Glow-in-the-Dark Penguin Family Portrait

Need a cute project to make with the kiddos? This Penguin Family Portrait is the right combination of simple yet fun, using materials from the dollar store combined with Aleene's Clear Gel Tacky Glue and Puffy Paint Glow. And did I mention it glows in the dark?

Craft Fail - Talking Handmade Adventures That Go Horribly Wrong With Heather Mann

Translating something from Pinterest to 'real life' is often times not near as easy as the pinners make it look. I can attest to that from first hand experience. Hooray for Heather Mann and her new book Craft Fail. This hilarious book let's crafters, bakers and makers know that they are not alone when their great idea goes horribly wrong. Frying a heart shaped egg inside a piece of toast or stiffening yarn into a lamp shade can make even the most seasoned of DIY professionals throw their hands up and shout more than a few expletives. I recently got to ask Heather a few questions about her new book, her website Dollar Store Crafts and how she manages to be a crafty icon and raise four kids at the same time!

Video Action from our booth at the 2012 Craft and Hobby Show

Some super fun videos were created in our tradeshow booth this year!  Check out the fun, zany, and personal videos that were captured. We were super excited to have Corinne Leigh of Threadbanger film the cutest CHA video ever above. You have to check it out!













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iLoveToCreate at the 2012 Craft and Hobby Association Show

Mannequins decorated with Tulip® Fashion Art products by Betsey Johnson designer Charlene Pack.

Today was the first day of the 2012 Craft and Hobby Association Tradeshow! We were so, so excited to share our creativity and tradeshow booth with all our friends, customers, buyers and fans! We want to share with you all the exciting action that took place on this first day! It was a whirlwind of activity.

Our theme is All you need is...Love, Family, Friends, Fun, and Creativity. Within our booth are all graphics and visual elements that touch on this theme. It was VERY important to us that we really tell a fun and inspiring story with our brands that touched on these points throughout our booth!


The color connection wall was a visual smorgasbord. We really worked hard to create a lot of eye candy moments in the booth!


Speaking of candy, we also had that in the literal sense too!


Fun was had by all who stopped by our Crafty Chica photo booth. Look at all the glitter and super cute crowns!


Tiffany Windsor and Heidi Borchers made this pretty lavender sachet with heartwarming friendship quotes using Aleene's adhesives.


Attendees and fans got creative with their favorite bloggers in the iLoveToCreate.com Blogger's lounge. Heather Mann of Dollar Store Crafts, Crafterminds, and Décor Hacks was one of our superstar bloggers who joined us today!

We'll be back tomorrow with more live updates from the show. More crafty goodness coming your way!

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