of wonderful new Maya Road products are coming in tomorrow. I’m sure it will not take much guessing to figure out where I will be tomorrow! It is like Christmas when these boxes arrive. I love seeing all the new products Deb and Caroline create. I thought CHA-S was an incredible release but man I think they have topped that one because CHA-W is out of this world. I cannot wait for you to see all the new products.

Here is a portion of my newest Winter Bella E-Zine project. This is the first time I have ever just scrapped or created something for me. Usually I am working on a layout or project for a design team or a specific call. It is so nice to play late at night when all is quiet. I can’t wait to work on another project tonight. But today it is all pre-CHA-W. My check list keeps getting bigger rather than smaller.

YEAH, finally Caroline gave me the okay to give a little sneak peek of an album I just completed. Not everything is being shown as this little album is filled with new products to debut at CHA… which I can’t believe is in a few weeks. You all are going to be blown away when you see all the new products in the booth… just amazing. Let me know what you think.

What an awesome experience! Caroline and Deb have really put out some incredible products and I want every single one of them. The crushed velvet ribbons, the velvet blossom trims, the velvet ric rac, the velvet blossoms, the tapestry and clocks chipboard, the calendar flip book, all the binders, all the keepsake boxes all I can think of is OH ALAN…. I NEED TO ADD ON TO MY SCRAPROOM!

And so that I’m not alone here is the link to the catalog. You too will be thinking about adding on to your scraproom.

Judi created this really cute sign for the design team wall. Jess had each designer create a canvas for the booth using any Maya Road products we wanted. It was fun seeing how each canvas was so different.

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I cannot wait for CHA Summer. I am really going to try to attend. I could easily become a trade show junkie. I find the entire experience to be so much fun! I do know Caroline and Deb have some great ideas to debut at the summer show. I try not to wish my life away but I really wish summer would get here as I cannot wait to see and play with the new products.

Whether it is yours or a disposable just give a kid a camera. You will love seeing what they feel is photo worthy. I have so much fun looking at what photos my daughter Ansley (12 yrs. old) ends up taking and am always amazed with her self portraits. She has quite the eye for photography. Here are a few really neat photos she took last night that I altered. I LOVE any photo with a Sepia tone.

I spent this weekend cleaning and organizing my scraproom. I now have all my Maya Road and Cocoa Daisy products organized and placed in drawers for easy access. Next, will be my PaperDillies products once that gets started in Jan. I have a few projects and Challenges I need to work on and try to finish today for Maya Road. I want to get a head start before projects need to be completed for CHA.

Wishing you all a “Happy Monday.” Hope you get to be creative and if so please share your projects with me.