I’m back from the CHA Craft SuperShow and trade show and I’m still alive! I was having doubts toward the end of the 10 day trip as to whether I would make it, but after sleeping in my own bed with my own pillows and my own blankets for a few nights, I feel like myself again and I’m ready to go!

For those of you who have been to the CHA trade show you’ll know what I mean when I describe it as overwhelming inspiration! So many ideas are swirling around in my head right now! It sorta feels like a drying machine…at each turn an idea pops to the front of my brain only to be replaced by a new idea seconds later… much like clothes tumbling around the dryer…they pop to the top for a few seconds only to fall back to the bottom and be replaced by new clothes at the top seconds later! No worries though…I’ll make sense of the chaos soon! I am so excited to share all the amazing new goodies coming soon to the TE Store!

But first, I want to tell you about the TE booth at the Craft SuperShow! Months of planning came together perfectly for this one event…our very first experience exhibiting at a consumer event! Each of the amazing ladies (and one dashing gentleman! *wink*) pictured here played a huge part in making our booth a success. In the back row left to right… Jami Sibley, Dawn Easton, Linda Cook (my mom), Jodi Collins, *me*, Jon (my husband), Karen Motz, and Karen Giron. And in the front row left to right… Donna Baker and JulieAnn Ruiz (not pictured…Sankari Wegman, Jackie Pedro). The TE crew schlepped the booth and merchandise through pouring rain and stuck with the setup until the booth was finished! We were bound to encounter a few bumps along the way (ummm…how does this pricing gun work!? and how do we get these curtains 8 ft. in the air without a chair!?), but with some amazing TEamwork we figured it out!

Each of the girls also contributed her amazing creativity to the booth with gorgeous samples! Here’s a photo of one of our card displays in the booth. The entire TE team worked so hard to make the TE booth fun and special! Thank you from the bottom of my heart for all of your hard work and support! And thank you to everyone who stopped by the booth during the SuperShow! It was so nice to see old friends and meet new friends face to face! If you weren’t able to make it to the Craft SuperShow this time, perhaps we’ll see you next time! 🙂

That’s all for now, but stay tuned this week as we begin sharing some exciting news about our next release! Sneak peeks start on Wednesday and the release will be Friday, February 5th! You won’t want to miss it!