Today has been a long day and so many thoughts are going through my mind. It began early and I was so excited to finally be able to share the collections to the retailers at the trade show. We started early with a booth meeting with the wonderful booth helpers. I am so thankful for the hard work that they did. We had a LONG LINE for make n takes. In fact, we ran out within 1.5-2 HOURS. This meant we had to get another booth make n take going. I thought I would share a few photos from today. It was so busy in the booth that we did not get to take as many photos...but we did get some good ones.
This is a the chandelier that TOOK many hours of hot glue and hundreds of gems to create!!! (thanks Gentry and McKay for helping me!!!)
Very faded... but my 2010 CHA W catalog-
An inside view-
Chic Bebe Boy collection-
Chic Bebe Girl collection-
It melts my heart to see Taylor's photos above this collection. She called me yesterday- she is watching the blog- she "wanted me to know how proud she is of her mom"...words that melt ME and make me cry!!!! THIS is why I do what I do...design lines that help preserve these MEMORIES.
WELCOME HOME...
The booth was so busy that Steph and I never did make it to lunch. We got up around 5 am and were so excited that we did not eat breakfast either. Not a smart move!!! After the show was over, we went to a special fireside where my friend Melody Ross was speaking. My heart is STILL full of emotion. It was beautiful- UPLIFTING talk that inspired me. SHE is simply amazing. Melody could give motivational speeches as a profession. She has a gift and I know that her message of NEVER giving up and relying on the LORD in hard times is TRUE. She spoke tonight about her best friend- and her husband and the skiing accident that changed their marriage. You can read the entire story on her blog. I am so fortunate to have gone to her BRAVES GIRL RETREAT. I promise...MELODY will inspire you in more ways than you can possibly imagine. Her booth at CHA is wildly busy and I wish her the MOST success. So talented and she is such a good person!!!!!!
It's getting late and I am headed to bed. The flocked Mr & MRS collection kit is the make n take tomorrow...
Winners from POST:
Watch ART
1. Kwani
2. Summer Braxton
IDEA BOOK
1. Nancy Jordan
2. Mary Lindsey
Congrats and email me your address!!!!
Tomorrow I will POST more photos from CHA and the TC booth....
