It's a big deal! We're in uncharted territory.....a new show for us....a new market. Hello from the very, very hot and humid land of Mickey Mouse, aka Orlando, Florida! We are here exhibiting at the International Christian Retail Show. We are here with the wonderful and cheerful pioneer of Bible Journaling herself, Shanna Noel, debuting The Genesis Collection of products geared for the Bible Journaling community.
It's our first time, and we can't wait to educate and inspire how God is using Shanna Noel of Illustrated Faith and Bella Blvd to get people excited about their Bibles again. We feel strongly that this leap of faith is what is His plan for Bella Blvd's story and are humbled for this chapter to begin. If you're here in Orlando, please stop by and visit Booth #828--there's so much going on you won't want to miss it!
For the past 2 days we've been setting up the booth, in the hot, hot, non-air conditioning convention center exhibit hall. We're so excited the air will be running soon! Here's our rather sad looking booth upon arrival:
Slowly we unpack all our materials, the walls go up one and by one and the details start coming together. The line has been months in the making and is truly coming full circle. Myself and the team have been quite emotional over it all coming together, as this passion project means so much to each of us involved.
We hope to share and inspire people to use Journaling Bibles with 2" margins to use their God-given artistic gifts to Illustrate their faith, creating keepsake Bibles that are loved and prayed over and have stories and sentimental value for years to come. The online community has responded so well and we just couldn't be more excited to be here sharing this along with our new brand of Illustrated Faith products to the retail world!
It's pretty exciting to hear stories, and see the excitement on people's faces when they look at their Bible in a new way, a more creative way! Have you joined the conversation online? Are you excited about these products? We are going where no one has gone before. There's now FAITH-BASED crafting products, and they'll begin shipping all around the world very very soon! Check out this blown-up version of the Word Art Washi Tape! So pretty, right?!
Shanna's jazzin' up the booth with her collage wall of inspiration and resources. It's beautiful and full of texture and sneak peeks also of future things to come of our partnership :) Take a closer look!
Today is day one and we cannot wait to meet these retailers, make new friends, share our faith and introduce Shanna in person. She'll be in the booth all day, every day, meeting and greeting, demonstrating and just sharing her passion for this artistic form of worship that she's pioneer Illustrated Faith.
Today is the first day of ICRS. Please be sure to follow us on Instagram @bellablvdllc and @shannanoel for updates. We'll be back Wednesday with full booth-reveals and more updates live from the show! Thank you for taking this adventure with us. If you're the praying type, we hope you will join us in praying for success and receptiveness of this very innovative and original idea. We pray it continues to spread like wildfire! And, if you're not so sure, we encourage you to explore this new creative opportunity in a medium that suits your personality: a Bible, prayer journals, planners, daybooks or whatever is inspiring you!
Sincerely,
What an exciting adventure for Bella Blvd.!!! Can't wait to see more photos of the booth and the show!!!!
Posted by: Julie Tucker-Wolek | June 29, 2015 at 08:14 AM
I wish I could use size 2 million font to say how happy this makes me!!
Posted by: Tai Bender | June 29, 2015 at 01:37 PM