CHA in photos

Every time I go to CHA, I plan to get great photos.  And video.  And it never happens.  It is such a crazy busy time and I end up regretting the lack of photos afterward.

But I did get some (not so great) photos with my iPhone.  Thought I would share them here for a bit of fun.  Notice that I have no photos outside of the Hero Arts booth.  Yep.  We were that busy!

Just randomly…

My Shari and I.  She calls me "my jemmifer" and I call her "my shari."

This is the adorable Lisa Johnson. She is so sweet, gorgeous and cheerful.  She was working the Marvy booth across from Hero.  If you have never been to her blog, you must check it out (HERE).

This is our demo area – where we have the Hero Arts make and takes. It actually only shows part of it – it is big.  They go on throughout the day.  This is my favorite part of the show – love showing people new techniques.  That is sweet Sally in there…

Here are two of Hero's original artists – Sally and Nancy.  They have been there for over 20 years and are such incredible people.  Sally is our fashionista and Nancy is our cheerful gal.  They both like to call themselves the "moms" of the group since they take care of us.  Love them both dearly.  Check out all the empty booze in front of them – ha – we thought it was funny. 🙂

Here we are in class.  We all get so energized when we are teaching, and it shows in this photo.  That is Sally next to our crazy Shari.  Carol is in the middle – she is the amazingly organized one who preps our classes.  Let's just say: she rocks.  And that is Aaron, Hero's CEO.  He is the best boss ever and a great guy.  (And I am not saying that just because he may read this.  In fact, if he does read this, I will be embarrassed that he saw I said it.  Hee.)

Here are Lisa and Tami – two of the most talented artists I know.  And kindest!  They are showing off our new supplement – all woodmounted stamps.  This was during set up of the show.

And, yes, when I am with my Shari, our maturity level drops significantly.  🙂 Here we are trying on (ugly) hats in the hotel gift shop.  (Colin just looked over my shoulder and said, "Is that really you?  Are you with your Shari?"  Ha.)

What did I say about our immaturity?  Another example of my Shari…

Ever wondered what a big classroom looks like at CHA?  Here is one before class starts – 75 retailers in the class…

Oooooo… rubbah goodness here.  Be sure to look closely…

This is Lisa demoing our little girl stamps with Copic Markers.  She is sooooo good at this and it is so fun to watch her work.  Amazing stuff.

Check out that cutie!  That's Mr. Colin in Tim Holtz's Idea-ology booth.  It was a sample I made for him using his new papers and clocks.  Lovin' those clocks.  (I will share a better look at this project soon.)

Here is sweet, sweet Tami.  I am so excited she is working with us.  This girl is a delight.  Complete delight.  She led her first-ever make and take here and it rocked.

And here we are leaving the show.  Boy, were we exhausted.  That's Todd in the front (our VP and funny man), Tami, Shari (nice expression), Carol and Richele.  Wish I had a better photo of Richele.  She works with Hero, too, and is very talented, kind and hard-working.  Love her.

On thing you will quickly find out about us – we are a huggin' bunch.  We hug a lot.  🙂

That's all for the trip, but here are the iPhone pictures since I have been home.  Things are busy in our house.  We finally are redoing our downstairs bathroom.  They tore out the ugly tile and found 3" of concrete under it.  Not sure why, so they tore it out.  Here, you can see down into the basement.  Nice.

Just thought I would throw in cute Colin.  He was helping his daddy pick out a new coat.

And, here is my car.  I loved this car…

… but now I drive this.  It was realllllllly hard to switch to a minivan.  REALLY hard for me.  I just don't feel like a mini-van-mom.  But with Colin and the girls, and my parents and brother living close by, we really need it.  The third row of seats in the Pathfinder weren't great.  So, here is the new mini-van.  Sigh…

Yes, it had been a busy week. I am now tired…

I will be back with a real project tomorrow.  Take care…