Thanks everyone for joining us for a fun-filled week last week! We had a blast and hope you did, too. We're busy compiling a complete list of all 100 winners' names to post here on the blog. Coming soon!

What else is happening this week? The Craft & Hobby Association summer tradeshow starts tomorrow in Chicago! We're sitting this one out (we're exhausted!), but we'll definitely be at the winter CHA in Anaheim, in just six short months. Still, we've got some fun CHA-related giveaways coming over the next month, since our own Wendy Smedley is so good at keeping up with the latest releases from afar.

CHA summer is an anniversary of sorts for Ella, too. It was last year at CHA Orlando that we started handing out business cards, offering a sneak peek of our website, and inviting people to sign up for our newsletter. We had 900 people signed up that very first day. And the number has decupled since then! (Decuple = x10).

Katie Scott generously hosted us in her time-share condo, and made us feel oh-so welcome.

We got to hang out with Ella friends Tami Morrison, Noel Culbertson, and Katie Scott, two of whom we had met for the very first time! Pictured below: Katie, me, Tami, and the talented Emilie Ahern (formerly of The Scrap Review)

Pictured below: Ashley Harris of The Scrap Review, Noel Culbertson, and Lain (formerly of Ella Publishing Co.)

We got to be panelists on the Paperclipping Newsbreak, which later turned into a recurring stint on the Paperclipping Roundtable. (Pictured below: Lain, Nancy Nally, Noell Hyman, me, Ana Cabrera)

We got to see the latest and greatest releases and visit our first CHA consumer show. And I clearly did not take enough pictures.

Ah, good times. Here's looking forward to more to come!

Stay tuned!

p.s. How about you? Are any of you heading to CHA? Do any of you WISH you were going?