BC's Craft Show And How I'm Eating Crow Because Of It

This year BC's Craft Show Expo was at the Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre.  I went with my boyfriend on Friday after work to check out some of the latest tools and toys. 

I was making my way through the aisles checking out all the fun things available this year, I turnaround and who do I see? Tacye from Scrapbook Warehouse! (See last post). I was so excited I shouted to her "Hey! It's the Scrapbook Warehouse celeb!!" She laughed and started telling me the story of how quickly that segement was filmed and how little time she had to prepare. Because of that it seems like there are a few things that may have been left out of the tv show and it is these things that I criticized her for in my last post. Mmmm, crow is tastey, isn't it? 

Tacye and I had a great conversation about the importance of knowing what you scrapbook (cards? pages? projects?) before you make purchase decisions. I was happy to hear her say that. I think in the end we both believe in the same thing. Knowing how you're going to scrapbook and getting advice from someone who can help you through the process.

I had a great time with Tacye.  She was showing me a new tool, The Big Shot, which looks pretty cool I must admit. (Possible Christmas present?) The great thing about this is that it's a tool that does die cuts or dry embossing using templates from Sizzix, Cuttlebug and Quickutz! It's so versatile which is what really got my attention. Plus, it's big enough that it can cut large dies for window cards and envelopes. Tacye was having so much fun showing off the tool in a bit of an infomercial kind of way. We had a good laugh.

The other thing that left a huge impression was a booth for the Local King Rubber Stamp. Lisa was doing some demos of how to make multicoloured stamps. The pictures she was producing were amazing! It's such a simple concept, but she blew my mind. She would take markers (non-alcoholic, dye based) and colour about 3-5 different markers on one stamp going from lightest to darkest, then stamp. It's amazing what she would produce. The catch for me was that she was using rubber stamps and I have built a collection of acrylic stamps (the clear ones). I'm going to have to test this one out and see if I can replicate what she did. Look at the hydrangea below, isn't that gorgeous!?! 

All in all, I'm so glad I went to the craft show, even if it meant I had to eat crow because of my last post :)

Oh! And one suggestion to the organizers of the BC's Craft Show Expo, make a man-friendly spot...possibly a kid-friendly one too. Thankgoodness my boyfriend had his blackberry or I probably would have been pulled out of there sooner :)