Wednesday, July 30, 2008

It's Tag Sale Time!!

TAG SALE and 12 Hour CROP!!!
Saturday, August 2nd from 10am to 10pm, $50

We're having our Summer TAG SALE This SATURDAY!!!!!

The Tag Sale will be run in conjunction with the August 12 Hour Crop! We would love to see you here shopping, cropping, or even both! Please call today to reserve your space for the crop/sale!

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Pictures from CHA ~ part 4!!!

Here is the last installment of CHA Summer photos. I hope you have enjoyed seeing some of the new products that will be coming and also some celebs in the industry!

The following set of pictures are from a wonderful little company called Webster's Pages. The Inspired line will be arriving sometime in the near future!!






Thanks for looking! Have a wonderful day!
~Amy

Pictures from CHA ~ part 3!!!

Here are some more pics from CHA Summer in Chicago! More product pics of what will be coming to the store later this Summer/Fall!

Here are some fabulous creations using a NEW to Express Yourself Scrapbook Arts company called Pink Paislee!!!!

Enjoy!





More to come!

Pictures from CHA ~ part 2!!!

Here are some more photos from CHA Summer in Chicago!!!

Meet Josh! He is the voice on the other end of the phone at American Crafts for me. He and I had a great time with my friend, Christy, picking out some new yummies for the store.

The next set of pictures are from the My Little Shoebox booth. Helen Chu did an amazing job designing another gorgeous collection. I can not wait to play with these goodies at the store!!!
Her design team is headed up by Suzy West. Suzy and her crew had simply adorable, fresh, and vibrant ideas all throughout the booth.



More photos to come in the next post!!!

Pictures from CHA ~ part 1!!!

Here are some pictures from the Summer CHA tradeshow that was held in Chicago this past weekend. I'm going to post my pictures in installments for everyone. It is also easier for me to upload them this way.

This is me and the infamous Ali Edwards. She was doing a couple demos at the Ranger booth using their alcohol inks. She likes dropping it on acrylic to see what happens. She was sweet enough to give me a sample artwork, signed of course!


This is Heidi Grace of Heidi Grace Designs. She was creating mini artworks for everyone. She made me a dragonfly...of course!

Jean Chatzky was the keynote speaker at CHA this Summer. She talked about budgetting and money pitfalls that just about everyone makes.

Kezia from Tinkering Ink and I chatted at great length about the EXCLUSIVE classes she will be teaching here at Express Yourself on October 2nd!!! She will be teaching a layouts class and a special Peek-a-boo album class! Stay tuned for MORE details!! You can always pre-register at any time to hold a spot in these classes.


Mark Montano from TLC's While You Were Out was at CHA and hosted a Craft Challenge. I was a lucky participant in the Challenge one of the days and won Second place! It was fun to paint under pressure, in ten minutes, and get messy in the middle of the tradeshow. I will post some more pictures of PRODUCTS on the blog in the next post! Thanks for looking and have a great day! :)

Monday, July 21, 2008

Upcoming Events, Classes and Crops for July and August 2008

Upcoming Events, Classes and Crops for July and August 2008

Tuesday, July 22nd-
~ Two Hour Crop from 7pm to 9pm, $10
~ Mini Brag Book Class from 7pm to 9pm, $20

Friday, July 25th-
~ Five hour Crop...Post-CHA!!! from 6pm to 11pm, $25

Tuesday, July 29th-
~ Two Hour Crop from 7pm to 9pm, $10
~ Altered Tins Class from 7pm to 9pm, $20

Saturday, August 2nd-
~ Twelve Hour Crop and TAG SALE from 10am to 10pm, $50

Tuesday, August 5th-
~ Two Hour Crop from 7pm to 9pm, $10
~ Nature Glimmer Mist Altered Album Class from 7pm to 9pm, $35

Tuesday, August 12th-
~ Two Hour Crop from 7pm to 9pm, $10
~ Mini Envelope Book Class from 7pm to 9pm, $20

Friday, August 15th-
~Five Hour Crop from 6pm to 11pm, $25

Tuesday, August 19th-
~ Two Hour Crop from 7pm to 9pm, $10
~ Altered Picture Frames Class from 7pm to 9pm, $20

Friday, August 22nd-
~Mother and Daughter Crop from 6pm to 10pm, $25

Tuesday, August 26th-
~ Two Hour Crop from 7pm to 9pm, $10
~ Glimmer Mist Decorative Clayboard Altered Art Class from 7pm to 9pm, $35