Friday, August 3, 2012

CHA recap

Ok. So I apologize for being so bad at blogging. I know I say it all the time, but blogging really is a job onto of a job! Anyways, here is basically a recap of my trip out to Chicago for the summer 2012 Craft and Hobby Association Conference.
I went this year with my mom, who runs a mobile art business, Geiser-Weaver Associates, LLC, and also sells custom doll clothes on Etsy. I mostly went to promote my digital image store, Frenzified, as well as my graphic design work and blog.
So here is my trip via photos (mostly instagrammed) with some commentary in the middle. Enjoy.

Sunday- Traveling to Chicago via airplane

 (while at the airport, had a large glass of water to get me going...was soooo early!)

 (breakfast at airport)

 (once arrived, headed to convention center to pick up my badge!)

 (lunch at steak restaurant across from the convention center- soup!)


Monday- Day 1 at CHA, Educational classes

 (Day 1 of classes, we made this mini album in class by We R Memory Keepers)

 (some of the supplies from the class)

 (Then headed to seminar of building a better blog- learned a lot in this actually)

 (Next class sponsored by Tombow- made tag mini album with all different techniques)

 (supplies from that class)

 (Next another seminar- making how-to videos...informative, and funny at parts)

 (the CHA banner!)

 (Lunch/dinner during Day 1 of classes- Monday. We found this restaurant inside one of the hotels across from the convention center, had great bean soup at it!)

 (Final class of the day on Monday- WoW embossing class)

 (supplies from the class)

 (They even gave us each embossing guns to keep!)

 (some demos they did with their products- WoW embossing)






 (This is actually embossed on fabric!)


(We also made these adorable sparkly mustaches in the class. hehe!)

 (this is the mini album we made in the embossing class. It doesn't seem like my style, but I actually really like how it turned out)

(the super cool debossing we learned to do in that class)



Tuesday -Day 2 at CHA, Educational Classes and 1st day of Show Floor being Open 

 (opening ceremonies breakfast)

(everyone waiting to get in!)

 (Lovely wreath at Canvas Corp. booth)

 (Lily bee design)

 (Thanks to Heidi Swapp's instagram, I was reminded to head to her booth first thing and got the all-access pass. I got an adorable pink bling badge necklace and LOTS of other great goodies just by having the badge!)

 (Little Yellow Bicycle)

(Jillybean Soup)

 (Authentique paper)

 (Authentique Paper)

 (Bling at the Connie Crystal booth)

 (crazy huge setup right when you walk in the show floor at the DCWV booth)

 (They also had this adorable Halloween decor setup in their booth)


 (Maya Road shadow box class)

 (The full complete shadow box)

 (super cool dress contest)

 (Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous booth)

(adorable pumpkins at the DCWV booth- I love that sweater one!)



Wednesday- Day 3 CHA, educational classes and 2nd day show floor open

 (waiting to get on show floor)

 (me)

 (My mom)

(One of the first make-and-takes we did was these headbands at the one adhesive booth. They turned out super cute and everyone there was so nice!)

 (lovely layout by My Little Shoebox)

 (yellow and gray! I love that map too by Silhouette)

 (adorable Thanksgiving table setting by SEI)

(Hampton Arts shadowboxes)

 (dinner that night- most amazing food ever- tortellini with chicken stuffed with pesto in cream sauce at italian restaurant a mile or so from our hotel. We got invited by some nice ladies we met in a Make-and-take, and was so awesome!)


Thursday- Day 4 of CHA, last day of show floor open

 (Doodlebug setup)

 (adorable letter make-and-take done by Basic Gray)

 (All packed on last day)

 (Happy Hauntings set by Graphic 45)

 (Yes, my flight was DELAYED to Philly. Was delayed almost 2 hours when it was all said and done)


So that was my trip in a nutshell. We met some great people along the way and made some great contacts. Got some great ideas and overall had a fun time. I got home in time (though my plane was delayed) just in time to see a movie with the hubs. lol
Anyways, off to go to bed before another extremely long day!
Laters.
-M

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