Pinch me! I’m going to CHA

I know, if some of you were here, you actually WOULD pinch me!

Do you know what CHA is?  Well, I know the scrapbookers who read this KNOW what it is.  But for you friends of mine who have no idea, it’s the Craft & Hobby Association.  They put on a huge sort of trade show/exhibit type thing twice a year, once in Anaheim, California and once in Chicago, Illinois.  Winter CHA and Summer CHA.  It’s for companies who do production and sales of craft supplies to set up booths and show their new products to buyers, suppliers, retailers, manufacturers, professional crafters, etc.

Anyway, in normal terms, it’s a BIG DEAL.  You have to be a member to attend and have paid your dues for that year.  There are lots of requirements to be a member.  If you aren’t a member, I think they let you in for a ticket price of $150.00. 

Soooo……I’m not actually going to CHA in person, but a part of me is.  Remember this project?

I wrote about it before.  It’s the altered bra I made for an October contest (which I didn’t win dammit) and in November when CHA was taking submissions for a “regular” person (not a professional) for crafty items they had made, I submitted my bra and got chosen to have it displayed at CHA in Anaheim, California.  They told me to make a press sheet with all my info on it and they would put a stack of them with my project for industry people to take with them if they’d like to contact me for a job or a project or whatever. 

Again, it’s a BIG deal.  Last year at the California show, 16,000 people attended it.  That’s the number of people who could potentially see my project.  In my little scrapbooking world, that’s pretty cool.  The only thing cooler would be if I could attend CHA in California to SEE it for myself and take photos of it displayed (for my scrapbook of course).  So if any of you scrapbookers or crafters are reading this, take a photo for me (and a press sheet so you can see my email address to send it)