back to winter....

i so enjoyed my wee bit of summer in so. cal for cha...
but the second i landed at JFK i was smacked w/ winter...again :)
4 inches of snow, ice...cold...yuck!
i started to get used to that 80 degree california weather...lol

& i officially suck at taking pictures places...
i took like 10...lol....seriously....what kind of scrapbooker am i????

but here are a few :)

my girl ker... :) 
why the heck doesn't she live closer?????

my girl, andrea's, project at the maya road booth...ooooh maya road...
soooo much good stuff to be had from them that's for sure!!
but it was awesome to see a's stuff up close...she is a master for sure :)

me with a page from one of a's mini books w/ the star sheers from maya road...
yeah..i was doing well at the beginning w/ the pictures at cha thing...lol

hands down my favorite booth/place at the show was the golden booth...
sooooooo awesome....
i need to place an order BIG TIME for some of those fluid acrylics
& the book altered surfaces by chris cozen...what a wonderful artist who was incredibly generous sharing her techniques & tips....seriously....i mean check that out up above!!!!  AWESOME!!!

& as for my faves from the show:

sassafrass lass...hands down my fave of the show...i...must...have...it....ALL!!!
maya road....awesome as always...need that new black sheer mini tab book & the new bigger shapes
october afternoon....the colors & patterns for their new lines are my fave....LOVE this stuff
hambly...LOVE their new frame rub ons...LOVE
bam pop....super cool new line coming out & i NEED their new alpha stamps & oval frame stamp
fontwerks...one of my all time faves...love the new sets they have coming out & i finally got orangewhip at our visit to scrapbook oasis:)

it was awesome to hang with my ker & jj & michelle & gretchen & sarah & becky...
also got to see the amazing kellicrowe & insanely talented allison again
got to meet the wonderful amy tan, super sweet kim, so cool erin, beautiful dina, hilarious martha, gorgeous maria grace, super cute elsie, , awesome jamie, very british & sweet kirsty
i could sit here & link all day :)

met lots of awesome women at the SIStv party at the pizza shop...was definitely a highlight of the trip...had an awesome time with crystal, toni, marcia, laura, erin, suzy, shell, darcy, judi, & all the girls that were there...so much fun to sit & talk & laugh & cry with such an amazing group of women...wish we could get together more often :)

ok...the kids are loosing it....i'll have to continue this later :)

until then!!!
happy valentine's day!!!!!!!!

xoxoxoxoxoxoxoox

gi

Comments

[Anna M-W]

Glad you had fun at CHA! I hope you are doing well!

[chanel]

cool to hear your show reveiw, sounded like such fun ... lucky you! sounds cold where you are! brrrrr

[Patty S]

happy valentine's day gigi!
looks like you had a blast - good!
amy ordered a bunch of new stuff for the store and i've been seeing the new release stuff on links online (flickr has an awesome bunch of cha pics) and i can't wait to get it in and unpack it. oooooooooh booooooy!
patty :-)

[Jody Ferlaak]

Gigi! I love this post...even if you feel like you missed out on some pics. Your thoughts and favs and fun projects posted are awesome. I'm so jealous that you soaked up some sun and heat! But I am glad you got to check out so much great product. And I'm especially happy that you got to hang out with 'old friends' and make lots of new ones! Hooray for scrapping and hanging with friends...in sunshine! Welcome back to winter. I send my love for Valentine's Day too. xoxo

[jamie k]

hey, you mentioned me!!!
it was nice meeting you in person...hope you had a great time at CHA! I, on the other hand, was so exhausted after that first day....ugh.

[beth]

so glad you had fun.
so glad you were able to go and be with your friends.
so glad you are back!

[AndreaWiebe]

Love you Gigi!!!!! Thank you :)

[Erin B]

I'm so glad I got to meet you too!

I suck at the picture thing too...I only took a few product pics...no people pics...can you believe it?

Happy Vday!

[nat]

ahh - this looks all so good- lucky trooper!!!

hey- I might be in Nj/NYC in May- maybe we can meet up ;)
nat - the Kraut

[silvita]

Oh, I love reading all thos stories about the SIS meeting. You guys had so much fun! Hope to join you all some day :-)
Have a great weekend!
xxxsilvia

[jayne]

You so DO NOT suck at taking pics....we can fix those images in a snap in Photoshop..it's the weather tha does SUCK! LOl One day 60F, the next 12F, the next ice & snow...YUCK.

[claudine hellmuth]

CHA was super great! I wish i could have seen you more!!!
xxxoxox

[kim brimhall]

gigi...i can't tell you enough how happy i was to have met you. you are so real...and refreshing. i felt so comfortable in your presence and that meant a lot!!! i will be stalking you on the regular now. thanks for the laughs (and tears):)

love,
kimberlyB

[Amy Tangerine]

so fun to meet you! not looking forward to freezing my butt of in a week but I am looking forward to hanging with you! xo

[Michelle Gautreaux]

I enjoyed meeting you at Round Table and look forward to keeping in touch! I know what you mean about the pics thing. I never take enough photos and have to beg others for theirs.

[Martha Bonneau]

Could you be any sweeter...it was so nice to meet you at the SIS dinner...thank you for making us all feel so welcome :)

[becky]

so great to see you again sweet gigi! i think i may have a few photos to share :)

[Holly Hanks]

Thanks for sharing what you DID photograph at CHA. ;0) I still haven't had the chance to go...lack of babysitter while the hubs is deployed. Sounds like you had a ton of fun! And, Maya Road was my absolute FAVE out of everything I have seen on the internet. Lots of fun new stuff!