CHA – Page 24 – Craft With May

CHA Spotlight: Dyan Reaveley

I’m a tremendous fan of Dyan Reaveley, and I adore her dylusions ink sprays so very much – in fact I will refer you to this post I did a while back (links to lots of my past posts will be found there as well). Her anything goes style, encouraging way of teaching, and absolutely fantastic personality add up to be someone incredible that really needs to be seen! I got the opportunity to video her at CHA showing off her new (so fantastic!) colors of ink sprays:

Thank you Dyan! Dirty Martini is my personal favorite – though you can’t go wrong with any of them!

CHA spotlight: Jenni Bowlin

My first stop on the show floor yesterday was Jenni Bowlin’s adorable vintage inspired booth! Filled with treasure – let’s peek around…

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My roommate here at cha Lisa Dickinson designed this paper for Jenni – I looove it!!

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Now there are loads of little goodies to see too – here are more photos:

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SO much to love! I will be sharing projects with the new product for sure once it is available – I can’t wait!

CHA Spotlight: Yes, Please

From American Crafts:

Adventure through city park landscapes with the hand-drawn playfulness of Amy Tangerine Yes, Please. Watercolors accent the canvas, with a pleasing mix of soft and bold hues depicting scenes of the city, nature and that classic Amy Tangerine camera. Paint the town fun with Amy Tangerine Yes, Please.

Twenty-four patterns papers, Thickers, stickers, stamps and Daybooks are just the base of this lovely and extensive new line. Amy Tangerine Yes, Please also includes new embellishments like wood veneer tags, an embroidery stencil kit and a calendar stamp unlike anything else.

This line is fantastic and I think the photos speak for themselves – I can not wait to get my hands on it and PLAY!! Definitely one of my favorites of the show…

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New Blueprint Stamps card

In case you’re not familiar with CHA, you may be hearing a lot about it from me and other craft bloggers. Twice a year the Craft & Hobby Association (CHA) has a trade show and the manufacturers gather to show off and reveal all their latest and greatest products. Store owners and buyers for big chain stores place orders (that’s the main part of it!), the press (yours truly included) attends to find the hot new products, teachers and designers attend for craft-spiration, and so much more. It’s a huge event for the crafting industry – and oh boy is it a lot of work! Anyhow, that begins today – and to kick things off I am sharing a card I made for the show.

Here is a card I created featuring new Tim Holtz “Ringmaster” Blueprint stamps – which are a new CHA 2013 release and are now available in stores including Simon Says Stamp here!

I’m at CHA now, and I’ve got my camera out and I am ready to snap tons of photos of the latest and greatest products – as well as see many of my favorite people in the same room. I love it! I will be posting lots of coverage over the next ten days or so of the new products, great project samples, and behind the scenes peeks too. If you’d like to follow my live candid reporting from the show floor be sure to follow my instagram page. Gotta love technology!

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I’ve been cleaning + organizing in here once again. Moving things around. But I better hurry – and get back to creative work!

In 10 days *eek* I’ll be hopping on a plane to head to CHA (craft & hobby tradeshow) and while there I’ll be gathering inspiration, checking out the latest and greatest, brainstorming projects for 2013, and of course seeing good friends from around the world. I’ll be reporting on my experiences as well! I will do so right here on my blog, but as I walk the show floor I will post peeks, favorites, and more ‘live’ on my instagram account. (I’m @may_flaum) You can follow me there – or if you don’t have a smartphone that is compatible you can always just visit this link to see my instagram via a computer.

If you want to see sneaky peeks – my friend Melissa has a great page where she’s listing manufacturer sneak peeks here.

I’m back to cleaning – hope you’re having a happy 2013 so far!