Hello everyone! Next on my UK travels, I’ll be heading to Coventry later this week for the CHA-UK event Creative Exchanges. This is an educational and networking event for designers, bloggers and demonstrators in the craft industry. I’ll be speaking…
Category: CHA
I’m back in full force after a week-long trip to Anaheim, California, for the annual CHA (Craft and Hobby Association) trade show. It’s a ton of fun but also very intensive time, with appointments and meetings and classes and seminars…
I spent a day teaching at the Clearsnap booth last week at CHA. My classes were all about the new Surfacez inks—have you had a chance to try these? I’ve been playing with them for a couple of months and…
I’m just back from CHA, the Craft & Hobby trade show that comes to Anaheim, California, each year. This is where craft manufacturers, retailers, buyers, designers, editors, bloggers, sales agents, craft educators and everyone in the craft industry comes together…
I love how Instagram gives such a cool vintage vibe to this palm tree photo. Snapped on my mid-afternoon walk around the convention center this afternoon in an attempt to keep the jet-lag at bay. (It worked!) A little sunshine,…
Today was the fourth and last day of the CHA show for me—it’s still going on tomorrow, but I’m headed home to Poland and a certain little girl who’s apparently been too busy enjoying the snow to miss Mama much….
Just back from a lovely dinner with friends from Hot Off The Press—and thought I’d share the day’s eye candy! The day started with an 8:00am class on the Spectrum Noir pens from Crafter’s Companion. I will admit I’m not…
It’s 8:00pm, and my day started at 8:00am with a State of the Industry meeting and panel discussion, where we heard from senior people at Etsy, Jo-Ann’s, F&W Publishing and Craftsy. (And I love Craftsy!) Then they opened the doors…