CHA pics and a small giveaway

Hi everyone!  I have a couple CHA pictures to share and a small giveaway of some stuff I picked up at the various booths.  I have to say this year the show felt much smaller.  Not only in size and amount of booths, but with attendees as well.  In years past, the isles were so crowded it took a long time to make your way through the popular booths.  This year, you could literally look down one end of the isle and see the entire way down!  I also noticed the size and scale of the booths displays were smaller and not as extravagant - with the notable exception of Spellbinders booth!

But it was still amazing and I had a wonderful time.  Here are some pictures.  I'll share pictures of people because if you follow manufacturers FB pages or blogs you have seen many pictures of the various booths.

Here is me and Lynn Mercurio, my roommate.  She is such a sweet person, I've known her for years online and it was so much fun to spend time with her in person.  Fun fact, she watches as many TV shows as I do!!

Here is me and Kelly Purkey posing in front of her new collection, Mon Ami with Basic Grey.  She was doing make and takes at the GB booth and graciously posed for pictures with anyone who asked!

Here is me and Bev (owner extraordinaire) in the Technique Tuesday booth.  Fun fact, I was a fan of TT's stamps for years before I learned they were located in the SAME TOWN AS ME!

Here is me and my lovely friend Summer Fullerton in the Jillibean Soup booth.  Summer and I met last year at CHA and became instant friends when we found out we live less than 20 minutes from each other!

Here is a pic I took of Lynn when were eating outside one day for lunch.  Yes, it was hot and sunny in LA, I think it was almost 80 degrees that day!

And last but not least, when I went to the Paper Creations booth, it took me a minute or so to realize there was a life sized poster of the new Spring issue, which features MY paper cake project AND new series of articles called Trend Watch!  So I just had to pose for a pic with it!!

And now for my giveaway, like I mentioned things were much smaller and I didn't find as many little free chachies in the booths as in years past.  But there were a few fun things I found and thought I would pass on to one of my readers.  

Goodies include:
Craft Ideas (formerly Crafts n' Things) and Paper Crafts Stamp It magazines, Little B post-it notes, Prima flower and brown edge inker, Pink Paislee catalog, Graphic 45 and Pebbles flair, Littl' Inker pen, 3 plastic charms (from a Martha Stewart mold), washi tape roll (I think from Cosmo Cricket), and Spring themed 3D shapes pack from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L.

I will chose and post the winner Friday the 24th.  Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!