The craft industry headed off to Phoenix, AZ again this year for the annual trade show. Once again I worked in the Brother booth demoing the ScanNCut and DesignNCut, but I did have a chance to jot up and down the isles and see some of the awesome new products other manufactures have coming out this year.  Here's a few things that caught my eye:

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The CHA Trade-show is a fun time to see new products and connect with industry friends.

This year I was working in a booth or in meetings for most of the show so I didn't get a lot of time to just meander around looking at products, but I did see some great things by taking creative routes to lunch...

• Like this adorable little scotty dog washi tape holder by WeRMemoryKeepers
  

• You know I'm a sucker for The Crafter's Workshop stencils!
  
  
  
  

• You have got to see Faber-Castell's new Cement Texture Paste and Asphalt Texture Paste! They are the coolest and look (you guessed it) just like concrete and asphalt!
  

• Ranger has Journal Insert Pages...handy to use for travel and then slip them into your art journal when you get home.
  
  

• Love these Xiem Art Rollers, you can cut them to the size you need.
  

• ArtFoamies were a big hit in the mixed media world at the show...love how you can bend the long ones to get the shape you need (ie: the hair on the sample below).
  

• Cosmo Cricket had a lot of new watercolor kits.
  

• Yarn sweet yarn! Can you believe you can make a shawl with this Lion Brand yarn? (It's so new they don't even have a link for it yet!)
  
  

• Or a scarf with the Scarfie yarn!
  

• Now this iLoom is something my nieces would love since it involves an iPad (and app).
  
  

I'm sure there's plenty I missed, but I'm really excited to get my hands on some of these and try them out! What ones are you hoping to try???

It's CHA time! Which mean all the new craft products are being unveiled and will be hitting store shelves soon. -It's an exciting time of year for the arts and crafts industry, and I'm thankful to get to be a part of it.  

I'm over at the Brother ScanNCut booth demoing the NEW ScanNCut2 machine...and they even blew up a photo of one of my projects display on the outside of my demo station.  :)

The theme of our booth is a candy shop so we have lots of samples of delicious looking papercrafts, sewing, and embroidery candy...along with the real stuff of course. May Flaum created this little vignette with the help of her ScanNCut. 

As I was headed out the door to the show I whipped up a few of these adorable candy huggers from an SVG file Lia Griffith created, the lucky few that got them loved them! If you're looking for lots of great SVG files you've got to check her site out.

Also during the show I've been whipping up this kirigami pattern because it reminds me of candy! Philip Chapman Bell created the PDF file and I've been cutting it out on my ScanNCut2 and then assembling them.  It's super fun!

 After the show wraps up I'll be sure to post a follow up on any cool new products I come across while a the show!

Happy crafting!

Disclosure: Erin is a paid consultant and has received  products from Brother to evaluate. However, the opinions expressed are entirely her own and based on her use of the products.

Yep, you guessed it, it's CHA time!! I arrived down in Anaheim yesterday to help set up the Brother booth (#1575).

And then last night was the Michael's sponsored Block Party that was really fun. There awesome were food trucks and a band that covered just about every genre of music!

If you're down at the trade show make sure you come by the Brother booth # 1575 and say hi!

Ahhhh. It's that time of year again...the time when all the arts and craft manufactures unveil all their new products for the year at the Craft and Hobby Association trade show.

This year I'm working in the Brother booth (#663) demoing the ScanNCut machine...stop by and say hi if you're there or for those of you at home who want to see the machine in action, check out my YouTube videos or some of my ScanNCut projects blogged about so far...and as always, if you have any questions about the machine, CHA, or crafty things feel free to ask!