Tickets. Tickets, please. This is the CHA Express, and we’re ready to embark on the 2010 Cute Booth Tour. This CHA, each of the CK editors in attendance (Brittany, Joannie, Kim, and I) selected our favorite happy places and captured short videos of some of the booth highlights. Plus, we added one bonus booth, simply because we couldn’t resist including one more dose of show-floor bliss. So grab yourself a seat near the window, and get ready to see some of the cutest booths on the CHA block. All aboard!
Stop #1: The Girls’ Paperie, Joannie McBride’s pick
This sweetie-pie place is full handmade paper delights, including paper garlands, the sweetest little street of houses you’ll ever encounter, and a special guided tour by Ms. Margie Romney-Aslett, the creative talent behind this new line!
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Stop #2: Unity Stamp Co., Megan Hoeppner’s pick
As you likely know, I’m a bit of a bird nerd. So when I saw the stuffed bluebird perched on the picket fence in this wonderland, I knew instantly that it had my vote.
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Stop #3: Couture Cardstock, Brittany Beattie’s pick
One look at this amazing booth and you’ll fall in love with your cardstock all over again. This impressive location was adorned with incredible cardstock creations, including dresses, shoes, and even an Eiffel Tower.
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Stop #4: Graphic 45, Kim Jackson’s pick
Step back in time with this vintage hot spot and discover the limitless possibilities for transforming just about anything from old to new with little more than a sheet of debonair paper.
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Stop #5: Pink Paislee, a group bonus pick
There’s no way we could leave out this bright spot out of our Cute Booth Tour. It’s packed with handmade pizzazz. From stitched chicken wire to a charming sitting area, this place was definitely worth visiting.
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Well, that concludes the Cute Booth Tour for this show. Did you have a nice time? What spot(s) captured your heart? Rather than leave your tour guide a tip, we’d love to have you leave your feedback in the form of a comment by Monday, February 8, 2010. And the tip may end up being yours, as we’re giving away a fabulous CHA prize package from Jillibean Soup to one lucky tour attendee. Check the “Giveaways” tab on Tuesday, February 9 to see if you’re our winner.
Now, exit to your left and watch your step. We want to see you back on this tour bus again next CHA.
Cheers!
Megan Hoeppner, creative editor
I liked the puffy flowers and puffy tree in the Unity Stamp booth. Very cute!
ahhhh, new product…you keep the addiction STRONG!
Love all the booths- you lucky girls to be there & lucky us to live vicariously!
I loved the Unity Stamp Company booth. Loved the mailbox, the tree and the bluebird.
I’m always partial to cute paper! thanks for the chance to win.
Thanks for the tour. The Girls Paperie booth was my favorite.
Love the Graphic 45 booth. Love the vintage stuff especially they include a more masculine display. Vintage doesn’t have to be all ribbon and lace.
I think the Girls Paperie booth is adorable and all of the little houses are so creative.
My absolute favorite was the Couture Cardstock. I love all the items they made out of it.
Loved the Pink Paislee.
Takes for the tour! I love the puffy tree in the Unity Stamp booth and I keep hearing great things about Couture Paper. I need to order me some of their stuff!
thank you sooo much for the tour-so inspiring! love the Graphic 45-can’t stop looking!
Couture Cardstock was my favorite because of the adorable shoes! OMG how clever they are! Shoes, never too many cute shoes….
Couture Cardstock was my favorite because of the adorable shoes! OMG how clever they are! Shoes, never too many cute shoes….
Wish I could be there!
Love the tour! Thanks for sharing!
I love the Graphic 45 display. It makes me want to decorate my home in that style. Can’t wait to get a hold of all of this stuff for my scrapbooks.
Thanks for the tour. I liked Pink Paislee the best.
Thanks for an awesome tour, I will haev to say Pink Paislee really tugged at my heart strings…
I have really enjoyed looking at all the amazing new products by some pretty amazing designers. Margie’s booth though is one of my faves!
These booths look amazing! I think I would go into sensory overload at one of these shows!!
Loved the couture cardstock.
I just found out about these tours. Thank you for doing them. Hope to sit down this wkend and check them out.
I’m totally in love with the Pink Paislee Queen Bee Line so pretty!
Hard to pick, but overall I’m a Cosmo girl. That’s the one I buy complete collections of.
I loved them all, but I would have to say that my favourite was the Girls Paperie. I am not a girlie Girl crafter but I just love this line. Those little houses were so sweet and the garland was to die for.
Thanks for the tours. I particularly like Pink Paislee. Great giveaway-I am a fan of Jillibean Soup and would love to win some.
Wow! Talk about over stimulation! I’d need about a week to recover from all of that inspiration! I especially love the Girls Paperie, and Jillibean too!
I love Graphic 45′s booth! i am so impressed with all these booths, though – I can’t even imagine the time that must have went into setting them up!
Have never been to a CHA but seeing the videos helps imagine what it would be like. Winning a prize would be so much fun!
Have never been to a CHA but seeing the videos helps imagine what it would be like. Winning a prize would be so much fun!
I want to see more! I know it wasn’t part of the tour, but I can’t wait for the American Crafts Dear Lizzy line!
I am really into Vintage now. I am very impressed with the beautiful flowers made from scrapbook papers.
Thanks again for the videos from CHA. I absolutely love everything I’ve seen this year, especially Graphic 45 and Pink Paislee. They are my faves anyway.
Thanks for the tour! I love Pink Paislee!
Love Margie and her PAPERIE! <3
I love seeing all the booths and their new products. What a fun mini tour for us. Wish we were there!
I can’t pick just one booth. They were all so adorable. I’ve never had the chance to go to a show like that, so it was nice to have some snap shots of what I’ve missed. Thanks a ton!
Thanks for the tour, made me feel like I was there (almost) Loved all the creative ideas, wow– makes me feel inspired. My daughter could use some of the flower ideas for her new room!
Thanks for the cute booth tour. I wish I’d been able to see CHA in person. It looks like so much fun! I love the paper shoes that were displayed in the booths. Those are clever and really beautiful. The creativity is overwhelming!
Thanks for the cute booth tour. I wish I’d been able to see CHA in person. It looks like so much fun! I love the paper shoes that were displayed in the booths. Those are clever and really beautiful. The creativity is overwhelming!
I want everything in the pink paislee booth! wow! I think the yellow/black and white line were my favorite. Can’t wait to get all of it
All of these were fabulously cute!!! Wish I could’ve been there. Loved that Unity tree and the window!!
Oh, the Pink Paislee booth is definitely my favorite!
looove Unity’s booth
I love the puffy tree! I want to do one in my home!
The vintage florals are my favorites! Love all the inspiration from CHA.
Thanks for the tour…love all the new stuff being released!!!
Thanks for the tour…love all the new stuff being released!!!
Oh my gosh, I LOVED every single one of those booths! I have to say that the Unity booth tree was stunning and it felt like you were in a happy fairy tale…I want one just like that! Thanks for such a fun tour and for allowing those of us who couldn’t attend, a chance to take all that inspiration in! Yay!
Cute Booth Tour….Joannie, Thank You! Unity booth, only because it was on my “stop and see list”, very talented ladies we are in our craft world!