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CHA Craziness

Friday, January 11, 2013

Post Type: From Stacey

I hope you all loved our Explore Beyond Sneak Peek and Give-a-way… That was our first step toward CHA! Another great moment is when the show "Opens” and we do a live feed from the show floor! Be sure to join us on January 13th at 10 am pacific time on our YouTube channel for that.

So much work goes into the CHA show from months of planning meetings to designing the booth space and of course creating all the wonderful new products we release! I have to be quite honest and tell all of you it’s exhausting and an enormous undertaking!!!

All the Spellbinders peeps always look amazing because I make sure of it (LOL)! They have beautiful attire and of course I always give them a special CHA thank you gift. I'm sure you will now be able to spot it in photos of them, because they always wear their well-deserved gifts with pride. It has been a Spellbinders tradition for many many years now.

One of the most exhausting things about CHA is that one ever sits down! So you can imagine how it kills your feet! You go all day long nonstop from 8am until late at night with demos, dinners and entertaining customers. With all that said, one of the most rewarding parts of CHA is seeing all our friends, designers and colleagues.

The office usually has time to recover from Christmas and New Years before we head off for CHA… but not this year because CHA was moved forward. At this point, we are all busy packing the crates which actually left our building last week! One more palate to go! Loaded with goodies for show attendees, catalogs and other such incidentals which inevitability miss the crate every year… as hard as we try not to have that happen!

Here are some amazing statistics for you to chew on....

Approximate Weight of crates and pallets.....12000lbs...

Size of the trade show booth....well, this year I have a surprise to announce... We have two!!! And you all are first to know. One is 30x30 and the other is 10x30

Amount of new Spellbinders products this release... 193 ...HOLY COW!!

How many Spellbinders employees and designers go to the show....19

How many demo machines are there for classes.... 60

How many of our classes sold out... ALL OF THEM!

How many catalogues go to the show... 2000

How many sales flyers go to the show... 4000+

How many press kits go to the show...80

How many giveaways are done at the show... TOO MANY TO COUNT...

What are we giving away this year at the booth ... Sorry ...you have to wait and see until next week!!! LOL.... I know ALL of you will WANT THEM!!!!

How many countries are Spellbinders products available in..... 39+

How many Spellbinders Designers, bloggers, spellbloggers, and employees make this all happen??? A LOT!!!

The result.... *****PRICELESS******

Hugs,

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27 Comments

Neesey G. Friday, January 11, 2013

Can't wait to see all the goodies on you Tube. Have a fantastic show and good luck. : o). What an exciting weekend. Enjoy!
Maryann Friday, January 11, 2013

WAUW I hope, you´ll have a wonderful show. GOSH I´m just jealous and wish I was able to be there and see everything for myself. That would really be a big dream come true, but don´t expect that´ll ever happen thoug, as I´m first not a designer and next don´t live in the US LOL, but a girl can dream, can´t she?
I wish you all the best of luck with everything and a wonderful time for all of you there.
Janina Beckett Friday, January 11, 2013

roll on next week then. Have a great show, looking forward to when the new dies hit our UK shores.
Beck BT Friday, January 11, 2013

Can't wait to see all the pics!! Have fun!!
colleen h Friday, January 11, 2013

can not wait to see the show, hope it goes well for you and the company from the sneak peeks you have some great dies being released and of course almost all of them are on my list of have to get it NOW but not enough money in the budget for that so I will have to pick wisely if that is at all possible!
Katie tanner Friday, January 11, 2013

Wish I could go!!!
Peggy Packer Friday, January 11, 2013

Hope you have a great show! Looking forward to seeing lots of great photos! And hoping Vegas will be in my future! Good luck at the show!!!
Marge R (mer) Friday, January 11, 2013

193 new products?!!! HOLY COW is right -- I'm not sure I can ever purchase all those?!!! And you KNOW I'll want to . . . !
Have a wonderful, productive, fun show!!!
Sandra ltb Friday, January 11, 2013

have fun
Marcie Smith Friday, January 11, 2013

Stacey, those numbers are staggering!!!!!!! I am exhausted just reading about it. We all are so excited about the new release, and we appreciate all that is Spellbinders. Thanks for all the effort you all put in. Hope this is a truely successful year for you.

Marcie
Angela Fehr Friday, January 11, 2013

Have a great time at CHA - so much goes into the show and I hope it's a great year for you!
Nadine Friday, January 11, 2013

Wow best to think big then lol well done in how far you come and good luck for the future.
Debbie Seyer Friday, January 11, 2013

I am so proud to tell people I am a Spellbinders Designer!! Everyone is going to love this release so much!! Have fun!!
Judy Estrada Friday, January 11, 2013

Congratulations to Spellbinders on the new products. Wow is correct! I have watched all of your sneak peak s& listened to your tutorials & you do lead in inventive design & items. I will be watching your live feds as much as possible. Congratulations on the new awesome items! This gal from Kansas enjoys your crafting!
Tina Schiefer Friday, January 11, 2013

That's a lot of freight!!! At least AZ isn't too far from CA... :-) Tuning in to the Live Feed tomorrow at 10 am. or Sunday at 10 am.??? I don't want to miss it!!!
Kathy P Friday, January 11, 2013

Always a dream for scrapbookers: to go to CHA! But since we can't, we have to live vicariously through you. And I am exhausted already reading all those stats---LOL! I know you will WOW them this year again....have some fun at CHA! Can't wait to see the vids!
Alison Henderson Friday, January 11, 2013

Have a great time, I'm still catching up from the last CHA but love Spellbinders to bits have just been playing with Fancy Lattice, Cherry Blossom, Bitty Blossoms and can't wait having followed the sneak peak. I'm waiting to watch you on you tube My hubby is on notice i'm going shopping lol
Donna W Friday, January 11, 2013

wish I could be there but then I would have to have lots of money as I would want everything! I just watch next week and save my budget for a while at least. LOL
Sue C Friday, January 11, 2013

Love spellbinders dies and have quite a collection of them! They just keep getting better every year! CHA sounds like lots of fun, wish they would open it to the public for a day at least!
Cathy H. Friday, January 11, 2013

I would so love to be a fly in the wall. The Sneak Peaks were great (I so wished the die that was used on day 1 for the 3-D card was already in stores!!! I wanted to make the card for my sons wedding tomorrow). Have a great time!
ionabunny Friday, January 11, 2013

Wow, it sounds great and I wish I could be there. It's a long way from Norway so I suppose I shall have to just watch from afar and get some of those new releases on pre-order. Have a great show.....
Holly D Friday, January 11, 2013

I love Spellbinders. I am so excited to see all the new products that are coming out. I would so love to be at the show!!! Y'all have a great time.
KAREN L Friday, January 11, 2013

After all that hard work, I hope you have a chance for some fun at CHA. Love what I've seen so far in your sneak peeks.
Darlene P Friday, January 11, 2013

Someday I hope to be able to make it there, but I'm looking forward to virtual participation tomorrow. Good luck to all!!!
KatG Friday, January 11, 2013

Loving all the sneak peeks and news! Sigh! It all looks like such fun as well as work. Enjoy the show as I will see it through your eyes!!!!
Jennylw6 Saturday, January 12, 2013

Have a wonderful CHA. I met you there last year and am still touched by how kind and generous you were to me. I Won't be seeing you this time round but hope to catch-up with you Winter CHA next year. Have fun!!!
conniecrafter Saturday, January 12, 2013

look forward to seeing all that is going on!!!

Stacey Shares…

Read Stacey Caron's blog feature, On The Road…It’s a blog!

I am so excited to share with all of you another feature that we have added to the Spellbinders website! It’s called, “On the Road”, which is our newest blog! It's for all the designers and me, to create a virtual post card that we can share with all of you, while we are traveling to the different events that we are attending.

How much fun is this going to be? It is designed so that you will feel like you are right there with all of us, as we continue not only exploring beyond in our crafting, but also exploring the world that carries our products!

See the entire On The Road…It’s a blog! post.