Hearts and flowers time.......

Wow, it seems like yesterday that I was doing cards for Christmas, and now we are in February and the cards are all about Hearts and Flowers, so that is what I will do.

I know no one asked, thanks so much :( but CHA super show, and the trade show was fun and hard work, first of all it took us 12 hours to get to Anaheim, we had rain, snow, hail, and sunshine, the sunshine made for a couple of beautiful rainbows, so that was nice. We got in late on Wed night and had to be up early to unload the van and set of Lisa's consumer booth, now I knew that was going to be hard, but really, I mean REALLY, it was hard, argh, but by the end of Thursday night the van was unloaded and the booth just about good to go. Man, my feet were throbbing and my back was telling me if I picked up one more box I'd regret it, I hate being at the age when your body threatens you, damn.

On Friday I went into the trade show area and helped C&T publishing set up there booth, did I mention it was 8 in the AM, if you know me you know that was not a cute picture. Finally on Friday afternoon I had a chance to peek at the consumer show, there was some great stuff and a lot of wonderful samples, real fun.

Sat was super tough I helped finish up the C&T booth and then..............wait for it.............had to help Lisa dismantle her booth, well I will tell you that at 10 pm I could barely crawl off the bed to let the room service dude in with our dinner, it was pretty funny, kinda.

Ah Sunday a day to lurk around the Trade Show, I loved watching the demo's and looking at the new stuff that will be coming out in March......there are some cool things I can't wait for, and some fun new stamps. I will admit one thing I got a peek at the model Kathy Ireland who is taller and prettier in person, just beautiful.....bitch (and I mean that in the most nicest way, OK I'm jealous) :)

Monday I lurked the trade show for a few hours and then flew home sleeping the whole way, did I mention being tired.

I know this missive sounds like complaining, but it isn't, it was a lot of fun and seeing what the vendors go through to set up these events, is just amazing. I admire so much the people that make there living doing consumer shows, they have a lot of stamina.

There was one designer from Ranger that I wanted to share, she is a hoot, and very talented her name is Dyan and here is her web address, and her blog address, she has some great video tutorials on her web.

OK now for the card of the day, at 365 cards the challenge was a shape up challenge, and the shape was a heart, and at Simon says it was a photo challenge and the photo was of a big bouquet of roses, so I think this works well for both.