Photos from CHA!

Finally, even though Auntie M had MAJOR computer problems, she and Auntie R sent us some photos they took at CHA. Mom has ordered the board and all of the supporting stamps from Northwoods Stamps. One of the things they were looking for was masculine themed stamps and they thought this group was perfect. It should ship at the end of March so we will have it in plenty of time for Father's Day.

Here is a card done with stamps from the Thomas Kincaide line. He is the famous artist whose paintings feature light. Cornish Farms Stamps have lots of his paintings translated into stamps. This one was colored with chalk. They also look beautiful just stamped in colored ink. As soon as we get all of the catalogs from this company, Mom will place an order.

Check back soon to see more photos from CHA. Mom and the Aunties are recuperating. Maybe after this weekend they will be almost normal! Almost!

Hugs and Pets! ......Mittens

Wow, do they look tired!

Mom and Aunties Robin and Melissa got back to the store yesterday and brought in TONS of catalogs and other goodies. They stashed the goodies right away saying they are being saved for Stamp Escape. The catalogs are stacked on the tables in ...order now....order soon...and...maybe not...piles! They all just kind of sat and gazed off into space and said they were really tired. Lots of people came in asking if it the trade show was fun.....Mom just looked at them. Evidently it must be a lot of hard work. Today Mom is already working on more orders out of catalogs in the first pile. She said we will have photos to put on our blog as soon as Auntie M gets her laptop fixed. Maybe they took photos of lots of cards and fun stuff they saw! We'll post again as soon as we get the photos!

Hugs and Purrs, Mittens and Peachy

News from CHA

Hi everyone.......we had the perfect picture to post for you today, but none of us were quick enough with a camera! At some booth they were hosting a make and take project of a black headband with two fluffy pony tails (for lack of a better description) sticking up on top. They were pink, purple, green or blue.......Women were wandering around with these ridiculous looking things on their heads. Fortunately we never found the booth where they were being made! But, the photo we missed was of this middle aged, short, balding man walking toward us with his purple, perky pony tails on his head! I would have loved the caption "What we saw at CHA!"

OK, now for the news......of course we ordered lots of paper. We got quite a variety which will arrive all the way to June. As usual, we drooled and carried on when we found paper we liked. Some of the companies we ordered from were Heidi Grace, Cloud 9, SEI, My Minds Eye, Hanko. We also have lots of orders in progress that we will send this week. The coolest thing we found was the Zutter Round It All! This is a must-have tool. If we could have brought them with us we would. This corner rounder will work on chip board, 8 sheets of cardstock, and even pretty heavy acrylic. It is $20 and will be out in April.....hopefully. It is so cool!

We saw LOTS of beautiful ribbon that we will order. There were so many great stamp companies that I will order from when we get back. Melissa is whining and acting like a spoiled child and will be badgering to order, order, order! Now, she and Robin wish I had stayed home so they could have SHOPPED! Like I would have given them signed checks!

Our last chance to see anything is tomorrow morning. We are so tired that Melissa and Robin have the giggles, so we need to go through the catalogs and get to bed. We will be back in the store Wednesday, so stop by and check things out!

Thanks to Peachy and Mittens for letting me Blog....Hugs, Sharon

Where have we been?

We bet you are wondering where in the world we have been! Well......we have been sitting in the window watching this white stuff fall from the sky. It looks really cold outside and everyone is complaining. Mom has been soooooo busy, she barely has time to clean our litter box. We might have to hire a maid. Here is what has been going on......Mom has been really busy helping her Dad because he got sick with pneumonia. She has been taking care of his animals in the morning, on the way home from work and at night. We know she was really worried about him, but he is better now. She even thought she might not go to that big deal in Anaheim that they all have talked so much about. But Auntie R and Auntie M are there now and are having a great time........and the show hasn't even started yet! They are taking classes today so they can come back and show everyone what they learned. Mom is leaving early tomorrow and will be back Wednesday. From the sound of things, she spends a lot of money at this place. We'll tell her if she has time, she can post on our blog while she is gone. Maybe she will even take some pictures.

Just a note.....we got in lots of stuff for the Cuttlebug, some Coluzzle stuff, and some really neat GIANT brad/eyelets the other day......lots of ooohs and aaaaahs again!

See you soon,
Peachy and Mittens