I'm back from CHA!

Well...I survived the flight thanks to my handy dandy xanax....I will never leave home without it! What an absolute whirlwind as usual. As much fun as CHA is...it's alot of work. You are busy from the moment you get there till the moment you leave...not to mention that I got sick while I was there...nothing like being sick when your 3000 miles from home... :-(

Here are a few pictures from the plane ride...I don't know if you can really tell...but in the background there are snow covered mountains above the clouds as we were coming into California...it looked really cool from the plane.

This was just one of those silly shots after a lonnnnggg flight....And the fact that I was still calm at this point was a MAJOR plus!

Welcome to CHA...home of walking 4,000+ miles in 4 days! LOL

I love CHA...I love seeing people that I talk to on the internet regularly in person. It's so nice to really see people who you spend so much time talking to online. I enjoyed talking with everyone!

And not to mention the designers...it's great to see these people in person and see how real they are....and how wonderfully nice and down to earth they are!

The products! Wow....alot of new awesome goodness coming out this time! Some companies just simply ROCKED this year. A few of my fav's included....

Basic Grey (nothing unusual about that...I {heart} Basic Grey)
Crate Paper

Little Yellow Bicycle

Pink Paislee

October Afternoon (even though they didn't make it to the show)

Tim Holtz Ideaology (very cool stuff from his new line!)

Maya Road

Bo-Bunny

Those are just to name a few. What I love most about the show is that you get to see all the fantastic samples that they do with their products! They are just amazing...I love getting new ideas and getting some inspiration directly from the companies....

I will post more pics from the show in the next day or so...Still not feeling so well and am going to get some hot tea and make my way to bed...Good Nite.

9 hours and counting....

9 more hours until we get on the plane to CHA! I am so looking forward to seeing everyone and of course to seeing all the brand new goodies that are out! I always have a little list of my must sees and this show is no different...

I must see Basic Grey, Sassafras, October Afternoon, Pink Paislee and Unity Stamps!

I am most excited about Basic Grey...they didn't give hardley any sneak peeks for this show...I usually always love their stuff and am hoping that this will be no different! The peeks that we did get looked AWESOME!!!!!! I'm sure it will all be beautiful as usual...

So for those of you who don't know me personally...I am slightly TERRIFIED to fly! Yep...I admit it...scared shitless! But I am getting on a plane in 9 hours to go play with paper.. :-) So Basic Grey you better make me getting on a plane well worth it...

Hope everyone has a fantastic week and we will be posting pics all throughout the week!

It's Up...It's Up!

Yep it's official...Cherry Blossom Studio AKA Scrapbook Central has it's new blog....Check it out!

http://cherryblossom-studio.typepad.com/cherry_blossom_studio/

Come join us for lots of good info and a goody here and there.....

Have a great day!

I'm a Trained Professional....

That is what Jake said when I told him I would turn the bath water on for him the other night...

He Said "No thanks mom...I am a trained Professional!"

Gotta wonder sometimes.....

Anyways....I found these PJ's at Target for Jake and he wore them for christmas this year....can't get a better saying than this.... "Gifts Rock!"

Here is a layout that I did using October Afternoon and some little extras that I found. Enjoy your weekend...

And here are some pics from my nephew Sammies bday party...the kids had a blast!

Here's the birthday boy himself...the big 4 year old!

Jake loved the slide!

Jack got his face painted....He looked a little creepy....LOL

And here's Max, Jake and Jack being silly as usual.....
Alanna joined in on the fun.....
Hope you all enjoy the rest of your weekend....

Haooy Holidays & Happy New Year!

I hope everyone had an absolutely fabulous holiday and I want to wish everyone a happy and healthy New Year!

Here are a few pics from Christmas this year.....

Our tree.....

Christmas Eve dinner....

Donnie, Laura, Me , Sharon and my Mom

Me, Mimi and Laura enjoy some VERY awesome wine!

Jake was very excited about his new Lego set!

I am a very happy camper with my new Ipod Itouch that Ric got for me!

Love these PJ's..."Gifts Rock!" I couldn't agree more!

Christmas Morning!

Yes...we had a Star Wars Christmas this year....


Jake was REALLY excited over his new flat screen TV that Santa brought him!


And some new clothes from Santa!
Just chilling in his video rocker chair....

Thanks for checking out our christmas this year.

Again, I hope everyone has a wonderful happy and healthy New Year!