And oooooh, doggies – are my feet ever yelping! As are the tootsies of most CHA exhibitors and attendees who have been standing and walking all day. But it’s totally worth it – this show is so much fun! We have met and reconnected with so many wonderful retailers, distributors, designers, media, manufacturers and more. I just love spending quality time with artists and crafters who are as passionate about creating as we are.
Some of the C&T Sales & Marketing staff—Danielle, Mary, Shirley and Lisa
As for products, we have seen more gorgeous color and creative whimsy than you ever knew could be together under one roof. Our Stay-n-Play Café was no exception! We hosted this 2-hour workshop at the crack of dawn this morning. We had close to 50 people who enjoyed exploring eleven different manufacturers’ surface design and embellishing products and techniques…using the perfect foundation, our Ready-to-Go!® Canvas Books.
A very special thank you to these manufacturers for joining us today. They were all very generous with their time and product…attendees walked out inspired for sure!
• Liquitex - acrylic paints
• Inktense - watercolor pencils
• Elmer’s – adhesives, markers and cutting tools
• Fiskars – punches and tools
• Streuter – craft foils
• Glitz – stamps and bling
• Hambly – rub-ons and overlays
• Earth Safe - environmentally-friendly paints
• Sakura – paint markers
• Stewart Superior – spray mists
• Pellon – Lutradur®
At lunchtime, I attended a very informative seminar about how crafting can reduce the effects of stress, depression and chronic pain. Many scientific and medical studies were cited that prove how crafting positively affects our mood, our brain chemistry, and our physical symptoms.
In the afternoon at the booth, C&T author Rebekah Meier enchanted customers with a beautiful canvas book project from her new book coming out in May, Fabric Art Collage—40+ Mixed Media Techniques.
Rebekah Meier's canvas book, dyed and layered with fabric, film and fast2fuse®.
She also demonstrated how to use fast2fuse® on the outside – it’s a thick, wonderfully textured substrate that can be painted and heat-embossed – why hide it between fabric?
After the show closed for the day, we popped in to the anniversary celebration reception for Two Peas in a Bucket, then had a delicious italian dinner. Some C&T’ers went on to enjoy shopping at Downtown Disney, and I went to a Mocktail Party for the Fiskateers, with lots of friends, sweet treats and fun make-n-takes…a lovely way to end the evening!
Cheers to the Fiskateers!
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these videos are great..I love those canvas books..time to go and get messy with paint I think…cant quite work out what she is doing with that solder iron thing at the end though!!