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Thursday, February 3, 2011

Back From CHA

I'm back from CHA and I had a blast!   It was fun to connect with so many wonderful friends and to make some new ones too.  I tell ya, the scrapbooking community is such a warm and wonderful group of people.  I'm thrilled to be part of it!  And of course there were LOTS of fabulous new scrapbooking products to see.  Trends I noticed:  circus themed papers and embellishments (I'm using some of them right now!), mustaches (huh??), more flowers and vintage-themed papers (love it all!), trinkets galore, banners (yep, they're still very in apparently), and lots of altered dress forms.  I saw many "must haves" that I can't wait to get my hands on.  Though I don't think I can see myself adding mustaches to my scrapbook pages.  Unless I can get my hubby to grow a mustache.  Hmmmmmmm.  

Here is one of the layouts I made for the Prima booth.  This is from the new Celebrate line.  I crocheted around the edge and added some Prima lace, then I created a little patchwork background.



As I mentioned above, altered dress forms were very popular at CHA.  I spotted them in several different booths.  Prima had several life-sized dress forms adorned with all the beautiful new papers and flowers.  GORGEOUS!!  I didn't know that altered dress forms were going to be so popular when I made this one for the Prima booth:

I used the new Prima laces to make the skirt.  I ADORE the new Prima flowers, lace and trinkets:


I have a lot more to share in the coming weeks!
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13 comments:

  1. UnknownFebruary 3, 2011 at 4:49 PM

    Beautiful Lo, love your crochet work on it. Really love that dress form with the lace skirt. It is so pretty.

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  2. MelFebruary 3, 2011 at 11:21 PM

    Wow Wow Wow how stunningly gorgeous is your layout, wow, the letters, the papers, not to mention the beautiful photo of your daughter. The dress form is wow,,,,,how clever. You are the queen........Love Melxx

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  3. hilde janbroersFebruary 4, 2011 at 1:25 AM

    beautiful Stacy!!

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  4. Jona PanesaFebruary 4, 2011 at 1:42 AM

    wow the lay-out with crochet is so gorgeous and so is your dress form!!!

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  5. Lu ZischlerFebruary 5, 2011 at 4:47 PM

    I love circle layouts and this one is great!
    kisses

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  6. ShawninazFebruary 5, 2011 at 6:05 PM

    I adore this project. Where did you get the dress form?

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  7. Stacy CohenFebruary 5, 2011 at 6:16 PM

    Thanks for all the comments, ladies! Shawninaz, I bought the dress form at Ross (a big discount chain store here in Southern California). ;-)

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  8. Patty O'MalleyFebruary 6, 2011 at 3:55 PM

    Beautiful LO and dress form! Love the crocheted edge around the LO.

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  9. Lisa aka RainingFebruary 6, 2011 at 6:41 PM

    Your layout and dress for are both gorgeous! I love how you did the patchwork on the lo. Beautiful work!

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  10. Natasja Cats - VerbeekFebruary 9, 2011 at 11:07 AM

    Love your work Stacy!!

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  11. Linda BeesonFebruary 12, 2011 at 9:06 PM

    That patchwork background is so perfect with all of the other yummy elements.

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  12. Bente FagerbergFebruary 13, 2011 at 4:55 AM

    I love the round layouit Stacy. So harmonious and gorgeous.
    I can so relate to the mess....lol! I have three girkls and a kitten,...need I say more...

    xx/ Bente

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  13. ChristianeFebruary 16, 2011 at 8:11 AM

    both projects are out of this world, stacy!!! :))

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