Time for more CHA fun. Consider this your backstage pass. In this series of CHA videos, I take my camera into three stylin’ booths. Grab your box of Jujy Fruits, it’s showtime!
Let’s begin this tour de CHA with a look at the stunning goodies Chatterbox has to offer. This clip has:
* Inspiring project ideas from various talented designers
* A look at a cool new brad tool
* Time with Melody Ross, sassy Chatterbox founder
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The Fancy Pants booth is always a packed house. I made my way in to do a little filming and ended up with:
* A peek at one of my favorite CHA releases
* A look at how they so cleverly display their products
* A glimpse at some darling design motifs, including one that made me “squeal with happiness”
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This hot company from Austrailia had lots of unique eye candy at their booth. In this short film you’ll:
* See why Kaiser Craft calls itself the “Kings of Bling”
*Get a look at a darling bitty bookshelf full of tiny mini albums (so fun!)
* Spend time with CK friend, Wendy Smedley
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This series of clips shows you just how fun the CHA booths can be. From amazing projects and fresh new product to fun accents and happy faces, the CHA trade show is one smiling place that we love visiting twice a year. I hope this look inside the booths gave those of you who were unable to attend the show a taste of what it has to offer.
Time for a Giveaway
This time around, I want to know what inspires you the most about these clips. Is it seeing the project ideas or is the look at new products that gets your creative wheels turning? Or maybe its spending time with a few friendly faces. Please, do tell. From the comments received between now and Feb. 20, I’ll randomly select three winners to receive a CHA prize pack. Giddy up!
Cheers!
Megan Hoeppner, Creative Editor
I love seeing all the new products. I get so anxious to get the new fun stuff in my hands and seeing how it all goes together.
To be honest, it makes me a little sad as well. A lot of the loveliness never makes it to my nearest scrapbook store here in South Africa, Pretoria. But it does inspire me to keep creating. Thanks
I loved seeing Melody Ross~she is a ROCKSTAR! I love seeing all the “cute” and “fun” products and pretending I am right there in the middle of all the excitement that CHA is! I want it ALL!
I love seeing the new products and the samples created by the designers! fun fun fun!
Really what you’re doing is feeding my scrapbooking obsession! You inspire me with lots of ideas on scrapbook LO’s and projects; ideas on what I should best spend my husband’s hard earned salary on; ideas on how I can raise enough funds to get me to the next CHA (and how I’ll sell THAT idea to dear hubby).
I live on a Scottish island 100′s of miles from a scrapbook store & you take me a little closer to being in the heart of the action.
The new products, for sure! I love seeing the new stuff roll in to the stores!
As much as I love seeing the projects that have been created by all of the fabulous designers, I have to say that I’m definitely inspired by all of the product. When I see new items that I just fall in love with my mind is immediatly flooded with so many ideas on projects that I can create with the wonderful new goodies!! LOVE CHA!
-Sarah
Seeing the projects is awesome, it gives us a peak into the style of the company. If a company likes a project enough to display it at CHA then we can look at that project and get a glimpse at the personality of the company. I also love to see the new products. It gives me a chance to know what to look for in the stores, a future direction through all those choices. How awesome! Thanks for the videos!
My favourite thing is to see the new products! It makes me want to buy and buy and then create, create, create!
I love seeing new products and new ideas. I really like practical uses for everyday stuff so the organizing product ideas were great. I like seeing things that help me think outside the box and help inspire me. Thanks for all you do! I love the new blog!
just seeing the new products–makes me want to make something.
I especially like the min book shelf
It’s almost like a fashion show for scrappers. I love to see all of the new products, but my favourites are the patterned papers. It always amazes me how they can come up with something that is a must-have for me!
Thanks for the clips – wish we could’ve been there!
StacyS. (Alberta, Canada)
I like to see the new products – but also like to see the projects to see how the designers are using their products-Gives me lots of ideas. So much fun and can’t wait to see in my local stores!
For me, it is totally the new products that are shown off in the videos! I am always inspired by brand new goodies and seeing all these fun perspective stash additions makes me excited to get creating using both the new and the old!
I love seeing all the new products! Love that Fancy Pants!
Loved to see the new stuff from Chatterbox! They used to be one of my faves and I feel like they have been missing for a while? Glad to see they are back. Can’t wait to get my hands on all the great stuff in these videos! Thanks for sharing.
I love seeing all the new stuff! Thanks for taking us around CHA!
I love seeing new products. I can’t wait to get my hands on the brad makers:) Thanks for sharing!!
I have to admit it’s the products!
Loved seeing the new products…can’t wait till I can get my hands on them!!!
I loved seeing all the new products–and especially the beautiful displays made out of those new products! I find myself dreaming about the projects I would create with those goodies and can’t wait to get my hands on some of them. Great videos–thanks so much for sharing them.
Lisa
Seeing new product definitely gets the wheels in motion for me. I keep thinking, “oooh if I had that one now, I would…” Can’t wait to start seeing all these awesome products in my LSS! Thanks for sharing all this inside info with us!
I love seeing the new products – I can just feel all the ideas percolating in my head! I especially love the Easy BradMaker – ooooooohhh – the possibilities are endless! : )
The products definitely get the creative ideas flowing, but I also love seeing what other people create with them.
Megan- Just wanted to say congrats on all your sucess the past few years. It’s so fun to see you in the magazine and website etc. Keep the goodies coming. Sharie your former SU co-worker
LOVE seeing new product! Gets my brain going…but then I have to figure out where I am going to get it at…no LSS here!
I LOVE seeing the new products! Wahoo Fancy Pants one of my favorites! I would love to go to CHA, but I really enjoying seeing the videos and the pictures posted because I love seeing how the designers use their own products. It really gets the creative juices going!
the samples projects are so great – I am inspired by these amazing people!
It’s definitely the new products – they’re so inspirational!
I love being able to see all of the new, innovative product from CHA. Great clips, thanks for sharing!
Thanks for the backstage pass!
I’m most inspired by the project ideas. I appreciate getting a sense of what each company is about and what they offer. It’s fun to see the complete look versus a piece of so many companies combined at my LSS.
Pick me to win!
I love seeing all the new products…yum!
Hi Megan,
Thank you so much for posting all of us these wonderful videos. I have an 11yo daughter whose room could use a little brightening up. I was inspired by the banner in Chatterbox’s booth. I am going to do one for her highlighting she and all her friends.
Thank you again,
Michelle
Hi Megan!
I wish I could attend–all those new products look like so much fun! It’s nice to see all the new stuff, new ideas of how to use them. Thanks for showing us!
Just looking at all that Kaiser Bling makes me want to hit up my craft room and create!!
Looking at all this new stuff, makes me want to work on my old stuff to make room for something new!
Oh. my. gosh. The itty-bitty book shelf has captured my heart. I MUST have one!!
I’m in love with that tiny bookshelf and it’s mini albums! Stinkin’ cute!
It’s 2/20/09 so I hope my comment is included in the drawing, I see the comments most recently posted show 2/21/09.
The projects definitely inspire me. I wish that all of the manufacturers would do a better job of posting all of these wonderful things on their websites. Thanks so much for sharing them with us CK!!!
The best thing i love about videos is the ideas that we get for the projects and ofcourse the products that we can use that are out in the market to beautify the project. Thanks for sharing and inspiring.
thanks for the chance!
I really enjoyed seeing the faces of the ladies I read about…it’s so heart warming to hear their voices and see how they ( you ) react to products!
I love seeing all the new products and the new ideas. Scrapbooking is never far from my mind, so this is very exciting for me.
I would have to say both. I love to see the new produts; plus, I like to see how designers use them in projects.
I would to say that the date when someone does a post is a day ahead.
Love the new Fancy Pants line! Thanks for sharing.
Love, love seeing all the new products!!
I like seeing the projects. It’s a good inspiration on what you can do with the products.
Seeing the project ideas is the best for me.
I love to see the ‘new’ products and what can be done with them. So inspiring!!!
I love seeing all the fresh new products! It really gets my creative juices flowing just seeing it all! thanks for sharing this all