stilltraveling-justonadifferentjourney: CHA #2

Continuing the tour of CHA, we stopped at Pink Paislee. What I noticed about this show was the minimalistic approach. Booths were small and empty. Not as many samples and stuff to be seen. Normally the Winter show is packed and you can't even get into some of these booths. Its a sign of where the industry is going I'm sure.

Pink Paislee had a travel line that I liked (shocker). It had gold accents. It really was everywhere.

Enamel dots and planes. Yes please!

Enamel words? Sure!

And they had these acetate letters sitting on their demo table. Really like the crosshatch look on these. I will pick up a pack or two of these.

Never heard of this company so it must be new since I left the industry. They had a really cute line. I like the black, blue and yellow together.

Doodlebug. Not a fan of their stuff but they do have enamel dots. Its all about the dots, 'bout the dots, no squares, just dots! Anyway, this rainbow wall of dots made me happy.

We were at the halfway point by now so we stopped for lunch. Another sign that the show and industry are changing. There are usually little cafe's in between the halls to eat. They have some seating but not a lot. Not enough for the thousands of women in the building. This year, we didn't stand in a long line to get food and then we found a table. In fact, there were several open tables. Attendance is down for sure.

As soon as we started walking again, we ran into the Crystal Ninja. She was coated head to toe in crystals. She could barely walk and that suit had to weigh a lot.

Jillibean Soup was tucked into a corner and we almost missed them. While their papers never thrill me, their embellishments always do. They were a booth that had a lot of home decor in it. I do like their idea though and was lucky enough to do the Make n Take. They were down to their last 8 and I had to have one!

I love the reclaimed wood look. It matches our new house perfectly and I will be purchasing a lot of those frames and boxes.

Party supplies - again, minimal scrapbook supplies but focus on the party and home decor. I do like this bags and want to get some for crafting. I may try to order plain ones and do something for Valentines day. Who am I kidding, I can't even get stay up past 8 pm anymore.!

This was one of the Make n Takes but it was at the Hampton Arts booth (the company that now owns Jillibean Soup). Super cute but they were all out. BUT, the instructor said the Jellybean booth had a few left so we ran across the aisle.

This was the other Make N Take. Super simple but dang, is that cute or what??? I made one. I will be doing more. I love that.

Cute stamps.

More party supplies.

Party supplies includes paper straws too. They cute the monogram with the Silhouette and then layered the straws on it. And its in one of those reclaimed wood frames. Must have.

More ideas with the frames. I told you they were super cute. I want one in the kitchen area that I can switch up for holidays and seasons. Again, I'm ambitious.

Hazel and Ruby - now, they have always focused on the home decor side and thats cool. But I really like what they did with this stuff. BOG wash tape. Like a 12 inch roll!

Hello washi!

Gold, gold and oh, look! Maps! I WANT that map wash. Come on. Map washi. Every home needs map wash right?!?!? (say yes)

I have so many plans for that map wash.

Ahem, I don't want to give all the glory to the map wash when there is WOODGRAIN washi. Yes, woodgrain. Again, I have plans for that woodgrain stuff too. (My husband is looking at me with a really weird look in his eyes. He knows I'm planning something crafty over here. My typing just got faster and I'm pretty sure he can hear my heart beating really loudly. Come on, its map and woodgrain wash tape!!)

Moving on.....
Bella Blvd - another company that I like but not in the sense that I need to own everything. Their embellishments are cool. The papers are little too cartoony for me.

But look what they have? Enamel dots! And arrows and hearts and stars! The Lucky Charms cereal of scrapbooking!!

And fun ways to use those enamel dots (for those of us who tend to hoard them and have drawers full of enamel dots but never use them because you may run out and what would you do if they stopped making enamel dots......)

That 6? Its *full* of enamel dots.

And screen prints again. Love.

One of the last booths we visited before circling back for anything we may have missed was Simple Stories. I'm almost glad they were the last because I took a lot of time in this booth.
They aded to their Say Cheese line with Say Cheese 2. I love everything they added to this line and will be working on a class for a local store with this. Since we're local to Disney, its easy.

There is gold in this line but once again, its not enough to overwhelm this line. Its just right.

And they added enamel dots, wood veneer and other fun things to this line!

This line was tucked in there and for a minute, I thought I was looking at the Scenic Route booth. I miss that company. So I'll be on the lookout for this line too. I must have that woodgrain paper.