Ciao Ciao Bella Fans! How are you? Have you been following us on Facebook, watching our set-up updates? (PS-We're literally 11 fans away from 5,000 and would love to get there!) We're enjoying the sun (okay, well the small walks to & from the convention center and the view of the palm trees while the back garage doors are open during set-up) in California & can't wait to give you a peek of the CHA Winter 2012 Booth! Are you ready?
When we arrived Friday morning at Booth #1287 our beautius crates were waiting! And the non-existent booth is mapped out with metal poles and also with these not-so-beautius curtains!
The crates are huge! So huge that 20 peeps could probably picnic inside ;)
While a picnic in sunny California would be wonderful and relaxing, setting up this booth is definitely not a walk in the park! One by one the walls go up...
every now & then we snap a couple photos...so we can say hi :) to you!
Back to work as the details come together. Assembling the product panels is time consuming and meticulous, but is so rewarding when finished! After all, CHA is the end-all after months of organizing, planning, designing, executing and creating!
* PS---No matter what you do you should always wear socks & tennis during set-up. After nearly 8 hours poor Therese needed to let her little piggies breathe. We confined her to the booth so that she wouldn't step on nails, screws or glass! Even though she probably walked out with a couple Glue Dots on her feet by the time we were finished with this Embellishment board. :)
The best part is left to complete on Saturday: displaying all the breathtaking and incredibly creative layouts, cards, mini albums and altered projects by the design team! Just you wait....
Well, that's all for now. We've got to get some shut-eye before Day 2 of set-up. In the meantime, be sure to enter to win our new products for free by checking out the Sneak Peeks/Reveals from the past several days. All you have to do is leave comments to have a chance to win!! For all of you scrapbookers our there watching and reading at home...we're missing you and wish you were here to see it all in real life!
Ciao Ciao for Now!
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Oh how I wish I could be there. Yourself and all the other vendor go to such lengths to prepare for the beautiful booths and the long weekend. Thanks for sharing your hard and dedicated work.
Posted by: Carol Douglass | January 28, 2012 at 05:21 AM
Looks like you will have another amazing booth!!!
Posted by: ruth tacoma | January 28, 2012 at 06:59 AM
I wish I could join you as well! Have a great time you all!
Posted by: Patricia Bryngelson | January 28, 2012 at 06:59 AM
Sure wish I could be there. Have a great time! Love Bella :)
Posted by: Lucy | January 28, 2012 at 07:22 AM
It is looking wonderful as always. Have fun girls and hope you got some much needed shut eye!
Posted by: Chrissy G | January 28, 2012 at 08:13 AM
I love the look of your booth already! Nice and clean, cheerful and colorful. Just like your product. Always enlightening:o)
Posted by: Mary-Ann M. | January 28, 2012 at 08:32 AM
Excited to see the buttons and tapes!!!
Posted by: jan m | January 28, 2012 at 08:43 AM
Looks AWESOME!!! can't wait to see it! :):):):):):):):):):):)
Posted by: Julie Tucker-Wolek | January 28, 2012 at 08:53 AM
yall have fun!!
Posted by: gretchen | January 28, 2012 at 08:56 AM
I am so excited for you! It's so hard to be sitting here at home...I want to help soooooo bad! I'm so tickled to already see two of my pages in that photograph of projects! :) If there's anything I can do...let me know! A blog post...cropping photos for you...whatever! Enjoy! :)
Posted by: Kathy Martin | January 28, 2012 at 09:02 AM
Can't wait for it to start and live the fun thru the blog...have fun!!
Posted by: Kelly Ousley | January 28, 2012 at 09:38 AM
Maybe next year I come to see all this !!Have a great time
Posted by: tonny | January 28, 2012 at 09:49 AM
Love the booth, I would love to be there with you, sounds so exciting!
Posted by: Janice Aeschliman | January 28, 2012 at 10:05 AM
Thanks so much for taking the time out of your busy schedule to post pics for those of us at home. The embellie board looks awesome!
Posted by: Kim M | January 28, 2012 at 10:17 AM
I wish I could be there!! Can't wait to see more pics.
Posted by: Laura Schoefield | January 28, 2012 at 10:40 AM
Wow that so makes me miss the excitement of CHA set up! Your booth is so gorgeous. Enjoy our So. Cal weather.
Posted by: Linda Beeson | January 28, 2012 at 10:43 AM
The booth looks gorgeous, can't wait to see the final reveal. Wish I was there too.
Posted by: Katherine L | January 28, 2012 at 10:51 AM
It's looking great! Wish I could see it IRL!
Posted by: juliana | January 28, 2012 at 10:55 AM
enjoy socal. can't wait to see all the new goodies coming from cha.
Posted by: littlen | January 28, 2012 at 11:58 AM
So wish I could drive up for a few hours - not going to happen this weekend. :( The booth looks great and can't wait to see the products - hope my LSS carries them!
Posted by: Brenda | January 28, 2012 at 12:21 PM
Oh man! Wish I was there! I used to live in Anaheim...now I live far, far, far away! :( But have fun!
Posted by: Melinda T | January 28, 2012 at 01:58 PM
So proud of all of you ladies...it looks great! Have a fabulous show! Xoxo
Posted by: Morgan | January 28, 2012 at 02:34 PM
Show me more! Can't waint to see the final reveal!!
Posted by: Mona L Armstrong | January 28, 2012 at 02:58 PM
Stephine, that was a terrific post. Loved seeing the work in progress, loved your detail narration. Someday i want to be part of that fun!!!! smile
looks good after Day 1
ava
Posted by: ava | January 28, 2012 at 03:29 PM
love the behind the scenes
looks like lots of work!
Posted by: {vicki} | January 28, 2012 at 05:14 PM