C&T Publishing is a group of quilters and crafters dedicated to publishing products tailored to our audience. This blog is where we break away from book schedules and marketing campaigns to focus on what drives us to be creative and how this creativity manifests itself in our every day lives.
CHA and SuperShow wrap-up
The second and third days of the CHA trade show began with running through the aisles!
I co-hosted two “virtual make-n-take” webcasts on Cool2Craft with Tiffany Windsor – these were live 2-hour broadcasts from the show floor. Different exhibitors were featured each day with a 10 minute segment to demo a project or technique using their newest products. Laptops and webcams in hand, we opened the show in the first booth, then Tiffany filmed the first demo while I ran to (Continue Reading...)
CHA – First day of the show!
WOW – what a whirlwind of a day it was! It began with CHA’s first ever Innovations Media Event. I assisted Cool2Craft with broadcasting this event live over the internet (I’ll have links to the video coverage ready soon).
CHA selected 20 of the 100+ new products from behind the glass in the lobby showcase and brought them into one room, where resellers and the press could see each manufacturer give a 1-minute summary of their new product (and you thought the (Continue Reading...)
CHA – Opening night reception
Tonight was the “Taste of Rosemont” reception at the Craft & Hobby Association Summer Trade Show, where people connected and relaxed after a full day of booth set-up and workshops. Manufacturers, retailers and designers all come together to listen to live jazz, drink some wine, and sample yummy food from the local Chicago area restaurants…the sausage pizza with a cornbread crust from Gino’s was to die for, by the way. Everyone chatted about what classes they attended…I heard the Photoshop class (Continue Reading...)
On my way to CHA!
Finally got my dog and pony show ready for the road…
C&T Publishing won’t have a booth at Summer CHA or the SuperShow, but I’ll be there showing off Lutradur®, TAP®, Liquitex® Iridescent Medium, and more all around the show.
Click here for a complete schedule of make-n-takes and a workshop with our fabulous products! I’ll be posting updates from both shows all throughout next week, with plenty of pictures and video clips…so stay tuned!
Everything you ever wanted to know about TAP™
If you missed seeing our live online show about Lesley Riley’s TAP Transfer Artist Paper a couple weeks ago on Cool2Craft webTV, you can still catch all the action by clicking right here and watching the archive. Give it just a few seconds to load, and then you can see the whole show and read all the side chats too. You get 90 minutes that are chock full of technique demonstrations and project inspiration…you won’t know how you (Continue Reading...)
Win a book on FaveCrafts Radio this weekend!
On Sunday, June 13th at 4:00 pm (PST) — tune in to FaveCrafts Radio to hear me chat about Stash Books and what makes these new books soooo special! Listeners will have a chance to win a FREE Stash Books title of your choice!
If you haven’t listened to shows on the Blog Talk Radio network before, you should check it out! It’s so easy to “tune in” online – just go to the website when the show is about to (Continue Reading...)
Tune in to BlogTalk Radio with us!
Tune in online – Thursday, May 27th at 4:00 pm PST (7:00pm ET) – to FAMM Radio, part of the Fiber Arts/Mixed Media community site. I’ll be chatting with FAMM Radio host, artist and business coach, Rebecca Parsons, about a wide variety of self-promotion and personal branding tips for burgeoning artists and crafters.
While you’re clicking around the FAMM site – think about becoming a member (it’s fun and free!) and joining in the monthly challenges. Challenge details are (Continue Reading...)
Technique Tuesday with Lisa Fulmer
I admit it…I am head over heels in love with Lutradur. I use it in so much of my work…in fabric art, artist trading cards, greeting cards, scrapbook layouts, and mixed media art. I just love the fiber texture and how you can burn it and paint it. Instructions for making this ATC are at the end of this post.
You can treat it just like paper when you paint on it, but I recommend placing an absorbent sheet underneath to (Continue Reading...)
Our time at CHA
Phew…what a whirlwind of a week we had in Anaheim at the CHA Craft Super Show and the Winter Convention and Trade Show! It took a few days, but I have finally made a respectable dent in the post-travel mayhem of dirty laundry, craft supplies, and snapshots to sort out. I was hoping to post here a few times from the show, but we were on the go, non-stop, 24/7 – no time for sitting at the computer!
Day 1 at the Craft Super Show
Good times! Lots of laughing, prize-winning, making and taking, experimenting, painting, scrapping, sewing, learning…definitely more creative inspiration packed into one place that you could even imagine!
At the Lisa Liza Lou booth, all the C&T surfaces were shining brightly. Our demo table was full all day, literally not one minute passed where there weren’t people learning about new surfaces, paints, mediums and techniques. You can catch videos here on our YouTube channel of the booth before the show opened, plus a (Continue Reading...)
