CHA ready or not!

January 26, 2012 By

Hello CHA!  (Craft & Hobby Association-Winter Conference & Trade Show)

CHA (pronounced C-H-A, not like cha-cha-cha) is like the best event  for crafters since all of your favorite manufacturers are there.  CHA is held twice a year, I have been to a few summer shows but this will be my first trip to the winter show.  The summer show is in Chicago and the Winter Show is in California.   Lucky me… I live in Wisconsin, so going to Anaheim, California for anything in January is awesome.
 CHA is the  place to be for buyers, independent craft stores, on-line stores, bloggers/websites, and media looking for the newest and best  in crafting.  One of the perks of attending CHA is that you will also have a chance to meet some of your on-line crafting friends.  You will also meet many of the design team members, store owners, “celebrity” crafters (that you are obsessed with) and you will even make new friends.
Manufacturers bring their newest designs, designers are there giving you demos, the booths are amazing to look at, the amount of information is overwhelming, but worth it~  You stand and walk pretty much all day/night.  If you attend a workshop, seminar, or get in on a make n take.. that is pretty much the only time you sit.
I am going to seminars from 8:30 a.m to 9:00 p.m on Saturday, there is a small  break in there somewhere & I will go to 2 workshops somewhere in there too.. but I like to take in as many business related seminars as possible.    Sunday I will attend an event w/ EK Success,  be on the show room floor drooling over all the products I want, and meeting up with my friend Rina who is from California.   Good Times~ Monday will be another day of  planning out my upcoming classes, trying to decide what I want to buy, and meeting a few new people.  I also have a few more events to check out that day & plan to meet Tori Spelling in the afternoon.
Sounds like fun right?  Well I did leave out some good stuff but I want to save some surprises.  I will post pictures on my facebook page so make sure you follow  scrap it girl on facebook.   I will be back with a new post next week~
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Operation Write Home Event @ Scrapbook Superstore in Madison

July 15, 2011 By

Have you ever wanted to make cards for our heroes?  Well here is a great opportunity to do just that~  Rita Smith the President of Scrapbook Superstore and Sandy Allnock President of Operation Write Home will be hosting  an Operation Write Home Event.

FREE MAKE & GIVE EVENT
Saturday July 23rd  9:30-5:00

Location:  Scrapbook Superstore

6684- Odana Road      Madison Wisconsin

phone:  608-833-6300

You can help heroes  keep in touch with home by attending this event.   Crafters will be
gathering  along with Sandy Allnock the founder of Operation Write Home at Scrapbook Superstore to create 1,000 Handmade Cards for deployed American servicemen and women.

Operation We R Grateful is an effort to give back to our nation’s servicemen and women! Scrapbook Superstore is hosting a “Free” Make & Give Event, Saturday, July 23rd from 9:30 am to 5:00 pm. Anyone can stop by and put together a pre-crafted card or two to donate to the Operation Write Home efforts. Scrapbook Superstore is also a Drop Zone for anyone who cannot attend that day but would like to donate pre-made cards. (Please see full details and guidelines at http://www.operationwritehome.org/. ) 
 
Croppers will be set up in the Scrapbook Superstore as well as a second location in Market Square.  We hope you can stop by to make a card for our Heroes.

I have been to this Scrapbook Superstore and it is an awesome store to visit. 
This article was written for my PaperCrafters Corner Site please pass on this event to your Wisconsin Friends~  Thank You

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