 4500 free patterns ranging from knitting, crochet, crafts and more, visit Lion Brand Yarn at:

www.lionbrand.com

CHA Day 2!
Each day begins with a long walk to the show, this year we were a bit closer, lol! But at least the weather is beautiful, nice, sunny and warm.Upon entering the show floor, I came across the new product line by David Tutera w/Darice!I knew I had to stay and chat w/David, who is beyond nice, just super sweet, talented and I might add gorgeous! I've seen his work which has blown me away, after meeting him, I was even more impressed, a pure treasure.
After meeting the incredible David and seeing his new exciting line, we headed over to see our friends at Plaid, its just pure excitement when we head over there, the energy is crazy good. These two together are the best, lol. Steve and Joan, Italian to Italian Chicago fam to NJ fam, lol.You know I had to squeeze myself into a photo or two with the Great Steve aka Charlie, as every year we create the artsy version of Charlie's Angels, lol. He can be Charlie any day..Now add Cathi to the picture and its perfect!

Now its a Charlie party, lol...Every year I take time out for myself and do a plaid make/take w/Cathi and Steve, their make and takes are always my favorite, because you get to create such a great project and the two of them make it that much more. Modge Podge is a fave product of mine and I used it in many of the projects located inside my own book: "Altered Art Circus", they have some new things for you and I will be showcasing them in my top 25 list of CHA, can't wait to share. No visit to CHA would be complete without a visit from Norma, I just love this girl, super energetic and amazing! Norma just rocks!Afterwards, Mom and I met up with Mike, the Glueologist and we walked the floor for a bit and who did we run into, another NJ crew: Armour Products, these guys are too funny, another great group! This concludes CHA Day 2, Part One, stayed tuned for part 2 and 3 w/the Lion Fashion Show, French General/Ek Success, Basic Grey, Tori Spelling, My Make/Take, Ranger, and Buca-Dinner Party!

CHA Day 1, Part 2

The next part of my journey into CHA I had to stop at my 2nd family: Beacon Adhesives!
Here I am with the amazing Mark Wilson of Creative Distribution who came all the way from England to CHA for the Beacon Booth.

Everyone in this group are truly amazing from their products to themselves, Mike, Karen, Hala, the whole team is just wonderful. Their customer service and pride in their products goes beyond normal limits, anytime I have a question I get a solution fast.

I recently tried a few new products and love working with Quick Grip, Zip Dry, Kids Choice and Decoupage Gloss Sealer, which I use to seal in my glitter. For a complete guide on Beacon Glue's visit their link: http://www.beaconadhesives.com/tips.html and download their free glue/tips guide. Also here is a quick link to their adhesive selection: http://www.beaconadhesives.com/cchart.htmlI'll be back with more Beacon photos and the Top 25 Product spotlight in the next day or so...

After Beacon, I headed over to search for my 3rd family, my Aussie family, on the way I got distracted by some other fab booths gracing the floors, here is one of them, Best Creations, look at how cute these papers are:I'll be sharing more photos of their papers in the spotlight! I just love love love these! I then spotted the new sports line of ribbons at Offray, How much do I love my sports, so yes I am thrilled with these new ribbons:

Along the way, I ran into my childhood friend Alex, we always seen to meet at CHA and were both from the same area, lol. Alex is an amazing creative talent, and works with Martha Stewart, he gave me a quick preview of some new Martha products and you will just faint, trust me! Here is a quick preview of some new products, my fave are the molds and clay products she has created, I'll be showing casing more of this in my spotlight, as this is one of my must have new fave items!After spending some time here at EK Success, I found the one and the only RUBY ROCK-IT, my Aussie Family!All I had to do is look for the massive birdcage, it was like living in a real life assemblage filled with Ruby Rock-it bliss. Upon entering the ceremony had begun, the gifting of the shirt, fam to fam. We presented Warren with his own NJ shirt, lol, the girls Joanna and Rachel will get something more blingy!
Followed by the meeting, lol. The Ruby Rock-it crew did it again with amazing new products, all I'm gonna say is OMG, I couldn't leave their booth with all the must have goodies, I'm especially loving their paper doll, British Steampunk and Nostalgia lines, I already overdosed on their Le Jardin collection last year! Its safe to say their new products will be in my Top 25 Spotlight! Here I am with two of the greatest girls I know:The whole crew!Great Minds think with Great Shoes!LOL!
After closing out the day at Ruby Rock-it, Mom and I headed over to meet the crew at Beacon for dinner, the choice amazing Mexican at: La Casa Garcia, such a great dinner with great people!
After dinner, we headed to the hotel to get ready for another fun filled and long day at CHA. This concludes highlights from Day CHA Day 1, stay tuned for Day 2, Day 3, Day 4 and highlights, along with the Top 25!
xoxo
Lisa!