From the Daisy Patch

It’s hard to believe that it’s been a week since we returned from CHA and that now, in a couple of days we’ll be leaving for CKC-Portland!   If you are attending, look for us at the Saturday night crop!  My father-in-law was diagnosed with lung cancer in December and I didn’t feel I could commit us to a booth at CKC  without really knowing what level of help my in-laws would need.  The good news is  that, so far, my father-in-law has tolerated his treatments well.

As you’ve probably heard, there were several prominent trends at CHA. 

One was the sewing theme and dress forms:

Here’s a dress form display from Making Memories

And another dress from display from Girls Paperie

Everything ruler was also big (maybe that could be considered part of sewing?)

Like this ruler ribbon from Tim Holtz (love it!):

Or this paper from Cosmo Cricket:

But… the trend that really stood out to me, was all of the banners:

Girls Paperie

Maya Road:

Adornit

Dear Lizzy

Jenni Bowlin

Bottom line — look for lots of banners this spring (and I don’t think you could go wrong with them!).  What trends have you noticed and liked?

At CHA, Cricket was giving away chef’s hats.  I brought mine home for the kids.  My little dress up queen instantly fell in love with it and thought we needed to get baking!

Then it transformed into a dress-up fest — we had a butterfly, a princess, and finally this!  She is such a funny little wonderful thing!

Cocoa Daisy February kit, “Memphis Belle” is now available in the store!  You’ll love the beautiful vintage feel of this kit and it’s combination of red, turquoise, creams and pinks. 

And there’s a great selection of add-ons this month too!  But hurry — there are just a few left in stock!

And here are a few of my favorite layouts from the Daisy Divas this month (you can see all of their layouts here):

Ronda

Aida

Mou

Anna

Anja

Christine

Anita

Sue

Danielle

Vee

Tonight at 6pm EST starts the Reveal Night fun over on the message board!  You’re not going to want to miss out on the fabulous kit we have coming your way for February!!

 Stop by and join in the festivities — you’ll have a chance to win some great prizes!  Plus we’ll be announcing the winner of the American Crafts giveaway!  If you haven’t yet left a comment on this post — there’s still a few hours! 

Here are a few more peeks at the February kit from our Diva Christine!  We’ll be picking a winner for the American Crafts giveaway on January 31st, the night of our reveal.  Don’t forget to check our messageboard that night for the winner and lots of reveal night fun!

Random musings….

I just got a new laptop this week.  Somehow a cup of hot water on the keyboard, a dead battery and a non-functioning touchpad made it unavoidable.  I feel like I’m letting go of a long standing relationship with a frienemy that I had no idea I was so attached to.  I had visions of this little baby sitting on my desk:

But, as my husband works for HP, I’ll continue to be a PC.  Sigh… I guess I’ll just have to live with mac envy!

Have you noticed the banner theme that is popping up all over in the new CHA releases?  I’m loving them!  You can find them in the new Jenni Bowlin release, the American Crafts Dear Lizzie line and I know I’ve seen them else where as well!  I’ve taken to checking out the decor8blog lately and I just saw a banner there that I love from artandghosts.  I love how the same trends run through scrapbooking, fashion and home decor.  What are some of the trends in the new products that are really catching your eye?

And did you catch Martha Stewart yesterday?  She had a segment on scrapboxes!  They were beautiful!!!  There is also an article on them in the February issue of her magazine (I think I’ll be reading that on the way down to CHA!).

Are you ready for a peek at February’s kit?

Are you ready to win some fun products from American Crafts?

Just leave a comment telling us which CHA sneak peek you are most excited about and you could win these fun new Letterbox stamps and embellishments!

Have a great weekend!