CHA ooo la la

Posted by labfive in Art, Community and tagged with CA, Charity, Crafts, friends, handcrafted, Provo, yudu January 23, 2010

First day at Super Crafts Show / Craft and Hobby Association Convention (CHA) was a whirlwind of activity. We work at the Provo Craft booth all day chatting with conference attendees about the YUDU.

Also, some props out to other friends we made fun projects with during breaks. Craftster folk making buttons, Plaid folks busting out the Mod Podge, cute stuff at taylored expressions and the Zip Dry glue peeps. Oh yes and my girl Sarah from S-Spencer Studios and finally a whoot out for Scrapbook Royalty who does so much good charity work.

We were welcomed with a fun balloon lounge. We walked around for a bit before settling into to screen posters for attendees. I have so much more to blog about but since it’s sprinkling we need to run over to the Convention Center. More soon . . .

craft lounge

fabric cupcake tower

love this table cloth and flag banner by taylored expressions

we did a make it take it with zip dry paper glue - i was impressed it was like liquid rubber cement

Making a super fun button at Craftsters booth

Michael's make it take it - duct tape wallet

Sarah killing it with some Mod Podge

cutie from Craft Royalty - I want her necklace

pretty little number

Craft Lounge

She is so ready to roll up her sleeves and get crafting!

Sarah shopping the fair

cute fabric flag banner

pretty!

Big storm of 2010 . . . so far

Posted by labfive in Art and tagged with CA, nature, RoadTrip January 23, 2010

Driving from Phoenix to CA through the crazy storm that took over the west. Grateful that we weren’t on a plane because so many people got stuck in airports around the west and were late getting to Anaheim for the Super Crafts Show. The rain has let up which makes walking from the hotel to the convention center much more comfortable but it is still cold. Brrrr - Here are some pics from the drive.

Seals on the Bluff

Posted by labfive in Activities and tagged with Animals, Beach, CA, nature January 17, 2010

Having just returned from CA I had to post about the amazing Elephant Seals we saw at the ocean near Hearst Castle outside of Cambria, CA. The seals return to this same beach every year. The females arrive in January to birth their calves. We saw many, many mother nursing their babes. The parents are brown and the new pups are all black. Many of the males were bloody from their fighting because apparently as soon as the babes are born the males are ready to hit it again so they fight over the MILF’s. And these males can weigh up to 2 tons – impressive! The hand out shared that the action really heats up around Valentine’s Day – when the real mating season begins. We all really enjoyed seeing the moms curled up with their pups. All the seals look dead on the beach – but they were just lounging.