Yesterday I returned from CHA, along with my partner-in-crime, Jessica. Despite UPS delivering my box of demo supplies after my demo, nearly missing our flight home, my checked bag not showing up at baggage claim, the battery in my car parked at the airport parking garage being dead when I went to leave for home . . .despite all of that, I really had a great time at this year's winter CHA event in Anaheim. How could I not have had a great time getting to visit with such talented friends and mixed-media authors like Josie, Jane, Claudine, Alisa, Michael, Traci, Bernie, Margot and many others?

In addition to meeting with old friends, I also made some new connections. I got to chat it up with Jennifer, Carmi, Vickie and Cathi, among others.

I was very excited to see that acrylic/plexi was abundant at the show! Several manufacturers were showcasing plexi covers for journals, there were plexi scrapbook page frames, plexi cutout letters and shapes and my favorite find, a corner rounder that cuts chipboard, tin, leather and, you guessed it, Plexiglas! It's called the Round-it-All and is made by Zutter. I will definitely be getting my hands on one of these soon.

Another product I was drooling over was a nifty new line mediums from Golden Artist Colors. They're called Digital Grounds and they create a surface for you to print ink-jet images onto non-porous surfaces! This means coating foil or mylar with the medium and then running it through your printer. It also works on fabric, acrylic skins and more.

I'll save some products for Jessica and Christine to talk about too, but one final thing I was pretty geeked about were the new Pageframe Designs. They offer 12 x 12 sheets of flexible acrylic that can be easily cut, stamped on, embossed and so on, and come in a couple of different thicknesses. I want to get some to try combining it with good old Plexiglas for jewelry pieces.

If any of you attended CHA and have your own exciting finds to share, please comment and let us know about them!