Thank you, THANK YOU for all the wonderful notes you left for Alan while I was gone! I laughed and LAUGHED when I read his post! *snort* I can't BELIEVE he told you about me swimming with the chickens! Hahahaaa!! He's in so much trouble, now! Hahaaaa!!! Way too funny! And for all of you worried about Alan's beautiful quilt not being used, don't worry! It will be used by us, but critters are not allowed. No way, no how.
I had a wonderful time in California at the trade show. A BIG thank you to the Whipper Snapper family for bringing me along for the fun! The purpose of the trade show is for manufacturers to showcase their new products to retailers, and for retailers to place orders for their stores. Even though I wasn't the one doing the shopping, I had a GREAT time! I thought I would share a few of my favorite things with you...
My favorite new paper lines were from My Mind's Eye. Loved the colors, the textures, and the prints!
EK Success had OODLES of new punches -- I stopped to oooh and ahhhh over them several times, but only took this photo. Clearly I was distracted! The punch in this photo was actually a mini size! And worked like a CHARM! Punched through the heavy weight designer paper like a breeze!
More favorite papers from Core'dinations. They partnered with Cosmo Cricket and Jenny Bowlin to create embossed papers -- very cool!
I love BoBunny's double dot papers, and what's not to love about double dot ribbons, too!?
I also spent a great deal of time at the 7Gypsies booth. Yumm! I thought these little journals were particularly fun!
More great papers, this time from Basic Grey.
Basic Grey hit a home run with their Blush paper line ... and here's another home run with their Blush fabric line! *drool*
The Fruitcake line is another Basic Grey favorite... with yo-yo's even!
I picked up a lot of catalogs, and look forward to going through them one at a time to dream up all kinds of fun projects using this year's goods!
Yum! I love what you love! These are the most intriguing CHA photos I've seen yet!
Posted by: Leslie Miller | January 31, 2010 at 12:53 AM
That MME paper is yummy! LOVE those colors! And does the double dot ribbon mean that it has dots on both sides? Wouldn't that be awesome to tie bows with! Looks like BG displayed some great "man papers" too. Oh, and we missed you! (But Alan did a great job of keeping us entertained while you were gone.) Welcome home!
Posted by: Shellie Daniel | January 29, 2010 at 12:09 PM
WELCOME HOME!!! I'm sure Alan is overjoyed to have you back on the farm!
Those fabrics are SOOOOOO beautiful! I didn't even know they had fabric lines! (I don't get out much LOL) That is just TOO fun!
So glad for you that it's Friday...I hope you have a FANTASTIC weekend! I have a busy day today, which is highly unusual. I'm off to get ready, but will be checking your blog all weekend in case you post some more pics! :D
Posted by: diane mcvey | January 29, 2010 at 08:00 AM
Oh THANK you Anna for the update! I'm drooling over all of it! Truly! The new papers are gorgeous - the BG fabric might actually make me create one of those fabulous cloth flowers . . . Wow, oh, wow.
I'm glad you're home safely!
Hugs!
Posted by: Sharli | January 28, 2010 at 06:11 PM
I went too. I kept looking for you and asked at several places I knew you would probably touch base....:( Would be kind of sad to see you there, when we live so close, but I still would have been glad! I too saw some of those great items you mentioned and LOVED them. The guy at EK said they had 78 new punches....so many GOOD ones too.
Posted by: Sherri | January 28, 2010 at 04:54 PM
Oh Anna, I am drooling over the BG fabric - it is one of my favorite paper lines and now in fabric - awesome! It was so awesome to meet you too!
Posted by: Harriet Skelly | January 28, 2010 at 02:12 PM
Double Dot RIBBON??? SHUT UP!!!!!
Posted by: Shannan Teubner | January 28, 2010 at 01:43 PM
Welcome home, Anna! Was so happy to see you stop by the booth, missed our "date" night again!
Posted by: Valerie | January 28, 2010 at 12:29 PM
Anna,
I am glad you are home safe and had a great time! I warned Alan that he woudl be in trouble with the 'swims with chickens' story!! I hope he was suitably repentant with flowers!
Enjoy the rest of your week, Manetta
p.s. did you sneak any of those lovely papers home?
Posted by: Manetta Deggelman | January 28, 2010 at 11:59 AM
Whoops, After a good nights rest I checked for more revelations and It may look like I was not as "bubbly" as I could have been with my post.Not so, I have been to the farm,and I know first hand what He does on a dayly basis.WOW! try jugling 6 bowling balls then throw in 6 more. Way to go Alan! Love, Dad
Posted by: DK Wight | January 28, 2010 at 10:42 AM
Oh Anna, I agree that meeting Celebrity Crafters is VERY fun at CHA. This was my first time and I truly wished that I had run into you. I have adored and admired your art for several years would have loved to have told you in person. By the way, my friends and I have been wondering about the pronunciation of your last name. Is it like WHITE or WIT? Thanks for all your inspiration, photos, cards and laughs over the past few years. Rubber Hugz, Jan in Tucson
Posted by: Jan in Tucson | January 28, 2010 at 10:41 AM
Thanks for the pics of the show! I can't wait to see all the new stuff coming out - there goes my budget! ;)
Enjoyed Alan's post while you were away but happy you are home safely. I'm sure you were missed by all at home.
Posted by: Lisa | January 28, 2010 at 10:10 AM
Welcome home Anna, loved Alan's post was halarious and I love the fact you love your chickens so much if I had chickens I'd go swimming with mine to...LOL.. Just a small share for you..you have the same taste in products I do..my very first sewing project years ago was to make my kids yo yo dolls...I did that and over did the yo yo's and ended up making my son a yo yo blanket as well with all sorts of old cloths I tore up and also cool fabrics I found at a thrift shop..so your post today got me thinking I need a project and I have tons of antique fabrics mostly ticking fabric that I'm going to finally get to use..don't you think it would make a wonderful yo yo quilt? I don't sew but YO YO's I can do!! LOL..keep swimming w/the chickens..love it!!!
Posted by: KellyinID | January 28, 2010 at 09:58 AM
Hey Anna;
WELCOME HOME and thanks for the great photos! I'm glad you had a good time.
Posted by: Juanita in Ohio | January 28, 2010 at 09:43 AM
I just had a thought...How about a stamp of you swimming with the chickens!
Posted by: Ida | January 28, 2010 at 09:21 AM
Welcome home! - Sounds like it was a fun trip and oh the photo's you shared are delightful eye candy.
Alan was hilarious - He really should have his own blog.
Posted by: Ida | January 28, 2010 at 09:20 AM
Great to have you back, darlin'. I love that your dad posted! How does Basic Grey manage to consistently come up with such moxie fab paper?! I love it. And 7 Gypsies--their stuff is forever droolworthy. Thanks for the taste--delish!
Posted by: Loni | January 28, 2010 at 09:01 AM
Anna, Glad you are home, and had a great time in CA. We enjoyed Alan's update and hope you both spend time under that quilt. Love the new papers and goodies, can't wait till they appear. I've never found the Basic Grey fabric, that could be dangerous...
Posted by: Sally | January 28, 2010 at 08:21 AM
Oh Boy Oh Boy Oh Boy!! Can hardly wait!
Posted by: Ruthy Gray | January 28, 2010 at 07:23 AM
Welcome home! I love your photos from the show. The ribbon from Bo Bunny and the new line from My Mind's Eye and that textured paper from Core'dinations and esp the line of brown/krafty papers from Basic Grey! So many fun things! Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Beth M | January 28, 2010 at 06:43 AM
Our tastes must run very similar because I adore your product photos. the Bo Bunny ribbon, the My Mind's Eye DPs and 7 Gypsies - swooning now. Thanks for uploading all these yummy photos.
Posted by: Gabriela (Gabi With An Eye) | January 28, 2010 at 06:28 AM
It looks like you had a good time at CHA.
I can hardly wait to see these on the shelves of my favorite stamping store. Cool Stuff.
We REALLY enjoyed Allan :) in your abscence. LOL. (I think he is a keeper) hehe.
Enjoy the rest of your week, hugs....
Posted by: Carol Dee | January 28, 2010 at 05:07 AM
Those embossed papers are super yummy.
Posted by: SueB | January 28, 2010 at 01:23 AM
I'm glad! I was beginning to think you had fallen out of the plane over the Ocean or the Grand Canyon, it's been so long since a post of note. There are people out in the blogosphere that hold their breath between posts! I was turning Blue. Love, Dad
Posted by: DK Wight | January 28, 2010 at 12:34 AM
Ooooow! I love those papers. Especially the embossed ones. I bet you are all fluttery about the fabrics too. I can see you will have lots to do with those.
Posted by: NormaJ | January 27, 2010 at 11:27 PM