Business Trips = Inspiration

If you have a craft hobby, you have heard of CHA-
if not, it is the Craft & Hobby Association conventions

We recently went to the show in Anaheim to see all the manufactures new and upcoming releases. It's basically the biggest shopping event for the store and were extremely excited with all the awesome product we saw. This is the first show in a long time that had the "buzz". People were happy, excited and inspired. So much to see and so much to do.
It really was a great show.

We visited with our manufactures, hung out with friends and order lots and lot and LOTS of product. If you can believe it, I did not take my camera to the show. So I did not take any photos. I had to snag these from Patti. 

Here are our friends from Prima- MJ and Tanya

Our boys from My Mind's eye- missing Jason here. He was actually working... what is that all about?

I can't wait to actually create with some of the new product we ordered.
I, too, was inspired at the show. Hopefully I can get the ideas out of my head and into a project before I loss the mojo!

ramblings

Believe it or not I have actually typed up a few posts for my blog over the past few weeks.
I just never hit publish.
I have been typing in pure randomness.
I have been engulfed with emotion in the past weeks.
Sadness, distress, happiness, excitement and pure exhaustion to tie it all together.
I have 4 posts in a draft status- 4 posts I don't think I will ever publish.
I may print them for myself, but still not even sure about that.

I lost my Grandma on January 22nd.
She had been ill for awhile, but it still does not make it an easier. 
Death causes family members to do and say thinks they normally wouldn't.
Death makes you react to things you normally would let roll of your back.

The hardest part of it all was seeing my daughters cry.
That image still makes my heart hurt and brings tears to my eyes.
Then just when I think I'm good. When I thought I was past it-
The emotion spills over again.

I feel like I'm on a roller coaster.
Up, down, Up, down.
I feel like I can sleep for a week.
But really, how practical is that?